The prophetic step in changing the balance of power (the eradication of the Jews of Banu Qurayza as an example)

Abstract

The Seal of the Prophets showed a high ability to lead and manage, but no matter how sound and acceptable his call was, the power and weight of the Quraysh was equal to that, so it was necessary for the Quraysh to remain neutral as a prelude to his devotion to including the Arabs in the new faith. The Prophet expressed this strategy before the Battle of Badr when he offered them a truce and to leave him and the Arabs alone, and Utbah bin Rabi'ah announced his readiness on that day to accept that. It was necessary to create a state of reconciliation or truce with the Quraysh, which would mean to the Arabs a kind of approval by the Quraysh of the new religion, so that the knot of waiting would be untied among the Arabs and they would join Islam, and then it would be the beginning of the era of the general collapse of the balance of power and the transition to a general attack to end polytheism in the Arabian Peninsula. Then, the camp of disbelief consists of two main forces: the Quraysh and the Jews, so is it possible to create a state of weakness by dismantling this camp and isolating each group separately? Here, the Messenger of Allah had two missions:

The first: Expanding the area of ​​Islam by giving Muslims a free hand to spread the call and restricting the Quraysh and the Jews in order to bring about a revolution in the balance of power.

The second: Creating a rift in the camp of disbelief, which would facilitate the elimination of its parties one by one. It was necessary to enter into a battle with the Jews of Banu Qurayzah to protect the city and to begin to change the balance of effective powers for the purpose of carrying out the mission of the message and prophecy. We have avoided addressing the suspicions that have recently been raised in the intellectual arena, about the Messenger of Allah taking the Jews of Banu Qurayzah captive and fighting them as a suspicion of the bloodshed of Islam and the lack of peace in Islam, since the research only notes historical events.