WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.399 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:12.890 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 00:00:12.890 --> 00:00:17.489 A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:00:17.489 --> 00:00:25.739 The methods of the Quraysh in opposing the call to Islam. 00:00:25.739 --> 00:00:30.539 First: Raising doubts regarding the source of the Noble Qur'an. 00:00:30.539 --> 00:00:32.939 Spreading false propaganda. 00:00:32.939 --> 00:00:36.340 And disseminating baseless claims regarding his teachings. 00:00:36.340 --> 00:00:39.740 And regarding his personality, peace be upon him. 00:00:39.740 --> 00:00:41.740 They used to say: 00:00:41.740 --> 00:00:48.939 “And We know well that they say: Only a man teacheth him. The speech of him at whom they falsely hint is outlandish, and this is clear Arabic speech.” (16:103) 00:00:48.939 --> 00:00:53.340 “And We know well that they say: Only a man teacheth him. The speech of him at whom they falsely hint is outlandish, and this is clear Arabic speech.” (16:103) 00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:59.539 “And We know well that they say: Only a man teacheth him. The speech of him at whom they falsely hint is outlandish, and this is clear Arabic speech.” (16:103) 00:00:59.539 --> 00:01:01.539 And they said concerning the Qur'an: 00:01:01.740 --> 00:01:06.739 “Those who disbelieve say: This is naught but a lie that he hath invented, and other folk have helped him with it, so that they have produced a slander and a lie.” (25:4) 00:01:06.739 --> 00:01:10.739 “Those who disbelieve say: This is naught but a lie that he hath invented, and other folk have helped him with it, so that they have produced a slander and a lie.” (25:4) 00:01:10.739 --> 00:01:15.739 “Those who disbelieve say: This is naught but a lie that he hath invented, and other folk have helped him with it, so that they have produced a slander and a lie.” (25:4) 00:01:15.739 --> 00:01:19.939 And they said: "Legends of the ancients which he has written down." 00:01:19.939 --> 00:01:24.739 “And they say: Fables of the men of old which he hath had written down so that they are dictated to him morn and evening.” (25:5) 00:01:24.739 --> 00:01:25.980 Second: 00:01:25.980 --> 00:01:29.180 Mockery, ridicule, and denial. 00:01:29.180 --> 00:01:33.579 They accused the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, of madness. 00:01:33.579 --> 00:01:38.180 They said: "O you to whom the Reminder has been sent down," 00:01:38.180 --> 00:01:40.980 "You are indeed mad." 00:01:40.980 --> 00:01:42.780 Ibn Ishaq said: 00:01:42.780 --> 00:01:45.780 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:01:45.780 --> 00:01:48.180 whenever he recited the Qur'an to them, 00:01:48.180 --> 00:01:50.579 and called them to Allah the Exalted, 00:01:50.579 --> 00:01:52.579 they would mock him, saying: 00:01:52.780 --> 00:01:56.780 “And they say: Our hearts are protected from that unto which thou (O Muhammad) callest us, and in our ears there is a deafness, and between us and thee there is a veil. Act, then. Lo! we also shall be acting.” (41:5) 00:01:56.780 --> 00:02:03.780 "We are indifferent to that to which you invite us." 00:02:03.780 --> 00:02:06.579 "And in our ears is deafness." 00:02:06.579 --> 00:02:10.580 “And they say: Our hearts are protected from that unto which thou (O Muhammad) callest us, and in our ears there is a deafness, and between us and thee there is a veil. Act, then. Lo! we also shall be acting.” (41:5) 00:02:10.580 --> 00:02:16.500 "So act, and we are acting." 00:02:16.500 --> 00:02:18.500 Allah the Glorified said: 00:02:18.500 --> 00:02:21.500 “And when those who disbelieve behold thee, they but choose thee out for mockery, (saying): Is this he who maketh mention of your gods? And they would deny all mention of the Beneficent.” (21:36) 00:02:21.500 --> 00:02:25.500 “And when they see thee (O Muhammad) they treat thee only as a jest (saying): Is this he whom Allah sendeth as a messenger?” (25:41) 00:02:25.500 --> 00:02:29.500 “And when those who disbelieve behold thee, they but choose thee out for mockery, (saying): Is this he who maketh mention of your gods? And they would deny all mention of the Beneficent.” (21:36) 00:02:29.500 --> 00:02:33.500 “And when those who disbelieve behold thee, they but choose thee out for mockery, (saying): Is this he who maketh mention of your gods? And they would deny all mention of the Beneficent.” (21:36) 00:02:33.500 --> 00:02:35.500 And Allah the Exalted said: 00:02:35.500 --> 00:02:40.500 “And when they see thee (O Muhammad) they treat thee only as a jest (saying): Is this he whom Allah sendeth as a messenger?” (25:41) 00:02:40.500 --> 00:02:44.500 “And when they see thee (O Muhammad) they treat thee only as a jest (saying): Is this he whom Allah sendeth as a messenger?” (25:41) 00:02:44.500 --> 00:02:48.500 “He would have led us far away from our gods if we had not been staunch to them. They will know, when they behold the doom, who is more astray as to the road.” (25:42) 00:02:48.500 --> 00:02:51.500 That we have endured it. 00:02:51.500 --> 00:02:55.500 “He would have led us far away from our gods if we had not been staunch to them. They will know, when they behold the doom, who is more astray as to the road.” (25:42) 00:02:55.500 --> 00:02:58.500 Who is more astray in path? 00:02:58.500 --> 00:03:00.500 Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said: 00:03:00.500 --> 00:03:04.500 The Exalted says to His Prophet, may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him: 00:03:04.500 --> 00:03:07.500 “And when those who disbelieve behold thee, they but choose thee out for mockery, (saying): Is this he who maketh mention of your gods? And they would deny all mention of the Beneficent.” (21:36) 00:03:07.500 --> 00:03:09.500 Meaning the disbelievers of the Quraysh, 00:03:09.500 --> 00:03:11.500 such as Abu Jahl and his likes: 00:03:11.500 --> 00:03:14.500 "They take you only for mockery," 00:03:14.500 --> 00:03:17.500 meaning they ridicule you and belittle you. 00:03:17.500 --> 00:03:21.500 They say: "Is this the one who mentions your gods?" 00:03:21.500 --> 00:03:25.500 Meaning: Is this the one who insults your gods, 00:03:25.500 --> 00:03:27.500 and mocks your intellects? 00:03:27.500 --> 00:03:32.500 The Exalted said: "While they, at the mention of the Most Merciful, are disbelievers." 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:34.500 Meaning: They are disbelievers in Allah. 00:03:34.500 --> 00:03:39.500 Despite this, they mock the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:03:39.500 --> 00:03:42.500 just as the Exalted said in another verse: 00:03:43.500 --> 00:03:47.500 “And when they see thee (O Muhammad) they treat thee only as a jest (saying): Is this he whom Allah sendeth as a messenger?” (25:41) 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:51.500 “And when they see thee (O Muhammad) they treat thee only as a jest (saying): Is this he whom Allah sendeth as a messenger?” (25:41) 00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:55.500 “He would have led us far away from our gods if we had not been staunch to them. They will know, when they behold the doom, who is more astray as to the road.” (25:42) 00:03:55.500 --> 00:03:59.500 “He would have led us far away from our gods if we had not been staunch to them. They will know, when they behold the doom, who is more astray as to the road.” (25:42) 00:03:59.500 --> 00:04:03.500 “He would have led us far away from our gods if we had not been staunch to them. They will know, when they behold the doom, who is more astray as to the road.” (25:42) 00:04:03.500 --> 00:04:06.500 Who is more astray in path? 00:04:06.500 --> 00:04:08.500 And the Exalted said: 00:04:08.500 --> 00:04:13.500 "And messengers were already mocked before you," 00:04:13.500 --> 00:04:16.500 "so those who mocked them were encompassed" 00:04:16.500 --> 00:04:20.500 "by that which they used to ridicule." 00:04:20.500 --> 00:04:22.500 Imam al-Qurtubi said: 00:04:22.500 --> 00:04:28.500 The Exalted said, comforting His Prophet, peace be upon him, and consoling him: 00:04:28.500 --> 00:04:32.500 "And messengers were already mocked before you," 00:04:32.500 --> 00:04:33.500 "so they were encompassed," 00:04:33.500 --> 00:04:37.500 meaning the punishment descended upon their nations, by which they were destroyed. 00:04:38.500 --> 00:04:39.500 Third: 00:04:39.500 --> 00:04:42.540 Opposing the Qur'an with the legends of the ancients, 00:04:42.540 --> 00:04:45.540 to distract people from it. 00:04:45.540 --> 00:04:48.569 Al-Nadr ibn al-Harith took charge of this, 00:04:48.569 --> 00:04:51.569 and he was one of the devils of the Quraysh. 00:04:51.569 --> 00:04:56.569 He had traveled to al-Hirah and learned there the hadiths of the Persian kings. 00:04:56.569 --> 00:04:58.569 Ibn Hisham said: 00:04:58.569 --> 00:05:01.569 This is what he said, according to what has reached me. 00:05:01.569 --> 00:05:04.569 “Who is guilty of more wrong than he who forgeth a lie against Allah, or saith: I am inspired, when he is not inspired in aught; and who saith: I will reveal the like of that which Allah hath revealed? If thou couldst see, when the wrong-doers reach the pangs of death and the angels stretch their hands out (saying): Deliver up your souls. This day ye are awarded doom of degradation for that ye spake concerning Allah other than the truth, and used to scorn His portents.” (6:93) 00:05:05.569 --> 00:05:07.600 And Ibn Ishaq said: 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:11.600 Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, used to say, 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:13.600 according to what has reached me: 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:16.600 Eight verses of the Qur'an were revealed concerning him. 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:19.600 The word of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic: 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:29.600 And all that is mentioned in the Qur'an regarding these legends. 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:33.110 The Summary. 00:05:33.110 --> 00:05:36.110 A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:05:36.110 --> 00:05:38.399 Authored by Sheikh 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:41.399 Musa ibn Rashid al-Azimi, 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:45.500 with an introduction by the Mawaddah Association, 00:05:45.500 --> 00:05:48.720 in the Kingdom of Bahrain. 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:55.720 If the longing of the worlds for one another is long, 00:05:55.720 --> 00:06:01.720 the longing for you has no fathomable extent. 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:08.300 May the prayers of Allah be upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised, 00:06:08.300 --> 00:06:13.839 and as long as there moves 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:17.120 the lips.