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Stories of the Prophets.

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Stories of the Prophets,

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peace be upon them.

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May Allah's blessings,

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followed by

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peace,

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be upon the best of all

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creation.

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Men of resolve,

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whose station

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is exalted.

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The story of Elijah (Ilyas),

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peace be upon him.

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds,

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and may peace and blessings

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be upon our Prophet Muhammad,

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and upon his family

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and all his Companions.

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To proceed:

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Following the end

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of the reign of Solomon son of David,

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peace be upon them both,

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the kingdom of the Children of Israel fractured

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due to disputes among their kings

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and nobles over power,

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as well as the disbelief and misguidance

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that spread throughout their ranks.

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One of their kings allowed

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his wife to promote the worship

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practiced by her people among the Children of Israel.

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Her people were

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idolaters,

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so idolatry became widespread,

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and the idol was worshipped

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which is mentioned in the Holy Qur'an,

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named Baal.

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Thereupon, Allah Almighty sent

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Elijah to them,

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peace be upon him.

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The summary of the story of Allah's Prophet

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Elijah (Ilyas or Ilyasin),

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peace be upon him,

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is that Allah, Glorified and Exalted,

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sent him to the Children of Israel

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while they were worshipping the idol

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Baal.

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He called them to Allah

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and forbade them from worshipping the idol

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and anything besides Him.

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Their king believed in him

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and used to sit in Elijah's company,

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peace be upon him,

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but he later apostatized.

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He said to Elijah, peace be upon him:

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"I consider what you call to [unfounded],

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for I see so-and-so among

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the other kings

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of the Children of Israel

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worshipping idols,

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yet that has not harmed them

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in the least.

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They eat, drink, and enjoy life,

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and nothing is diminished

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from their worldly possessions,

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nor do we see ourselves possessing

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any advantage over them."

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So Elijah, peace be upon him, parted from him,

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saying: "To Allah we belong and to Him we return."

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That king then returned to worshipping [idols].

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The king had

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a righteous, believing neighbor

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who concealed his faith,

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and he owned an orchard

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adjacent to the king's palace.

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The king treated him well as a neighbor,

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but the king had a wife

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of immense wickedness and disbelief.

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She asked her husband,

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the king, to seize the orchard

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of that man, but he refused.

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The woman used to

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govern in place of her husband whenever he traveled

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away from his land.

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On one such occasion,

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his wife plotted against the orchard's owner

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by having false witnesses testify that

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he had cursed the king.

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She then had him killed and seized his orchard.

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When the king returned,

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he became furious at this,

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finding it monstrous and abhorrent.

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She told him: "The matter is already done."

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Then Allah

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inspired Elijah,

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commanding him to tell the king

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and his wife to return

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the orchard to its owner's heirs;

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otherwise, if he failed to do so,

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Allah would be wrathful with them both

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and destroy them in that very orchard,

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and he would not enjoy it

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except for a little while.

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Elijah, peace be upon him, informed them

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of this, but the king did not return

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to the truth.

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When Elijah, peace be upon him, saw

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the state into which the Children of Israel had fallen

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regarding disbelief and injustice,

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he vehemently denounced them

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and rebuked them for worshipping

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their idol, Baal.

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He called them to the worship of Allah alone,

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the Creator of all things,

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and informed them that He

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is their Lord and the Lord of their

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forefathers.

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However, they did not respond to him

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regarding what he called them to,

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nor did they submit to him in what

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he requested of them.

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At that point, he supplicated against them,

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so Allah withheld from them

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the rain for three years.

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Consequently, livestock, birds,

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vermin, and trees perished,

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and the people suffered

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severe distress.

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Elijah, peace be upon him, went into hiding

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out of fear of the Children of Israel,

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and his sustenance used to come

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to his hiding place

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on Mount Qasiyun.

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Later, he came to them

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and said to them:

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"You have been brought to ruin,

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and the beasts have perished because of your sins.

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If you wish

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to know that Allah

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is displeased with you for your actions

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and that what I call you

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to is the truth,

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then bring out your idols

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and call upon them.

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If they answer you,

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then that is the truth, just as you say;

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but if they do not,

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you will know that you are upon falsehood,

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so that you may desist

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and supplicate to Allah,

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and He may relieve you."

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They said: "You have proposed a fair deal."

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So they brought out their idols

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and invoked them

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to help them,

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but no relief came to them.

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They then said to Elijah, peace be upon him:

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"We are utterly ruined;

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pray to Allah for us."

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So he prayed to Allah for their relief

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and that they be given rain.

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A cloud like a shield then appeared

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and grew large

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while they were looking on.

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Allah then sent rain from it,

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so their lands revived

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and Allah relieved them

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of the affliction they were enduring.

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Yet they did not desist,

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nor did they return to the truth.

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When Elijah, peace be upon him, saw that,

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he asked Allah

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Almighty to take his soul

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and give him relief from them.

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So Allah took him unto Himself,

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and Allah set an enemy over the king

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and his people,

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who overcame them

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and killed the king and his wife

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in that very orchard.

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He cast their bodies into it

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until their flesh decayed.

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The land they inhabited was called

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Baalbek

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after the idol Baal,

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which they used to worship.

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Allah Almighty said:

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"And indeed,

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Elijah was among the messengers,

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when he said to his people:

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'Will you not fear [Allah]?

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Do you call upon

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Baal

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and forsake the Best

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of creators—

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Allah, your Lord

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and the Lord of your

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forefathers?'

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"So they rejected him,

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and they will surely

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be brought [to punishment],

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except for the chosen

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servants of Allah.

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And We left for him [favorable mention]

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among later generations:

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'Peace be upon

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Ilyas.'

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Indeed, We thus

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reward the doers of good.

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Indeed, he was of Our

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believing servants."

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Mention of

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Ilyas in the Noble Qur'an occurs

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three times,

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and Allah praised him,

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describing him as being

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among the righteous.

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For He said:

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"And Zechariah and John and Jesus

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and Elias—

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all of them were of

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the righteous."

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The Story

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of Al-Yasa' (Elisha),

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peace be upon him.

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It is said that Al-Yasa'

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was the cousin of the Prophet

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of Allah Ilyas, peace be upon them both.

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And Al-Yasa'

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had believed in the Prophet of Allah

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Ilyas, peace be upon him.

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He was blind,

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so Ilyas supplicated for him,

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and Allah Almighty cured him.

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He then secluded himself with him

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away from the people in his hideout

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on Mount Qasiyun.

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The Prophet of Allah Al-Yasa',

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peace be upon him, was endowed

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with wisdom and discernment from his youth,

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and Allah granted him prophethood

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after the death of Ilyas,

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peace be upon him.

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So he stood calling to Allah Almighty,

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adhering strictly to the path

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and divine law of the Prophet of Allah Ilyas.

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It was also said

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that Al-Yasa'

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was given this name

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because of the vastness of his knowledge (sa'ah)

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and his striving (sa'y) in pursuit of the truth.

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He used to pursue the Children of Israel,

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pointing out to them

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their errors

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and clarifying to them what was right,

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until they came to resent him

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and shun him.

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In his time, there was an increase in

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tribulations and sins,

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and tyrannical kings multiplied,

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killing the prophets

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and displacing the believers.

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So Al-Yasa',

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peace be upon him, admonished them

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and frightened them with the punishment of Allah,

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but they paid no heed to his call.

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And Allah Almighty supported him

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with miracles,

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among which was that he revived the dead,

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healed the blind and the leper,

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and the River Jordan

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dried up for him

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so that he walked across it.

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His people witnessed that,

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yet they did not believe

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nor were they deterred.

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Then Allah Almighty took his soul,

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and Allah imposed over

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the Children of Israel those who would subject them

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to dreadful torment.

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Some historians mention

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that the mission of the Prophet of Allah

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Al-Yasa', peace be upon him,

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was based in a city

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called Baniyas,

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one of the cities of the Levant (Sham),

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and Allah knows best.

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Allah Almighty has mentioned

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Al-Yasa', peace be upon him,

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in two places in His Precious Book,

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praising him

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and describing him as having been

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favored above all creation,

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as He said,

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and He described him as being among the chosen,

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saying:

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"And remember Ishmael,

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Elisha, and Dhul-Kifl,

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and all are among the outstanding."

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The Story of Dhul-Kifl,

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peace be upon him.

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When Al-Yasa',

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peace be upon him, grew old,

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he said:

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"If only I could appoint a successor over the people

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to govern them during my lifetime,

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so that I may see how

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he acts."

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So he gathered the people and said to them:

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"Who will undertake for me

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three conditions so that I may appoint him:

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that he fasts by day,

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stands in prayer by night,

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and never becomes angry?"

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A man who appeared insignificant in the eyes of others stood up

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and said:

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"I will."

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Al-Yasa', peace be upon him, asked him:

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"Will you fast by day,

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stand in prayer by night, and never become angry?"

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He replied, "Yes."

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So he dismissed them that day,

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and repeated the same proposal

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on the second day.

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The people remained silent,

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and that same man stood up,

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saying, "I will."

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So he appointed him as his successor.

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Then Iblis began saying to the devils:

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"Take on such-and-such person."

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But it proved too difficult for them,

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so he said:

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"Leave him to me."

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He came to him just as he had taken

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to his bed for the midday rest (qaylulah),

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appearing in the guise of an old,

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impoverished elderly man.

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Dhul-Kifl, peace be upon him,

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did not sleep by night or by day

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except for that brief nap.

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He knocked on the door,

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and he asked: "Who is this?"

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He replied:

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"An old, wronged man."

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So he got up

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and opened the door,

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and the man began relating his story to him,

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saying: "There is between me

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and my people a dispute;

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they have wronged me,

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and done such-and-such to me."

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He kept prolonging his story

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until late afternoon arrived

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and the midday rest was missed.

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So he said to him:

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"When I go to my assembly of judgment,

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come to me and I will secure

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your right for you."

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So he left.

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The man then went to his assembly

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and kept looking to see if he could spot the old man,

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but he did not see him.

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When the next day came,

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he began judging between the people

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while waiting for him, but he did not see him.

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When he returned for his midday nap

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and took to his bed,

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the man came to him and knocked on the door.

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He asked, "Who is this?"

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and he replied:

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"The old, wronged man."

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So he opened the door for him

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and said: "Did I not tell you

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that when I sit in my assembly,

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you should come to me?"

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He said: "Indeed, my people

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are the most wicked of people;

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when they realized that I had come to you

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and knew that I was going

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to take you to the assembly of judgment,

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they said,

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'We will give you your due right.'

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But once your assembly ended and you stood up,

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they denied my right again."

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He said:

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"Go now,

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and whenever I go to the assembly of judgment,

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come to me."

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Thus he missed his midday rest again.

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He went out in the late afternoon and waited,

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but did not see him.

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Drowsiness weighed heavily upon him,

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so he said to those with him:

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"Let no one come near this door

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so that I may sleep,

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for sleep has become unbearable for me."

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So when that moment arrived,

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An elderly man arrived.

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He said to him, "Who?"

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At the door.

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"Back! Get back!"

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He said, "Indeed, I have..."

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I came to him yesterday.

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So I mentioned my matter to him.

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He said, "No."

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By Allah, we were indeed commanded

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Shall we not prevent anyone from approaching him?

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And when he was exhausted by it,

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He looked and saw an opening.

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In the house.

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So he scaled the wall to enter it.

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And there he was, inside the house.

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Then he knocked on the door from the inside.

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The man then awoke.

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He said, "O so-and-so."

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Did I not command you?

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Let no one approach me.

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The guard said

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As for those before me

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By Allah, it was not given

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So, consider from where you have come.

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He then stood up and went to the door.

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And behold, it was closed just as he had closed it.

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And there was a man with him

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In the house.

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He recognized him and said:

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O enemies of Allah

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He said, "Yes."

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You have exhausted me in every single matter.

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I did what you see in order to make you angry.

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So Allah named him.

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Dhu al-Kifl

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For He has taken it upon Himself to provide for the matter.

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So he fulfilled it.

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The name Dhu al-Kifl has been mentioned repeatedly.

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The Most Generous mentioned it twice.

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Where Allah has praised him.

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And he described him as being

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among the patient and the righteous.

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Then the Almighty said:

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And Isma'il

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And Idris and Dhu al-Kifl

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Everyone who

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The patient ones.

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And admit us

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They are within Our mercy.

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They are

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among the righteous.

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And he described him as possessing goodness.

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He then said

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And mention Ishmael.

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And al-Yasa' and Dhu al-Kifl.

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And every

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Among the righteous.

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The story of 'Uzayr.

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Peace be upon him.

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There is a difference of opinion regarding Uzayr.

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Peace be upon him.

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Is he a prophet?

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Or a righteous servant of Allah.

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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him,

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He said

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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

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I do not know.

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Follow the accursed one.

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Is it he, or is it not?

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And I do not know if Uzayr

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Is he a Prophet or not?

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Shaykh 'Abd al-Muhsin said:

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The servant, may Allah preserve him.

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This was stated by the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, before

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That he should know about the condition of the Tabi'un.

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Evidence has indeed come forth indicating that.

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On the basis that he had already embraced Islam.

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Thus, he shall not be cursed.

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As for Uzayr,

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Yet nothing has come down that provides evidence.

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In that he is a Prophet.

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And there is no harm in saying

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upon him be peace.

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For he was a righteous man.

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I have mentioned his story.

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In the Book of Allah

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Many of the scholars have counted it among the

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Knowledge is among the prophets of Allah.

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Peace be upon him.

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Uzayr was a servant of Allah.

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righteous and wise

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One day, he went out to a piece of land he owned.

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He would regularly attend to it and keep it in his memory.

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When he turned away.

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He reached a ruin at the time when

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The midday period arrived.

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And he was afflicted by the heat.

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He entered the ruins while riding his donkey.

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He then dismounted from his donkey.

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And with him was a basket containing

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A fig and a basket containing it

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Grapes

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He then descended into the shade of that ruin.

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He brought out a bowl with him.

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So he pressed the grapes.

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The one who was with him in the food bowl.

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Then he brought out some dry bread that he had with him.

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He then cast it into that bowl.

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Regarding fruit juice.

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He should moisten it and eat it.

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Then he lay down.

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upon his back

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He rested his legs against the wall.

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He then looked up toward the ceiling.

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Those are the houses.

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He saw what was within it while it was standing.

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upon their thrones

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And its people have perished.

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And he saw decayed bones.

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He then said

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How does Allah bring this to life?

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After her death.

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He did not doubt that Allah would bring it to life.

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However,

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He said it in a state of astonishment.

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Then Allah sent the Angel of Death.

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Then He took his soul.

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Then Allah caused him to die for a hundred years.

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Then, when that had passed,

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Over those hundred years.

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May Allah give him life.

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Then He sent an angel to him.

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Then Uzayr stood firm.

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Peace be upon him, as he sat.

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The angel said to him:

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How long did you stay?

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He said

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“Or (bethink thee of) the like of him who, passing by a township which had fallen into utter ruin, exclaimed: How shall Allah give this township life after its death? And Allah made him die a hundred years, then brought him back to life. He said: How long hast thou tarried? (The man) said: I have tarried a day or part of a day. (He) said: Nay, but thou hast tarried for a hundred years. Just look at thy food and drink which have not rotted! Look at thine ass! And, that We may make thee a token unto mankind, look at the bones, how We adjust them and then cover them with flesh! And when (the matter) became clear unto him, he said: I know now that Allah is Able to do all things.” (2:259)

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This is because

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He slept during the early part of the day.

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At midday.

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And he sent [them] out at the end of the day.

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And the sun had not yet set.

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He said, "Or part of a day."

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And my day was not completed for me.

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The angel then said to him

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Rather, he remained there for a hundred years.

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So consider your food.

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It is dry bread.

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And your drink.

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It is the juice that used to be

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He squeezed it into the bowl.

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So observe.

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And so, they both remained in that same state.

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It did not change over time.

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Meaning that the juice has not undergone any change.

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And the bread.

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And likewise the fig and the grape.

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His gaze remained unchanged.

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A glimpse into their circumstances.

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It was as if he disapproved of it in his heart.

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The angel then said to him

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You denied what I said to you.

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Look at your donkey.

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He then looked.

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And suddenly, his donkey had

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His bones have decayed and become

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A hollow sound.

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Then the angel called out to the bones of the donkey.

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She responded and approached from every direction.

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from the perspective of until

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The angel mounted it.

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And Uzayr was looking at him.

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Then He clothed them with veins and sinews.

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Then He clothed it with flesh.

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Then He caused it to grow upon it.

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The skin and the hair.

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Then the angel breathes the soul into it.

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Then the donkey stood up, raising [its head].

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from his head and his ears

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He is braying toward the sky.

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He thinks that the Day of Resurrection has already begun.

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So when

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It became clear to ‘Uzayr, peace be upon him.

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The matter, he said,

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Know that Allah

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And He is over all things competent.

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From the revival of the dead.

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and others.

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He then mounted his donkey and set off until

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I read it.

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For the people did not recognize him.

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And he did not know them, nor did he know.

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Their stations.

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So he set off, acting under a misconception.

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Until he reached his home.

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Suddenly, he found himself before an old woman.

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She was blind and bedridden,

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having reached the age of one hundred

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and twenty years.

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She had been a maidservant to them.

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Uzayr went out to them,

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while she was twenty years old.

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She recognized him and was intelligent.

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"This is Uzayr."

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"O woman, is this

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the house of Uzayr?"

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She said, "Yes, this is

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the house of Uzayr."

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Then she wept and said,

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"I have not seen anyone

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for so many years

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mention Uzayr; people have

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forgotten him."

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He said, "I am

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Uzayr; Allah

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caused me to die for a hundred years,

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then He resurrected me."

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"Subhan Allah!

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We have lost Uzayr

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for a hundred years,

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and we have heard no mention of him."

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He said, "I am

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Uzayr."

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She said, "If you are

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truthful, then Uzayr

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was a man whose prayers were answered;

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he would pray for the sick

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and for those afflicted with hardship for wellness

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and healing.

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So pray to Allah to restore

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my sight so that I may see you,

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for I knew Uzayr."

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So he prayed to his Lord,

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and he wiped his hand over her eyes,

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and she cried out.

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He took her hand and said,

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"Stand up by the permission of Allah."

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So Allah released

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her legs,

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and she stood up healthy, as if she had been

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untied from a tether.

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She looked at him,

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and said, "I bear witness

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that you are Uzayr."

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She set out to the Children of Israel,

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and found them in their meeting places

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and gatherings.

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A son of Uzayr was an old man,

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one hundred and eighteen

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years old, and the sons of

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his sons were elders in the assembly.

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She called out to them and said,

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"This is Uzayr;

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he has come to you."

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But they did not recognize her.

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She said, "I am

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so-and-so, your maidservant.

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He prayed to his Lord for me,

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and He restored my sight.

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He claims that Allah

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caused him to die for a hundred years,

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then resurrected him."

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The people rose and went to him.

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His son said,

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"My father had a black mole

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between his shoulders."

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He uncovered his shoulders,

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and behold, it was Uzayr.

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The Children of Israel said,

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"There was no one

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among us who memorized the Torah,

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as we were told, except Uzayr,

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and it was burned."

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She said, "The Torah was lost,

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and nothing remained of it

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except what men had memorized.

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So write it for us."

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He sat in the shade of a tree,

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with the Children of Israel around him,

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and he wrote the Torah for them.

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He remained among them

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by the command of Allah the Exalted,

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and they loved him with a

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deep love.

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Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said:

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"It was as

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Allah the Exalted said:

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﴾And We will make you a sign for the people﴿.

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This is because

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he would sit with

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his children and grandchildren,

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and they were old men whose heads had turned white,

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while he was a young man,

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because he died

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when he was forty years old,

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and Allah resurrected him as a young man

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in the same state as the day he died."

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The Children of Israel

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were confused regarding the affair of Uzayr,

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peace be upon him,

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and they said, "Musa could not

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bring us the Torah

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except in a book,

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whereas Uzayr

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memorized it and wrote it,

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and Allah brought him to life

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after He caused him to die."

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They considered this a

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miraculous matter,

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so they sanctified him and falsely claimed

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that he was the son of Allah.

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Allah the Exalted said:

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﴾And the Jews say,

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'Uzayr is the son of Allah'﴿.

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They went astray by this

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and disbelieved.

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The name of Uzayr,

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peace be upon him, is not mentioned explicitly in the Qur'an

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anywhere other than this place.

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The Qur'an has alluded

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to him, according to the majority of

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the exegetes, in the saying of Allah the Exalted:

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﴾Or [like] the one

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who passed by a township

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which was fallen

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into ruin.

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It was fallen

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into ruin.

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He said, 'How will Allah bring this to life

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after

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its death?'

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So Allah caused him to die

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for a hundred years,

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then He resurrected him.

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He said, 'How long have you remained?'

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He said, 'I have remained a day

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or part of a day.'

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He said, 'Rather, you have remained

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a hundred years.

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So look at your food

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and your drink; it has not changed with time.

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And look

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at your donkey;

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and We will make you

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a sign for the people.

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And look

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at the bones, how

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We raise them,

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then We cover them

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with flesh.'

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And when it became clear

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to him, he said,

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'I know that Allah

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is over all things

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competent.'﴿

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The hadith

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has a continuation, if Allah wills.

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And Allah knows best.

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And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

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May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon

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our Prophet Muhammad,

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and upon his family

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and all his companions.

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You have been with

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the Stories of the Prophets.