'Those who responded to the call of Allah and the Messenger after the misfortune had befallen them--for such among them who do good and keep their duty is a great reward."�Holy Qur�an Surah 3, verse 171

As I reviewed the series of articles published since this past Saviours� Day event highlighting "A Celebration of Family," I was struck by the concurrence of all the major themes discussed up to and including the outcome of the Battle of Uhud, being included as a part of the Revelation of the third Surah of the Holy Qur�an, entitled "The Family of Amran." I also noted that this number 3 represents the number of trial, and when squared, equals the number 9. The 9th surah is the only one in the Holy Qur�an over which occurs the omission of the "Bismillah" statement. When the number three is cubed, the result is 27. It is in the 27th Surah, verse 30, where the "Missing Bismillah" appears written in a Letter addressed to the Queen of Shebah from King Solomon.

Without going into the finer details of the meaning of this discovery in the unveiling of the meaning of the Mathematical Code 19 for the present moment, I wish to return once again to the circumstances of the Battle of Uhud as a study into its meaning and application for us today. Ever since the Battle of Badr, the Decisive Victory of the Prophet, which is also known as "The Day of Furqan," or the Discrimination, the open enemies were forever plotting to weaken the position of Muhammad and the Muslim community he was establishing in Madinah with rivalries and subterfuge.

Quoting from the biography of the Noble Prophet entitled: Ar-Raheeq Al Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar), this position of the opponents is expressed in the following words: "They were determined to crush the commonwealth of Islam once and for all. Emissaries were sent to all the tribes to make common cause against the rising Faith." (Pg. 245) Thus the preparation for their battle plans was received by the Prophet while he was in the Quba Mosque. Security was intensified around the Prophet�s door and the Muslims were put upon an emergency alert. At the root of their desire was to find an opening in the ranks, so that they could do physical harm to the Prophet and to the courageous Muslims.

As explained in the Holy Qur�an, the Battle of Uhud was designed by Allah to reveal the hypocrites, and to bring about a separation between the Believers and those who feigned belief by their hypocritical oaths to defend the Prophet with their lives. Further readings in this particular biography reveal that the purpose of Allah was to reveal the Chief Hypocrite and those with him. "However, it was Allah�s Will that he should be disclosed and disgraced in public�for the first time. It was His Will that the curtain which concealed their disbelief behind should be uncovered and pulled down. Allah�s Will enabled the Muslims to recognize the reality of those snakes that were creeping within their garments and inside the sleeves of their clothes. Thanks to Allah they recognized them in one of the most critical times of their lives." (Pg. 247)

We, the Muslims in America, are in the same condition and circumstances today. Every attempt is being made to cut off the Divine Work and Sublime Character of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan in the public�s eye. But the more they attempt to discredit his Divinely Guided Spiritual Leadership, the more such ones will find themselves in the quagmire of defeat and disgrace. "It is the devil who only frightens his friends, but fear them not, and fear Me, if you are believers."�Surah 3, verse 174

We read the past histories of the prophets and their communities as a sign of what the thinking of society is today within the framework of the present cycle of time.

According to the Divine Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, these histories of the past that are revealed in the Divine Scriptures originate from the thinking of people and society that is recorded down the line of time and are responded to by the Wise Thinking and Mind of God which we come to know as the fulfillment of Prophecy. These cycles of history are written and recorded in intervals once every 25,000 years. What we call Divine Scripture, Bible or Qur�an, comes as a result of the thinking of peoples and nations measured all the way down to our times. Everything is recorded in a Book and does not escape the Mind of God, and we come to read about it in the context of time. Past, present and future is one progressive continuum of time. Time is telepathy and there are Divine Laws which dictate the progression and Manifestation of Thought.

" Allah will not leave the believers in the condition in which you are until He separates the evil from the good. Nor is Allah going to make you acquainted with the unseen, but Allah chooses of His Messengers whom He pleases. So believe in Allah and His Messengers. And if you believe and keep your duty, you will have a great reward." � Holy Qur�an, Surah 3, 178

To be continued