Battle of khandaq pdf6/14/2023 ![]() ![]() With great fanfare and aplomb, this formidable force left Makkah in February 627 to capture Medina and to obliterate Islam. This was the largest force ever assembled by the Arabs till that time. Montgomery The strategic aim of the Meccans was nothing less than the destruction of the Muslim community as such, or what amounts to the same thing the removal of Muhammad from his position of authority (Muhammad, Prophet and Statesman) Inspired by this aim, and by their ardor to make restitution for failures of the past, the Makkan leaders began preparations for an all-out war a war that would put an end to all other wars by blotting Islam out In two years the Quraysh raised a fighting force of ten thousand warriors. With this aim they decided to strike a final and a crushing blow upon Medina, and to exterminate all Muslims. They knew that if they could kill Muhammad, their interests would be safeguarded, and their hegemony would be restored in Arabia. The pagans considered Islam a threat to their economic security and political supremacy in Arabia, and they could never be reconciled to its existence.
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