Enlightenments from the Call of Muhammad pbuhap

Enlightenments from the Call of Muhammad pbuhap

The call of Muhammad pbuhap is a general and comprehensive call, as if it included all that came in the calls of the prophets and more. And this meaning was mentioned in the narrations, thus all which is in the Torah, the Gospel, and the Book of Psalms is in the Quran. The Almighty said, ﴾He has ordained for you of religion what He enjoined upon Noah and that which We have inspired to you, and what We enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus-to establish the religion.﴿.^[34]

So we find that the Messenger pbuhap had to confront clerics of three distorted divine religions: the Hanafi, the Christian, and the Jewish. And it is obvious that facing a divine cleric who is deviated in ideology or in legislation by his desires, is much more difficult than facing an idolater or an atheist who disbelieves in the existence of Allah. That is because the misguided divine cleric interprets the words of Allah according to his desires, and he portrays the divine ideologies according to his desires, and he presents arguments and fallacies in order to prove his falsehood to be truth. Thus the man of fitnah (trials and tribulations) has many arguments and fallacies in order to convince himself, as he pbuhap said, ﴾“The man of fitnah has arguments and fallacies which convince him until his time comes, so when it comes, his fitnah burns him in the fire.”﴿.^[35]

Hence, I say that if Muhammad pbuhap had not raised up the Islamic call, no other prophet would have been able to do so. Thus he, for whom I ransom my mother and my father, tolerated what no other human could tolerate and he took up the call, confronting the Clerics of Misguidance and tyrants who overpowered the people. At one time he would confront them by his knowledge, which only Ali pbuh bore, as he is the door to him pbuhap; he pbuhap described him by saying, ﴾“I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its door.”﴿. And at another time he would confront them by the strength which he derived from his reliance on Allah, which no similar to it was ever known. In the city of Al-Taif he stood on the stones that caused his virtuous body to bleed, replete with pain and praying to Allah with words which, upon hearing, the hearts of the believers still shiver and their eyes overflow with tears, ﴾“My Lord, unto You I complain of my lack of strength, lack of means, and humiliation before people. To whom do you refer me, O Lord of the overpowered and you are my Lord? Do you refer me to an enemy unto whom You have conferred control over me, or to a distant one who receives me with cruelty? If you are not angry with me, then I do not care … ”﴿.^[36]

Muhammad pbuhap does not care when those foolish people incite their boys to pelt him with stones causing him to bleed and be humiliated for the sake of Allah, and he does not care if the people deny him. But it does cause him pain when they do not believe, because he sees Hell lurking at the end of the path which they take.

Hence, Muhammad pbuhap arose, at one time calling to the path of Allah by wisdom and kind preachment, and at another time arguing in the best manner, and at another time fighting the disbelievers and hypocrites and treating them coarsely, all for twenty-three years, during which the Messenger of Allah pbuhap knew neither rest nor leniency; [rather] preachment, argumentation, fighting, and calling to Allah until the last breath. And during his last days, he goes out while leaning on Ali pbuh and Al-Abbas pbuh, to urge the people to fight and join the army of Usama bin Zayd, and at the same time in obedience to his Lord and in worship which he amplified until the Majestic addressed him, ﴾¹Ta Ha. ²We have not sent down to you the Quran that you be distressed.﴿^[37] and with generosity and asceticism in this world, until he pbuhap said to the Muslims, ﴾“By Him in Whose hand is my soul, were I to have as many cattle as the trees of Tohamah, I would have divided them between you. Then you would not consider me a liar, a coward, or miserly.”﴿.^[38]

Although the gains of war were abundant, he pbuhap only took a little and what was sufficient, so much that Hafsa and Aisha complained of the restricted living, thus the well-known replacement verses in the Quran descended. If only today we had Muslims who follow one-tenth of Muhammad’s pbuhap example, Islam would have prevailed over all religions.

And the call of the Messenger Muhammad pbuhap encompassed all that was in the calls of the previous prophets: calling upon people with leniency and mercy, attacking them with sternness and cruelty, destroying the idols, killing the enemies of Allah and threatening them with harm in this world and in the Hereafter. The Messenger pbuhap was extremely lenient, merciful, and indulgent with the believers, and extremely stern, coarse, and cruel with the disbelievers. The outward contradictions of this Divine and Truthful balance cannot be endured except by a great soul like that of Muhammad pbuhap; a soul that holds Heaven in one hand and Hell in the other to display them before the people, promising glad tidings to the believers and warning and threatening the disbelievers, ﴾And with the Truth We have sent the Quran down, and with the Truth it has descended. And We have not sent you except as a bringer of glad tidings and a warner.﴿.^[39]

The Almighty also said, ﴾¹Praise is to Allah, Who has sent down upon His servant the Book and has not made therein any deviance. ²Straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give glad tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a fine reward.﴿.^[40]

The most important matter that distinguished the call of the Messenger pbuhap is that it is a seal of the divine messages, and that the time has come to execute the preaching, warning, promise, and threat which the messengers brought, and that the executor is from the lineage of the Messenger pbuhap and he is Imam Al-Mahdi pbuh.

Consequently, the True Promise which Allah swt promised all the prophets and messengers has drawn near. And the Known Day of Promise which Iblis (may Allah curse him) was promised has drawn near, and it is the day of his end.

The Almighty said, ﴾The matter of Allah has come, so do not rush it. Exalted is He and High above what they associate with Him.﴿.^[41] The Almighty also said, ﴾Their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.﴿.^[42]

The Almighty also said, ﴾¹The Hour has come near, and the moon has split. ²And if they see a sign they turn away and say, “Continuous magic.”﴿.^[43]

In the end, I say that the calls of the messengers have lots and lots which a believer would benefit from in order to become a supporter from the supporters of Imam Al-Mahdi pbuh and not become one of his enemies. And the calls of the messengers have a Truth, the battle of which must be fought by the believer who wants to support Imam Al-Mahdi pbuh; from struggle, ordeal, hard work, jihad, killing, fighting and pains which might go beyond the body to the soul and the spirit, to mockery and sarcasm and ridicule, to abandonment and lack of supporters; pains, pains, and pains.

﴾Until the Messenger and those who believed with him say, “When is the victory of Allah?” Verily, the victory of Allah is near.﴿^[44]