Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
9. The Prophetic Method
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understand nor fathom them. Some of the forms
which divine succour takes, however, have been
mentioned in the Qur’an. When Muslims confront
non-Muslims in the field of battle, for instance,
divine succour compensates for their inferior
resources: calmness and confidence enter the hearts
of the believers, while fear weakens their
opponents:
Believers, remember God’s goodness to you
when there came against you hosts. We
unleashed against them a wind and soldiers
you could not see. God saw all that you were
doing.
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This verse deals with the Battle of the Trench (A.D.
627) when God sent two things—wind and an army
of angels in support of the ‘believers. There is
nothing, extraordinary about wind. There is
nowhere that it does not blow. But at a special time,
and in a special place, it was made to blow faster,
thus assisting the believers. This shows that when
God decides to help anyone, he makes normal
physical happenings assume a certain intensity,
which ensures success.
