Hawzah News Agency- According to the teachings of Ayatollah Mazaheri's book Tajalliyeh, the Prophet's conduct during the Battle of Uhud demonstrates that he not only refrained from cursing his enemies but prayed for their guidance and forgiveness, putting into practice the divine strategy of being "a mercy to all the worlds."
God Almighty describes His Messenger as a source of mercy for all creation:
«وَ ما أَرْسَلْناکَ إِلاَّ رَحْمَةً لِلْعالَمینَ» [1]
"And We have not sent you except as a mercy to the worlds." (Quran 21:107)
The depth of the Prophet's love, compassion, and tenderness was such that, according to certain accounts, during the fiercest moments of the Battle of Uhud — when many Muslims had been martyred or wounded and the Prophet himself had suffered greatly at the hands of the polytheists — some companions asked him to curse the enemy. The Prophet of Mercy, enduring the most difficult of circumstances, responded:
«إنّی لَمْ أبعُثُ لَعّاناً وَ لَکِنِّی بُعِثتُ دَاعِیاً وَ رَحْمَةً» [2]
"I was not sent to curse, but rather I was sent as a caller and a mercy."
He then, out of goodwill and compassion, prayed for his staunchest enemies instead of cursing them, beseeching the Almighty:
«اللَّهُمَ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِی فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا یعْلَمُونَ» [3]
"O God, forgive my people, for they do not know."
Indeed, he attributed the crimes of the disbelievers and polytheists to their ignorance, saying: O God, forgive my people, cover their sins — they are ignorant and do not understand what they are doing.
Footnotes:
[1] Quran, Surah Al-Anbiya (21), Verse 107.
[2] Al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Quran, Vol. 4, p. 200.
[3] Ibid.
Source: Adapted from Tajalliyeh by Ayatollah Mazaheri, p. 59.
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