INVITE YOUR NEAR KINS TO ISLAM VERSE NO.213ِ220

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MOHAMMAD'S (SA) FIRST SPEECH Verses 213-220

      Through the above verses, five instructions are given to the Messenger of God:ِ

      First of all he is ordered to go on being considerate in Monotheism. Although the prophet was the herald and proclaimer of Monotheism himself, the importance of the tenet is so high in Islam, that for more emphasis the prophet is addressed here, saying:ِ

      ``Call on no one other than Allah, lest you be of those who are tormented.''

      The next instruction is to show the prophet how to make known his prophetic mission, and from where to begin:ِ

      ``And admonish your nearest kinsfolk.''

      In order to proceed on an extensive revolutionary carrier, one must begin in a small circle, the best of which is that of the nearest kinsfolk and friends, who have a better record and first hand information about the leader's past and background.

      It was then three years from his prophetic mission when the above instruction was revealed. Accordingly, the Messenger of God invited some forty men of his nearest family to a dinner in his uncle's house (ABUTALIB).

      When the dinner was served and the prophet wanted to make a speech his other uncle ABULAHAB disturbed the meeting and scattered out the prophet's guests.

      Next day once again the prophet gathered them together and after dinner in a brief speech he said to them:ِ

      ``Upon my Lord I know no one to have brought to his family a thing so good that I have brought to you. I have brought to you the good of this world and that of the Hereafter. Which one of you, then, are willing to help me and become my brother as well as my successor?''

      All the guests rejected him, except Hazrat Imam Ali (AS) who got up and said:ِ ``O, Messenger of God! In your prophetic mission, I am your mate and Helper.''

      Then the prophet said to the guests who were his nearest of kins:ِ ``Verily this is my brother, and my executor, and my successor among you, therefore, all of you listen to him and obey him.''

      Some of the audience scoffed at him and dismissed, while Abulahab said to ABUTALIB who was Hazrat Imam Ali's father:ِ ``Your nephew commands you to obey the orders of your son.''

      This incident has been narrated by almost all important Sonni writers and scholars such as:ِ IBN-ABIJARIR, IBN-ABIHATIM, IBN-MARDUYEH, BAIHAGHI, SAALABI, TABARI AND IBN-ASIR.

      The third instruction puts the prophet in a greater circle than the family circle mentioned above. He is ordered to be kind, gentle, and considerate, with all the believers who follow him:ِ

 

      ``And lower down your wings for he who follows you of the believers.''

      Lower your wing is an Arabic idiom that the high-flying bird being considerate and kind, lowers her wings to her youngsters.

      Then the prophet is instructed, not to worry if the pagans rejected faith. Just tell them that you are not responsible for what they do, and they themselves are to answer for it, in a Final Judgement:ِ

      ``Then if they disobey you; say, I am devoid of whatever you do.''

      And in the fifth order, God tells the prophet to put his whole trust on God, lest such oppositions and hostilities might discourage him:ِ

      ``And put your trust in the Exalted in might, the compassionate who sees you when you are standing or moving among those who prostrate themselves.''

      Kneeling and prostarting are relative arrangements of different parts of Muslim Prayer. Our prophet was himself very earnest and Zealous in his prayers, and in his sight, the prayer was the pillar of the religion of Islam.

 

 

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