08/06/2024
I'm reading 'The 33 Strategies of War' by Robert Greene. Greene mentions all the great warriors and their historical wars, but he neglects to mention Khalid bin Waleed and Hazrat Umar Farooq R.A and Hazrat Ali R.A. I'm thinking, is there any greater warrior than Khalid bin Waleed and Hazrat Ali r.a? Napoleon himself commented on Khalid bin Waleed's battles and appreciated him. Americans have used his strategies in several battles. Today, I read Napoleon's strategy, and it was reminiscent of Khalid bin Waleed's. Read Khalid bin Waleed first and then Napoleon and you'll see that if there was no Khalid bin Waleed there wouldn't be any Napoleon. Napoleon used no strategy of his own but all of those of Khalid bin Waleed's.
There was a time when I used to read world's great worriers and I read Alexander the great and Julius Caesar, Napoleon etc and then Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed and after him I read no one because I needed someone better than him to satisfy my thirst and the history lacked such a worrior so I stopped reading more.
Why do these people neglect such real heroes and specialists of the battlefield? As far as I know, it's because they fear that if they portrayed their real humanity and strategies, the world would convert to Islam, and the misconceptions and misunderstandings created by the West would be dispelled. For example, when the Battle of Yarmouk was about to be fought, Khalid bin Waleed amassed his army from defeated cities of Rome to face the biggest and deadliest battle. As a result, the Romans returned to their defeated cities and started looting houses and insulting women, while the poor people cursed them, stating that the Muslims were better than their own people because their dignity was intact. Herculean remarked that this was the reason why they were winning battles - because they had strategy, discipline, dignity, and honor.
When Khalid bin Waleed won the Battle of Yarmouk and returned to the defeated cities, the citizens welcomed them with flowers in their hands and smiles on their faces. My heart cracked when Robert Greene neglected him and mentioned those who used his strategies.
Emily Bronte
