Uhud

The battle at the mountain outside Madinah where an early Muslim advantage collapsed into losses.

Also written · Battle of Uhud · Ghazwat Uhud · Jang e Uhud · Ohod · Uhad · Mount Uhud · Jabal Uhud · Uhud battle · Ohud · Uhd · Archers hill

The meaning

What Uhud means in Islam

The Prophet posted archers on a hill and told them not to leave it whatever happened. When Quraysh broke and the Muslims began collecting spoils, most of the archers came down, and Khalid ibn al-Walid's cavalry came round the open flank. Around seventy Companions were killed, including Hamzah, and the Prophet himself was wounded. Surah Al Imran discusses the day at length, without softening it, which is part of why the Qur'an's honesty about its own community is striking.

Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an

Read beside it

Rooms that name it

She went to Uhud with a waterskin and ended up fightingA Light · Nusaybah bint Ka'b, Umm Ammarah · Uhud, 625
Uhud: Archers on the HillThe Path · chapter 39
Surah Aal ImranSurah 3 · Family of Imran

Words that sit beside it

BadrThe first major battle, in year two, where about three hundred Muslims defeated a much larger force.بَدْر
HamzahThe Prophet's uncle, called the Lion of Allah, killed at Uhud.حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ المُطَّلِب
KhandaqThe siege of Madinah in year five, met by digging a trench across the city's open side.الخَنْدَق
Khalid ibn al-WalidThe commander called the Sword of Allah, who fought against the Muslims before joining them.خَالِدُ بْنُ الوَلِيد
MadinahThe oasis city that took the Prophet in, where he governed, died and is buried.المَدِينَة