Holy Qur’an on the Battle of Uhud The Holy Qur’an gives a detailed description of the battle of Uhud in ”Surah Al-e-Imran.” Some selected verses are given as under: On the treachery of Abdullah bin Ubay and his 300 followers, who left the Holy Prophet (PBUH) before the start of the battle, following verses were revealed:
What you suffered on the day the two armies met, was with the permission of Allah in order that He might test the Believers, and the Hypocrites also. It was said to them: ”Come, fight in the way of Allah or (at least) defend yourselves. They said, If we know fighting (with a hope of success) we should certainly have followed you. They were that day nearer to unbelief than to Faith, saying with their lips what was not in their hearts. But Allah hath full knowledge of all they conceal.” For the first time the Abdullah bin Ubay and his hypocrite friends are referred in the Holy Qur’an clearly as Hypocrites. Regarding the disobedience of the archers, posted on the valley to watch enemy’s attack from the back, the Holy Qur’an says:
”Allah did indeed fulfill His promise to you when you with His permission were about to annihilate your enemy, ’until you flinched and fe!! ’ > disputing about the order, and disobeyed it after. He brcu nt you in sight (of the Body) which you covet. Among you are some that hanker after this world and some that desire ihe Hereafter. Then did He ’divert you from your foes in order to test you. But he forgave you; for Allah is full of grace to those who believe.”
’ Hugh Kennedy. Early Caliphate and The Age of Holy Prophet. P 44.
