Qur'anScience
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Twelve thousand men — the largest army the Muslims had ever assembled — entered Wadi Hunayn in the darkness before dawn, and were met by a rain of arrows. Many retreated, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood firm on his mule: “I am the Prophet, no lie.” Al-‘Abbas’s call brought the Companions back, and Allah sent down tranquillity and unseen soldiers. The twenty-second book of The Prophet’s Sirah tells of the Battle of Hunayn and the Siege of Ta’if.
“Then Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His Messenger and upon the believers and sent down soldiers whom you did not see.”
Anyone who wants to know the Prophet ﷺ
Parents & heads of families
Students of the sirah
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The Battle of Hunayn and the Siege of Ta’if in 31 chapters — after the Conquest, Malik ibn ‘Awf and Durayd’s advice, Safwan’s borrowed armour, Dhat Anwat, the test of numbers, the ambush, why the army retreated, “I am the Prophet, no lie”, the people of the Samurah, a handful of dust, sakinah, three verses on Hunayn, Salamah ibn al-Akwa‘, Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith, Umm Sulaym, Abu Qatadah, ethics of war, Awtas, Durayd ibn as-Simmah, Ta’if ten years earlier, the siege of Ta’if, those who came down from the fort, a prayer for Thaqif, a mother searching for her child, a single camel hair and ash-Shayma’ — with nine Hadith with linked chains, Qur’anic verses with the exegesis of Ibn Kathir, three figures and a source table.
🇲🇾 Read the Malay edition: Perang Hunain dan Pengepungan Ta’if