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𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐥-𝐊𝐚𝐡𝐟 (𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐯𝐞)- 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 (𝟏𝟖:𝟏𝟕-𝟏𝟖)?

Mohamad Mostafa Nassar
Twitter:@NassarMohamadMR

𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧.

𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞. 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭.

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 (𝟏𝟖:𝟏𝟕-𝟏𝟖) 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐥-𝐊𝐚𝐡𝐟= 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞’𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐬.

𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧:

“𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧, 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭, 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡. 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐖𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐇𝐚𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫. 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 (𝟏𝟖:𝟏𝟕-𝟏𝟖)

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧’𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫’𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐥𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑𝟎𝟗 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐥𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐥𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞.

𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫’𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐥-𝐊𝐚𝐡𝐟, 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐯𝐞= 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐥-𝐊𝐚𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭:

𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞, 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭:

𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐥𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧.

𝐒𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 “𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬”. 𝐅𝐨𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐱𝐲𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲.

𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧, 𝐟𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐬, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝟐 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞.

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 “𝐖𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬” 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬. 𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐞.

𝐒𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐭.

𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲, 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲:

• 𝐁𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬:

𝐁𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐥𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐁𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.

• 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐥𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:

𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐦. 𝐒𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐥𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧.

𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧:

“˹𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬˺ 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 ˹𝐎 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭˺ 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐮𝐥. (𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 𝟑𝟖:𝟐𝟗).

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐯𝐞, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 “𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐮 𝐚𝐥-𝐊𝐚𝐡𝐟,” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐮 𝐚𝐥-𝐊𝐚𝐡𝐟,” 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐥-𝐊𝐚𝐡𝐟 (𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖) 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧. 𝐈𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡.

𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐲𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡’𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐦.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐥-𝐊𝐚𝐡𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡’𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 (𝟏𝟖:𝟏𝟕-𝟏𝟖) 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨

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Your Road Is Rough? Stay Calm and Be Like People of Cave!

Learning From Chapter the Cave – 4 Stories with 4 Beautiful Lessons

Biological Miracle of People of Cave (Ahl Al-Kahf)

The Story of the People of the Cave

The Four Stories of Quran Chapter the Cave (18)

Was Qur’an surah Al-Kahf=Chapter the Cave (18) plagiarized?

Healing Colors of Prayers

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The Scientific Miracles of the Qur’an

Miracles of The Glorious Holy Quran

Paul the False Apostle of Satan

Atheism

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In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Allah Made Me Victorious By Awe, (By Frightening My Enemies) For a Distance of One Month’s Journey: [Nothing In This Hadeeth For The Khawaarij (terrorists) and Those Spiteful Secularists and Stupid Journalists Who Quote It From Them Without Understanding]

Jaabir bin Abdullah [may Allah be pleased with him] narrated that the Prophet [peace and blessings of Allah be upon him] said, “I have been given five things which were not given to anyone else before me. Allah made me victorious by awe, (by His frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month’s journey. 

The earth has been made for me (and for my followers) a place for praying and a thing to perform Tayammum, therefore anyone of my followers can pray wherever the time of a prayer is due.

The booty has been made Halal (lawful) for me yet it was not lawful for anyone else before me. I have been given the right of intercession (on the Day of Resurrection). Every Prophet used to be sent to his nation only but I have been sent to all mankind. [Saheeh Al-Bukhaari. Hadeeth 335]

Regarding the statement: “Allah made me victorious by awe, (by His frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month’s journey”.

Al-Haafidh Ibn Hajr [may Allah have mercy upon him] said, “What is understood from this is that none else was given victory through this fear in this time period nor thereafter”. (1)

Imaam As-Sadi [may Allah have mercy upon him] said, “This was not given to any Prophet before him and it a mighty host by way of which Allah aided him. When there was a month’s journey or a bit less between him and his enemy, Allah placed fear in the hearts of his enemies.

However, this does not negate that the polytheists did gain (the upperhand) against the Muslims at times – by the decree of Allah – due to a reason and wisdom, just as what took place on the day of Uhud due to how closely they obeyed the Prophet, and that did not occur to them except due to their own fault. So, based on how far they failed to act on the command of Allah and his Messenger [peace and blessings of Allah be upon him], they lost this victory accordingly”. (2)

Imaam Abdul Azeez Bin Baaz [may Allah have mercy upon him] said, “The apparent meaning of this is that Allah placed fear in the hearts of his enemies whilst they are a month’s journey away from him, such as the distance between Syria, Madeenah and Iraq, and what is similar. Allah granted him victory against them by way of this fear.

And when he reaches them, then this fear would have already overtaken them and this was one of the means of victory for him against them, a means by way of which they were forsaken and their hearts emptied of the courage for confrontation. This is also the case in his Ummah- those who are steadfast upon their religion, patient whilst adhering to their religion and fulfilling the Sharee’ah, Allah aids them as he aided the Messenger”. (3)

Therefore, this victory was given to Messenger and the righteous servants of Allah – those who fought under the banner of a legitimate Muslim ruler. The Messenger was the head of state and the one with the apparatus of government.

There is no proof in this hadeeth for any deviant militant group – the flag bearers of bloodshed and corruption in the earth. Indeed, the Prophet [peace and blessings of Allah be upon im] informed us about the khawaarij in many ahaadeeth.

He said, “A people will come from the east who recite the Qur’aan, but it will not go beyond their throats. They will pass through the religion just as an arrow pierces its target and they will not return to it just as the arrow does not return to the bow”. [Al-Bukhaari 7123]

He said, “During the last days [i.e. end of time], there will be young people with foolish dreams. They will say the best of statements amongst creation, but they will pass through Islam just as an arrow passes through its game. Their Eemaan will not go beyond their throats”. [Al-Bukhari 4770]

He said, “There will be discord and division in my Ummah and a people will come with beautiful statements but evil deeds. They recite the Qur’aan, but it will not go beyond their throats. They will exit the religion just as an arrow leaves its target and they will not return until the arrows returns to its notch. They are the worst of the creation”. [Abu Dawud 4765]

He said, “Some people from my Ummah will emerge from the east, who recite the Quran but it will not go beyond their throats. Every time a group of them appears it will be cut off. The Messenger repeated this and on the tenth time he said, “Every time a group of them emerges, it will be cut off, until Dajjaaj appears from their remnants”. [Musnad Aḥmad 27767]

Ubaydullaah Ibn Abee Raafi [may Allah have mercy upon him] said, “The Khawaarij came out against Ali ibn Abee Taalib [may Allah be pleased with him] and said, ‘There is no judgement, except the judgement of Allah’, so Ali said them, ‘A statement of truth by way of which falsehood is intended’”. [Ṣaḥeeh Muslim 1066]

Imaam Wahb Ibn Munabbih [may Allah have mercy upon him] said, “I was acquainted with the early period of Islaam. By Allah, the Khaawaarij have never had a group except that Allah caused it to split because of their evil state of affairs. Never did one of them publicize his opinion except that Allah caused his neck to be struck.

Never did the Muslim Ummah unite behind a man from the Khawaarij. If Allah allowed the opinion of the Khawaarij to be accepted and established, then the earth would have been corrupted, the carriageways would have been cut off, Hajj to the sacred house of Allah would have ceased and the affair of Islam would have reverted to ignorance until the people seek shelter in the mountains as they did in the time of ignorance.

If ten or twenty men among them were to rise, there would not be a man among them except that he claims the khilaafah for himself- every man among them would have ten thousand other men with him and all of them fighting each other, accusing one another of disbelief until the believer fears for himself, his religion, his life, his family, his wealth, and would not know where to travel or who to be with”. [Ref 4]

Imaam Ibn Katheer [may Allah have mercy upon him] said, “If they ever gained strength, they would surely corrupt the whole of the earth, Iraq and Syria (Shaam) – they would not leave a baby, male or female, neither a man or a woman, because as far as they are concerned the people have caused corruption, a corruption that cannot be rectified except by mass killing”.

Imaam At-Tabari [may Allah have mercy upon him] said, “The Khawarij came to a village and captured a man and his daughter. She said to them, ‘O people of Islaam! Verily, my father is an old man so do not kill him, and I am only a girl.

By Allah, I have never committed immorality and I have never harmed anyone’. They brought her out to murder her whilst she kept on saying, ‘What sin have I committed; what sin have I committed?’ She fainted thereafter and they killed her with their swords”. (5)

Imaam Wahb Ibn Munabbih stated, “If ten or twenty men among them were to rise, there would not be a man among them except that he claims the Caliphate for himself; every man among them would have ten thousand other men with him and all of them fighting each other, accusing one another of disbelief”.

When the Prophet defeated his enemies from the Romans in the Battle of Tabuk WITHOUT a fight; May God grant him victory with the terror that he hurled into the hearts of his enemies.

The Prophet said this hadith, as he reminded of the blessings of Allah Almighty upon him, as stated in the hadith. This indicates the Prophet’s loyalty to his Lord for him and proclaiming the blessings of your Lord.

“And proclaim the blessings of your Lord.” Quran (93:11)

Allah gave him victory over his enemies WITHOUT fighting or bloodshed, and the earth was made for him as a place of worship and purification, and the spoils were made lawful for him, and he was given comprehensive words, that is, the few words that carry many meanings, and he was sent to people in general, and in some accounts, he was sent to all creation;

There is no doubt that this hadith indicates the greatness of our beloved Prophet, the truth of his prophethood, and Allah’s support for him.

The Clarity of the Glorious Quran on not forcing any non-Muslim to be Muslim:

The Glorious Holy Qur’an is crystal clear in stating that no non-Muslim is forced to be Muslim by any coercion, Islam does not want hypocrites. In fact, Islam warns us against hypocrites, to the point that there is whole chapter dedicated to warning us against hypocrites by the same name Surah Al-Munafiqun= chapter hypocrites’ number sixty-three.

Hence Allah Exalted he states clearly in the Noble Quranic verse:

“Let there be no compulsion in religion, for the truth stands out clearly from falsehood. So, whoever renounces false gods and believes in Allah has certainly grasped the firmest, unfailing hand-hold. And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.”   Quran (2:256)

Allah Exalted he also instruct us Muslims NOT to attack innocents, or wage wars against anyone who never attacked Islam and Muslims nor supported anyone directly or indirectly against Islam and Muslims.

Allah Exalted he states in the Glorious Quran:

“Fight in the cause of Allah ˹only˺ against those who wage war against you, but do not exceed the limits. Allah does not like transgressors.”  Quran (2:190)

Despite the above, Allah exalted he stated in the Glorious Quran in several noble verses what confirms that meaning of the hadith of I have been made victorious with terror, The hadith does not mean that the Prophet who is instructed to cast terror or horror at the hearts of the enemies of Islam.

In fact, Allah himself Exalted He is the one who casts horror at the hearts of the disbelievers who have been fighting Islam, such horror played role in making some of the enemies of Islam escape the battlefield and withdraw even before a direct armed confrontation with Muslims under the leadership of our beloved Prophet and even after our Prophet passed away, when Muslims abided by Islam.

Here Some examples of Noble Quranic verses that confirms that such horror is casted in the hearts of the disbelievers by Allah Exalted He and not by the Prophet or Muslims.

“˹Remember, O  Prophet,˺ when your Lord revealed to the angels, “I am with you. So, make the believers stand firm. I will cast horror into the hearts of the disbelievers. So, strike their necks and strike their fingertips.”  Qurna (8:12)

And

“Fight in the cause of Allah ˹ONLY˺ against those who wage war against you, but do NOT exceed the limits. Allah does not like transgressors.” (Quran (2:190)

And

“But no! Allah is your Guardian, and He is the best Helper. We will cast horror into the hearts of the disbelievers for associating ˹false gods˺ with Allah—a practice He has never authorized. The Fire will be their home—what an evil place for the wrongdoers to stay!”   Quran (3:150-151)

And

“He is the One Who expelled the disbelievers of the People of the Book from their homes for ˹their˺ first banishment ˹ever˺. You never thought they would go. And they thought their strongholds would put them out of Allah’s reach. But ˹the decree of˺ Allah came upon them from where they never expected. And He cast horror into their hearts so they destroyed their houses with their own hands and the hands of the believers. So take a lesson ˹from this˺, O people of insight!”  Quran (59:2)

The Bible mentions that God helps His followers by casting terror into the hearts of their enemies, as was the case with our Prophet, in several places, including:

Deuteronomy 11:25

New International Version

25 No one will be able to stand against you. The Lord your God, as he promised you, will put the terror and fear of you on the whole land, wherever you go.

2 Chronicles 14:14

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14 They destroyed all the villages around Gerar, for the terror of the Lord had fallen on them. They looted all these villages, since there was much plunder there.

Esther 8:17

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17 In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear of the Jews had seized them.

Conclusion

The above-mentioned hadiths does not permit terrorism in any ways shape or form, to say it does is simply a non-sequitur. In fact as explained in the introduction of this article, Allah Exalted He prohibts attacking anyone who did not attack Islam or Muslims and fair to them.

However the casting of horror or terror at the hearts of the disbelievers who fight Islam and Muslims is an act of Allah to deter the agressors and support Muslims psychologically.

In truth, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) never desired anything of the worldly pleasures. His mission was solely to please his Lord and spread the true message across the land, calling people to morality, justice and peace achieved through submission to God.

Allah knows Best.

References:

The “I have been made victorious with terror”  and ” I have been helped by terror” Hadiths – In Context

Revisiting ‘I Have Been Commanded To Fight…’ Hadith

I have been made victorious with terror

The Hadith ‘…Fight Until They Say There Is No god But Allah’ Explained

Allah Made Me Victorious By Awe, (By Frightening My Enemies) For a Distance of One Month’s Journey

I have been made victorious with terror

Does Islam Force Itself On Others?

Jihad – The way of peace and Justice, the path to Heaven.

Response to the misunderstanding surrounding the Sword Verse Quran (9:5)

The Sword Verse”: Surah 9:13 – 24

An Historical Examination Of The Sword Verse – Surah 9:5

A Historical Examination of The Sword Verse – Surah 9:5

Quran 9:5 – Sword Verse

Quran 9:5 – Sword Verse – Contextual Explanation

How can Islam be a religion of peace when Surah An-Nasr=chapter the Divine support (110) and Surah At-Tawbah=Chapter the repentance (9) that include the Sword verse was the last to be revealed from the Qur’an?

The Definist Fallacy occurs when someone unfairly defines a term so that a controversial position is made easier to defend.

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[Ref 1: Fathul Baaree 1/567. Daarus Salaam 1st edition 1421AH Year 2000]

[Ref 2: Sharh Umdatul Ahkaam page 96. By Imaam As-Sadi. Publisher Daar at-Tawheed 1st edition 1431AH Year 2010]

[Ref 3: paraphrased: 

معنى: «نصرت بالرعب مسيرة شهر»

[Ref 4: Taareekh Dimashq 69290]

[Ref 5: Taareekh At-Tabari 6/124]

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