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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 02)
QURAN S 19: 16-36THE FIRST EMIGRATION. VERSES NO. 82- 86.

MUSLIMS IN PRESENCE OF THE NEGUS

      In the appointed time, the Muslim refugees went to the court of Negus, where they found themselves in a glorious meeting. The king was on the throne and the bishops upon their seats at the right side of the king, and several courtiers at the left.

      When the Muslims entered, they greeted the king with their usual word of SALAM, without the least of bowing down or other sort of physical humilities, and the Negus too welcomed them warmly.

The Ethiopia king asked them why had they emigrated to his land, and in answer,JAAFAR TAYYAR (JAAFAR THE FLYER) said:-

      ``Your Majesty! We were a group of people living in ignorance and paganism, worshipping idols and other false gods - the gods that we made them with our own hands out of wood, stone and other materials. Our deeds were evil. We behaved our neighbour and parents badly. Our strong would transgress our weak. Adulteries, gamblings, female infanticide and theft, were something common and prevalent among us.

      We were so, and worse; until the Merciful God rouse a prophet of our own, whose ancestry we knew well, and whose truthfulness we all confirmed, so much so that, our community gave him the title of AMIN, when he was young. (AMIN= TRUSTWORTHY= TRUTHFUL)

      The prophet called us to leave worshipping idols, and to cease serving false gods; and enjoined us to believe and serve Allah, the only one God who is the Creator of all things. The prophet taught us to be truthful and trustee. He enjoined loyalty to kins and family, and hospitality to the strangers. He ordered us to avoid blood- feuds, vendetta, and adultery, and warned us severely not to damage the rights of the orphans. He has stirctly forbidden us not to devour usury, and has declared wine, and all intoxicants, unlawful for a Muslim to drink. We are strictly wanted to be good and to do good to our father and mother and be humble to both of them.

      The prophet has commanded all Muslims to perform regular daily prayer, and to Fast all the month of Ramazan in the year, and to pay alms and tithe in charity.

      GOREISH have been our enemy for obeying our prophet in the said commandments; for leaving their idols and worshipping the only one God. They tortured us for our belief, and persecuted us for saying there is only one God! We endured their barbarious persecutions for a long time, but when our prophet felt that we could no more bear the pains of their torture; he ordered us to emigrate toABYSSINIA, because he believed that the country is ruled by a fair, just and godly Christian king.

      Now they have come here after us, to take us back and under wild torture and barbarious persecutions compel us to renounce Allah, and the Truthful creed ofABRAHAM and rejoin in worshipping their devilish idols and gods!''

      After a relatively long pause and silence, the king asked JAAFAR:- ``Has anything of a book or Scripture been revealed to your prophet?'' And can you tell me what is exactly the views and ideas of your prophet about Jesus Christ''

      In answer to the Negus JAAFAR TAYYAR said:-

      ``Yes your Majesty! There has a Divine Book been revealed to our prophet which is named QURطN. In our Holy Quran, there are so many verses about Jesus Christ, and there is a whole Chapter too, in our Book which is named after MARY, the mother of your prophet, and I have committed that Chapter into my memory.''

      Negus said:- ``Then let us hear that'' And JAAFAR began to rehearse the verses of the Chapter of Mary from the Glorious Quran as follows:-

 

 

QURAN S 19: 16-36THE FIRST EMIGRATION. VERSES NO. 82- 86.
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