—then he suddenly awoke and said, “Rejoice, Abū Bakr! The help of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has arrived. Here is Gabriel, holding the reins of his horse and leading it; dust is swirling about his front teeth.”
The Messenger of Allah then went out, arrayed his Companions, and prepared them. He said, “No man among you is to rush into combat until we give him the signal. When the enemy presses hard upon you—when they draw very near—drive them back with your arrows.”
The ranks closed in on one another, and when the two sides were almost touching, the Messenger of Allah stepped forward, scooped up a handful of pebbles, faced the Quraysh, and blew the pebbles toward their faces, saying, “May those faces be disfigured!”
He then called out, “Charge at them, O Muslims!”—and the Muslims charged.