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Koraysh met our enemy and turned their backs. The Muslims put us to flight taking
prisoners as they pleased, I cannot blame our tribesmen because they faced not only
them, but men wearing white robes riding piebald horses, who were between heaven
and earth. They spared nothing and no one had a chance."
When Umm Fadl and Abu Rafi heard the news of the men in white riding between
heaven and earth, they could no longer contain their happiness and Abu Rafi exclaimed
for all to hear, "They were angels!"
The Death of Abu Lahab
Abu Rafi's outburst was more than Abu Lahab could bear, in a raging fury he forced Abu
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Rafi, who was frail, to the ground and struck him over and over again. Umm Fadl
grabbed hold of a tent pole that lay nearby and with all her might hit her brother-in-law's
head with it crying out. "Do you think that you can abuse him just because Al-Abbas is
prisoners as they pleased, I cannot blame our tribesmen because they faced not only
them, but men wearing white robes riding piebald horses, who were between heaven
and earth. They spared nothing and no one had a chance."
When Umm Fadl and Abu Rafi heard the news of the men in white riding between
heaven and earth, they could no longer contain their happiness and Abu Rafi exclaimed
for all to hear, "They were angels!"
The Death of Abu Lahab
Abu Rafi's outburst was more than Abu Lahab could bear, in a raging fury he forced Abu
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Rafi, who was frail, to the ground and struck him over and over again. Umm Fadl
grabbed hold of a tent pole that lay nearby and with all her might hit her brother-in-law's
head with it crying out. "Do you think that you can abuse him just because Al-Abbas is