The Night of the Migration

When the Messenger pledged allegiance with the people of Aqabah, he instructed his companions to migrate to Medina.

Quraysh realized that his companions had increased in number.

And that they would protect him.

So they put their minds together to devise schemes.

Some of them proposed imprisonment.

And some of them suggested exile.

Then they agreed upon murder.

Then the messenger brought news from the heavens.

And he was instructed to leave the bed.

So Ali stayed in his place.

And the Truthful One rose to be his travel companion.

When they left the houses of Mecca, caution intensified for the Truthful One.

He kept remembering the watch so he walked ahead of him.

And at times, he would remember the pursuit, so he fell behind him.

And at times, to his right.

And at times, to his left.

Until they reached the cave.

So the Truthful One began to enter it to be a protection for him if there was any harm.

And Allah caused a tree to grow that had not been there before.

So it darkened the sought one and led the pursuer astray.

And a spider came and covered the mouth of the cave.

And it wove its web as a covering curtain.

So the web sealed the crack until it blinded the tracker from the search.

And He sent two doves that made a nest there, creating a veil over the seekers' eyes.

And this is a greater miracle than resisting the people with armies.

When the people stood over them.

And their words reached the ears of the Messenger and the Truthful One.

The Truthful One, overwhelmed with anxiety, said.

O Messenger of Allah, if one of them were to look beneath his feet, he would see us.

The Messenger of Allah said, 'O Abu Bakr, what do you think of two with whom Allah is the third?'

When the Messenger saw that his sorrow had intensified.