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===================== WHEN THE MOON SPLIT ===================== A WARNING FROM ATOP MOUNT SAFA : After listening to this warning from the prophet (ﷺ), the assembly dispersed. There is no record of their immediate support or opposition. However, Abu Lahab is reported to have said, enraged, May you be cursed! Is it for this you have brought us here? Generally, the Prophets (ﷺ) audience seems to have been somewhat amazed at the Prophets outporings and could not decide just then as to what they should do. Once they returned to their homes, however, their arrogance reasserted itself, and they disdained the Prophets (ﷺ) warning and exhortation. Thus when the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by their elders, they would jeer, is this the one who has been appointed a Messenger by Allah? Is this the boy of Abu Kabshah who is addressed from the sky? Abu kabshah was an ancestor of the Prophet (ﷺ) on his mothers side. He had abandoned the paganism of the Quraysh and embraced Christianity. Hence, when the Prophet (ﷺ) began proclaiming the monotheistic message of Islam, the Quraysh were quick to link him with another so-called renegade of their society. Despite the taunts of his tribesmen and their increasing hostility, the Prophet (ﷺ) remained firm in his mission and began to invite people to Islam. He (ﷺ) would recite verses from the book of Allah, giving his people the same message that previous Prophets (عليه السلام ) had given to their people. He would say, O my people! Worship Allah without any partners or intermediaries, for none is your god except Allah. He (ﷺ) also began to pray to Allah in Public, offering prayers in the courtyard surrounding the kabah. The Prophets (ﷺ) preaching gradually gained ground. As more people, one by one, came into the fold of Islam, a gap started widening between the believers and non-believers even in the same house. Of course, this only increased the resentment and hostility of the Quraysh who found it unforgivable that the new Muslims would choose Islam over Family, tribe and culture-ties they deemed very holy. ( to be continued, In Shaa Allaah) ____________________________ Chapter 4: The Beginning of the Open Call to Islam (page: 55)
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:50:32 +0000

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