Quiz time (62): Which town did Muhammed(pbuh) went to preach Islam was
aggressively chased out down by its people?
Ans: At-Ta’if.
In Shawwal (in the last of May or in the
beginning of June 619 A.D.), ten years after receiving his mission from his
Lord, the Prophet (Peace be upon him) set out towards At-Ta’if, about 60
kilometres from Makkah, in the company of his freed slave Zaid bin Haritha
inviting people to Islam. But contrary to his expectations, the general
atmosphere was terribly hostile. He approached the family of ‘Umair, who were
reckoned amongst the nobility of the town. But, to his disappointment, all of
them turned deaf ear to his message and used abusive language as regards the
noble cause he had been striving for.
Three brothers from the chieftains of Thaqeef
—‘Abd Yaleel, Mas‘ud and Habeeb — sons of ‘Amr bin Umair Ath-Thaqafy met the
Prophet (Peace be upon him) , who invited them to embrace Islam and worship
Allâh, but they impudently jeered at him and refused his invitation. “He is
tearing the cloths of Al-Ka‘bah; is it true that Allâh has sent you as a
Messenger?” said one of them. “Has not Allâh found someone else to entrust him
with His Message?” said the second. “I swear by Allâh that I will never have
any contact with you. If you are really the Messenger of Allâh, then you are
too serious to retort back; and if you are belying Allâh, then I feel it is
imperative not to speak to.” said the third. The Messenger of Allâh (Peace be
upon him) , finding that they were hopeless cases, stood up and left them
saying: “Should you indulge in these practices of yours, never divulge them to
me.”
For ten days he stayed there delivering his
message to several people, one after another, but all to no purpose. Stirred up
to hasten the departure of the unwelcome visitor, the people hooted him through
the alley-ways, pelted him with stones and obliged him to flee from the city
pursued by a relentless rabble. Blood flowed down both his legs; and Zaid,
endeavoring to shield him, was wounded in the head.
The mob did not desist until they had chased him
two or three miles across the sandy plains to the foot of the surrounding
hills. There, wearied and exhausted, he took refuge in one of the numerous
orchards, and rested against the wall of a vineyard. At a time when the whole
world seemed to have turned against him, Muhammad (Peace be upon him) turned to
his Lord and betook himself to prayer and the following touching words are
still preserved as those through which his oppressed soul gave vent to its
distress. He was weary and wounded but confident of the help of his Lord:
l “O Allâh! To You
alone I make complaint of my helplessness, the paucity of my resources and my insignificance
before mankind. You are the most Merciful of the mercifuls. You are the Lord of
the helpless and the weak, O Lord of mine! Into whose hands would You abandon
me: into the hands of an unsympathetic distant relative who would sullenly
frown at me, or to the enemy who has been given control over my affairs? But if
Your wrath does not fall on me, there is nothing for me to worry about.”
“I seek protection in the light of Your Countenance, which illuminates the heavens and dispels darkness, and which controls all affairs in this world as well as in the Hereafter. May it never be that I should incur Your wrath, or that You should be wrathful to me. And there is no power nor resource, but Yours alone.”
Source: “The Sealed Nectar” page no: 67
Well done! All those who got it right. May Allah
increase our knowledge and bless you all. Ameen Summa Ameen. JazakAllah khairan
for taking part in today’s Quiz.
Allah knows the best .
By Mohammed Asif Ali. #MohammedAsifAli
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