And his steadfast heart on the Day of the Trench, when eyes grew wild and hearts leapt to the throats.

And his calm (1) on the day of al-Hudaybiyyah, when the champion of Islam, ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb, became unsettled, so al-Ṣiddīq steadied him, soothed him, and reassured him.

And his firmness on the day of Ḥunayn, when (2) the people fled, yet he did not.

And the constancy of his heart during the calamity that shook the entire world, when even the mountains were almost (3) torn from their places, the feet of heroes were paralyzed, and the hearts of the Muslims heaved like the sea when (4) violent winds lash it; when (5) Satan cried out across every corner of the earth with his loudest scream; when people were leaving the religion of Allah in droves, the enemy of Allah stirred clouds of turmoil throughout the lands, revelation from heaven had ceased, and—were it not for Allah’s protection—the very stars of guidance would have been extinguished. In that hour the Companions scarcely recognized their own hearts—how could they, when they had just lost their Messenger and beloved who had been among them? Reason reeled, darkness spread across every horizon, hypocrisy craned its neck and its people followed suit, falsehood lifted a head that the Prophet ﷺ had kept beneath his foot, and the Muslims heard from the enemies of Allah words that none had dared utter in his lifetime, while the enemy of Allah hoped to restore—