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And, mention O Muhammad "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" , when you went forth at dawn from your family, at Medina, to assign the believers, to have [them] occupy, their places, stations for them to stand at, for battle, and Allahu ta’ālā hears, what you say, knows, your circumstances: this was the day of [the battle of] Uhud. The Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" set out with 1000 or 950 men, while the idolaters numbered 3000 The Prophet pitched camp at the ravine on Saturday 7th of Shawwāl in year 3 of the Hijra. He had his back and that of his troops to Uhud. He arranged their lines and placed a group of archers under the command of 'Abd Allāh b. Jubayr⁷ at the foot of the mountain and said to them: 'Defend us with your arrows in case they come up from behind us, and remain here whether we are being defeated or on the verge of victory'.