第28章 塔布克战役
28 The Battle of Tabuk
有消息传到真主的使者ﷺ那里,说罗马人正准备袭击阿拉伯半岛北部,意图抹去穆斯林军队在穆塔战役中那次精彩的战术撤退所留下的记忆。这一次,他ﷺ决定亲自应对这一外来威胁,于是拟定了一项计划,旨在彻底粉碎罗马领导人干涉穆斯林事务的一切野心,以及他们可能曾有过的袭击穆斯林领土的任何念头。
News reached the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) that the Romans were preparing to raid the North of the Arabian Peninsula in order to wipe out the memory of the spectacular tactical withdrawal which the Muslim army had staged in the battle of Mu’tah. This time he (pbuh) decided to face the foreign threat himself, so he (pbuh) drew up a plan designed to finally kill off any ambitions that the Roman leaders held about interfering in the affairs of the Muslims or any thoughts that they may have entertained about raiding their lands.
那时已是夏末,天气酷热,又正逢干旱。从麦地那到叙利亚的距离遥远而艰辛,且不是出行的季节,因此这次行军需要极大的毅力。真主的使者ﷺ考虑到这些情况,破例将目的地告知了他的部众,以便他们做好充分的准备。而在他的其他军事行动中,真主的使者ﷺ总是对自己的意图保密,以诡计迷惑敌人。
It was the end of the summer, the heat was intense and there was a drought in effect. The distance between Madinah and al-Sham was long and hard and it was not the season for traveling. Therefore, the journey would require endurance. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh), taking these factors into account, uncharacteristically disclosed the destination to his men in order for them to make adequate preparations. In his other military encounters the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) always kept his aims a secret, misleading the enemy by adopting a strategy of deceptive maneuvers.