A Hundred Battles, One Death
Khalid ibn al-Walid — The Sword of Allah, the Undefeated Commander Who Lost EverythingBy Narin Hikma
Length8h 21m
About this audiobook
He spent thirty years asking for a death in battle. He got a bed. And it broke his heart.
You know this ache, even if you have never held a sword. It is the ache of carrying more than anyone has asked you for. Of being useful to something that could use you completely and still not make room for all of you.
Khalid ibn al-Walid crossed the Syrian desert in five days through country that killed men. At the Yarmouk he fought for six days against an empire and broke Byzantine power in Syria forever. The Prophet Muhammad called him Sayf Allah, the Sword of God.
This is a book for anyone who has ever been told that the thing they are best at has become a problem.
He asked for a death on a battlefield, was given a bed, and went on praying anyway.
Open the first page. The rest will find you.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Spirituality and Religion
Length8 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 26, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
1411. Yarmouk
2Epigraph
1512. The Voice of Umar
3Prologue
1613. The Second Self
41. The World That Made Him
1714. What Does a Sword Do When There Is No War?
52. The Boy on Horseback
1815. The Contradictions of a Legend
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63. The Enemy of the Prophet
1916. What Umar Feared
74. The Dream
2017. A Hundred Battles
85. The Road to Medina
2118. The Faith That Held
96. Sayf Allah
2219. The Legacy of the Sword
107. The Fires of Arabia
2320. What the Sword Knew
118. Into Mesopotamia
24Epilogue
129. The March That Should Not Have Been Possible
2521. Author's Note
1310. Syria Burns
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