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Enlightenments

From the Calls of the Messengers

(AS)

Part I

By Sayyid Ahmad Al-Hassan

Al-Hadaf for Media and Publishing

Beirut - Lebanon

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By TT International Group®, Lebanon (www.grouptt.com)

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious,

Most Merciful

Dedications

To the ones who taught me how to stand up for the Truth

without being consumed by worries or feeling desolate

To the ones who taught me how to renounce worldly pleasures and vanities

To the ones whom I have the utter honor to roll in the earth they walked on

To the honorable prophets and messengers of Allah (AS)

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Ahmad Al-Hassan

Safar 26, 1425 AH



In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Praise is due to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. May His blessings and prayers be upon

Muhammad, his progeny, the Imams, and the Mahdis.

Enlightenments from the Call of Noah (AS)

1- The call of Noah (AS), the first messenger endowed with constancy, to hispeople was marked with some leniency and goodly exhortation. By all appearances,even his warnings were forbearing as well, {I am naught but a manifest warner.}[1] Noah was not strict with his people even when warning and reproving them, althoughthey were oppressors and tyrants, {They said, “If you desist not, O Noah, youshall surely be one of those who are stoned to death.”}[2]

Noah (AS) also said, as mentioned in the chapter of the Heights (Al-A’raaf), {Do youwonder that a reminder has come to you from your Lord through a man fromamong you, that he might warn you and that you might guard (against evil) sothat mercy may be shown to you?}[3]

He (AS) also said, {We sent Noah to his people, “Surely I am a manifest warnerto you * So that you worship none but Allah. Verily, I do fear for you thepunishment of a painful day.”}[4]

Noah (AS) even said, {He said, “O my people! Bethink you, if I rely on a clearproof from my Lord and there has come unto me a mercy from His presence,and it has been made obscure to you, can we compel you to accept it when youare averse thereto?”}[5]

At times the admonition is associated with mercy and at some other times with hisfear from the punishment his people would endure. Verily, Noah’s (AS) leniency caneither be explained through the Taqiyya[6] in order to avoid a strong clash with thenon-believers and any entailing harm that could befall the believers, or through hisendeavors to soften the hearts of the non-believers and make them amenable in thepursuit of gaining their faith. This latter explanation is more likely than the one of theTaqiyya; when Noah knew from Allah that none of his people would believe, otherthan those who already believed, he became more rigorous toward them andridiculed, threatened and menaced them harshly and coarsely. The Almighty said, {Itwas revealed unto Noah, “None of your people will believe save for those whohave already believed! Thus grieve no longer over their deeds * But build anArk before Our eyes according to Our inspiration, and address Me not withrespect to those who have been unjust, for they are about to be overwhelmed(by the Flood).” *Forthwith he started constructing the Ark and whenever thechiefs of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, “If you ridiculeus now, we (in our turn) can look down on you with ridicule likewise!* Then youshall know upon whom will come a punishment that will disgrace him, andupon whom will fall a lasting punishment.”}[7]

2- Noah (AS) was endowed with patience and temporization: {He said, “O myLord! I have called upon my people night and day... Then I have called upon



them openly. Further, I have spoken to them in public and appealed to them inprivate.”}[8]

Patience and temporization are requisites for whoever wishes to put faith in thehearts of those he calls to follow the way of Allah. In fact, many are those whom youcall to the Truth but they do not believe at first, nay they face you with harshness and

rudeness. However, as days pass, they come to believe in the Truth and might even join the ranks of those loyal subjects who call upon the Truth.

3- Noah (AS) resorted to Allah, the Glorified and Exalted, trusted in Him, and reliedon His projections and arrangements, nay he called upon Allah to help him aftergrowing hopeless of gaining the faith of the non-believers, {“Lord I am overcome,do then help me.”}

4- Noah (AS) had mercy on the believers, treated them with humility, and did notcare for their past before they answered his call, whatever such past was. Not onlythat, but he also stood up for that group and took pride in it. {They said, “Shall we

believe in you while the meanest follow you?”* He said: “And what do I knowas to what they do? *Their account is only with my Lord, if you could butunderstand. *I am not one to drive away those who believe. *I am naught but amanifest warner.”}[9]

5- Noah (AS) persevered and worked hard to survive the flood by constructing theblessed Ark, preparing provisions for people and animals, and arranging theequipment and the apparatus. Such preparations are not easy tasks; they are astrenuous process. Most surely, he who performs such chores faces many problems,especially if his people shun him, for he shall lack many resources to carry out such abig task. Hence, we can imagine how immense Noah’s patience was; how great his

trust and reliance on Allah, the One Unique and All Compelling Subduer, were; andhow overwhelming the divine mercy and favor bestowed upon Noah were. He (AS)worked with a hand that was almost void of everything, save for Allah’s mercy. Healso worked in a society who only met him with derision, mockery, and sarcasm.

6- Noah (AS) was full of certainty; and by certainty, I do not mean he was certain ofthe presence of Allah, the Glorified and Exalted, or of his prophethood, but I mean hewas confident he would defeat and overcome the oppressors. It was that certaintythat fostered Noah’s (AS) constancy and helped him communicate the divinemessage, endure the hurt, and disregard people’s derision. Nay, he himself ridiculedthem, for he was certain of the Almighty’s sayings, {And certainly Our word has

already gone forth in respect of Our servants, the messengers * Surely they arethe ones who shall be assisted * And certainly Our forces shall be theconquerors.}[10]

Summary:

Calling for the Truth with leniency, mercy, and softness, then showing an extremecompassion towards those who come to believe in the Truth, having patience withrespect to those who do not believe at first perchance they later come to believe in

the Truth, and working day and night, in secret as in public, to communicate the Truthwithout boredom or exhaustion -{And bestow not favors seeking to get more inreturn}- are all requisites. In all such cases, the utter certainty and belief in the divine



victory must prevail and the servants of Allah must resort to Him, draw strength fromHim, truly rely on Him and put themselves in His hands so that they be a proof of thenoble verse: {There is no might save in Allah.}

Enlightenments from the Argumentation between Noah (AS) and His People

{Do you not see how Allah has created seven heavens, one above theother…?}[11] Like all prophets, Noah (AS) was sent to reform the ideological,legislative, moral, social, political, and economic corruption. Their arguments weresimply fathomed and free of any complexity; not much consideration or examinationwas necessary to conclude that they were the evident Truth. However, when sucharguments are produced before people who have sullied the nature originated byAllah and chosen a religion different than His, they become extremely complicatedand ambiguous for they have been brought before people who have hearts withwhich they do not understand and ears with which they do not hear.

Objections of Noah’s People:

1. You are human just like us: {But the chiefs of the non-believers among hispeople said, “We do not see you but a man like us.”} Hud 27.

2. The naive and those who lack firmness of character have followed you: {And wesee no one has followed you save those who are the meanest of us, injudgment immature} Hud 27.

3. We deem you and those who are with you liars: {And we see in you no merit

over us, nay, we deem you liars.} Hud 27.

All the aforementioned objections are far from the gist of the message as well as ofthe issue that is being debated; they are mere fallacies and sophistries. Not only thatbut they are empty and ill-founded objections with which those people try to convincetheir haughty selves. As for the scholars deemed weak and incompetent in religiousaffairs, and their followers and imitators who are ignorant and blind, theyunderestimate and disregard such objections; {The chiefs of his people said,},chiefs being the religious and mundane authority, {“Surely, we see that you are ina manifest delusion.”},[12] not merely delusion, but a manifest, clear, evidentdelusion as they considered it!!

Indeed, Noah (AS) was sent to call upon people to worship and fear Allah, as well asto believe in equality, justice, mercy and devoutness. Such matters obstruct thesatanic course of the objectors (to Noah) who went about belittling people, and standin the way of their religious and mundane leaders and the phony sanctity, opulenceand power that such vain leaderships offer them.

Therefore, there is no need to consider Noah’s claim (AS). Instead, it is enough thatthe chiefs (mainly the religious leaderships) say, “Indeed, Noah (AS) is in a manifestdelusion”, so that all people who took to imitation and blind adherence say, “Indeed,Noah is in a manifest delusion”: {And We drowned those who rejected Our

revelations. Surely, they were a blind people.}[13]

Enlightenments from the call of Abraham (AS)



1- Abraham faced his people with severity and harshness, and showed noleniency. He faced them saying, {… “What are these statues you devote yourselfto?” *They said, “We found our fathers worshipping them.” *He said, “Indeed,you have been in a manifest delusion, you and your fathers ... and by Allah, Iwill plan something against your idols, after you go away and turn yourbacks.”}[14] Then the confrontation, which began as mere debate and verbal

argumentation swiftly turned into an armed fight with the fatal weapon used at thattime -the hatchet– {Thus he broke them into pieces, save for the chief of them,so that they may return to it.}[15] Abraham was brought before them, and he wasthe sole believer among masses of errant scholars, blind imitators, and idolworshippers. However, he did not give up nor did he decide to be lenient with them;he confronted them severely and harshly. When his people asked him: {They said,“O Abraham, are you the one that caused so to our gods?”}[16], He mockedthem and sarcastically said, {He said, “Surely it is the chief of them that causedit, so ask them, if they can speak.”}[17] Yes, do ask them, O blind people, you whosullied the nature according to which Allah created you, and chose a religion differentthan that of Allah. Ask them, you who hid behind a scholarship replete with

controversies and satanic sophistries that, as you claimed, represented the Religion.Do ask them, O you who were confounded! They found no answer save for: {“Youknow full well that these (idols) do not speak!”}[18]. So the great prophetcoarsely addressed those damned, confounded masses saying: {He said, “Then doyou worship instead of Allah that which does not benefit you at all or harmyou? * Fie upon you and what you worship instead of Allah; do you not thenunderstand?”{He said, “Do you then see what you have been worshipping, youand your forefathers? Surely they are my foes, save for the Lord of theworlds.”}[19]

In the end, they found no answer to Abraham (AS), save for the fire that raged in

their hearts, {They said, “Burn him and help your gods, if you do (anything atall).”}[20] It was then that the hand of the divine mercy reached out to shield thisbeliever who got furious at them for the sake of Allah; {We said, “O Fire, be cooland (a means of) safety for Abraham!” *They plotted against him, but We madethem the greatest losers! And We delivered him…*And We made them Imamsto guide people by Our command.}[21]

2- The call of Abraham (AS) was not marked with any temporization; it was a swiftconfrontation where events succeeded at an amazing speed.

3- Abraham set the target and the deathblow that would be fatal to Falsehood. He

confronted Falsehood harshly and swiftly without any consideration neither tomaterialistic issues nor to the religious and worldly authority held by the people ofFalsehood, which enables them to belittle the common. When the servant is certainthat there is no might save in Allah, he can face millions of people by himself withoutcaring for their number or weapons, for his weapon is the One and Unique, the AllCompelling Subduer, the Almighty.

Summary:

The most important aspect that singularized the call of Abraham (AS) was hisharshness, and the overt and swift confrontation. Surely, such confrontation was

preceded by a covert one that resulted in Lot (AS) believing in Abraham’s call.



Enlightenment from the calls of Abraham and Noah (AS)

The Quran did not speak of a miracle performed by Noah or Abraham (AS) to confirmtheir truthfulness, for the miracle is a means to support the call of the prophets andnot a confirmation of the call’s validity. Verily, the call of both prophets to return to thenature originated by Allah requires no proof; for it is the nature according to which

Allah created Man. It is the Truth, and it calls to worshipping, praising, and sanctifyingAllah alone, as well as to embracing the good morals which Man was created tocherish and the religion of Allah, the best religion of all. A butterfly rushes upon thelight but once its compound eyes are damaged, it seeks obscurity. The same appliesto Man; in fact, the prophets and messengers act as the ultimate proof of Allah andthey are sent to lift the veil from before Man’s eyes. Thus they let him choosewhether to open his eyes and head to the light or close them and let the veil down tohide himself, retreating into endless obscurity; {They have thrust their fingers intotheir ears, covered themselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, andgiven themselves up to arrogance.}[22]

The most conclusive proof of the prophets’ truthfulness is their blessed journey andtheir good morals; surely, the character of each person defines words and deedsthereof, as per the proverb “out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth”.

However, in spite of this noble journey and the great miracles the prophets made, thepeople of Falsehood, particularly errant scholars, still objected by spreading fallaciesand satanic sophistries, after having sullied others with their own beliefs, the falsebeliefs with which they contested the religion of Allah, the Glorified and Exalted. Thusthose people established for themselves a fertile platform within the human society,so that it may accept all their words and deeds, and follow them blindly. Indeed, theasceticism of the prophets is perceived as mere insanity, their miracles as magic, and

their wisdom as poetry.

Enlightenments from the Call of Moses (AS)

{When he reached full age, and became fully grown, We bestowed upon himwisdom and knowledge, for thus do We reward those who do good.}[23]

Here we go with Moses (AS) – after Allah bestowed upon him wisdom andknowledge – into the city, the capital of Pharaoh, which he filled with corruption,tyranny, killings targeting the believers, assaults against people’s honor, andsubjugation of the weak to serve his gigantic criminal machine. Moses (AS) came

and approached two men; one of them was an Israelite believer and the other one ofPharaoh’s abominable soldiers who wanted to exploit and humiliate the Israelite. Thelatter refused to accept the humiliation and abasement, of which the majority of theChildren of Israel had their fill. Moses (AS) then killed the damned man, describinghim as the work and creation of Satan. Surely Satan is the enemy of Allah and theadversary of His servants who was made manifest to every man of sound nature,and likewise for that damned soldier of Pharaoh. Thus the battle of Moses (AS)against Pharaoh and his damned satanic followers was launched; an unequal battlefrom a materialistic perspective.

Moses (AS) then left the city, scared and watchful, invoking Allah to deliver him from

those unjust people, not in quest for worldly pleasures that would confine the likes ofMoses (AS), but so as he may bear the standard of Allah: (There is no god but Allah).



Moses did not raise a hatchet to destroy an idol incarnating the ideologies of theerrant people; he assaulted those people directly, killed one of them and thenattempted to kill another. This move certainly was more serious than the former one.After an absence of ten years, which he spent with the great prophet Shu’aib (AS),Moses (AS) returned to Egypt, but this time he was carrying a message to Pharaoh,the tyrant; a message he was entrusted with while on the way back to Egypt, along

with another one he wanted to communicate (There is no might save in Allah). ThePowerful, Lord of heaven and earth asked Moses {What is that in your right hand,O Moses?},[24] although the Almighty was all aware of the thing Moses was holdingin his right hand. It was a mere staff, according to the observations of those blindedby materialistic pursuits, with which Moses (AS) could not face Pharaoh’s forces whowere armed with the most developed weaponry of that time. However, Allah, theAlmighty, rendered that staff alive acting by His might which created the heavensand the earth, and He made the hand of Moses white without harm or stain, asanother sign.

Although those signs were great and wonderful, the weapon of Moses was neither

the staff nor the miraculous white hand. His true invincible weapon was (There is nomight save in Allah). As for Moses, those signs were only meant so he may be seenas among his Lord’s greatest miracles. Moses came to Pharaoh, the tyrant, strongwith that great belief: (There is no might save in Allah), which rendered Pharaoh,Haman, and their soldiers smaller than flies in Moses’ (AS) eyes, nay alsoinsignificant. Then Moses and Aaron cried out in Pharaoh’s presence; {We broughtto you a sign from your Lord, and peace be upon those who follow guidance *Verily, it was revealed unto us that punishment awaits those who reject andturn away.}[25] The tyrant then started stickling and arguing, “Who is your lord?”…“What is wrong with the earlier generations[26]?”... Then the damned man renouncedsaying, {He said, “O Moses, have you come to drive us out of our land with your

magic? * Surely, we can produce magic to match yours! Set then anappointment between us, which we shall not fail to attend, neither you and norwe, in a place where both shall have even chances.”}[27]

Pharaoh and his soldiers were haughty and deserved punishment. Consequently,they were drowned in the sea of their sins so as they may serve as a lesson for thepharaohs of this time and their soldiers. Therefore, is there anyone willing to learn alesson from it before the word proves to be true?

Some of the Most Noticeable Aspects of the Call of Moses (AS):

1. Moses (AS) started off by killing one of Pharaoh’s soldiers; and this stance isextremely serious, since killing and fighting are often the last resort whenspreading the call and the word of Allah, (There is no god but Allah). What couldthen be the reason that let it be the first recourse here?! There are manyreasons, of which we mention the following: 1. Moses was facing a tyrant who domineered people’s lives, killed, stole,

pillaged, and overpowered the people of the earth with no deterrent.Therefore, Moses’ blessed act which consisted in killing that satanic soldierconstituted a major blow and a significant deterrent to Pharaoh, his followersand soldiers.

2. This act went a long way into encouraging the Children of Israel to revoltagainst Pharaoh and his soldiers, and braced them for the revolution thatMoses (AS) made after his return.



3. This act was important for it showed Moses (AS) as a rebel against thetyranny of Pharaoh and his soldiers, and shed the light before the Childrenof Israel on the importance of this great leader who would deliver them fromPharaoh and his soldiers later on.

4. This act played an important role in blowing away the accusation ofallegiance to Pharaoh, may Allah curse him, which Moses (AS) had to bear,

as he was the stepson of Pharaoh and lived in his palace. 5. After Moses returned from Midian[28], the call for the Truth took another

form. This time, it became more lenient perchance Pharaoh, one of hisassistants, or one of his soldiers come back or fear Allah, the Glorified andExalted, and thus follow the religion of Jacob (AS) and Joseph (AS) whowas a dear person and a helper of their former king. Until that time, Moseshad not introduced the law that abrogated that of Jacob (AS), Isaac, andAbraham (AS) - which was the Hanafite law - despite the fact that the latterwas distorted and only applied according to the satanic whims andallegations of Israel’s religious scholars.

6. Divine punishments and signs accompanied the call of Moses (AS) in Egypt,

perchance Pharaoh, his soldiers, or the arrogant among the Children ofIsrael, like Qarun, would believe. Some of those punishments consisted inturning their water into blood and heaping their lands with frogs. Theyimplored Moses to ask Allah to relieve them from such punishment. Evenso, only a few of his people followed Moses, alas and woe unto thebelievers!

7. At the end of the call, Moses (AS) migrated with those who believed and leftEgypt while fearing that Pharaoh, his people, followers, and soldiers wouldsubdue, hurt, and kill them. When both groups saw each other, that growingfear was manifest among the Children of Israel whose faith was weak andshaky. They said, “Surely, we will be overtaken by Pharaoh and hissoldiers.” However, Moses (AS) scolded and advised them that they weremigrating to Allah, the One and All Compelling Subduer. He said, “By nomeans! My Lord is with me. He will show me a way out!” Consequently, theChildren of Israel were delivered for Moses’ (AS) sake, and Pharaoh and hissoldiers were drowned, so away with them! Indeed, for the sake of one soul,a thousand souls were honored.

Enlightenments from the Call of Isa (AS)



In reality, the call of Isa (AS) is one of the most complicated and difficult kinds of callsto Allah, the Glorified and Exalted, for it took place in a society that was supposedly asociety of faith, the doctrines of which were not sullied by a manifest polytheism. Isa(AS) had to face the scholars and rabbis of the Children of Israel who were seasonedin discussing and debating doctrines and other religious matters. Thus the call of Isa,was characterized by many aspects, of which we mention the following:

1. 1. Asceticism:

Isa (AS) and his twelve disciples were the most conclusive embodiment of suchrenunciation of worldly pleasures. In fact, this asceticism which Isa (AS) profoundlydemonstrated to the people, was a cure for that growing condition of opulencespread among the scholars of the Children of Israel who had gotten used to life underthe authority of the non-believing Romans, and become like beasts in mangerspaying no heed but to feasting and filling their paunches.

Thus, Isa (AS) and his disciples showed the Children of Israel and the Jews, nay

showed all the peoples, how can the divine scholar, who is devoted to Allah,renounce worldly pleasures and approach the Hereafter, particularly in humansocieties strained by tyrannical dominion, where the poor had not a loaf of bread leftto eat with dignity nor a sound intellectual doctrine to enlighten them, after theydrowned in moral and social corruption.

Hence, the asceticism of Isa and his disciples was a scandal that showed thedisgrace of the scholars of the Children of Israel. It also showed the people the rightpath and ways that the divine scholars and leaders should follow to be a source ofenlightenment and guidance for them, saviors who would deliver them from thedominion of idols, and guides who would lead them to Allah, the One and All

Compelling Subduer.

1. 2. Devotion to Allah, the Glorified and Exalted:

The Jews were not worshipping idols at the time Isa was sent, but they were obligedto pay a tribute to Caesar. They followed all the legislations their scholars issued andimitated them blindly, {They have taken their men of religion and their monks and

the Messiah son of Mary as their lords, instead of Allah, although they werebidden to worship one Allah only, for there is no god but He. Far is His gloryfrom having the associates they ascribe unto Him.}[29]

Such deeds are an association with Allah the Almighty, for those people did not onlyrefrain from performing Jihad[30] and reject the presence of the infidel Roman forcesin the Holy Land, the land of the monotheists, but they also endeavored to strengthenthe State of the occupier and idols, and to consolidate their sovereignty by paying atribute to the Roman Caesar. Hence, they became idol worshippers and notmonotheists worshipping Allah, although they pretended they were. Even more, theyalso followed their scholars when the latters violated the law of the prophets and

guardians, thus worshipping errant scholars instead of Allah, the Glorified andExalted. Indeed, errant scholars place their opinions as a counterpart to thelegislation of Allah, and call upon people to follow them, making them believe that by



obeying them they would be obeying Allah, whereas in this case, they would beobeying Satan, may Allah curse and abase him.

Therefore, Isa (AS) set off teaching and showing people the divine truths, callingupon them, once to devote themselves to worshipping Allah the Almighty, and onceto disbelieve and fight idols, and destroy the economic, military, and media pillars of

their State.

Isa (AS) called upon people to revolt against the scholars of the Children of Israelwho gave themselves the authority to legislate as counterparts to Allah the Almighty,and called people to obey them and follow their footsteps. Thus, they mislead peopleas they were errant themselves, for they made themselves lords to be worshipped inthe stead of Allah Almighty.

1. 3. Justice and Mercy

If devoid of justice and mercy life becomes obscure, with only tyranny, injustice,

harshness, pain, and idols without mercy and justice. It is injustice, severity andharshness that keep Pharaoh, Nimrod, Caesar and their likes in power and allowthem to take the reins of the satanic leadership so they may lead their supporters andthose who follow in their footsteps, deep into the abyss of Hell. Whoever expects atyrant to show some justice and mercy, is no different than he who wishes to smell abeautiful scent from a carcass.

The powerful weapon within the reach of the prophets (AS) was justice and mercy.Thus, Isa (AS) set about promulgating and calling for justice and mercy within thesociety; the justice that the scholars of the Children of Israel dismissed when theykept alms to themselves and passed legislations according to their silly whims and

allegations; and the mercy that people never knew while worshipping of the idols.

The mercy of Isa (AS) encompassed even tax collectors who worked directly forCaesar; Isa (AS) tried to save and deliver them from the dark and obscure end whichwould await them if they were to follow in Caesar’s footsteps.

Enlightenments from the Call of Muhammad (PBUH)

The call of Muhammad (PBUH) is considered as a general and comprehensive call,as if it embodied all what came in the calls of the former prophets, nay more. Suchmeaning was mentioned in the Hadith: the Quran comprised all that came in theTorah, Gospel, and Book of Psalms. The Almighty said: {He has established foryou of the religion what He enjoined on Noah and that which We revealed toyou and enjoined on Abraham, Moses and Isa, “Establish the religion…”}[31]

The Prophet (PBUH) had to come to grips with the scholars of three distorted divinereligions, the Hanafite sect, Christianity, and Judaism. Obviously, facing a divinescholar deviated whether with regard to the ideology or the legislation according to

mere whims, is much more strenuous than facing an idolater or an atheist whobelieves not in the existence of Allah. The reason is that the errant divine scholarconstrues Allah’s words according to his whims and delineates the divine ideologies



according to his whims as well. Not only that but he also brings forth arguments andfallacies to confirm that his falsehood is the Truth; he who brings afflictions has manyarguments and fallacies to convince others, as the Prophet said (PBUH): [He whobrings afflictions has arguments and fallacies to convince others until his timecomes. Thus if it comes, his affliction will cast him into the fire.][32]

Thus I would say that had Muhammad (PBUH) not taken upon himself to carry theIslamic call, no other prophet would have been able to do it. He (PBUH) certainlyendured what no other human had been able to bear. He took up the call and foughtagainst the errant scholars and idols that overpowered people. Once he fought themthrough his knowledge - which Ali (AS) was the only other person who had been ableto carry, for he was its gate, as the Prophet (PBUH) described him: [I am the city ofknowledge and Ali its gate] - and once by way of force which he drew from hisreliance on Allah, He Who has no equal. In Taif he stood, replete with pain, on stonesthat caused his noble body to bleed, and raised to Allah a supplication with wordsthat still give the shivers to believers and reduce them to tears upon hearing them:(My Lord, unto you, I complain of my weakness, lack of means, and humiliation

before people. O Lord of the overpowered and my Lord, to whom have youdelivered me? To an enemy unto whom You have conferred control over me, orto a distant one whom meets me with dryness and coarseness? If I have notincurred Your Wrath, I shall not care…).

Muhammad (PBUH) did not care when those foolish people incited their boys to pelthim with stones causing him to bleed and when he was humiliated for the sake ofAllah, nor did he care when people accused him of lying. However, he was hurt whenthose people did not believe, for he saw Hell lurking at the end of the path they werefollowing.

Hence, Muhammad (PBUH) assumed the task of calling to follow the path of Allah;he either resorted to wisdom and goodly exhortation, or argued with them in amanner that is best, or came to blows with the non-believers and hypocrites andbecame harsh with them. The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) endured this for twenty-three years during which he knew neither rest nor leniency; he preached, argued,fought, and called to worship Allah until he drew his last breath. In his last days, hewent out to the people, leaning on Ali (AS) and Abbas (AS), to urge them to fight and join the ranks of Usama Bin Zayd, and at the same time, to prove his obedience toAllah and the extent of his worship, which was so extreme that the Majesticaddressed him:

{Taa-haa *We have not revealed the Quran unto you so that it causes yourdistress.}[33] Not only that but his act was also that of utter generosity andrenunciation of the worldly pleasures so he (PBUH) said to the Muslims, (By Him inWhose hand is my soul, had I had as many cattle as the trees of Tihamah, Iwould have shared it between you. Then you should not deem me a liar,coward, or stingy.)

Even though the gains of war were abundant, the Messenger (PBUH) took only alittle and what is strictly necessary so much that Hafsa and Aisha complained of suchpinch. It was then that Allah revealed the verses with regard to replacing a spousewith another, which are known in the Quran. If only we had nowadays Muslims who

follow the example of Muhammad (PBUH) even if by one-tenth, Islam would havethen prevailed over all religions.



The call of the Messenger, Muhammad (PBUH), encompassed all what came in thecalls of the previous prophets. He called upon people with leniency and mercy andthen attacked them with harshness and severity. He also put himself to destroy theidols and kill the foes of Allah, menacing them with harm in this world and in theHereafter. Whereas the Messenger (PBUH) was extremely lenient, merciful, andindulgent with believers, he was extremely severe, coarse and harsh with non-

believers. The outward contradictions of such just divine balance cannot be borne butby a great soul like that of Muhammad (PBUH); a soul that can hold Heaven in onehand and Hell in the other and display them before the people, preaching thebelievers, and warning, rebuking, and menacing the non-believers. {And with truthhave We revealed it (the Quran), and with truth did it come. And We have notsent you but as a giver of good news and an admonisher.}[34]

The Almighty also said: {Praise is due to Allah: He Who had revealed unto Hisservant the Book and had allowed therein no crookedness. He has made itstraight to warn (the non-believers) of a terrible punishment from Him, to givegood news unto the believers who do good deeds, that they shall have a

goodly reward.}[35]

In this context, it is worth noting that what mostly distinguished the call of theMessenger (PBUH) was that it came as a closure to the divine messages. It wasfinally time to execute the preaching, warning, promise, and menace that themessengers brought before the people. As for the one who shall execute them, he issurely from the progeny of the Messenger (PBUH) and he is Imam Al-Mahdi (AS).

Consequently, the promise of the Truth made by Allah, to Whom be ascribed allperfection and majesty, to all the prophets and messengers, draws nigh and theknown promise day which is the doomsday of Satan, may Allah curse him, is also

near.

The Almighty said, {The commandment of Allah has come, therefore, seek not tohasten it. Far is His glory from having the associates they ascribe untoHim.}[36] The Almighty also said, {Closer and closer to mankind comes theirReckoning: yet they heed not and they turn away.}[37]

He Almighty also revealed, {The Hour has drawn nigh and the moon is cleftasunder.*But if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "This is (but)transient magic."}[38]

In the end, I would like to say that the calls of the messengers are considerably richwith things that a believer could benefit from in order for him or her to become asupporter of Imam Al-Mahdi (AS) and not one of his foes. The calls of themessengers encompass a right, for which the believer, who wants to support ImamAl-Mahdi (AS), must necessarily fight. Surely, he or she shall suffer great painstarting from toil and trial, exertion and Jihad (struggle), killing and fighting, andenduring pains that may go beyond the body to reach the spirit and soul, as well asmockery, sarcasm, derision, disappointment and lack of supporters. Indeed, thereshall be pain, pain and more pain.

{That even the Messenger and those who believed with him cried, “When will

the help of Allah come?” Now surely the help of Allah is nigh!}[39]



[1]- Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets): 115.

[2]- Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets): 116.

[3] - Al-A’raaf (The Heights): 63.

[4]- Hud (Hud): 25-26.

[5] - Hud (Hud): 28.

[6] Taqiyya : Method of self-preservation allowed in Islam in cases of fear whereby itis permissible for the Muslims not to show their faith openly. "Taqiyya" (or Taqiyyah)is related to the terms "taqwa" and "taqi" - all have the root meaning of "guarding"

something, in this case, the Islamic faith.

[7]- Hud (Hud): 36-39.

[8]- Nuh (Noah): 5-9.

[9]- Ash-Shu’araa (The Poets): 111-115.

[10]- As-Saaffaat (Those drawn up in ranks): 171-173.

[11]- Nuh (Noah): 15.

[12]- Al-A’raaf (The Heights): 60.

[13] - Al-A’raaf (The Heights): 64.

[14]- Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets): 52-57.

[15]- Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets): 58.




[19]- Ash-Shu’araa (The Poets): 75-77.




[21]- Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets): 69-73.

[22]- Nuh (Noah): 7.

[23]- Al-Qasas (The Stories): 23.

[24]- Taa-haa (Taa-haa): 17.

[25]- Taa-haa (Taa-haa): 47-48.

[26] - In reference to the people of ‘Ad mentioned in the Quran as the ones uponwhom Allah inflicted a violent gale that reduced their great cities to mere destructionbecause they refused to believe in the call of the prophet Hud (AS) whereby heenjoined them to worship Allah only.

[27]- Taa-haa (Taa-haa): 57-58.

[28]- It is believed to be a city in northwest Arabia on the east shore of the Gulf of‘Aqaba. Some scholars say it was not a geographical area but a league of tribes.

[29]- At-Tawba (The Repentance): 31.

[30]- Jihad: A holy war considered a religious duty incumbent upon every Muslim.Jihad is an Arabic term deriving from the Arabic verb “Jahada” which means, "tostrive in the way of Allah”.

[31]- Ash-Shura (Consultation): 13.

[32]- Ya’qubi, vol. 1, p. 82.

[33]- Taa-haa (Taa-haa): 1-2.

[34]- Al-Israa' (The Night Journey): 105.

[35]- Al-Kahf (The Cave): 1-2.

[36]- An-Nahl (The Bee): 1.


[38]- Al-Qamar (The Moon): 1-2.

[39]- Al-Baqara (The Cow): 214.

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