In answer to the video "Islamicize Me Day 11: Muhammad's Path to Financial Success!"
Besides encouraging God-consciousness in battle, the second object of announcing divine assistance was to uplift the righteous warriors psychologically and motivate them in the face of the overwhelming power they were about to face
3:126"And Allah did not make it (the descend of angels) but as good tidings for you, and to reassure your hearts thereby".As the vision of angelic assistance was communicated to the believers 3:123-4,8:10 it impacted them greatly by making them 8:12"firm" in their resolve which in turn had the effect of casting
"terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve".All that is left for them to do now is engage in battle
"smite above the necks and smite every finger of them".Their enemies were terrorized because they were psychologicaly defeated, seeing those whom they thought were weak and helpless engage them instead with such ferocity and resolve, as if they were
3:13"twice as many".
When the parties met at first prior to the beginning of the confrontation, the Muslims who were convinced that the heavenly hosts were on their sides saw the enemy coalition as few despite clearly outnumbering them in manpower and equipment, and the Quraysh alliance's first impression upon seeing the Muslims was their small number 8:44. It is reported some of the enemies were even considering to send their slaves to fight the relatively small Muslim troops, thinking it wouldnt be necessary for themselves to go to the battlefield. The hypocrites of Medina, among the Muslim community, thought the Muslims were completely deluded as they set themselves to war in such condition 8:49.
This emboldened both parties to engage in battle; the few Muslims and the angels on their sides against the large coalition of Meccans with evil forces on their side, whispering their suggestions to incite them further 8:48. It was so
8:44"in order that Allah might bring about a matter which was to be done".That matter was to make that battle a
8:41"day of distinction",making it a landmark and a criterion for the believers as well as the disbelievers and a concrete proof of the truthfulness of Muhammad's years of prophetic warnings.
The Muslim warriors and the unseen angels on their sides began to slay and capture their enemies, while the shaitan
8:48"turned upon his heels, and said: Surely I am clear of you, surely I see what you do not see, surely I fear Allah; and Allah is severe in requiting (evil)".What frightened the shaitan and which the rest of those involved in the battle could not see were the heavenly beings sent to uplift and assist the forces of good. In the times of the prophet Elisha, to appease his servant's fear of the Aramean army that had surrounded their city
2Kings6:17"Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha".Similarly the prophet Muhammad, in times of danger as he and a close follower were expelled and hid in a cave
9:40"he said to his companion: Grieve not, surely Allah is with us. So Allah sent down His tranquillity upon him and strengthened him with hosts which you did not see, and made lowest the word of those who disbelieved; and the word of Allah, that is the highest; and Allah is Mighty, Wise".
This resulted in the death of 70 among the cream of the Quraysh elite and 70 were made prisoners. The rest of the enemy coalition was overwhelmed at seeing this, so they retreated without the Believers having to resort to their full firepower
8:54"In the manner of the people of Firon and those before them; they rejected the communications of their Lord, therefore We destroyed them on account of their faults and We drowned Firon's people, and they were all unjust".
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