upon  him) or I will be killed.” The Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) moved to encounter him but his  mare tripped into some holes. So Al-Harith bin As-Simma combated with the enemy, and struck him  on  his leg so he went lame, then he finished him off, took his arm and overtook the Messenger of Allâh
(Peace be upon him).
But later on another Makkan horseman, called ‘Abdullah bin Jabir, attacked Al-Harith bin As-Simma,  and struck him on the shoulder with his sword and he was carried to the camp of the Muslims  suffering  from serious wounds. Anyway that very idolater did not escape death, for Abu Dujana — the red  headbanded  hero and adventurer — struck him heavily and cut his head off.
During this bitter fight, a desire to sleep overwhelmed the Muslims — that was a security and  tranquillity to help His slave Muslims as the Qur’ân spoke in this context. Abu Talhah said: “I was one  of  those who were possessed by a desire to sleep on Uhud Day. On that day my sword fell off my hand  several times. Again and again it fell down and again and again I picked it up.”
In a regular withdrawal and with great bravery and boldness, the Muslims finally retreated to the  cover  of Mountain Uhud. Then, the rest of the army followed them to that safe position. In this manner, the  genius of Muhammad (Peace be upon him) foiled that of Khalid bin Al-Waleed.
Ibn Ishaq related that: “When the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) was going up the hillock,  he  was followed by Ubai bin Khalaf who was saying: ‘Where is Muhammad (Peace be upon him)? Either I  kill him or I will be killed.’ The Companions of Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said: ‘O Messenger of
Allâh, do you mind if one of us combats with him?’ But the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him)  said: ‘Leave him!’ So when he drew nearer, the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) took the  spear  from Al-Harith bin As-Simma. He shivered violently in such a way that made all of them scatter in all  directions violently and impulsively. Then he faced him, observed his clavicle through a gap between  the wide opening of the armour and the part of his neck enclosed by. He speared him in that spot. The  effect of the stroke was so strong that it made him roll off his horse over and over. When he returned  to Quraish, they found that he had only had a small scratch in his neck. So when blood became  congested he said: ‘By Allâh, Muhammad has killed me.’ Hearing him say so, they said: ‘By Allâh you  are afraid to death. By Allâh, you are possessed by a devil.’ He replied: ‘He had already told me when  we were in Makkah: ‘I will kill you.’ By Allâh, had he spate on me, he would have killed me.’
Eventually,  the enemy of Allâh breathed his last at a place called Sarif, while they were taking him back to
Makkah.” In a version by Abul-Aswad, on the authority of ‘Urwa: He was lowinglike a bull and saying:
“By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, if (the pain) I am suffering from now were distributed among  the people of Al-Majaz, it would cause them to die.”
During the withdrawal of the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) up to the cover of the mountain,  a big rock blocked his way. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) tried to mount it, but having worn a  short  heavy armour, and being seriously wounded — he could not ascend it. Readily enough Talha sat in a  position that enabled the Prophet (Peace be upon him) to stand on his back. Then he lifted him up till  he stood on it. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) then said: “Talha, after this job, is eligible for the
Garden (Paradise).”
When the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) settled down in his head quarters in the hillock, the  idolaters started their last attack upon the Muslims. Ibn Ishaq related that: “While the Prophet (Peace  be upon him) was on the way to the hillock, a group of Quraishite elite ascended the mountain. They  were led by Khalid bin Al-Waleed and Abu Sufyan. So the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him)  implored his Lord saying: ‘O Allâh, they (i.e. the idolaters) should not be higher (i.e. in position or in  power) than us (i.e. the Muslims). Therefore ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab and some of the Emigrants fought  the idolaters till they drove them down the mountain.
In Al-Maghazi — a book by Al-Umawi — it is stated that the idolaters went up the mountain. So the
Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) said to Sa‘d: “Drive them off.” “How can I drive them off by  myself (i.e. without anyone to assist).” But the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) repeated the  phrase three times. Sa‘d then took an arrow out of his quiver, shot it at one of them and killed him.