This increase was foretold in these prophetic words: “The little one will become a thousand and the small one a mighty nation.
وَهٰذَا ٱلنُّمُوُّ مُنْبَأٌ عَنْهُ فِي هٰذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ ٱلنَّبَوِيَّةِ :‏ « اَلصَّغِيرُ يَصِيرُ أَلْفًا ،‏ وَٱلْحَقِيرُ أُمَّةً قَوِيَّةً .‏