QuizTime(108): Umar (RA) became a Muslim after listening to the beginning of which surah?

 

QuizTime(108): Umar (RA) became a Muslim after listening to the beginning of which surah?

 

 

Ans : Surah Ta-ha Ch 20 of the Qur'an.

Following verse:

Ta-Ha. We have not sent down the Quran to thee to be (an occasion) for thy distress, But only as an admonition to those who fear Allah (Qur'an 20:1-3)

He was astounded. It was as if the Qur'an was addressing him directly!

As Umar R.A was reciting Qur'an (Surah Ta-ha), his heart began to melt down. He began to cry.

He then went straight to the house of the Prophet ﷺ. Once he was admitted in the house, the Prophet ﷺ asked him for the reason of his visit.

His religious knowledge and the Prophet's praise of him:

Allah, the Magnificent and Glorified, had willed goodness for `Umar may Allah be pleased with him and thus rendered him well versed in the religion and enriched him with knowledge. Many scholars have compiled numerous narrations of the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allah exalt his mention ) regarding Umar's knowledge and other virtues. Among these narrations, four were reported by Imaam Az-Zuhri may Allah have mercy upon him:

The first was where the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allah exalt his mention ) said: “While I was sleeping, I saw in a dream that a cup full of milk was brought to me, and I drank (from it) until I saw the milk coming out of my nails. Then I gave the remaining milk to `Umar.” The Companions may Allah be pleased with them asked: ‘What did you interpret it (i.e., this dream) to mean?’ He sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allah exalt his mention ) replied: “(Religious) knowledge.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Imam Ahmad (17405), at-Tirmidhi (3686) and al-Haakim (4495) narrated via Mishrah ibn Haa ‘aan, from ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Aamir (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) say: “If there were to be a Prophet after me, it would be ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab.”.

Allah knows the best.

 

By Mohammed Asif Ali. #MohammedAsifAli

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