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This
was too much for the proud people of Arabia. They had tolerated Mohammed
at first, then they had persecuted Him and His followers , but after 13
years of suffering Mohammed was still calling upon them to turn to the
One
Compassionate God and follow His Commandments.
Why
should they put aside their own gods, they thought?
.
Besides
, they were too busy with their continuos warfare . They had no more patience
with Mohammed . So they decided to kill Him and His handful of followers.
But the Mission of Mohammed was not yet fulfilled . He still had other
laws to give to the people of His
age.
He left His birth-place , Mecca
, for another town, now called Median.
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The
enemies of the Cause of God organized great armies to kill Mohammed and
His band of followers. Mohammed had to protect the Cause of God and those
who had come to believe in God, so He permitted His followers to fight
against the savages who wished to destroy them. Thus , in the days of Mohammed
, as in the life time of Krishna
, the armies of Light and of Darkness arrayed their forces against each
other.
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Mohammed
was a Divine shepherd. he had to protect His innocent flock from the attack
of savage wolves. In the beginning , Mohammed and His followers had a difficult
time . Many of them were killed while defending themselves against the
fierce onslaught of their enemies. But all the time Mohammed assured them
that the Cause of God had always been victorious and would always continue
to be so. When the Mohammedans, His followers, were surrounded
by
powerful enemies, Mohammed foretold that mighty empires would soon crumble
before
them
because they were alive with the Spirit of God whereas others were spiritually
dead.
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