Lesson Sixteen
Giving a Death Sentence to a Country
(A real story)
A head of a division trusts his higher commander- who directs him- very much due to what he realizes of his cleverness and wisdom, courage and resourcefulness, sound genial military planning, and the magnificent results of his prosperous guidelines.
When he enters the war with his division, he keeps in contact with his higher commander especially in the thick fight when the war status escalates and comes to a head, and when there becomes no room for moving or manoeuvring, and he senses a real danger pervading the division, he does nothing but holds the field telephone and communicates with his wise merciful commander informing him about the painful military fact and asking for his wise discerning opinion to accomplish it at once.
Through this communication, his commander guides him to a plan, which he directly puts into effect, then the result is success and plain victory, the situation converts from a destroying defeat to a landslide victory, all of that is achieved by virtue of this contacting with his high commander, exactly as the Arabic leader communicated with his high commander ―Al-Hajjaj Ibn Yusuf Al-Thaqafi" when he failed to conquer ―Bukhara" the well- fortified city, then he sent him the map of conquest and he conquered it immediately.
If man attains the real communication with God (which Al’lah Wants from all of His obedient for their own benefit) and he witnessed through it a side of Al’lah’s Attributes a side of mercy, sympathy, kindness, justice, charity, beauty, thereupon he tastes the real love of Him, the Almighty, since the spirits are naturally disposed for loving perfection, and through this communication Al’lah supplies him with the water of real life which fascinates him, and by that his prayer keeps him away from indecency and shameful deeds.
God says: ―If only they had remained [straightened] on the right way, We should certainly have supplied them with water in abundance, that We might fascinate them by it. But if any turns away from the remembrance of his provider, He will undergo a severe penalty" .
Light is poured forth in his heart-through this communication-by which he distinguishes good from evil and truth from untruth.
So long as he communicates with God heading for Him truly and performing the prayer in which he witnesses none but Him, this Godly light lasts illuminating his path of right and enabling him to discriminate between good and evil as the Almighty says: ―O you who believe! Be under Al’lah’s light and believe in His messenger and He will bestow on you a double portion of His mercy and provide you with a Light by which you shall walk [right in your path" .
Fortress [57] Al-Hadid [Iron], verse: [28].
The true believer seeks his Provider’s guidance in all his affairs and asks to be shown the right way in every matter.
The Holy Hadith tells: ―My obedient keeps approaching me by supererogation’s until I love him. If I love him I shall be his hearing by which he hears, and his sight by which he sees" .
When man follows Al’lah’s saying [the Holy Qur’an] in every matter of his, he shall walk safe and tranquil in this life, and when Al’lah’s Light be his lamp and illumination he shall lead a life within happiness and peace.
He [cpth] attained most of his war plans during his prayer, and so concerning his noble companions after him. Al’lah showed them to him and by applying them the splendid victory was got with the least number of victims from the two combating parts. because he [cpth] is the messenger of mercy to all the worlds.
And here…we have an event that took place with our merciful scholar in one of Al-Sham villages, and which proves to us the trueness of this speech for ―the scholars are the prophets’ successors" .
The volcanoes of the Greatest Syrian Revolution pervaded everywhere in Syria like a violent overwhelming flood, for there remained no city nora village but it joined in supporting the revolution. Fighting was going everywhere and what added fuel to the fire was that the French government was informed by way of its spies that there was a Syrian country which formed a surcharge for France in Syria, and that it was a grave center and a big shelter for the rebels. It supplied them with provisions and aided them in fulfilling their revolutionary plans for destroying the French interests in Syria, besides most of its men entered the rebels lines, so they were with them in heart and soul.
The news escalated and the French government grew more angry until the situation came to a head, then the French high commissioner decided-after the reported news inflamed the fire of grudge and anger in him-and in his accustomed cruelty towards the hard circumstances he faced, he decided to show his wild teeth in order to relieve his mind of this country which his spies pretended that it was a source of riot and revolutionary movements which troubled the security of France, rather the security of its oppression and exploitation in Syria shouting in a voice coming out of the depth of darkness:
Crush this country, destroy it.
Equip a division of the army with heavy-armament and bomb it severely, do not have mercy upon it for there is no mercy in the war, torture its people, let even the innocents die, let the children be burned, let the women and old men be killed, all of them are enemies to us. it is not important who is the one to be killed, but the most important is to suppress this cursed commotion.
The sad tidings reached the people of the country and its revolutionist heads by way of some loyal patriots who seemed -outwardly-to be sponsor to France amongst its lines. It fell on their hearings like a violent thunder and their hearts quivered terrified as if they saw its execution before their eyes, how the houses would be burned, the innocent ones vagabonded, the children killed,the women and old men slaughtered...yes…similar to what had happened to Al-Mleha village near Damascus before….for it had been wholly destroyed.
Some of them flared up roaring against this tidings, volcano’s of anger burst in their hearts, and quakes of revolutionary pain shacked them, while the others stood perplexed as they quite knew that they would be unable to counteract this heavy-armed attack and if they did, their counterattack would be inconsiderable before the French forces, rather it would cause them to flare up and to be more violent in torturing the innocent people of the country and striking their agrarian interests sharply...for what could a small country do before one of the greatest states?
But what shall we do?? And what is the solution??
If the matter is connected only with us, we shall face and never mind, and let martyrdom be our fate, but it is a matter of women and aged ones, innocent children and sons. we do not want the hardhearted ones to write the fate of our innocents with their hands. O God...please Your Mercy...O Al’lah….Your Mercy. The whole kept silent withholding the tears of pain and sadness as if the carnage occurred before their eyes.
Confused quietness and sad silence prevailed in the country, they raised their hands supplicating God, invoking Him from the depth of their hearts and begging Him to drive away this carnage from them:
O God..Your Mercy...there are worshipping old men, infants, and playing children among us.
This silence was filled with beseeching and hidden heart invoking was interrupted by a groaning voice of someone saying: ―You know officer Mr. M. Amin, that revolting Syrian officer did not You see and hear of his faithfulness and his sacrifices for his nation and homeland...and his secret cooperation with the rebels against wrong France?? Everybody knows how he delivered all the arms of ‘Anjar’ citadel to us but Al’lah saved him and preserved him from France scheming by a miracle and how he stopped the procession of many expeditions to many countries by his clever plans, so why don’t we resort to him so that he may save us from this impasse and lift this savage carnage from us?
Others replied: ―What can he do in such a situation? And what shall he have of the capabilities when he is alone opposite to France whatever he plans and manages? Taking into consideration, that he can not reveal himself before them and counter them face to face, so we think that the matter is of no avail.
The first one replied: But may Al’lah relieve us at his hands, so why don’t we try? Al’lah is the entrusted for all the matters and if we could not make use of his wonderful abilities, the situation would not get worse.
All of them agreed and they sent one of them quickly to inform the Syrian revolting officer, Mr. M. Amin.
The envoy reached the house of Mr. M. Amin in the evening, he knocked at the door and our officer received him with his words which enliven the thirsty hearts and extinguish the fire of desperation. He heard from him the tale and the great suffering of the heads of the country and its rebels from this impending grievous danger.
Mr. M. Amin contemplated the fact of the matter, then he perceived its bitter reality and felt the nightmare of this cruel tidings and what end the country and its people would come to if this military invasion happened-God forbid- on the plea of shelling the sites of the terrorist rebels in the country, they shall destroy it completely and shed the blood of many innocents.
What is to be done against this final decision taken by the merciless French government? He pondered on the matter a little and experienced the bitterness of such tidings for it will be something fruitless to face them, and if such a matter happened, there shall be more victims and destruction in many times than the case we followed another way.
He resorted to Al’lah truly...the tidings was very grievous as he quite knew wha t should France do hiding behind this decision.
He turned to God asking for help: Oh God! How to escape?? It was only some moments of silence filled with supplication and great entreaty to Al’lah-when the plan occurred to his mind and flashed in his imagination including escape by God’s will.
He looked a look full of hope and confidence in God with optimism and cheerfulness overwhelmed his face, he was sure that Al’lah would drive back those cruel aggressors and would not enable them to damage this country, he said: Listen to me you man…. Go to your fellows at once and told them that officer M. Amin gives you his best regards and asks you to search for a skilful painter in the country- if you do not have we have an excellent one-and let him draw the best and most perfect picture of Holy Jerusalem in large size, then let the whole cooperate to fix it nicely at the entryway of the country and on the wall of the first house seen by the coming ones to this country, then the problem will be solved by God’s will.
The man replied: Is that all sir? And the problem will be solved? But how?
Mr. M. Amin said: As I have told you carry out the plan quickly and do not slacken.
Ask the drawer to perform the work in the most wonderful skill he has and as soon as possible. Al’lah is the entrusted for all the matters.
The man came back soon carrying the message to the heads and leaders.
They understood the aim of Mr. M. Amin, so they quickened in fulfilling the advice. It was but a while when the wonderful big painting was leant on the wall of the first house in the country covering it wholly and receiving the coming ones. It was a picture that represented Holy-Jerusalem and could be seen from far distances due to its huge size.
Now it is time for the military expedition to start moving for shelling the country.
The expedition proceeded with its officers, implements and heavy-armament headed by one of the French leaders who unveiled his brutal reality and was fully determined to bomb the whole country on the pretext of attacking the terrorist rebels in their sites and shelters.
And once he approached the country and from afar he saw the picture. He was watching with field-glasses ready to give his orders to the tanks and heavy-artillery to shell the country when he called his adjutants and asked them to turn their field-glasses towards the entry way of the country, then he asked them: Do you see what I see??
They said: Yes….people of this village are certainly of the Christian sect.
So this country is Christian most of its people are our brethren in religion and it is impossible for them to do what we had heard about them why shall we destroy them then??
It is no more false or incorrect tidings and we should punish him who reported it.
The eruption of their anger was distinguished and the commander cooled down, he ought to withdraw and not shell the country absolutely.
At once, he phoned the higher commander of the French army in the government house and informed him of the matter, then the latter said nothing but: So it is a Christian country, surely the news which had been reported to us by our spies were wrong retreat then and do not enter it yet let It safe.
The leader of expedition: Yes sir…..this is also my opinion we shall withdraw immediately.
He quickly gave his orders to the division to withdraw and they drew back with their terrible heavy- armaments to a garrison for repelling the attacks of rebels.
By that, the country was saved from a grave danger that was about to afflict and destroy it.
Safety, peace, and tranquillity returned to people and they escaped from that terrible nightmare.
They were saved from fires and crimes that would ruin a lot of them and turn the life of those who might escape into a hard bitter life.
Yes…God responded to them and saved them from these pains and dangers, the blood which would be shed, the crops which would be burnt and scattered by the wind, the houses which would fall down on their inhabitants’ heads and become as tombs for them.
A great carnage was removed by what Al’lah the Almighty had inspired of the imposing plan to his true obedient, that commando revolting man who was ever ready to suppress the untruth and support the truth, his nation and his beloved homeland.
Our wise man used his such extreme wisdom in backing up the truth and its people against the wrong and the corruption of people’s hearts hiding his such behaviour from the sights of France and trusting in Al’lah in his operations and support of the rebels against France.
Rather!.... France suspected his duplicity but with no proof or evidence and many times they tried to get rid of him, but Al’lah willed to fulfil his good aim in supporting the truth, and His merciful providence intervened in each hard impasse to save him from the certain death and preserve him from the cunning France by a miracle, for Al’lah is the steering God and far be it from Him to humiliate a true obedient faithful to Him.
So, by his sharp [piercing] discernment enlightened by Al’lah’s light, he could guide people of this country to a plan that ensured their safety and by that he spared falls of blood, pains, fires and destruction.
Verily, it is the outcome of real communication [with God]….the fruit of Godly love and high belief (in Him).