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Book of Journeys

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كتاب السير

Abu Aliyah, while explaining this verse: { فَاصْبِرْ کَمَا صَبَرَ اُوْلُوا الْعَزْمِ مِنْ الرُّسُلِ } [Al-Ahqaf 35] “So be patient, as were those of determination among the messengers.” said, "The resolute messengers are these: Noah, Hud, Abraham and Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was commanded to be patient just as they were patient, and they were three and the fourth was Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).” Noah (peace be upon him) said: { اِنْ کَانَ کَبُرَ عَلَیْکُمْ مَّقَامِیْ وَ تَذْکِیْرِیْ بِاٰیٰتِ اللّٰہِ فَعَلَی اللّٰہِ تَوَکَّلْتُ فَاَجْمِعُوْٓا اَمْرَکُمْ وَ شُرَکَآئَ کُمْ ثُمَّ لَا یَکُنْ اَمْرُکُمْ عَلَیْکُمْ غُمَّۃً ثُمَّ اقْضُوْٓا اِلَیَّ وَ لَا تُنْظِرُوْنِ ۔ } [Yunus 71] “O my people! If my stay [with you] and my reminding you of the signs of Allah is difficult for you, then I have relied upon Allah . So resolve your affair along with your partners, and let not your affair be a matter of concern for you, then carry out your purpose towards me and do not give me respite." Noah (peace be upon him), giving them a befitting reply, made clear his separation from them. Similarly, Hud (peace be upon him) also replied to them when they said to him: { اِنْ نَّقُوْلُ اِلَّا اعْتَرٰیکَ بَعْضُ اٰلِھَتِنَا بِسُوْئٍ } [Hud 54] "We do not say except that you have been touched by some of our gods with evil." So they said in response to this that I take Allah as a witness, and you too be witness, that I am free from what you associate [with Allah ]. So plot against me, all of you, and do not give me any respite. And clarifying the point of separation, [he] gave them a befitting reply. And Abraham (peace be upon him) said: { قَدْ کَانَتْ لَکُمْ اُسْوَۃٌ حَسَنَۃٌ فِیْ اِبْرٰہِیْمَ۔۔۔} [Al-Mumtahanah 4] "There has already been for you an excellent pattern in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people, 'Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allah.'" And [thus] they made their point of separation clear to them. And Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: { اِنِّیْ نُھِیْتُ اَنْ اَعْبُدَ الَّذِیْنَ تَدَعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰہِ۔۔۔} [Al-An'am 56] "Say, 'Indeed, I have been prohibited from worshipping those whom you invoke besides Allah.'" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) stood near the Kaaba and recited this blessed verse to the polytheists and clarified his point of separation to them.