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charged yet again. Abu Bakr [r] was
terribly worried for the safety of
Prophet Muhammad [s] and kept
looking over his shoulder. Suraqah
seemed to be catching up this time.
Nabi
Muhammad [s] turned calmly
to his companion and said, “
Did I
not tell you, O Abu Bakr, that Allah
is with us? Now stop worrying!
” The
Prophet [s] then continued reciting
some verses of the Holy Qur’an.
Suraqah was now ever so close to
Prophet Muhammad [s]. If he
stretched out his arm he could have
grabbed at the Prophet’s [s] shoul-
der. But, that was not to be. As sud-
denly as before, the hooves of
Suraqah’s horse were swallowed
into the ground and he was thrown
over even more violently than
before. He crashed to the ground
and it felt as if every bone in his
