17 results for “support”
Clear filter...t to Musa in one of the most touching examples of fraternal support in the Quran. When Musa received his prophethood at the val...
... of armor (Surah Al-Anbiya 21:80). Dawud used this craft to support himself and his family rather than rely on the treasury of ...
... 3:39). He is thus a prophet who served as a forerunner and supporter of the penultimate prophet before Muhammad ﷺ. The verse ...
...ng of Isa AS as an honored created prophet, had significant support across the Christian world. The Athanasian position, which ...
...ird, he expressed his wish to be alive and strong enough to support the new prophet in the trials that would come. He then conf...
...famous double-envelopment manoeuvres. A large Persian force supported by Arab allies had positioned themselves expecting a fron...
...e city held out for months behind its formidable sea walls, supported by the Byzantine navy. Eventually a negotiated surrender ...
...ng him to come and lead them in revolt, but the promises of support evaporated before his arrival. His emissary, Muslim ibn Aqi...
...ns. His emissary Muslim ibn Aqil had been killed, and Kufan support had dissolved under the pressure of the governor Ibn Ziyad....
...ysi Arab tribes rallied behind Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri and supported the Zubayrid claim to the caliphate centered in Mecca. Ma...
...outset by internal treachery: the sons of Wittiza and their supporters reportedly defected or abandoned their positions during ...
...a, a secret network operating out of Khurasan that drew its support from the mawali (non-Arab converts) of Persia and Khurasan ...
...plomatic missions that extended caliphal reach. Naval power supported the thriving maritime trade that enriched Baghdad's treas...
...slim ruler. After receiving tens of thousands of pledges of support from the people of Kufa, Husayn travelled toward Iraq with ...
...itish government issued the Balfour Declaration, expressing support for a Jewish national home in Palestine, setting the stage ...
... oil-producing nations imposed an embargo against countries supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War. Oil prices quadrupled.
...n, triggering a decade-long resistance by Afghan mujahideen supported by Muslim volunteers from across the world. The Soviet wi...