Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ Is With Us

When Siddiq Al-Akbar رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ went into the cave along with the Knower of the Unseen, the Immaculate Prophet  صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم, the chasing disbelievers had almost reached the cave. The presence of both of these respected personalities in the cave has been mentioned by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ in the Holy Quran in the 40th verse of Surah Taubah:

ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَارِ

Just as two men, when they both were in the Cave

[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 10, Surah Taubah, Verse 40)

Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ created the physical sources of protection for these two respected individuals in such a way that as soon as the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم entered the cave along with Sayyiduna Siddiq Al-Akbar رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ, a divine guard of protection was put in place. A spider cast its web across the mouth of the cave and a pigeon laid its eggs at the edge.

On page 132 of Mukashafa-tul-Qulub [the 680-page publication of Maktaba-tul-Madinah, the publishing house of Dawat-e-Islami] it is stated: ‘All this was done to prevent the disbelievers from finding the cave. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ bestowed such a unique reward to those two pigeons that, to this day, all of the pigeons in the Haram of Makkah are from the offspring of those pigeons. Just as they protected the Merciful Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم by the command of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, He عَزَّوَجَلَّ laid down a restriction of hunting them in the Haram.’

(Mukashafa-tul-Qulub, Vol. 1, p. 57)

When disbelievers of the Quraish saw the nest and the eggs of the pigeon, they began to say, ‘If there were any people here, the spider would not have cast its web, nor would the pigeon have laid its eggs.’ Hearing the sound of the disbelievers, Sayyiduna Siddiq رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ became worried and said, ‘Ya Rasulallah صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم! The enemies have come so close to us that if they were to look at their feet, they would see us.’ The Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم replied:

لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَا

Grieve not, no doubt Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is with us

[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 10, Surah Taubah, Verse 40)

Then tranquility descended upon the heart of Sayyiduna Siddiq Al-Akbar رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ and he became completely calm and contented. On the fourth day (Monday, 1st of Rabi’-ul-Awwal) the Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم came out from the cave and set out towards Madinah Tayyibah زَادَھَا اللہُ شَرَفًا وَّ تَعْظِیْمًا.

(Makhuzaz ‘Ajaib-ul-Quran Ma’ Gharaib-ul-Quran, pp. 303-304)