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is considered 'illiterate' by his followers, he was the master of mob psychology and excelled in operating
this mechanism.

The day, i.e. 17 Ramadan, the second year of Hijrah (623 A.D.) when the battle took place,
was punctuated with sharp gales. As the first violent blast swept across the valley, the Prophet told his
followers that the Angel Gabriel had arrived with one thousand angels to help the Muslim cause. The
following two piercing blasts were interpreted by him as the arrival of the angel Michael and the angel
Israpheel, each heading a reinforcement of 1,000 angels to fight on the side of the Muslims!

Nobody stopped to think why were they not visible to the crusaders, but to Muhammad only?
Again, the angels must be very weak creatures if three thousand of them were required to fight just
1,000 Meccans. The Koran testifies to this event:

"And Allah most surely helped you at Badr, when you were utterly abject. So fear Allah,
and happily you will be thankful. When you saidst to the believers: 'Is it not enough for you
that your Lord should reinforce you with three thousand angels sent down upon you, Yea: if
you are patient and god fearing, and the foe come against you instantly, your Lord will rein
force you with five thousand swooping angels". (The House of Imran: III:120)

By this statement Muhammad secured the entire credit for his Prophethood, which had been
honored by Allah with a reinforcement of 3,000 heavenly fighters, and a promise of 5,000 belligerent
angels in any future engagement against the infidels.

One ought to know the attitude of the Prophet toward his chief adversary, Abu Jahl, who was
presented to him when he was about to breathe his last. As he lay at his feet, the Prophet looked at him
and said, "it is more acceptable to me than the choicest camel in Arabia".

Now, we come to booty, the goal of the Islamic warfare, which Allah Himself sanctioned to
strike terror in the hearts of those who refuse to bow before the Islamic Imperialism and claim their right
to human dignity.

By modern standards the booty acquired from the Battle of Badr may look trivial but by then
prevailing economic conditions of Arabia, its psychological effects, and the part it played in building the
Arab Empire, it was simply terrific; "the loot consisted of 115 camels, 14 horses, a great store of vest-
ments and carpets, articles of leather, with much equipage and armor".

The famous sword of Abu Jahl, known as 'Dhul-Fikr' fell to the share of the Prophet.

The Battle of Badr was fought on the doctrine of Jehad, which essentially means building an
Arab Empire by denying non-Muslims all rights except the right to serve their Arab masters. This servi-
tude is not ephemeral but eternal because Jehad seeks perpetual humiliation of non-Muslims through a
system of everlasting subjugation and payment of tribute. When we delve deeper into this doctrine, it
transpires that its tentacles equally spread to the non-Arab Muslims, who are converted to Islam with
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