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THE__JEWS__OF__MEDINA, page : 52
Abu Sufyan was alarmed when he received news of the impending attack and hired
Damdam, Amr Al Ghifari's son to hasten on to Mecca to rally the Koraysh to come out
and join him in defense of the caravan as he feared the attack to be imminent.
It was hoped by the Jews that with the advance warning they had sent to Abu Sufyan,
that the annihilation of the Muslims would be brought about and they would be free of
them once and for all. The Jews knew the Koraysh were capable of rallying the support
of not only their own tribe but those allied to them and in doing so the Muslims would be
greatly outnumbered and their way of life would return to the way they had been before
the Prophet‟s arrival in Medina.
When the news reached Mecca, Abu Lahab and Abu Jahl both of whose hatred of the
Prophet was well known spared no effort in mustering an army of 1,300 soldiers with a
large supply of food against the vastly outnumbered band of 317 Muslims who had only
anticipated an encounter with their caravan in the direction of Badr.
However, neither the Jews nor the Koraysh had reckoned on the supportive help of Allah
towards His Prophet and the Muslims. During the hostilities at Badr, Allah sent angels
Damdam, Amr Al Ghifari's son to hasten on to Mecca to rally the Koraysh to come out
and join him in defense of the caravan as he feared the attack to be imminent.
It was hoped by the Jews that with the advance warning they had sent to Abu Sufyan,
that the annihilation of the Muslims would be brought about and they would be free of
them once and for all. The Jews knew the Koraysh were capable of rallying the support
of not only their own tribe but those allied to them and in doing so the Muslims would be
greatly outnumbered and their way of life would return to the way they had been before
the Prophet‟s arrival in Medina.
When the news reached Mecca, Abu Lahab and Abu Jahl both of whose hatred of the
Prophet was well known spared no effort in mustering an army of 1,300 soldiers with a
large supply of food against the vastly outnumbered band of 317 Muslims who had only
anticipated an encounter with their caravan in the direction of Badr.
However, neither the Jews nor the Koraysh had reckoned on the supportive help of Allah
towards His Prophet and the Muslims. During the hostilities at Badr, Allah sent angels