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Ali Challenges Mu’awiya to Single Combat

Appalled by the carnage, Ali sent a message to Mu’awiya and challenged him to single combat, saying that whoever won should be the Caliph. In Sir Edward Gibbon’s words, “Ali generously proposed to save the blood of the Muslims by a single combat; but his trembling rival declined the challenge as a sentence of inevitable death. “Although advised by Amr bin As to accept the challenge, Mu’awiya would have none of it. Ali, he said, had never fought without killing his adversary in a hand-to-hand fight and he (Mu’awiya) had no desire to court his doom. Amr then expostulated with Mu’awiya, saying that his fair name would be tarnished if he declined the offer. Mu’awiya, in a great rage, turned on Amr and said, “O Amr! By the artifice of goading me to fight a duel you want to get rid of me so that you yourself may enjoy the fruits of Caliphate.” To Amr, Mu’awiya’s refusal to fight against Ali must have appeared chicken-hearted in the extreme. Tradition suggests that Mu’awiya felt that his forces had already been outmanoeuvred in the field and that now, with defeat staring him in the face, his one thought was to save his skin. Amr bin As, on the other hand, believed that if they fled and were captured, their lives would certainly be forfeit and that their best chance of staying alive would be to remain where they were and to temporise and try to negotiate.

Whether or not Mu’awiya had indeed lost his nerve we do not know. He had never valued mere physical prowess highly, having always preferred to match his wit against his enemies’ force of arms. What is known is that, by the next morning, he and Amr between them had devised a stratagem far more effective than any single combat, calculated as it was to sow discord among

Amr suggested to Mu’awiya that he should order his men to tie copies of the Qur’an to their lances and then appeal for a decision by the Book of the Lord rather than by the sword. Early next morning, with the panic- stricken Syrians on the verge of retreat Mu’awiya sounded his bugle and issued these instructions to his soldiers. So little did the Syrians care for their religious observance that only 5,000 copies of the Book of God could be found among the 100,000 but this difficulty was overcome by tearing leaves from the books which the Syrians then fixed to their lances.

By the time the sun was up the Syrians were already in position and were shouting at the top of their voice, “O ye men! O ye men of Iraq! Should you kill us what will become of our families and, should we slay you, what will become of your children and wives? Let us stop this mad warfare and resort to the decision of the Book of God.”

At the head of Mu’awiya’s forces was his famous counsellor, Abu-ul-Uoor Sulma, riding on a white mule and shouting loudly, “Who will defend the frontiers of Islam against the Persians and the Turks?” Soon batches of Syrian heralds were loudly shouting to Ali’s army, “Let the blood of the Faithful cease to flow, and let the Book of the Lord decide our differences-a Book containing a complete code of ethics which prohibits the shedding of blood of the Believers-in-faith in vain. Let the majesty of the law and nothing but the law of God, be the arbiter.”

Once again Mu’awiya’s propaganda had achieved its object and his refusal to meet Ali in mortal combat, which most Arabs of his day would have despised as cowardly, was overlooked in the excitement of the hour and the arguments that followed.

The Men of Iraq Refuse to Fight Further

As soon as the men of Iraq heard the appeal of their enemies they asked Ali to sound a retreat. “We should respond to God’s Book”, they said, throwing down their arms. Soon every soldier in Ali’s army was echoing the cry, “God’s Book. Let nothing but the Law of Allah decide between us. At this Ali came forward and expostulated with his men, saying, “It is an infamous strategem and a nefarious device of Amr and Mu’awiya to cloak their defeat. Believe me, neither Mu’awiya nor Amr bin As, has any regard for religion or for the Quran. Beware of the trick which they are playing upon us. Being men of honour, you should fight to a finish. “But Ali’s men refused to fight for Ali.” As Amr had predicted, the seed of discord had been sown in Ali’s ranks. Ali’s soldiers replied, “Since we are fighting for the sake of God, we cannot refuse arbitration based on the Book of God. How can we refuse to accept the Law of the Lord ?”.

any At this Ali intervened and said, “We have to fight. the pagans to teach them the lesson of resignation to God. Of all the people in this world, I will be the first to accept the decision of the Book of God, but I know full well that neither Mu’awiya nor Amr, nor Ibn Sarh, has knowledge of the Qur’an or of the tenets of Islam. When young they were the worst of boys, and when grown up they were the worst of the youths. What they say is right, but the means which they intend to adopt for gaining their end are wicked and sinful. They are trying to trick us. Do not be decieved. Continue fighting and you will get a victory and do not stop until they surrender.”

At this some 20,000 men of Ali’s troops, led by Zaid bin Hasan and Mus’ur bin Fidki (afterwards becoming Their leaders ap- a Kharajite) laid down their arms. proached Ali and, calling him no longer their Caliph but simply Ali declared, “O Ali! You are appealing to the sword and they are appealing to the Qur’an. Let the issue of the Caliphate be deferred to the judgment of God’s Book and let us submit to God’s words. Remember that, should you fail to recall your men.

the same fate awaits you that befell the Caliph Uthman.” Grief-stricken and heart-broken at the treachery of the men of Iraq, Ali exclaimed in great grief, “Alas! I see that you intend to desert me at the critical time of need. Go and join the Syrian coalition against God and His Apostle. At this they shouted, “Issue orders for Ashtar’s recall from the battlefield and forthwith sound a general retreat.” Some of the more insolent ones were vehement in their reproaches to Ali, and went to the length of murmuring, “Ali is self-seeking opportunist. How dare he object, to the judgment of the Book of God” Some one said, “Ali played a leading part in the murder of Uthman, and then had the audacity to fight against Aisha, the Mother of the Faithful and now has led us to fight against our brother Syrians to quench his thirst for self-aggrandisement.” “Seeing opposition futile,” Says Sir William Muir,’ Ali said, “Stop these wild and treasonable words. Obey and fight. But if ye rebel, do as ye list.” “We

will not fight” they cried, “Recall Ashtar from the field.” Al-Ashtar thus summoned at first refused. “We are gaining a great victory “he said, “I will not come” and he returned to fight again. But the tumult increased and Ali sent a second time to say “Of what avail is victory when treason rageth? Wouldst thou have the Caliph murdered or delivered over to the enemy? Ashtar unwillingly returned, and a fierce alteraction ensued between him and the angry soldiery. Ye were fighting “he said,” for the Lord, and the choicest among you lost their lives. What is it but that ye now acknowledge yourself in the wrong, and the martyrs therefore gone to hell? “Nay” they answered, “Yesterday we fought for the Lord and today for the same Lord, we stop the fight. “On this Ashtar upbraided them as traitors, cowards, hypocrites and villains. “In return they reviled him, and struck his charger with their whips.”

1. Sir William Muir-The Caliphate, its Rise, Decline and Fall. p. 263.

One day Khawas accompanied by his disciple was passing through a wilderness. He sat down at a spot to say his prayers. The disciple saw a lion approaching them where Khawas sat enveloped in meditation. The disciple climbed a tree to safety and watched. The lion came, circled Khawas and smelt him then went away. Khawas remained in his seated position not in the least perturbed.

A little further on their journey as they were talking a mosquito bit Khawas. He shrieked. The disciple questioned, “How was it that when a lion approached you, you remained unaffected and now you are acknowledging a mosquito biting

you?” Khawas replied,’ replied,’ When the lion approached me by the grace of the Almighty I had been washed clean of my consciousness but now I have regained it. (Tadhkeratul Auliya) body

There are many reports of the Prophet’s mastery of the Arabic tongue together with his eloquence and fluency of speech. When he spoke he was very concise and expressed things clearly. His speech was well structured, free from all affectation and he used sound meanings.

He was adept in all the different dialects of Arabia and able to converse with each community using their own colloquial expressions. When they debated

or argued with him he replied using their regular phrasing, and there were several occasions when his Companions were unable to understand what he said and requested him to explain.

The way in which he spoke to the Koraysh of Mecca and the Ansar of Medina,

the people of the Hijaz or Najd was different from the way in which he spoke to Dhul Mishar Al Hamdhani, Tahfah Al Handi, Katan, Haritha Al Ulaymi’s son, Al Ashath, Kays’ son, Wail, Hujr Al Kindi’s son and other chieftains of the Hadramat and the kings of Yemen.

As for his everyday speech, famous speeches, statements and sayings, volumes have been written about them together with references containing their words and an explanation of their meanings.

The eloquence of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, is unequal and

demonstrated in the following sampling:

“People are like the teeth of comb.”

“A man is with the one he loves”

“There is no good in company that does not show you what you show them.”

“People are like mines of gold and silver. The best of you in the ‘Time of Ignorance’ is the best of you in Islam, if they understand (the Islamic Law).”

“A man who knows his own worth is not destroyed.”

“Allah shows mercy to His worshipper who speaks well and gains, or who remains silent and safe.”

“Become a Muslim and you will be safe, become a Muslim and Allah will give you
your wage twice over.

“Those among you I love most and those who will sit close to me on the Day of Resurrection are the best of you in character, who give shelter, and protect and Reconcile.”

“The two faced person has no status before Allah.”

“Gossiping is forbidden, as is excessive questioning, squandering property, forbidding gifts, disobedience to mothers and the burial of girls alive.” “No matter where you are, fear Allah. Follow a bad action with one that is good because it erases (the bad). He created people with a good character.”

“The best affairs is the median way”

“Answer the one you love with gentleness, lest one day he becomes the one who
hates you.”

“On the Day of Resurrection, injustice will appear as darkness.”

There are a multitude of examples (over 12000 authentic statements), these are but a few and one cannot fail to marvel and reflect upon the wisdom found within them.

The Companions said to him, “We are unable to find anyone more eloquent
thanyou.” To this he replied, “How could it be otherwise, the Koran was revealed on my tongue, a clear Arabic tongue.”

It is reported that on another occasion, the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, told his Companions, “I am the most eloquent of Arabs since I am from the Koraysh and was raised among the children of Saad.” The tribe of Saad was famous for their strength and purity of the Arabic language and this was coupled to the eloquence spoken in Mecca. All these elements were combined with Divine support that accompanies the Revelation and which no mortal can imitate.

Umm Mabab said of him, “His speech was sweet and distinct without using too few words or an excess. It was as if his speech consisted of threaded pearls. His very melodic voice penetrated.”

Abstract

The God Says” God inspired bees to live in mountains, trees and that they construct. Ten eat from fruits and follow the ways of the God. Hence comes out of their bellies, syrup of different hues, in which there are cure for people. In this there is a proof of those who think deeply”.” (Nahl:68-69).

Scientific Fact:

Honey is an essential nutrient containing syrup center consists mainly of sugar, water and mineral salts, vitamins and some protein, yeast, enzymes and some chemical compounds with medicinal qualities. Honey manufactured from the nectar of flowers collected by worker bees from different flowers surrounding bee hives; the worker bees convert the nectar accumulated through partial digestion and reduce the moisture to store in hexagonal cells

The bees of the most active communities; that was not the most active; as they share members of the community work; Each performs his duty assigned to him in all sincerity, dedication and proficiency; does not allow its members to live, including people lazy; If laze everyone of them and become a burden on the rest of society, the determination of displacement and expulsion, where spit community for being a burden on hard-working staff; and the cooperative society provides assistance to small and weak to grow up and strengthened to be provision for the community and its effective force. The community of bees; is a collection of individuals each individual has an independent role; and maintains the maintenance of order within the hive; The community of bees is not known despair and that everyone works in the hive is impossible to maintain the stability and security of the hive; If what we saw this ideal society, we can only say The God bless the Best of creators.

The miracle

Dilemma unresolved and unclear how it is done only recently in the era of knowledge and this spirit, the Qur’an honors received by the Almighty God for the bees to make on behalf of Al bees Hence, the research is to study the antimicrobial activity of honeys. As stated in the correct: that the Prophet peace be upon him says: “If in something of your medicine or be in something of good in your medicine cupper, drinking honey or in touching with fire cure the disease, and I did not like to be cauterized it here has singled out the prophet of God him and all the colors and forms of treatment used now, and surgical intervention, treatment and preventive treatment virtual “And peace be upon him: to cure honey and the Quran, the bees and honey in the Holy Hadith has taken a great deal of interest in master creation, peace be upon him because of the bee from a verse in the creation God and the conversion of his behavior and his production and get it out of the good and important for all aspects of life, it invites us we are scholars of management and thinking about what the Sanah and God in the Koran verses, “In it for those who reflect.” From this verse in Al-Nahl, “come out from their bellies a drink of varying colors wherein is healing for the people in it. In this there is a proof of those who think deeply” established the idea of this research where modern science has proven without doubt an area of honey in the ability of bees to a number of biological characteristics and eat one of these important properties

Introduction:

More than half the energy generated in the human body out of the sugar that enters the honey as food; sugar honey faster digestible among the elements of nutrition; where moving honey to the liver directly converted into glycogen without the need for other operations. The white sugar should turn normally in the body to compounds simple by the enzyme invertase in order to turn sugar into glucose occurring among the liver and converted to glycogen. Thousands of scientific references in the field of chemical composition of honey has been written. Thus many authors the chemical composition of honey and identified and separated some of the organic material of honey. The therapeutic properties of honey based on the chemical composition and contains active substances which has several properties, including: the most important properties of honey, the presence of glucose (dextrose) in honey is reflected in the therapeutic properties of glucose: Glucose saver, its role in improving and building tissues and metabolism and has been used glucose recently, and on a large scale, the more help the liver to get rid ofpoisoning and honey as a tonic to the liver cells. A lot of different therapeutic activity of bee product has been discovered. From this point, the Koran was received by honoring God Almighty for the bees to make Surat with the name of the bees and two ayats or versus (Nahl :68-69).

Religion side

Surat Al Nahl (bees) address topics creed major “divinity, revelation, and the Resurrection,” and besides talking about the evidence the capacity and the oneness in the wide world in the heavens and the earth, seas and mountains, plains and valleys, and water torrential, and plant developing, astronomy, which takes place in the sea, and the stars that guide the people who are walking in the darkness of the night, the last of those scenes which he sees in life, and knows ears and eyes, the vivid images of View, a function of the oneness of God Almighty, and speaking the effects of ability, which excelled in the objects.Called this kind Sura “Al-bee” for inclusion on those eloquent lesson which refers to making wondrous Creator.The purpose of Sura precious to the report of the principle of “the oneness of God, In conclusion, Sura decent order of the Messenger peace be upon him calling to Allah with wisdom and good advice, patience and forgiveness than it receives from harm in the Report for God’s call. He says: {And your Lord inspired thebee, the hills and trees, and what they erect} is meant by the revelation: inspiration and guidance any inspired interests and inform it how to build homes Hexagon bizarre home to in three places: mountains, trees, and the nest built by the people {and then total of all the fruits of any} eat of all the flowers and fruits that of sweet, bitter, sour, God referred to his ability to honey {follow the ways of your Lord made easy} go in any way in the request for pasture if you are not being geared able to go or return. {From their bellies comes a drink of varying colors, wherein is healing for the people} ie out from the wombs of honey bees varied from red, white, and yellow, wherein is healing for people of many diseases, said the Al-Razi said: “How to be a healing for the people hurt bile? The answer is that God did not say: it is a healing for all people, and each disease, and in each case, but for what it is healing for some and other ills reconciliation that is described that when a cure { In this there is a proof of those who think deeply} any lesson for those who reflect the great power of God, and adorable author.

It is mentioned in the Sunnah bees preferred to have urged us Mostafa peace be upon him not to kill the bees and the use of honey as a medicine and He mentioned that Momen like bees and He prohibit kill the bees due to their benefit in medicine, nutrition and agriculture.

The Prophet peace be upon him says: “If in something of your medicine or be in something of good in your medicine cupping, drinking honey or in touching with fire cure the disease, and the like to be cauterized it here has singled out the Prophet peace be upon him all forms of therapy used now, as surgical intervention, treatment and preventive treatment. And peace be upon him says also: to cure with honey and the Quran, the bees and honey in the Hadith Sharif has taken a great deal of interest in master creation and peace be upon him because of the bee from a verse in the creation God and the conversion of his behavior and his production and get it out of the good and important for all aspects of life, it invites us we are invistigators to manage and deep thinking about what in the Koran verses, { In this there is a proof of those who think deeply}. Narrated by Bukhari in places in his Saheeh: The Book of Medicine 76 4 medicine honey As was reported by Abu Huraira detained and brought “to cure: honey and the Quran,” narrated by Ibn Majah, Book of Medicine 31 Part 7: Honey 3451 / 1142/ 2. From Abu Sa’eed that a man came to the Prophet peace be upon him said: My brother complained his stomach; said: drink honey. Then came to him the second he said: drink honey, and then came to him the third he said:” drink honey; then came to him and said: Allah and lie belly brother drink honey was healed.”Narrated by Muslim, Book of Medicine 39 section 31: medication honey 2217/1736/4 11

Drinking honey, as described by the Prophet peace be upon him to cure abdominal fullness of glut hit; matter drink the honey is to push the waste gathered in the intestine, evacuation and the honey of the best treated by the gastro intestinal disease. ; It was repeated watering honey, who pointed him peace be upon him the meaning of prophetic medicine in terms of multiple doses of medicine, also the amount allowed and time to take the medicine until they are cured, This is supported by studies pharmacological abuse the drug and the period of absorption and make the impact. When we speak words of peace be upon him: “Allah and lie belly of your brother,” a reference to check the benefit of medicine and the survival of the disease or disease not to lack of reaction drug user; but the severity of the disease in terms of diarrhea, and Allah says in the Koran verses, “And We send down from the Quran is a healing and a mercy for believers though it increase the evil doers in naught save ruin” (Isra: 82)..

The concern is the bees that depend on nutrition natural flowers are grouped maids of nectar and pollen in a different way by other insects as identify her visits to one type of plant often revolve inside the flowers in order to lick all the nectar of collect pollen by sticking their bodies with Miasm this flowers to form seeds homogeneously full fruits are growing regularly. From the verse in Al-Nahl, “come
out from their bellies a drink of varying colors, wherein is healing for the people in this there is a proof of those who think deeply} established the idea of this research in terms that modern science has proven without an area of doubt in the ability of honey bee on a number of biological characteristics and eat one These important characteristics

Aim:

The research aims to discover the antimicrobial activity of the Honeys when diluted against various bacteria, Gram- negative and positive of that evaluated the efficiency of anti- microbial for eight samples of different types of Egyptian and Saudi honeys collected from different regions, and also research aims to study the chemical composition.

Materials and Methods

Therefore designed the experiment using Gram-positive bacteria: (Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes and Corynebacteria pseudotuberculosis), while Gram- negative bacteria: (Klebsiella pneumoni, Pseudomonas aeruginosia and Escherichia coli). Collected eight samples of different types of honey, stored 4oC until. Honey samples are citrus, acacia, cotton, sesame, coriander, clover, dates and sidr. Multiple dilutions of honeys under different
conditions of sterilization using sterile water and evaluated the efficiency of antimicrobial activity also study the chemical composition of the honeys.

Results:

In this study evaluated efficiency of antimicrobial activity to eight types of honey (citrus, acacia, cotton, sesame, coriander, clover, dates and sidr) against six different types of bacteria, some of which is followed by Gram positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Corynebacteria pseudotuberculosis) and Gram negative (Klebsiella pneumoni and Pseudomonas aeruginosia and Escherichia coli).. The results revealed that all honey had given the efficiency of antimicrobial activity that have been studied, where the best dilution of honey was at 20.3 % which led to complete inhibition of the growth of microbes under study. It was oblivious that Escherichia coli was the lowest antimicrobial activity against different. Honey samples.

Miraculous aspect of study

Honey bees (this product is natural safe with complex chemical composition), which collected by worker bees that has the efficiency of anti-microbial activity this effect

Medical & Life Sciences

can be seen as a confirmation of the words of the Almighty “in the verse” From their bellies comes a drink of varying colors, wherein is healing for the people” and the highest antimicrobial activity by dilution of honey also confirmed by says of the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him:”Allah and lied to the belly of your brother, coordinated by honey was healed”, The modern science has been accompanied by this text is miraculous and opens the power of hope for patients suffering from microbial infection in order to resort to the pharmacy the Lord that God has given the meaning of the bee shows that this say from the presence of Knowing True to Prophet Mohamed peace be upon him since 1430 years..