The Road to Victory - 6. The sixth element: Glad tidings of success.

The invitation to Islam aims from the beginning to erase paganism and unjust systems. Also it aims at establishing Allah’s authority and His religion on earth so this earth would be full of justice and forgiveness after injustice and transgression. In addition to that Islam has to lead the whole humanity to pleasing Allah, abandoning serving other human slaves and serving Allah only, and to spread Islam’s justice instead of the injustice of the human rulers. So, serving Islam does not only bring calamities and death.

In the middle of the companions’ isolation and detention, the Quran came down with glad tidings and with verses telling the stories of the previous Prophets and their people who accused them of lying. The Quran mentions the results of the struggle and that injustice is always destroyed and believers always prevailed and inherited the lands. These verses contained description of conditions that were exactly similar to the conditions of the Makkan Muslims and pagans and gave the glad tidings that the pagans are going to fail in the future, even if they were temporarily successful.
So, these glad tidings for the Ummah are applicable in every time and in every place where Islam and Muslims are prosecuted. This is Allah’s promise and who is greater than Allah and what He says. Among these glad tidings are:

- “Already has Our Word been passed before (this) to our Servants sent (by Us), That they would certainly be assisted. And that Our forces,- they surely must conquer. So turn thou away from them for a little while, And watch them (how they fare), and they soon shall see (how thou farest)! Do they wish (indeed) to hurry on our Punishment? But when it descends into the open space before them, evil will be the morning for those who were warned (and heeded not)!” (37: 171-177)

- “Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.”(54:45)

- “But there - will be put to flight even a host of confederates. Before them (were many who) rejected apostles,- the people of Noah, and 'Ad, and Pharaoh, the Lord of Stakes, And Thamud, and the people of Lut, and the Companions of the Wood; - such were the Confederates. Not one (of them) but rejected the apostles, but My punishment came justly and inevitably (on them). These (today) only wait for a single mighty Blast, which (when it comes) will brook no delay.” (38:11-15)

- “And the Unbelievers said to their apostles: "Be sure we shall drive you out of our land, or ye shall return to our religion." But their Lord inspired (this Message) to them: "Verily We shall cause the wrong-doers to perish! "And verily We shall cause you to abide in the land, and succeed them. This for such as fear the Time when they shall stand before My tribunal,- such as fear the punishment denounced."(14:13-14)

The Prophet peace be upon him also used to conduct similar glad tidings. In every Pilgrimage he would stand in the middle of the Mecca’s market Okaz to convey these messages, not only to give the prophecies of heaven but also he would say, “Oh, you people, say there is no God but Allah to succeed, own the Arabs, and the non Arabs would be indebted for you, and if you die you would be kings in paradise.”

In Bukhari in the hadith narrated by Khabaab bin Al-Araat, he said, “I came to the Prophet while he way lying by the Kaaba and we had been tortured terribly by the pagans of Quraish, so I asked him to ask Allah to remove these hardships. The Prophet sat up, his face became red and he said there were people before you who would be combed with iron combs to separate their bones from their flesh, and that would not stop them from believing in Allah. I swear that this matter (Islam) would be perfected and under Islamic rule, the passengers traveling from Hadramout to Sannaa would not fear anything in their but Allah, but you are asking Allah to hasten the matter”.

I ask Allah for this precious Ummah to prevail again.