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Dr Ragheb al-Sarjani's introduction to Unforgettable Days

Islamic history has suffered a lot of neglect over the years and centuries, and as a result, many Orientalists and Westerners have tampered with this history; thus, history has emerged in a way that is very different from the truth, and the lessons and lessons have been lost amid these distortions, making history a meaningless academic study for readers.

In the face of this unfortunate situation, some zealous people had to rise up to save this long history; indeed, to save the Muslim youth who failed to find a suitable and safe source to read the history of the Ummah. I do not exaggerate if I say that the whole world - Muslim or non-Muslim - needs this glorious Islamic history, for the world has never known such splendour and splendour as we have found in our great history.

This book is one of those novelties!

It is a valuable book that masterfully collects a huge number of decisive days in the history of the Islamic nation, and yet this enormous collection did not cause a similar enormity in the number of pages! This indicates the author's outstanding mastery in selecting the useful from each battle, and the important from each encounter. This is perhaps one of the most prominent things that distinguishes this book from others, as the author has a masterful ability to be concise and focused, so that you feel that by reading four or five pages about a huge battle you have learnt everything and do not need other information, while specialists know that a historian can write entire volumes about such battles!

It starts from the Prophet's era, then jumps at an appropriate speed between the different historical eras, such as the Rashidi, Umayyad, Abbasid, Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman eras, and does not neglect to travel geographically to different parts of the world; it reaches the East and talks about the battles of India, and leaves the East to the West to describe the battles of Andalusia!

This book is also distinguished by the fact that it talks about many battles about which many Muslims do not know any details, and I do not exaggerate if I say that Muslims do not know the name of the battles! It is enough to mention, for example, the battles of Ain al-Tamr, the conquest of Dibel, the battle of Talas, the conquest of Sumnat, the battle of Nicopolis, the battle of Mohawks, and other battles whose mention has been forgotten and whose pages are dusty, until this author came honestly and carefully to unveil these intervening days.

Above all, this valuable book is characterised by two things that distinguish it from many of the works that filled the Islamic library, making it unique in its field.

As for the first thing: The first thing is that he did not limit himself to the victories of the Muslims, but rather mentioned with great impartiality and accuracy the major battles in which the Muslims were defeated! Such as the Battle of Uhud, the Battle of the Court of the Martyrs, the Battle of Aqab, and other defeats, and this is actually a clear intelligence of the author; it highlights to the reader his honesty in presenting events, and emphasises that days are states between nations, and does not deprive readers from benefiting from the important lessons in these battles.

The second thing is that the author did not stop at recounting the events as many authors do, but delved deeper into the matters and searched for the factors of victory and the causes of defeat, so that the reader comes out of the book with an abundant knowledge of the reasons for the rise and fall of nations, thus achieving the goal of telling the story; as our Lord showed us when He said: "There was in their stories a lesson for those who are wise" [Joseph: 111]. Indeed, the author formulated all this with great professionalism.

Finally:

The author's literalism did not prevent his style from being delicate and beautiful, so the book's phrases are graceful, his words are exquisite, and his presentation is smooth and enjoyable, which gave the book a splendour and splendour.

Although I know that this is the author's first attempt at military writing, I am sure that it will never be the last, as the battles of Islamic history and their details need hundreds of volumes and thousands of explanations and analyses.

My advice to Mr Tamer Badr is to always renew his intention with every book, so that God Almighty will write his books to spread, and give him a great reward and a great reward.

I ask Allah to strengthen Islam and Muslims

Dr Ragheb Al-Sarjani