WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.439 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:13.039 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:19.969 A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:00:19.969 --> 00:00:26.510 The pause in the revelation and its subsequent return. 00:00:26.510 --> 00:00:30.910 The revelation paused for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:00:30.910 --> 00:00:34.750 after the first time the angel Jibril, peace be upon him, descended 00:00:34.829 --> 00:00:38.670 upon the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:00:38.670 --> 00:00:40.670 The wisdom behind this 00:00:40.670 --> 00:00:46.670 was to make the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, yearn for it once more. 00:00:46.670 --> 00:00:50.670 Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad with a hasan (sound) chain of narration 00:00:50.670 --> 00:00:54.670 from Jabir Ibn 'Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said: 00:00:54.670 --> 00:01:00.429 "The revelation was withheld from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, at the beginning of his mission, 00:01:00.429 --> 00:01:02.750 and seclusion was made beloved to him. 00:01:02.750 --> 00:01:05.230 So, he began to seclude himself in [the cave of] Hira'. 00:01:05.230 --> 00:01:08.189 While he was returning from Hira', 00:01:08.189 --> 00:01:11.069 I heard a sound from above me. 00:01:11.069 --> 00:01:12.829 I raised my head, 00:01:12.829 --> 00:01:15.390 and behold, the one who had come to me at Hira' 00:01:15.390 --> 00:01:18.030 was sitting on a throne between the heaven and the earth. 00:01:18.030 --> 00:01:21.409 When I saw him, I fell to the ground in terror. 00:01:21.409 --> 00:01:22.930 When I recovered, 00:01:22.930 --> 00:01:25.890 I went to my family in haste and said, 00:01:25.890 --> 00:01:28.530 'Wrap me up! Wrap me up!' 00:01:28.530 --> 00:01:31.170 Then Jibril came to me and said, 00:01:31.170 --> 00:01:35.489 'O you who are wrapped in garments, arise and warn, 00:01:35.489 --> 00:01:37.569 and your Lord magnify, 00:01:37.569 --> 00:01:39.890 and your garments purify, 00:01:39.890 --> 00:01:42.129 and the idols avoid.'" 00:01:42.129 --> 00:01:44.930 The two Shaykhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) narrated in their Sahih collections, 00:01:44.930 --> 00:01:49.010 as did Imam Ahmad in his Musnad—the wording being that of Ahmad— 00:01:49.010 --> 00:01:52.370 from Abu Salamah Ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, who said: 00:01:52.370 --> 00:01:56.530 "Jabir Ibn 'Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with them both, informed me 00:01:56.609 --> 00:02:01.569 that he heard the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, saying: 00:02:01.569 --> 00:02:04.530 'Then the revelation paused for me for a period. 00:02:04.530 --> 00:02:06.609 While I was walking, 00:02:06.609 --> 00:02:09.169 I heard a voice from the sky. 00:02:09.169 --> 00:02:12.050 I raised my gaze toward the sky, 00:02:12.050 --> 00:02:15.009 and behold, the angel who had come to me at Hira' 00:02:15.009 --> 00:02:19.009 was sitting on a throne between the heaven and the earth. 00:02:19.009 --> 00:02:22.770 I was struck with such terror that I fell to the ground. 00:02:22.770 --> 00:02:25.090 I went to my family and said, 00:02:25.090 --> 00:02:28.689 'Cover me! Cover me! Cover me!' 00:02:28.689 --> 00:02:30.289 So they covered me. 00:02:30.289 --> 00:02:32.689 Then Allah the Exalted revealed: 00:02:32.689 --> 00:02:35.250 'O you who are wrapped in garments, 00:02:35.250 --> 00:02:37.090 arise and warn, 00:02:37.090 --> 00:02:39.169 and your Lord magnify, 00:02:39.169 --> 00:02:41.490 and your garments purify, 00:02:41.490 --> 00:02:43.729 and the idols avoid.' 00:02:43.729 --> 00:02:47.169 Then the revelation intensified and followed in succession. 00:02:47.169 --> 00:02:49.490 Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said: 00:02:49.490 --> 00:02:54.770 "Allah then commanded His Messenger, peace be upon him, in this verse 00:02:54.770 --> 00:02:58.129 to warn his people and call them to Allah." 00:02:58.129 --> 00:03:02.449 So he, peace be upon him, girded himself for the task of the mission, 00:03:02.449 --> 00:03:06.689 and stood in the obedience of Allah, the Glorified, in the most perfect manner, 00:03:06.689 --> 00:03:10.449 calling to Allah, the Glorified, both the old and the young, 00:03:10.449 --> 00:03:12.129 the free and the slave, 00:03:12.129 --> 00:03:14.129 the men and the women, 00:03:14.129 --> 00:03:16.370 the black and the red. 00:03:16.370 --> 00:03:21.169 This was due to the universality of his message, peace be upon him, 00:03:21.169 --> 00:03:22.930 as the Exalted said: 00:03:22.930 --> 00:03:34.939 “And We have not sent thee (O Muhammad) save as a bringer of good tidings and a warner unto all mankind; but most of mankind know not.” (34:28) 00:03:34.939 --> 00:03:37.819 "As a bringer of glad tidings and a warner, 00:03:37.819 --> 00:03:43.020 but most of mankind do not know." 00:03:43.020 --> 00:03:44.620 And as He said: 00:03:44.620 --> 00:03:50.379 “We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples.” (21:107) 00:03:52.020 --> 00:03:57.099 A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah), 00:03:57.099 --> 00:04:01.969 authored by Shaykh Musa bin Rashid al-'Azimi, 00:04:01.969 --> 00:04:08.909 and presented by the Mawaddah Association in the Kingdom of Bahrain. 00:04:08.909 --> 00:04:15.780 If the longing of the worlds for one another is long, 00:04:15.939 --> 00:04:22.939 the longing for you is beyond measure. 00:04:22.939 --> 00:04:29.519 May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised, 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:37.379 and lips move with the remainder of the remembrance.