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Shots and pulses | Scenes from the biography by A. Ali bin Muhammad Al-Qarni | H (27) | I wish they had converted to Islam
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
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Snapshots and pulses.
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Scenes from the Prophetic biography as read by Muhammad.
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By Professor Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ali al-Qarni.
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I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
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And among them were those who embraced Islam.
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As you cast your gaze upon these events,
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and review these names,
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you will feel what I feel:
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that you wish they had embraced Islam.
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How I wished that Abu Talib, with his chivalry and nobility,
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had been among the men of Islam whom we pray for today.
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How I wished that Heraclius, Caesar of Rome, had embraced Islam,
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especially since he grasped the truth and saw the path.
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Al-A'sha, the great poet of the Arabs,
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came from his homeland in his old age,
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loving the religion,
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chanting one of the most beautiful poems of praise for the Prophet.
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But when the Quraysh deterred him with worldly gains,
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he returned to reconsider his affairs,
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yet death overtook him before he could reach his home.
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Al-Mut'im Ibn 'Adi:
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My heart breaks with pain that such a noble man did not embrace Islam.
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This is the man who provided protection when others retreated,
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and worked to annul the boycott document when even the closest kin turned away.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, never forgot this nobility,
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for he said regarding the captives of Badr:
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"If al-Mut'im Ibn 'Adi were alive,
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and then spoke to me about these stinking ones [the captives],
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I would have released them for his sake."
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The father of Anas Ibn Malik:
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When the sun of Islam rose,
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he left Medina and went to the Levant,
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and perished there.
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Durayd Ibn al-Simma:
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The dignified elder,
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the sage of Ta'if,
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and the veteran of wars,
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died while fighting against Islam,
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even though he knew the truth of this religion.
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Perhaps if your horizons were to expand,
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you would wish what I wish:
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that Jabalah Ibn al-Ayham had not apostatized,
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and that Hatim al-Ta'i
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had at least remained upon the remnants of the Hanifiyyah,
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instead of a Christianity tainted by paganism.
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And perhaps there are others in history
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whom we wished would not have departed this life
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while they were upon other than this religion,
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such as Gustave Le Bon,
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George Bernard Shaw,
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and Mandela.
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What would it have harmed them all
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if they had entered the expanse of faith, love, and success?
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We say nothing
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except what Allah said to His intimate friend:
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“Lo! thou (O Muhammad) guidest not whom thou lovest, but Allah guideth whom He will. And He is Best Aware of those who walk aright.” (28:56)
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And we seek refuge in Allah from being displeased with Allah.
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I have only taken you through these names
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to establish in you a firm principle:
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Success is in the hand of Allah alone.