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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

Epistle of Nasih al-Dawlah - Jaysh bin Muhammad bin Mahraz

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and He, majestic is He as a speaker, said: "Allah has written, 'I will surely overcome, I and My messengers.'" 1

So we found that He does not part from His messengers; that is supported by His saying: "Indeed, We will support Our messengers." 2

And likewise, the day when he was placed in the catapult and had descended upon the fortress, the people of the fortress thought that it would never be conquered, and likewise the hypocrites thought that the fortress would never be conquered; and when he was hurled by it and went up into the air, the army yelled Allahu Akbar and the people of the fortress yelled Allahu Akbar, so their chief said: "What is the news?" They said to him: "A man approaching us in the air." So he said to them: "Standing or sitting?" They said: "Sitting." He said: "Kneeling or cross-legged?" They said: "Cross-legged." So he said to them: "This is the Lord of lords and the Master of necks." And when he conquered the fortress, the Messenger, majestic is His mention,

Footnotes

1Surah al-Mujadilah – Verse 21.
2Surah Ghafir - Verse 51
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