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“
There was no spider and no dove
when we came in!
” But the Prophet
just smiled and said, “
Did I not tell
you that Allah is with us?
”
On another day, while on their jour-
ney to Yathrib, a Makkan soldier
spied Prophet Muhammad [s] and
Abu Bakr [r]. It was Suraqah, son of
Malik. He charged on his swift
horse towards
Nabi
Muhammad [s].
But no sooner did he approach the
Prophet [s] but the hooves of his
horse sank into the groud, throwing
him over. Again Suraqah mounted
his horse and charged at full speed,
and again the hooves of his horse
were swallowed into the ground
throwing him over even harder.
But Suraqah was not to give up.
The thought of earning the grand
reward made him even more eager,
and he mounted his steed once
more. With all its strength he
