he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would begin to walk again, they would stone him again and would insult him.

Sayyiduna Zayd Bin Haarisah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ tried much to defend him and protect him by receiving the stones on his own body that even he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ was also bleeding so badly and was wounded all over his body. The Prophet of Rahmah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then sought refuge in an orchard of grapes.

(Al-Mawahib-ul-Ladunniyyah, vol. 1, pp. 136, 137)

حق کی راہ میں پتھر کھائے خوں میں نہائے طائف میں

دِین کا کتنی محنت سے کام آپ نے اے سلطان کیا

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

10 Tougher day than the battle of Uhud

A long time after this journey, once, Umm-ul-Mu`mineen, Sayyidatuna ‘Aaishah Siddiqah رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا humbly asked the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم: ‘Ya Rasoolallah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! Did you have any tougher day than the battle of Uhud?’ The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied, ‘Yes, O ‘Aaishah! That day was tougher day than the day of the Battle of Uhud, when I called the chief ‘Ibn ‘Abd-e-Yaaleel’ to Islam. He rejected it with disgust and the people of Taif stoned me. Filled with this grief, I kept walking until I reached a place called ‘Qarn-us-Sa’aalib’ and gathered myself.

Having reached there when I raised my head I saw a cloud with its shadow over me. (Sayyiduna) Jibra`eel (عَـلَيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوة ُ وَالـسَّلَام) called out to me from the cloud and said that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has heard the saying and answer of your nation and now the angel of the mountains is present before you to obey your command. The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said that after making Salaam to me the angel of mountains humbly said that O Muhammad (صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم)! If you want me to overturn both the mountains ‘Akhshabayn’ (Abu Qubays and Qu’ayqi’aan) over these unbelievers, I will do so. Having heard this, the Prophet