The
Advent of The Most Noble Messenger Prophet Muhammed (SAW)
By Mr A G Karim
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With eyes as bright
as the shining sun, a reality on the lips more brilliant than the light
of the sun, a heart more fresh than the flowers of the gardens of
Yathrib and Taif, habits and morals more decent than the moon- lit
nights of the Hijaz, a mind more brisk than the strong winds, a
bewitching tongue, a heart with heavenly light, firm determination like
a trenchant sword and heavenly words on the tongue - such was Muhammad
son of Abdullah, the prophet of Arabia, the prophet who destroyed the
idols which had separated brothers from brothers. He did not break only
the idols of wood and stone but also broke the idols of wealth, indecent
habits and party spirit.
The only thing,
which the cowardly Quraysh desired, was money should be transferred from
the hands of the nomadic Arabs to their own pockets. The only value
which they attached to life was that in order to earn profit they should
travel through the desert on the back of the camels undergoing extreme
hardships and then return to their hometown Mecca-the same Mecca which
was the city of idol-worship, and where money was the only thing which
counted.
Suddenly they heard
a voice which shook their nerves. Their hopes were shattered. The world
turned away its face from them saying "The value of man is not the same
which you have assessed and the object of the creation of the nomadic
Arabs is not the same which you think it to be".
........This was the
voice of Muhammad.........
Banu Asad-and Banu
Tamim were so foolish and ignorant that they buried their daughters
alive without any cause. There was no justification for their doing so
except that it was a custom which had survived amongst them. They were
opposed to the divine will. They hated the beauty of nature. And then
they heard a voice, which was expressive of deep love and sympathy for
the people saying: "Don't bury your daughters alive. Daughters are as
good a creation of God as the sons. No human being has a right to
deprive others of life. It is only God who creates the people and makes
them die".
.......This was the
voice of Muhammad.........
The Arabs were
always fighting. They fought and shed blood for years on account of very
trivial things. They killed their own brothers and then rejoiced and
glorified themselves on it. To sacrifice their lives for the sake of
their own ignorance was something very ordinary for them. The children
cried, screamed, and grew up in conditions which were not conducive to
the creation of love or sympathy for anyone in their minds.
In these
circumstances they heard another voice which said "What are you doing ?
You kill one another although you are all brothers because all of you
have been created by God. Strife is something satanic. Peace and
friendship are more beneficial for you. The blessing for which you fight
can't be achieved except through peace".
......This, too, was
the voice of Muhammad.........
The Arabs were the
most proud and egoistic people. They considered the non-Arabs inferior
to themselves. Not only this but they did not consider the non-Arabs
even human beings. Muhammad disliked this attitude of the Arabs very
much. Addressing these proud people he said: "No Arab is superior to a
non-Arab unless he is more pious. Whether you like it or not all human
beings are brothers of one another".
There were
oppressed, homeless and helpless persons whose faces had been scorched
by the hot winds. The society had discarded them and made their lives
miserable. They were more humble in the eyes of the people than the
particles of sand and their life had become extremely unenviable. And
these were the true friends of the prophet of Islam, just as the
indigent and outcasts of the society were the friends of Jesus Christ
and other great men of the world. It was these very people for whose
benefit the prophet of Islam endeavoured to prevent the establishment of
dictatorship, disallowed slavery, freed man from the bondage of his
fellow men, and established the public treasury so that all might
benefit from it without any discrimination. He directed the efforts of
the people towards public welfare. He insisted on Quraysh, who were his
kinsmen, at every step that they should improve their conduct, do good
deeds, and keep their attention directed wholeheartedly to God, who has
united the scattered creation into a single whole.
However, Quraysh
instigated the ignorant persons as well as their own children to stone
and ridicule him.
The helpless,
oppressed and homeless slaves among whom one was Bilal, the Mu'azzin of
the prophet, were overjoyed when they heard this: "All human beings are
fed by God. He likes him most who is more helpful to his creatures".
.......This was the
voice of Muhammad.........
Those who were his
enemies, stoned, and ridiculed him heard this animating voice: "If you
(Muhammad) had been stern and hard-hearted they would all have deserted
you a long time ago. Forgive them and ask God to forgive (their sins)
and consult with them in certain matter. But when you reach a decision
trust God. God loves those who trust aim ".
.......This was the
voice of Muhammad.........
The following pure
words were imprinted on the minds of those who were endeavouring in the
path of God for a better life, and were ready to support him (Muhammad)
in his campaign against idol-worship and evil-doing, and were afraid
lest their rights and good conduct might be wasted in the battle-field.
"Remember ! Don't be
treacherous. Don't commit breach of trust. Don't kill either a child or
a woman or an old man or a monk in a monastery. Don't burn a date palm
tree and don't cut any tree nor pull down a building".
.......This voice
was the voice of Muhammad........
The Arabs heard this
heavenly voice from Muhammad and spread it in all the four corners of
the world. They covered powerful rulers and kings with this voice,
established brotherhood amongst human beings and strung them in one
faith, and created relationship between man and God.
The shade of
Muhammad spread so much that the entire Old World came under it and the
land from the east upto the west began producing the fruits of goodness,
knowledge, peace and friendship. The prophet of Islam stretched his hand
and sowed the seeds of friendship and brotherhood throughout the world.
That hand is still stretched and is busy sowing the seeds. Hence, there
is no part of the world wherein the followers of Muhammad are not found.
One of them may be in Pakistan and the other may be in Spain, but in
spite of this both of them are treated to be under one and the same
standard. The prophet provided honour and respect to the Orientals which
is even now a shining crown on their heads.
This voice of the
prophet, was a call for human brotherhood. It stopped the hands of the
rulers from reaching the property of the subjects and gave equal rights
to all human beings. In his religion there is no discrimination between
a common man, a ruler and a subject and an Arab and a non-Arab, because
all human beings are the slaves of God and it is He who provides
sustenance to all of them.
This voice
emancipated women from the oppression of men, freed the labourers from
the injustice of the capitalists and delivered the servants from the
degradation of submission to their masters. As opposed to Plato and
other philosophers, who deprive the workers of their social rights on
account of their mean occupation and have divided the society into many
grades, the prophet of Islam made all human beings participate in the
affairs of government. He also disallowed usury and exploitation of one
man by another.
After the prophet of
Islam it was Ali bin Talib who called
men to good morals. |