The victory of Allah, may He be blessed and exalted, was never so great as on the day of Uhud. He said: We disagreed with that, but Ibn 'Abbas said: Between me and those who disagree with me stands the book of Allah, may He be blessed and exalted. Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, says concerning the day of Uhud: "And Allah did indeed fulfill His Promise to you when you were killing them (your enemy) with His Permission; But surely. He forgave you, and Allah is Most Gracious to the believers" (Al 'Imran 3:152). What was meant by that was the archers. The Prophet (ﷺ) posted them in a (particular) place then he said: “Protect our backs; if you see us being killed, do not come to our aid, and if you see us capturing booty, do not come and join us." When the Prophet (ﷺ) began to take booty and they ransacked the camp of the mushrikeen, all the archers ran and entered the camp to join in the plundering, and the ranks of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) all gathered like this - and he interlaced the fingers of both hands - and they were all together. When the archers left this gap unprotected that they had been covering, the (enemy) cavalry entered from that place and attacked the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ), who began to strike one another in a state of confusion. Many of the Muslims were killed, even though at the beginning of the day, the battle had been in favour of the Prophet (ﷺ) and his Companions, to such an extent that seven or nine (mushrik) banner carriers had been killed. The Muslims rushed towards the mountain but they could not get there as people were shouting, To the cave!, because they were being attacked and crushed. The Shaitan shouted, Muhammad has been killed!, and no one doubted that it was true. We remained like that, not doubting that he had been killed, until the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) appeared between the two Sa’ds, and we recognized him from the way he leaned forward when he walked. Then we rejoiced as if nothing had happened to us. He came and climbed up towards us, saying: “Allah's anger is great against those who bloodied the face of His Messenger." Then he said: “O Allah, it is not right for them to prevail over us,” and then he reached us, A short time passed, then Abu Sufyan appeared, yelling at the bottom of the mountain: Cause your religion to prevail, O Hubal - twice - meaning: show your superiority, Hubal (and vindicate your religion), where is Ibn Abi Kabshah? Where is Ibn Abi Quhafah? When is Ibn al-Khattab? 'Umar said: O Messenger of Allah, shouldn't I answer him? He said: "Yes." When he said: Cause your religion to prevail, O Hubal, ‘Umar said: Allah is Most High and Most Glorious! He (Abu Sufyan) said: O son of al-Khattab, where is Ibn Abi Kabshah? Where is Ibn Abi Quhafah? Where is Ibn al-Khattab? 'Umar said, Here is the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), here is Abu Bakr, and here l am, 'Umar. Abu Sufyan said: A day in return for the day of Badr; days alternate and war goes in turns. ‘Umar said: We are not equal: our slain are in Paradise and your slain are in Hell. (Abu Sufyan) said: That's what you say! If that is true then we are doomed and lost. Then Abu Sufyan said: You will find among your slain some who have been mutilated, it was not on the orders of our commanders. Then his jahili attitude caught up with him and he said: Indeed that is what happened - and he did not say anything to indicate disapproval.