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    If it is said: The Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) was the Beloved of the Sustainer of All the Worlds;(*[1])and he held truth in his hand and spoke the truth with his tongue;(*[2])and among the soldiers of his army were angels;(*[3])and he watered a whole army with one handful of water;(*[4])and provided a feast for a thousand men with four handfuls of wheat and the meat of one kid;(*[5])and caused the unbelievers’ army to flee by throwing a handful of dust at them, which entered all their See, Muslim, Jihad, 81; Darimi, Siyar, 16; Musnad, i, 103, 368; v, 286, 310.</ref>)so how was that dominical commander who performed a thousand miracles similar to these, defeated at the end of Uhud(*[6])and at the beginning of Hunayn?(*[7])

    1. *See, Tirmidhi, Manaqib, 1; al-Daylami, Muqadddima, 8.
    2. *See, Qur’an, 17:105.
    3. *See, Qur’an, 3:123-5. Also, Bukhari, Maghazi, 11.
    4. *See, Bukhari, Wudu’, 32; Manaqib, 25; Maghazi, 35; Muslim, ‘Imara, 72, 73; Fada’il, 5-6; Tirmidhi, Manaqib, 6; Nasa’i, Tahara, 61; Musnad, iii, 329.
    5. *See, Bukhari, Hiba, 28; At‘ima, 6; Maghazi, 29; Manaqib, 25; Muslim, Ashriba, 141-2, 175;Tirmidhi, Manaqib, 6; Ibn Maja, At‘ima, 47; Muwatta’, Sifat al-Nabi, 19; Musnad, i, 197-8.
    6. *See, Bukhari, Jihad, 65; Bad’u’l-Khalq, 11; Manaqib al-Ansar, 22; Maghazi, 18; Ayman, 15; Diyat, 16; Abu Da’ud, Jihad, 106; Musnad, iv, 293-4
    7. *See, Bukhari, Maghazi, 54; Jihad, 52, 61, 97, 167; Muslim, Jihad, 79; Tirmidhi, Jihad, 15.