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1\1 A II
he pretcnd..:d, t O Icave l\1ccc:\, T hc Korcinl, (eatine
t i!":." co~!i:q UC:il:c:" of ,his alJiance, la'g..n tu thi'nk 1(
:.Ibfolutely n(,!t:~n:lry la prc\'~nt r.,'Iohó4Olnlcd's c(cape to
~lctdinJ; ¡¡,nd h,t"ing hdJ a counI:11,hereao, l(tcr I~vcr<.tl
mddcr c:"xpcdl\~n' s h.tel beco r~jc{kd. dll: y carne tO a re·
fuhltion thl t he {h;lul! he killc..d; and Jgn.:cd th:1.t a m:\n
fllOUld h..: eholc n out of c\'cry t rib~ fOf the cxecutioll of
tllls cidisn; ano that (',1eh 01,10 rhould have a blo\V al 111m
Wilh hls fword , tilJI the guilt of his blooo. migll[ r.d l
c'1u.a1ly on JlI lhe tr:bes. 10 whoCc;: united power the
] l.Hll~mites we fe much inferior, and tht:r.:Corc durO: oOt
attC!mpt 10 reve:nge tht:ir kinfman's death .
ThlSconfpir"cy W.I$ (.·arce formed , whco, by fome
means or olher, j; C;tOle tO Moh..tmmed's knowlcdge; he
gíl.\-e out that it was reve.tlec.J. tO hlm by the fingel G..tbricl,
who hcld oow ord~red 111m to relire lO ~1edlna_ \ Vhere·
upon. to amule his enemles, he rlireéted Alí tO líe down
io hís place, and wrap him(df up in his green c1o.. k,
wtHch he did j and ~l\lhaOlmcd eLdped minlcu!ou(1y, as
they preteod, tO Ahu B..:cr's (t'. un¡>crcelved by the
conlpir;ltors, who alrr.:oldy ,df:;:O\blcd al (he prophet 's
duor. r"fhey, in ¡he me::n tilOC, looking through lhe
cre"ice, and f~eing Ali, whom they rook lO be Muh..mmed
hiOl(eJf, , cont inucd Watdllog tht"rc: till morning,
when Ali :irafe, anJ they found themrclv<:s deceivcd_
FroOl Abu Becr's houfe !vfohammed and he went 10 a
cave: in mou nt Thur, to lhe fouth-c;tfl of l'vIl::cca, :4ecum·
panied only by Amcr Ebn Foheirah, il !,u Bc:cr's fl!rvaot,
.nd Abd'.lIah E bn O«,,,h, an idol.«r whom they h.d
hirecl fo r a guide. l o this cave they lay hid dHfC II:lyS.
tOavoid the fea rch of their eoemies; whidl they very
lIarro\'1ly efc:4pe<J" aoo nOI withou t lhe 3:TiCl.loce of more
mi¡acles than one: for fome (ay (hat the Korcin, were
IIruck with , fo liJa< !hcy cnuld not lind th.
CAVe i othcrs, lhat after ~lohammcd dod hi5 comp:lOions
wcre R\)t io , lWO pigcons 1:".Id dldr ('g!~s al the eOlr.loce,
and a (pider cov~rt:d lhe mOlllh of thc C.i\·e with her wcb,
which m.\d~ lhcm look no fanher I\bu B\!cr, fcclng lile:
prnphet in fu ch immioent dang(! r, becdOle vcry furro \'lful ;
\\hcreupon ! Itlh:t:nmcn comfort-'.:~ hi:n wilh thefe words,
. ecordeJ in lhe Koran. Re 11f. / erit:v~d, fir c,'otl is 'tuilh tl/.
Their enemies beiog retircd. tllcy J..f[ lhe c~vc, ano fe l Out
for Medioa, by a by road ; and h:w ing fortUO~lcly, or, as
the NIllhammedal:s leJl us, miraculolln y efeAp~d rome
who were {I::nt to pur(uc them, arri ¡'co fafdy :tI th:41 ci–
ty: whilher Al; fullo .ved Ih l!Ol io lhree dit)'s, alter he
had feul-:d fume JfT,,;rs :H hl,,:cca.
The {idl lhing r,lohi1mOlt:cl did a(ter his ~ rriv:'\1 al 1\fe–
dina, \'las tO budd a tClllplc fOI his rcJ'gious W :II ~h1 p,
aod a houfe for himfe! f, \, .. I:a:h he rlid "'10 :t pAred or ;~rclund
which had b:.:fofl! ferved lO pU l camc!s io . or, as othn s
td l us, fo r a \)uryinl~-grml oo. ~nc.J l>cJon;~~'c1 lO 1I ~n I
Sohr.:il Ihe fons (lf t\llHII. who \\'crc orph lOS. T lm. :4C–
tion Dr P rideaux ~xcJ,l;ms íl.glinll, :nTlng 1\ ~s .1
flanrJot inHancc of injuftiCl' i fM ,h,H, f.lys he. ht: \'Iolcrrdy
difpucrl.;íI~d lh..:fe pour orp:';1I1S, (hc ((lnS\)( ;In iO(l r:ol ar–
tificer (whol11 d Ie author h,~ fJ l1otc' e.!lls :l c.•rpI. IHcl) of
thi5 w ('¡uno. :tnd ro rlJundcJ lhe f'irH f.lhric f)( his \Vo¡[hp
Wllh dH: likc wickcdnt fs ;15 he .Iit! hio; :/;II::ion Ihll, 10 r.l y
nOlhjnJ~ 01 lile iln p oh~bi l1ly thil l MClh,llllT1lC~'~ 111111111 :I~t
i n fo.lIJJl'olitic a nl..lnncr at his (¡rU comilln. Itrc .Molhu:l-
7 M A H
me wrilers fd tI,is a([Jir i:'l :1 C'J uite JiJT,:rcnt Jight :–
ol1e Iclls liS that he trcatcd with Iht: beis ab~u t loe price
o( lhe: Cfouod, bUl lhey ddircc1 hc woulJ accepl it as a
prcfl::nl : howcvtr, as hdloriaos of cood creJit a(fu re: us,
he a,,'luJlly bought il ; and thc money was paid by Abu
Becr. HdiJ~s. IlJc.J 1\Iohammcu dcceptt d it as" pl erent,
tlll.!orphaos \Vere in ci reumflaoces fuflicient 10 have affo rJ ed
it; for lhey were of a very good f..tOlily. of the lribe of Naj –
j ar, ooe ot Ihe mon illuftnous tlmong Ihe Arabs, and not
the (oos of a carpentcr. as D r ·s aUlhor wriles,
\Vilo look the word Najj:tr, which r.J!o.{ics a carpemcr,
{or ao :4ppelJalivc, wherc..s il is a pruper name,
1vlohammed, being ft eu rc:ly fettlt:d itt Meoin", and able
nOl only to dcfl::nd himfdf ag~, o!l the Inluhs of his elle·
nemies, hut tO ,Utót.k Ih(.01. I "gan lo ¡cod OUI (mal! par–
tic:s 10 make reprif"ls on the Koreifll j Ihe r.rft party con–
litl,ng of no mo:-e thAn olOe men, who io(erc~pltd <tnd
plunJ'.! ed ¡.¡, CM.. van l>clunglog tO that lfibe, and in Ihe
OItllon took {wo pnfoocrs. RUl whll1 dldbllnl~d his afF..irs
very mu..:h, and ',\ 35 lIu: fouoddllon on WhH:h he built all
his fucccl!cing gre:.ttoefs, was tlle g"lning of tite b¡.¡,ttle of
Bcdr, which WitS fou~ht "n the (ecood yl.'.lr of lhe H~jraJ
aoJ 15 fo f"I!l0us lO \h..: i\1uhrl.nlm( hdlory. Sume
rcckon oo lels thao twenty-f...veo eXj)l'ditioos whereio tvIo–
h..mOled \'IAS perfonally pft-renl. In OIOC: o which he gave
banle, ber.des {ev~'r,d other expedilions io whlch he was
nOI prefeot H:s forces he mainlainl::d pa rtl y by lhe coo.
tnbulions of his followers ror Ihis purpofl::, which he callcd
by the name of zacat or alms, and the payiog of which
he.' very anfull y made one maln anicle 01' hls lellgion i aod
p;¡nly by ordl!ring a fifth p..rt of thcpluoderto be urought
ioto the pUi 11C IrcJfury (or lhal purp fe. io which mat–
ter he likcwife preleo(:ed 10 a~1 by lhe .:1\'10': dlrdl¡on.
lo a fn v YC.1I5, by the {uccel5 of 1115 f1rms (not\Vuh_
(hod1nj:! he fCJIllelime5 Colme off by the \Vodl) he coofider–
ablv ri\ifld his ' redi l .tod pfl\\'er. l o Ihe r.!>ah yCM ur the
Hcj ra he (et out with 1••00 men tO v.(il tht: tero1 ple of
J\<lecc~ , not wilh <iloy iOlenI 01" cfJOlmittlllg hoHtlilles, bllt
io a p~aceablf manlH,'r, Howcver. whcn he Colme tO al
H o.ieibiy<t, which is IiIU.:nC p:.rdy \'. idlln and p,"II)' \Vllh –
ou; lhe: f.icred tc:rrilory, Ihe K¡.ll::lfl¡ le.'nt to I~I híOl know
Ih.. l lhey wOldd I1vt p"rOli t hlin 10 enler J\ICCCd, unlcfs
la: forced his w;.¡ y; whercupuo!te .'alkd h15 troops duoue
him and Ihl'Y all tcmk ti rol, 111n ( of fc:tlty or IW Ol:l&C
lO him, aol! hl' r folved lO alt.lck the Ci iy : bUI thole of
1\1e:cc" feodíoi! Arw.1 Ehn 1\'1Iruci , pnn e 01' lh e uillt! of
T h,lkif, as tlid .. itmh,drhhlr, 10 dcfi e p....ICl', :.t truce: was
conclucll.'d ol.'lwt!cn lhem (or leo yl'.trS. !'y which .Ioy per.
fun '.vas alJn\Vl:c! 10 cn;:cr into le...gul t'itht:r \Vllh 1\luham–
Oled , or \Vllh fhe K.B·l·IOl, as he thO\':).! 1 (jI.
ft 1l1olV no! he i mp'0PI. r ttl nln \' the illl.o II i\ .Ih!.: "cne–
r¡,¡,UulI anJ rtlpt:tl ¡he i\ lllh.lmlllc.!.•os hy tllIS t lllle
for tll'.:ir prophCI, tu !llc,'otlon lhe acc('unl \Vh:.:!. the: a–
hH\'::· m(.lltlonl.:d ,lInu.I O:ufor ~ I \',,: ¡he K0t .. ;!!1 ;;1 h.!I rc–
tunl o; Iheíl lh.h,iVI\"l r 111:' ,1 he h.1d h\ l'O lt tht:
c-uuns both o; Ihe ¡{ '11\l 1l1 Cm pel(li ;I.,d 1)1' Ih\ J.,.11l~ uf J>l r–
r.a aoel n, \','r f:nv any prillt.:r' eu 11I.!.!.hly rlf"p... .::\,:d l" his
fulljc.:tl)oi ,1" j\ í ..It'.'IlIl1"d w.l511y bis (o:np lliollS; 1'01', \-"~ll'n­
n 'a !J'.: Ol,ttk Ihl! ,Ibhll ion, In tH.h·r tll f:l)' hj~ pl,l\n~.
tl¡l~Y I',tn ;rnl! ":,!" -!¡" ,, die W,ltl' r tlu l 1.1.' f¡.hl IIf~ d : '.11:".
\\'h : n:.:v.:1' he fl'ltJ lit.:}' Ill1nlt di.udy h¡;kc.:d il 111', :¡:lJ ~.lIln'l .
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