التغريدات القصية في السيرة النبويةﷺ

PART 9 #BiographyOfRasul

The Dawn of Prophethood

Life in the eyes of the Prophet (s) seemed unreal. He was a unique jewel in the midst of mere gravels.

Ignorance was wide spread, and nearly everyone had abandoned honorable character.

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It was an age of ignorance (Nahiliyyah) in which, generally speaking, moral rectitude & spiritual code had gone into oblivion.

Superstitious rites & dogmas had replaced the tenets of the Divine religion. Only a few (his ancestors) remained upon the religion of Ibrahim.

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Arabians engaged in unnecessary fights, gambling, adultery and unfairness in all dealings.

The Qur'an informs us of their level of thinking; "And they say: There is nothing but our life of this world; we live and die and nothing but time annihilates us". (Qur'an, 45:24)

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Theirs was generally a life of everything-goes.

This did not in any way affect the Unique One (s), nor his ancestors. In fact, his different way of life was impressive to all.

Abdullah bn Abu Hamza narrated an incident that occurred in these times of moral darkness.

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He had initiated a business transaction with Rasulullah but left before they concluded. He promised to be back shortly & asked that the Prophet (s) waits for him.

He left & forgot until 3 days later while we was on another issue. He saw Rasulullah on the same spot.

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He was baffled as the Prophet (s) kept on waiting for him for 3 days straight without leaving. What was more baffling was that the Prophet was in no way angry at him nor did he yell, he (s) simply said "you said you would be back, so I was waiting for you".

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It was this kind of uprightness, integrity, purity, unflinching fidelity, and strict sense of duty that drove the people to nickname him "al-Amin," the trusted one.

اللهم يارب العالمين صلى على النبي الأمين الذي أرسلته رحمة للعالمين وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين، آمين.

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Allah, the Creator of the worlds has a set up purpose for all His creations, and the purpose of jin and men is worship (ie. know) (Q52v57).

He is the Creator and the Guide. He guides in several ways, most prominent is by appointing an Apostle.

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Only a Prophet raised by God can turn the fortune of the entire world. No matter how pious or influential you can be, you can never sufficiently endure the stress that accompanies reconstructing the mindset of misguided people, unless by Allah.

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At the peak of the people's misguidance, Allah willed guidance for them, through a man from among themselves who was to lift the entire world from their slough of ignorance and depravity into the light of faith and devotion to one God.

To be continued, in sha Allah.

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PART 10 #BiographyOfRasul

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PART 8 #BiographyOfRasul

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PART 6 #BiographyOfRasul

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