Magnanimity Unparalleled in the Annals of Mankind Every attempt was made to grant pardon to the people. Ikrimah, Abu Jahl’s son, who has attacked Khalid’s detachment at the time of the entry into Makkah was forgiven. To Wahshi the murderer of Hamzah, the Holy Prophet’s uncle, and to Hind, who had chewed his liver, was also extended his generous clemency. The same generous treatment was accorded to Habbar who had attacked the Holy Prophet’s daughter with a spear while on her way from Makkah to Medina, so grievously that she ultimately died of the fatal injuries. Can history furnish such an example of peaceful conquest of a city which had been for years the hot bed of worst type of tyranny and oppression? Historical records have r>o instance to quote of such magnanimous forgiveness as shown by the Holy Prophet of Islam.
This is how Makkah was conquered, not by means of the sword, but by peace and goodw.ll The highly magnanimous treatment of Muhammad (PBUH) had not only disarmed al’ opposition, but had also awakened the Makkhans to the Call of Truth which the Holy Prophet had preached. 1 heir minds were agitated and their conscience was stirred and they bej-an to reflect calmly over the blessings which the Divir-e Faith had in store for them. Blind hostility gave way to sober reflection as i result of which the people entered into the fold of Islam not by ones or twos, but in crowds.
It is not i victorv of man’s self-glory, but of humility; not that of power, \.t of sinctre and constant service to mankind and its Creator; not a victory of man’s selfishney but of man’s selflessness and his perfect realizatioit of Allah’s Grace and Mercy at every step of his life.
