When Ṣiddīq Al-Akbar رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ went into the cave along with the Knower of the Unseen, the Immaculate Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, the chasing disbelievers had almost reached the cave. The presence of both of these respected personalities in the cave has been mentioned by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ in the Holy Qurān in the 40th verse of Sūraĥ Taubaĥ:
ثَانِیَ اثْنَیْنِ اِذْ ھُمَا فِی الْغَارِ
Just as two men, when they both were in the Cave
[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 10, Sūraĥ Taubaĥ, Verse 40)
Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ created the physical sources of protection for these two respected individuals in such a way that as soon as the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم entered the cave along with Sayyidunā Ṣiddīq Al-Akbar رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ, a divine guard of protection was put in place. A spider cast its web across the mouth of the cave and a pigeon laid its eggs at the edge.
On page 132 of Mukāshafa-tul-Qulūb [the 680-page publication of Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, the publishing house of Dawat-e-Islami] it is stated: ‘All this was done to prevent the disbelievers from finding the cave. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ bestowed such a unique reward to those two pigeons that, to this day, all of the pigeons in the Ḥaram of Makkaĥ are from the offspring of those pigeons. Just as they protected the Merciful Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم by the