Verse on the Forehead of the Revolution 
With Dr. Zaher Baadarani, Head of the Syrian Future Movement  

Episode Title: "Severe Torment: An Ancient and Modern School"

Allah says:  
"And [remember] when We saved you from the people of Pharaoh, who inflicted upon you the worst torment — slaughtering your sons and keeping your women alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord."  

This phrase "inflicted upon you the worst torment" appears in three Quranic verses, all referring to the severe oppression faced by the people of Moses under Pharaoh.  

Going beyond the Quranic images, Islamic history records many severe tortures during the early days of the call to God, such as:  
- Uthman ibn Affan’s uncle being wrapped in palm leaves and set on fire underneath.  
- Umm Mus'ab ibn Umair preventing her son from food and drink, causing his skin to flake like a snake’s.  
- Sinan the Roman tortured until unconscious.  
- Bilal ibn Rabah dragged on hot desert ground and pressured to renounce Islam.  
- Ammar ibn Yasir tortured in the desert, witnessing his parents killed.  
- Other companions tortured severely, including Khabbab, Zunnirah, and others.  

The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said:
*"There were those before you who were so severely persecuted that one of them would have a pit dug, then a saw placed on his head and iron combs scraped beneath his skull, yet he would not abandon his religion. But you hasten. By Allah, if Allah wills, this matter will become so widespread that a traveler can journey from Sana’a to Hadramout fearing none but Allah and the wolf for his sheep."*  

Indeed, despite its wounds and suffering, our revolution is victorious. We ask God to count the suffering of the faithful Syrian people as the righteous companions of the Prophet (PBUH) did before.