Hiding In The Cave
In the verse, by citing the event of the Hijrah of the Holy Prophet (SAW), it has been stressed that the Rasul of Allah has no need to depend on any human help and support. Allah can help him directly through unseen factors as it happened at the time of Hijrah when his own people had forced him to leave his homeland. On this journey, the only companion he had was Sayyidnā Abū Bakr (RA), the true one. Enemy foot soldiers and riders were looking for them in hot pursuit. The place to hide he had found was no fortified fortress. It was just a cave and the enemy search party had reached close to its edges. Inside it, the companion of the cave, Sayyidna Abu Bakr (RA) also, was worried, not for his own safety, but about his master. He was in fear lest the enemy outside were to harm the Holy Prophet (SAW) But, the master himself was sitting calm like a mountain at peace. Not simply that he was himself cool and collected, he was telling his companion, Sayyidna Abu Bakr: لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَنَا (lā taħzan innallāha ma‘ana: Do not grieve. Allah is with us).
What has been said here is composed of a couple of words, easy and effortless as they sound. But, let those listening place the blueprint of conditions prevailing before their eyes, cross their hearts and ask: Can someone dependent on mere material means be that tranquil? Every honest person would say that it was just not possible.
[Maarif ul Quran Vol-4 (pg 384-385) , Maktabah Dar al Uloom, Translation by Prof. Muhammad Hasan Askari & Prof. Muhammad Shamim]
As-Siddeeq
As-Siddeeq, the most well-known of Abu Bakr’s titles, comes from the word Sidą, which means truthfulness. The word As-Siddeeq is meant to convey a meaning of intensiveness: a person who is constantly truthful or who constantly believes in the truthfulness of something or someone (in Abu Bakr’s case, in the truthfulness of the Prophet). The title As-Siddeeq’ was given to Abu Bakr this by none other than the Prophet (SAW) Anas narrated, “The Prophet (ﷺ) once climbed the mountain of Uhud with Abu Bakr, `Umar and `Uthman. The mountain shook with them. The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to the mountain), “Be firm, O Uhud! For on you there are no more than a Prophet, a Siddiq and two martyrs (‘Umar and ‘Uthmān).” [Sahih al-Bukhari 3675]