{"id":1872,"date":"2020-01-19T19:02:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T11:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2020-01-19T23:41:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T15:41:31","slug":"prophet-muhammad-saw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/?p=1872","title":{"rendered":"Prophet Muhammad SAW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PROPHET MUHAMMAD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nMuhammad\n(pbuh) was born in Mecca ( Makkah), Arabia, on Monday, 12 Rabi’\nAl-Awal (2 August A.D. 570). His mother, Aminah, was the daughter of\nWahb Ibn Abdu Manaf of the Zahrah family. His father, ‘Abdullah, was\nthe son of Abdul Muttalib. His genealogy has been traced to the noble\nhouse of Ishmael, the son of Prophet Abraham in about the fortieth\ndescend. Muhammad’s father died before his birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nBefore\nhe was six years old his mother died, and the doubly orphaned\nMuhammad was put under the charge of his grandfather Abdul Muttalib\nwho took the most tender care of him. But the old chief died two\nyears afterwards. On his deathbed he confided to his son Abu Talib\nthe charge of the little orphan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWhen\nMuhammad was twelve years old, he accompanied his uncle Abu Talib on\na mercantile journey to Syria, and they proceeded as far as Busra.\nThe journey lasted for some months. It was at Busra that the\nChristian monk Bahira met Muhammad. He is related to have said to Abu\nTalib: ‘Return with this boy and guard him against the hatred of the\nJews, for a great career awaits your nephew.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAfter\nthis journey, the youth of Muhammad seems to have been passed\nuneventfully, but all authorities agree in ascribing to him such\ncorrectness of manners and purity of morals as were rare among the\npeople of Mecca. The fair character and the honorable bearing of the\nunobtrusive youth won the approbation of the citizens of Mecca, and b\ny common consent he received the title of “Al Ameen,” The\nFaithful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIn\nhis early years, Muhammad was not free from the cares of life. He had\nto watch the flocks of his uncle, who, like the rest of the Bani\nHashim, had lost the greater part of his wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nFrom\nyouth to manhood he led an almost solitary life. The lawlessness rife\namong the Meccans, the sudden outbursts of causeless and bloody\nquarrels among the tribes frequenting the Fair of Okadh (The Arabian\nOlympia), and the immorality and skepticism of the Quraish, naturally\ncaused feelings of pity and sorrow in the heart of the sensitive\nyouth. Such scenes of social misery and religious degradation were\ncharacteristic of a depraved age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWhen\nMuhammad was twenty five years old, he traveled once more to Syria as\na factor of a noble and rich Quraishi widow named Khadijah; and,\nhaving proved himself faithful in the commercial interests of that\nlady, he was soon rewarded with her hand in marriage. This marriage\nproved fortunate and singularly happy. Khadijah was much the senior\nof her husband, but in spite of the disparity of age between them,\nthe most tender devotion on both sides existed. This marriage gave\nhim the loving heart of a woman who was ever ready to console him in\nhis despair and to keep alive within him the feeble, flickering flame\nof hope when no man believed in him and the world appeared gloomy in\nhis eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nUntil\nhe reached thirty years of age, Muhammad was almost a stranger to the\noutside world. Since the death of his grandfather, authority in Mecca\nwas divided among the ten senators who constituted the governing body\nof the Arabian Commonwealth. There was no such accord among them as\nto ensure the safety of individual rights and property. Though family\nrelations afforded some degree of protection to citizens, yet\nstrangers were frequently exposed to persecution and oppression. In\nmany cases they were robbed, not only of their goods, but even of\ntheir wives and daughters. At the instigation of the faithful\nMuhammad, an old league called the Federation of Fudul, i.e., favors\nwas revived with the object of repressing lawlessness and defending\nevery weak individual – whether Meccan or stranger, free or slave –\nagainst any wrong or oppression to which he might be the victim\nwithin the territories of Mecca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWhen\nMuhammad reached thirty-five years, he settled by his judgment a\ngrave dispute, which threatened to plunge the whole of Arabia into a\nfresh series of her oft-recurring wars. In rebuilding the Sacred\nHouse of the Ka’ba in A.D. 605, the question arose as to who should\nhave the honor of raising the black stone, the most holy relic of\nthat House, into its proper place. Each tribe claimed that honor. The\nsenior citizen advised the disputants to accept for their arbitrator\nthe first man to enter from a certain gate. The proposal was agreed\nupon, and the first man who entered the gate was Muhammad “Al-Ameen.”\nHis advice satisfied all the contending parties. He ordered the stone\nto be placed on a piece of cloth and each tribe to share the honor of\nlifting it up by taking hold of a part of the cloth. The stone was\nthus deposited in its place, and the rebuilding of the House was\ncompleted without further interruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIt\nis related that, about this time, a certain Usman, Ibn Huwairith,\nsupported by Byzantine gold, made an attempt to convert the territory\nof Hijaz into a Roman dependency, but the attempt failed, chiefly\nthrough the instrumentality of Muhammad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThese\nare nearly all the public acts related by historians in which\nMuhammad took part in the first fifteen years of his marriage to\nKhadijah. As for his private life he is described to have been ever\nhelpful to the needy and the helpless. His uncle Abu Talib had fallen\ninto distress through his endeavors to maintain the old position of\nhis family. Muhammad, being rather rich at this time by his alliance\nwith Khadijah, tried to discharge part of the debt of gratitude and\nobligation which he owed to his uncle by undertaking the bringing up\nand education of his son ‘Ali. A year later he adopted ‘Akil, another\nof his uncle’s sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nKhadijah\nbore Muhammad three sons and four daughters. All the males died in\nchildhood, but in loving ‘Ali he found much consolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAbout\nthis time, Muhammad set a good example of kindness, which created a\nsalutary effect upon his people. His wife Khadijah had made him a\npresent of young slave named Zaid Ibn Haritha, who had been brought\nas a captive to Mecca and sold to Khadijah. When Haritha heard that\nMuhammad possessed Zaid, he came to Mecca and offered a large sum for\nhis ransom. Whereupon Muhammd said: “Let Zaid come here, and if\nhe chooses to go with you, take him without ransom; but if it be his\nchoice to stay with me, why should I not keep him?’ Zaid, being\nbrought into Muhammad’s presence, declared that he would stay with\nhis master, who treated him as if he was his only son. Muhammad no\nsooner heard this than he took Zaid by the hand and led him to the\nblack stone of Ka’ba, where he publicly adopted him as his son, to\nwhich the father acquiesced and returned home well satisfied.\nHenceforward Zaid was called the son of Muhammad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nMuhammd\nwas now approaching his fortieth year, and his mind was ever-engaged\nin profound contemplation and reflection. Before him lay his country,\nbleeding and torn by fratricidal wars and intolerable dissension’s;\nhis people, sunk in barbarism, addicted to the observation of rites\nand superstitions, were, with all their desert virtues, lawless and\ncruel. His two visits to Syria had opened to him a scene of\nunutterable moral and social desolation, rival creeds and sects\ntearing each other to pieces, carrying their hatred to the valleys\nand deserts of Hijaz, and rending the townships of Arabia with their\nquarrels and bitterness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nFor\nyears after his marriage, Muhammad had been accustomed to secluding\nhimself in a cave in Mount Hira, a few miles from Mecca. To this cave\nhe used to go for prayer and meditation, sometimes alone and sometime\nwith his family. There, he often spent the whole nights in deep\nthought and profound communion with the Unseen yet All-Knowing Allah\nof the Universe. It was during one of those retirements and in the\nstill hours of the night, when no human sympathy was near, that an\nangel came to him to tell him that he was the Messenger of Allah sent\nto reclaim a fallen people to the knowledge and service of their\nLord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nRenowned\ncompilers of authentic traditions of Islam agree on the following\naccount of the first revelations received by the Prophet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhammad would seclude himself in the cave of Mount Hira and worship three days and nights. He would, whenever he wished, return to his family at Mecca and then go back again, taking wihim the necessities of life. Thus he continued to return to Khadijah from time to time until one day the revelation came down to him and the Angel Gabriel (Jibreel) appeared to him and said: “Read!” But as Muhammad was illiterate, having never received any instruction in reading or writing, he said to the angel: “I am not a reader.” The angel took a hold of him and squeezed him as much as he could bear, and then said again: “Read!” Then Prophet said: “I am not a reader.” The Angel again seized the Prophet and squeezed him and said: “Read! In the Name of Your Robb, Who has created (all that exists), has created a man from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood). Read! And your Robb is the Most Generous, Who has taught (the writing) by the pen, has taught man that which he knew not.” (Ch 96:1-4 Quran).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThen\nthe Prophet repeated the words with a trembling heart. He returned to\nKhadijah from Mount Hira and said: “Wrap me up! Wrap me up!”\nShe wrapped him in a garment until his fear was dispelled. He told\nKhadijah what had occurred and that he was becoming either a\nsoothsayer or one smitten with madness. She replied: “Allah\nforbid! He will surely not let such a thing happen, for you speak the\ntruth, you are faithful in trust, you bear the afflictions of the\npeople, you spend in good works what you gain in trade, you are\nhospitable and you assist your fellow men. Have you seen anything\nterrible?” Muhammad replied: “Yes,” and told her what\nhe had seen. Whereupon, Khadijah said: “Rejoice, O dear husband\nand be cheerful. He is Whose hands stands Khadijah’s life bears\nwitness to the truth of this fact, that you will be the prophet to\nthis people.” Then she arose and went to her cousin Waraqa Ibn\nNaufal, who was old and blind and who knew the Scriptures of the Jews\nand Christians, and is stated to have translated them into Arabic.\nWhen she told him of what she had heard, he cried out: “Holy!\nHoly! Verily, this is the Namus (The Holy Spirit) who came to Moses.\nHe will be the prophet of his people. Tell him this and bid him to be\nbrave at heart.” When the two men met subsequently in the\nstreet, the blind old student of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures\nspoke of his faith and trust: “I swear by Him in Who hand\nWaraqa’s life is, Allah has chosen you to be the prophet of this\npeople. They will call you a liar, they will persecute you, they will\nbanish you, and they will fight against you. Oh, that I could live to\nthose days. I would fight for these.” And he kissed him on the\nforehead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first vision was followed by a considerable period, during which Muhammad suffered much mental depression. The angel spoke to the grieved heart of hope and trust and of the bright future when he would see the people of the earth crowding into the one true faith. His destiny was unfolded to him, when, wrapped in profound meditation, melancholy and sad, he felt himself called by a voice from heaven to arise and preach. O you (Muhammad) enveloped (in garments)! Arise and warn! And your Robb (Allah) magnify! (Ch 74:1-3 Quran) <\/em>He arose and engaged himself in the work to which he was called. Khadijah was the first to accept his mission. She was to believe in the revelations, to abandon the idolatry of her people and to join him in purity of heart and in offering up prayers to Allah the Almighty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAt\nthe beginning of his mission, Muhammad – hereinafter called the\nProphet – opened his soul only to those who were attached to him and\ntried to free them from the gross practices of their forefathers.\nAfter Khadijah, his cousin’ Ali was the next companion. The Prophet\nused often to go into the desert around Mecca with his wife and young\ncousin that they might together offer their heart felt thanks to the\nLord of all nations for His manifold blessings. Once they were\nsurprised by Abu Talib, the father of ‘Ali. He said to the Prophet:\n“O son of my brother, what is this religion you are following?”\n“It is the religion of Allah of His Angels, of His Messengers\nand of our ancestor Abraham,” answered the Prophet. “Allah\nhas sent me to His servants, to direct them towards the truth, and\nyou, O my uncle, are the most worthy of all. It is meet that I should\nthus call upon you and it is meet that you should accept the truth\nand help in spreading it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAbu\nTalib replied: “Son of my brother, I cannot abjure the religion\nof my fathers; but by the Supreme Lord, while I am alive, none shall\ndare to injure you.” Then turning towards ‘Ali, the venerable\nchief asked what religion was his. Ali answered: “O father, I\nbelieve in Allah and His Prophet and go with him.” Abu Talib\nreplied: “Well my son, he will not call you to anything except\nwhat is good, therefore you are free to go with him.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAfter\n‘Ali, Muhammad’s adopted son Zaid became a convert to the new faith.\nHe was followed by Abu Bakr, a leading member of the Quraish tribe\nand an honest, wealthy merchant who enjoyed great consideration among\nhis compatriots. He was but two years younger than the Prophet. His\nadoption of the new faith was of great moral effect. Soon after, five\nnotables presented themselves before the Prophet and accepted Islam.\nSeveral converts also came from lower classes of the Arabs to adopt\nthe new religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nFor\nthree weary long years, the Prophet labored very quietly to deliver\nhis people from the worship of idols. Polytheism was deeply rooted\namong the people. It offered attractions, which the new faith in its\npurity did not possess. The Quraish had personal material interests\nin the old worship, and their prestige was dependent upon its\nmaintenance. The Prophet had to contend with the idolatrous worship\nof its followers and to oppose the ruling oligarchy, which governed\nits destinies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAfter\nthree years of constant but quiet struggle, only thirty followers\nwere secured. An important change now occurred in the relations of\nthe Prophet with the citizens of Mecca. His compatriots had begun to\ndoubt his sanity, thinking him crazy or possessed by an evil spirit.\nHitherto he preached quietly and unobtrusively. He now decided to\nappeal publicly to the Meccans, requesting them to abandon their\nidolatry. For this he arranged a gathering on a neighboring hill and\nthere spoke to them of their folly in the sight of Allah in\nworshipping pieces of stone which they called their gods. He invited\nthem to abandon their old impious worship and adopt the faith of\nlove, truth and purity. He warned them of the fate that had overtaken\npast races who had not heeded the preaching of former prophets. But\nthe gathering departed without listening to the warning given them by\nthe Prophet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHaving\nthus failed to induce his fellow citizens to listen to him, he turned\nhis attention to the strangers arriving in the city on commerce or\npilgrimage. But the Quraish made attempts to frustrate his efforts.\nThey hastened themselves to meet the strangers first on different\nroutes, to warn them against holding any communication with the\nProphet, whom they represented as a dangerous magician. When the\npilgrims or traders returned to their homes, they carried with them\nthe news of the advent of the bold preacher who was inviting the\nArabs loudly – at the risk of his own life – to abandon the worship\nof their dear idols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nNow\nthe Prophet and his followers became subject to some persecution and\nindignity. The hostile Quraish prevented the Prophet from offering\nhis prayers at the Sacred House of the Ka’ba; they pursued him\nwherever he went; they covered him and his disciples with dirt and\nfilth when engaged in their devotions; they scattered thorns in the\nplaces which he frequented for devotion and meditation. Amidst all\nthese trials the Prophet did not waver. He was full of confidence in\nhis mission, even when on several occasions he was put in imminent\ndanger of losing his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAt\nthis time Hamza, the youngest son of Abdul Muttalib, adopted Islam.\nHamza was a man of distinguished bravery, an intrepid warrior,\ngenerous and true, whose heroism earned for him the title of the\n“Lion of Allah.” He became a devoted adherent of Islam and\neverlost his life in the cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nProphet continued preaching to the Arabs in a most gentle and\nreasonable manner. He called thepeople, so accustomed to iniquity and\nwrong doings, to abandon their abominations. In burning words which\nexcited the hearts of his hearers, he warned them of the punishment\nwhich Allah had inflicted upon the ancient tribes of ‘Ad and Thamud\nwho had obstinately disobeyed the teachings of Allah’s messengers to\nthem. He adjured them by the wonderful sights of nature, by the noon\nday brightness, by the night when it spreads its veil, by the day\nwhen it appears in glory to listen to his warning before a similar\ndestruction befell them. He spoke to them of the Day of Reckoning,\nwhen their deeds in this world will be weighed before the Eternal\nJudge, when the children who had been buried alive will be asked for\nwhat crime they were put to death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAlmighty\nAllah said: Nay,\nthey wonder that there has come to them a Warner (Muhammad) from\namong themselves. So the disbeliveers say: “This is a strange\nthing! When we are dead and have become dust (shall we be\nresurrected)? That is a far return.” We know that which the\nearth takes of them (their dead bodies), and with Us is a Book\npreserved (i.e., the Book of Decrees).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nNay,\nbut, they have denied the truth (this Qur’an) when it has come to\nthem, so they are in a confused state (can not differentiate between\nright and wrong). Have they not looked at the heaven above them, how\nWe have made it and adorned it, and there are no rifts in it? And the\nearth! We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains standing\nfirm, and have produced therein every kind of lovely growth (plants).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAn\ninsight and a reminder for every slave turning to Allah (i.e., the\none who believes in Allah and performs deeds of His obedience, and\nalways begs His pardon). And We send down blessed water (rain) from\nthe sky, then we produce therewith gardens and grain (every kind of\nharvests that are reaped). And tall date palms, with ranged clusters;\na provision for (Allah’s) slaves. And We give life therewith to a\ndead land. Thus will be the resurrection (of the dead). Denied before\nthem (i.e. these pagans of Makka who denied you, O Muhammad) the\npeople of Noah, and the dwellers of Rass, and the Thamud, and ‘Ad,\nand Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot, and the dwellers of the Wood,\nand the people of Tubba, everyone of them denied their Messengers, so\nMy Threat took effect.” (Ch 50: 2-14 Quran)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAlmighty\nAllah also declared: All\npraises and thanks be to Allah Who Alone created the heavens and the\nearth, and originated the darkness and the light, yet those who\ndisbelieve hold others as equal with their Lord. He it is Who has\ncreated you from clay, and then has decreed a stated term (for you to\ndie). And there is with Him another determined term (for you to be\nresurrected), yet you doubt (in the Resurrection).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And He is Allah (to be worshipped Alone) in the heavens and on the earth, He knows what you conceal and what you reveal, and He knows what you earn (good or bad). And never an Ayah (sign) comes to them from the Ayat (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of their Robb, but that they have been turning away from it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIndeed,\nthey rejected the truth (The Qur’an and Muhammad) when it came to\nthem, but there will come to them the news of that (the torment)\nwhich they used to mock at. Have they not seen how many a generation\nbefore them We have destroyed whom We had established on the earth\nsuch as We have not established you? And We poured out on them rain\nfrom the sky in abundance, and made the rivers flow under them. Yet\nWe destroyed them for their sins, and created after them other\ngenerations.” (Ch 6:1-6 Quran)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAs\nthe number of believers increased and the cause of the Prophet was\nstrengthened by the conversions of many powerful citizens, the\nProphet’s preaching alarmed the Quraish. Their power and prestige\nwere at stake. They were the custodians of the idols, which the\nProphet had threatened to destroy; they were the ministers of the\nworship, which he denounced; in fact their existence and living\nwholly depended upon the maintenance of the old institutions. The\nProphet taught that in the sight of his Lord all human were equal,\nthe only distinction recognized among them being the weight of their\npiety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nthe Exalted said:\nO mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you\ninto nations and tribes, that you may know one another. Verily, the\nmost honorable of you in the Sight of Allah is that believer who has\nAt Taqwa (one of the Muttaqun, pious and righteous persons who fear\nAllah much, abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which He\nhas forbidden), and love Allah much (perform all kinds of good deeds\nwhich He has ordained. Verily! Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.”\n(Ch 49:13 Quran). <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nQuraish would have none of this leveling of distinctions, as it\nreflected upon their long inherited privileges. Accordingly, they\norganized a system of persecution in order to suppress the movement\nbefore it became firmly established. They decided that each family\nshould take upon itself the task of stamping out the new faith on the\nspot. Each household tortured its own members or adherents or slaves\nwho were supposed to have connected themselves with the new religion.\nWith the exception of the Prophet, who was protected by Abu Talib and\nhis kinsmen, and Abu Bakr, and a few others who were either\ndistinguished by their rank or possessed some influence among the\nQuraish, all other converts were subjected to different sorts of\ntorture. Some of them were thrown into prison, starved, and then\nflogged. The hill of Ramada and the place called Bata thus became\nscenes of cruel torture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nOne\nday the Quraish tried to induce the Prophet to discontinue his\nteachings of the new religion, which had sown discord among their\npeople. ‘Utba Ibn Rabi’a, was delegated to see the Prophet and speak\nto him. ‘Utba said: “O son of my brother, you are distinguished\nby your qualities; yet you have sown discord among our people and\ncast dissension in our families; you denounced our gods and goddesses\nand you charge our ancestors with impiety. Now we are come to make a\nproposition to you, and I ask you to think well before you reject\nit.” “I am listening to you, O father of Walid,” said\nthe Prophet. “O son of my brother, if by this affair you intend\nto acquire riches, honors, and dignity, we are willing to collect for\nyou a fortune larger than is possessed by any one of us; we shall\nmake you our chief and will do nothing without you. If you desire\ndominion, we shall make you our king; and if the demon which\npossesses you cannot be subdued, we will bring you doctors and give\nthem riches until they cure you.” When ‘Utba had finished his\ndiscourse, the Prophet said: “Now listen to me, O father of\nWalid.” “I listen.” He replied. The Prophet, recited\nto him the first thirteen verses of Surah Fussilat, which maybe\ninterpreted as follows: In\nthe Name of Allah The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHa\nMim (These letters are one of the miracles of the Quran, and none but\nAllah Alone knows their meanings). A revelation from Allah the Most\nBeneficent, the Most Merciful. A Book whereof the Verses are\nexplained in detail; – a Quran in Arabic for people who know. Giving\nglad tidings (of Paradise to the one who believes in the Oneness of\nAllah, Islamic Monotheism) and fears Allah much (abstains from all\nkinds of sins and evil deeds) and loves Allah much (performing all\nkinds of good deeds which He has ordained), and warning (of\npunishment in the Hellfire to be the one who disbelieves in the\nOneness of Allah), but most of them turn away, so they listen not.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAnd\nthey say: “Our hearts are under coverings (screened) from that\nto which you invite us, and in our ears is deafness, and between us\nand you is a screen, so work you (on your way); verily we are working\n(on our way).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nSay\n(O Muhammad): “I am only a human being like you. It is inspired\nin me that your Ilah (God) is One Ilah (God – Allah), therefore take\nthe Straight Path to Him (with true Faith – Islamic Monotheism) and\nobedience to Him, and seek forgiveness of Him. And woe to\nAl-Mushrikeen; (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, and disbeliveers in\nthe Oneness of Allah, etc, those who worship others along with or set\nup rivals or partners to Allah etc.) Those who give not the Zakat and\nthey are disbeliveers in the Hereafter. Truly, those who believe (in\nthe Oneness of Allah and in His Messenger Muhammad – Islamic\nMonotheism) and do righteous good deeds for them will be an endless\nreward that will never stop (Paradise).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nSay\n(O Muhammad): “Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the\nearth in two Days and you set up rivals (in worship) with Him? That\nis the Lord of the Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHe\nplaced therein (the earth) firm mountains from above it, and He\nblessed it, and measured therein its sustenance (for its dwellers) in\nfour Days equal (all these four days were equal in the length of\ntime), for all those who ask (about its creation). Then He Istawa\n(rose over) towards the heaven when it was smoke, and said to it and\nto the earth: “Come both of you willingly or unwillingly.”\nThey both said: “We come, willingly.” Then He completed and\nfinished from their creation as seven heavens in two days and he made\nin each heaven with lamps (stars) to b e an adornment as well as to\nguard (from the devils by using them as missiles against the devils).\nSuch is the Decree of Him the All Mighty, The All Knower.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nBut\nif they turn away, then say (O Muhammad): “I have warned you of\na Sa’iqa (a destruction awful cry, torment, hit, a thunder bolt) like\nthe Sa’iqa which overtook ‘Ad and Thamud (people).” (Ch 41:1-13\nQuran).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWhen\nthe Prophet had finished his recitation, he said to ‘Utba: “This\nis my reply to your proposition; now take what course you find best.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nPersecution\nby the Quraish grew fiercer every day and the sufferings of the\nProphet’s disciples became unbearable. He had heard of the\nrighteousness, tolerance, and hospitality of the neighboring\nChristian king of Abyssinia. He recommended such of his companions\nwho were without protection to seek refuge in the kingdom of that\npious king, Al Najashi (Negus). Some fifteen of the unprotected\nadherents of Islam promptly availed themselves of the advice and\nsailed to Abyssinia. Here they met with a very kind reception from\nthe Negus. This is called the first hijrah (migration) in the history\nof Islam and occurred in the fifth year of the Prophet Muhammad’s\nmission, A.D. 615. These emigrants were soon followed by many of\ntheir fellow sufferers, until the number reached eighty-three men and\neighteen women. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nhostile Quraish, furious at the escape of their victims, sent deputes\nto the king of Abyssinia to request him to deliver up the refugees,\nthat they might be put to death for adjuring their old religion and\nembracing a new one. The king summoned the poor fugitives and\ninquired of them what was the religion, which they had adopted in\npreference to their old faith. Ja’far, son of Abu Talib and brother\nof ‘Ali, acted as spokesman for the exiles. He spoke thus: “O\nking, we were plunged in the depth of ignorance and barbarism, we\nadored idols, we lived in unchastity, and we ate dead bodies, and we\nspoke abomination, we disregarded every feeling of humanity and sense\nof duty towards our neighbors, and we knew no law but that of the\nstrong, when Allah raised among us a man, of whose birth,\ntruthfulness, honesty, and purity we were aware. He called us to\nprofess the Unity of Allah and taught us to associate nothing with\nHim; he forbade us the worship of idols and enjoined us to speak the\ntruth, to be faithful to our trusts, to be merciful, and to regard\nthe rights of neighbors; he forbade us to speak evil of the worship\nof Allah and not to return to the worship of idols of woos and stone\nand to abstain from evil, to offer prayers, to give alms, to observe\nthe fast. We have believed in him, we have accepted his teachings and\nhis injunctions to worship Allah alone and to associate nothing with\nHim. Hence our people have persecuted us, trying to make us forego\nthe worship of Allah and return to the worship of idols of wood and\nstone and other abominations. They have tortured us and injured us\nuntil, finding no safety among them, we have come to your kingdom\ntrusting you will give us protection against their persecution.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAfter\nhearing the above speech, the hospitable king ordered the deputies to\nreturn to their people in safety and not to interfere with their\nfugitives. Thus the emigrants passed the period of exile in peace and\ncomfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWhile\nthe followers of the Prophet sought safety in foreign lands against\nthe persecution of their people, he continued his warnings to the\nQuraish more strenuously than ever. Again they came to him with\noffers of riches and honor, which he firmly and utterly refused. But\nthey mocked at him and urged him for miracles to prove his mission.\nHe used to answer: “Allah has not sent me to work wonders; He\nhas sent me to preach to you.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThus\ndisclaiming all power of wonder working, the Prophet ever rested the\ntruth of his divine mission upon his wise teachings. He addressed\nhimself to the inner consciousness of man, to his common sense and to\nhis own better judgement.\nSay (O Muhammad): “I am only a human being like you. It is\ninspired in me that your Ilah (God) is One Ilah (God- Allah),\ntherefore take the Straight Path to Him (with true Faith – Islamic\nMonotheism) and obedience to Him and seek forgiveness of Him. And woe\nto Al Mushrikeen; (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, and disbeliveers\nin the Oneness of Allah etc., those who worship others along with\nAllah or set up rivals or partners to Allah etc. (Ch 41:6 Quran)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nDespite\nall the exhortation of the Prophet, the Quraish persisted in asking\nhim for a sign. They insisted that unless some sign be sent down to\nhim from his Lord, they would not believe. The disbeliveers used to\nask: “Why has Muhammad not been sent with miracles like previous\nprophets?” T he Prophet replied: “Because miracles had\nproved inadequate to convince. Noah was sent with signs, and with\nwhat effect? Where was the lost tribe of Thamud? They had refused to\nreceive the preaching of the Prophet Salih, unless he showed them a\nsign and caused the rock to bring forth a living camel. He did what\nthey asked. In scorn they cut the camel’s feet and then daring the\nprophet to fulfill his threats of judgment, were found dead in their\nbeds the next morning, stricken by the angel of the Lord.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThere\nare some seventeen places in the Quran, in which the Prophet Muhammad\nis challenged to work a sign, and he answered them all to the same or\nsimilar effect: Allah has the power of working miracles, and has not\nbeen believed; there were greater miracles in nature than any which\ncould be wrought outside of it; and the Quran itself was a great,\neverlasting miracle. The Quran, the Prophet used to assert to the\ndisbeliveers, is a book of blessings which is a warning for the whole\nworld; it is a complete guidance and explains everything necessary;\nit is a reminder of what is imprinted on human nature and is free\nfrom every discrepancy and from error and falsehood. It is a book of\ntrue guidance and a light to all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAs\nto the sacred idols, so much honored and esteemed by the pagan Arabs,\nthe Prophet openly recited: They\nare but names which you have named – you and your fathers – for which\nAllah has sent down no authority. (CH 53:23 Quran)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWhen\nthe Prophet thus spoke reproachfully of the sacred gods of the\nQuraish, the latter redoubled their persecution. But the Prophet,\nnevertheless, continued his preaching undaunted but the hostility of\nhis enemies or by their bitter persecution of him. And despite all\nopposition and increased persecution, the new faith gained ground.\nThe national fair at Okadh near Mecca attracted many desert Bedouins\nand trading citizen of distant towns. These listened to the teachings\nof the Prophet, to his admonitions, and to his denunciations of their\nsacred idols and of their superstitions. They carried back all that\nthey had heard to their distant homes, and thus the advent of the\nProphet was made know to almost all parts of the peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nMeccans, however, were more than ever furious at the Prophet’s\nincreasing preaching against their religion. They asked his uncle Abu\nTalib to stop him, but he could not do anything. At , as the Prophet\npersisted in his ardent denunciations against their ungodliness and\nimpiety, they turned him out from the Ka’ba where he used to sit and\npreach, and subsequently went in a body to Abu Talib. They urged the\nvenerable chief to prevent his nephew from abusing their gods any\nlonger or uttering any ill words against their ancestors. They warned\nAbu Talib that if he would not do that, he would be excluded from the\ncommunion of his people and driven to side with Muhammad; the matter\nwould then be settled by fight until one of the two parties were\nexterminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAbu\nTalib neither wished to separate himself from his people, nor forsake\nhis nephew for the idolaters to revenge themselves upon. He spoke to\nthe Prophet very softly and begged him to abandon his affair. To this\nsuggestion the Prophet firmly replied: “O my uncle, if they\nplaced the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left hand to cause\nme to renounce my task, verily I would not desist therefrom until\nAllah made manifest His cause or I perished in the attempt.” The\nProphet, overcome by the thought that his uncle and protector was\nwilling to desert him, turned to depart. But Abu Talib called him\nloudly to come back, and he came. “Say whatever you please; for\nby the Lord I shall not desert you ever.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nQuraish again attempted in vain to cause Abu Talib to abandon his\nnephew. The venerable chief declared his intention to protect his\nnephew against any menace or violence. He appealed to the sense of\nhonor of the two families of the Bani Hashim and the Bani Muttalib,\nboth families being kinsmen of the Prophet, to protect their member\nfrom falling a victim to the hatred of rival parties. All the members\nof the two families nobly responded to the appeal of Abu Talib except\nAbu Lahab, one of the Prophet’s uncles, who took part with the\npersecutors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nDuring\nthis period, ‘Umar Al-Khattab adopted Islam. In him the new faith\ngained a valuable adherent and an important factor in the future\ndevelopment and propagation of Islam. Hitherto he had been a violent\nopposer of the Prophet and a bitter enemy of Islam. His conversion is\nsaid to have been worked by the miraculous effect on his mind of a\nSurah of the Quran which his sister was reading in her house, where\nhe had gone with the intention of killing her for adopting Islam.\nThus the party of the Prophet had been strengthened by the\nconversation by his uncle Hamza, a man of great valor and merit; and\nof Abu Bakr and ‘Umar, both men of great energy and reputation. The\nMuslims now ventured to perform their devotions in public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PROPHET MUHAMMAD Muhammad (pbuh) was born in Mecca ( Makkah), Arabia, on Monday, 12 Rabi’ Al-Awal (2 August A.D. 570). His mother, Aminah, was the daughter of Wahb Ibn Abdu Manaf of the Zahrah family. His father, ‘Abdullah, was the son of Abdul Muttalib. His genealogy has been traced to the noble house of Ishmael, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,86],"tags":[85],"class_list":["post-1872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prophets","category-ulul_azmi","tag-prophet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1872"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1934,"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions\/1934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}