The Battle of Badar
and
The Assembly of 10 Thousand Saints at Paran
By Dr. Bashir Ahmad
Wildwood, MO

There are two events prophesized in the Old Testament. One about the Battle of Badar and the other, The Assemblage of 10 Thousand Saint Soldiers at Paran on their onward march.

Both these prophecies were completely fulfilled in the person of Prophet Mohammad (S.A.S.) These facts then authenticate, without any doubt, the truth of the Prophet Mohammad’s prophethood and Islam.

The Battle of Badar

The Battle of Badar which took place outside Medina in which Quraish were humiliatingly defeated, was prophesized in the Old Testament and the Qur’an. The fulfillment of that prophecy proves beyond any doubt that the Qur’an is a divinely revealed book and that Prophet Mohammad SAS is a true prophet of God for the whole mankind.
The Battle of Badar was planned and executed by the Meecan Quraish chiefs, whose leader was Abu L Jahl, a tormentor and an arch enemy of Prophets Mohammad (SAS). The Quraish of Mecca’s aim was to kill Prophet Mohammad (SAS) and annihilate Islam for good. The Quraish Army was comprised of seasoned warriors, three times greater in number than the Muslim Army, which could muster only three hundred and thirteen, including a few boys.
Prophet Mohammad had prayed to God for victory in the battle and God indeed had assured him of a grand victory. The Quraish Army was battered, its soldiers killed in large number, and they had no option but to flee, leaving their dead behind. Included among the dead was Abu L Jahl, the Commander in Chief of the Quraish Army.

Prohet Isaiah’s prophecy beautifully describes in detail The Battle of Badar.
“The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, o ye traveling companies of Ded´-a-nim.

The inhabitants of the land of Te´-ma brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grieviousness of war.

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, within a year, according to the years of hireling and all the glory of ke-dar shall fail and the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Ke-dar, shall be diminished: For the Lord God of Israel has spoken it.”
Isaiah 21/13-14-15-16-17.


Prophecy about The Battle of Badar in the Quran


“Or, do they boast: we are a strong host, well succored? The hosts shall soon be routed, and they will turn their backs in flight. Aye, the hour is their appointed time, and the hour will be most grievous and most bitter. The guilty ones are in manifest error and are afflicted with madness. On the day when they will be dragged into the fire on their faces, they will be told: suffer the torment of Hell.”
Al_Qamar 54/45-49

In short both Muslim and non-Muslim authorities agree that this chapter Al-Qamar was revealed years before the Prophet and his followers migrated from Mecca to Medina.
One incident proves the daring and devotion of the Muslim soldiers. One of the few generals of the Muslim force was Abd-al-Rahman bin Auf, a very experienced and daring soldier. When the battle began, he looked to his right side and to his left side to see what kind of support he had. He found to his amazement that he had only two lads from Medina on his flanks. His heart sank and he said to himself, “Every general needs support on his sides, more so I on this day. But I have two raw boys.” Abd-al-Rahman bin Auf says that he was hardly thinking over the situation, when one of the boys touched his side with his elbow. As he bent over to hear the boy, the latter said, “Uncle, we have heard of one Abu Jahl, who used to harass and torment the Prophet. Uncle, I want to fight him, tell me where he is.” The boys on the other side asked the same question. Abd-al-Rahman raised his finger to point at Abu L Jahl armed to the teeth and standing behind lines protected b y two senior generals with drawn swords. Abd-al-Rahman had not dropped his finger, when the two boys dashed into the enemy ranks with the speed of an eagle, going straight for their chosen target. The attack was sudden. The soldiers and guards were stupefied. They attacked the boys. One of the boys lost an arm. But they remained unnerved and unbeaten. They attacked Abu Jahl, with such violence that the great Commander in Chief fell to the ground, mortally wounded.

Pá-ran of (Fá-ran in Arabic)

This is about a prophecy recorded in the Old Testament about an assemblage of ten thousand saint soldiers at Pa-ran or (Fa-ran-in arabic) a mountain in the Arabian Desert, on their onward march. This is the exact number – 10 thousand Muslim Soldiers assembled at Pa-ran under the command of Prophet Mohammad S.A.S., on their onward march to Mecca.
In the Old Testament we read the following:
“God came from Te-man and the Holy one from Mount Pa-ran, selah. The glory covered the heavens and the earth was full of his praise.”
Habakkuk 3/3.
“And this is the blessing, where with Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
And he said, the Lord came from Si-nai and rose up from Se-ir unto them, he shined forth from Mount Pa-ran, and came with ten thousands saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.”
Deuteronomy 33/1-2.

What was the mission of the assemblage of 10 thousand Muslim saint soldiers at Pa-ran or Fa-ran? History is very clear about it.

At Hudaibiya it was agreed between Muslims and disbelievers that Arab tribes should be allowed to join the disbelievers as well as the Prophet. It was also agreed that for 10 years the parties will not go to war against each other unless one party should violate the pact by attacking the other. Under this agreement – The Bnu-Bakr joined the Meccans, while the Khuzaa entered into an alliance with Muslims. Banu Bakr intended to settle the score with Khuzaa and persuaded Meccan to join them in a night attack, the Meccan agreed; and put to death many of their men.

The Khuzaa sent forty of their men mounted on fleet camels to Medina to report this breach of agreement to the Prophet. The delegation met the Prophet and the Prophet told them unambiguously that he regarded their misfortune as his own. The Prophet then sent a word to all the Muslim tribes to assemble and advance on Mecca. They all assembled in the wilderness around Mount Fa-ran. The number of soldiers was exactly as Prophet Moses had foretold long before – swelled to 10 thousandths.

It must be emphasized that there is no other place in the Middle East with the name Fá-ran (or Pá-ran) except that in the desert of Arabia. Again the Qur’an and the Old Testament testifies to this fact. It was in the desert of Arabia that Prophet Abraham banished his wife Há-gar and his son Ishmael.
“Our Lord, I have settled some of my progeny in a barren valley near thy sacred house, that they may perform prayers with due observance, our Lord. So make people’s hearts incline towards them and provide them with fruits of all kinds that they may be grateful.”

Ibra Him 14/38
From the Old Testament Genesis


“And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Ha-gar out of heaven, and said unto her, what aileth thee, Ha-gar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hands; for I will make him a great nation.
And God was with the lad, and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pa-ran: and his mother took him a wife out of the Land of Egypt.”


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