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Shots and pulses | Scenes from the biography by A. Ali bin Muhammad Al-Qarni | H (3) | He came to us who we know is honest
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. We recognize charity.
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O King,
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we were a people of the Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah),
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worshipping idols,
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consuming carrion,
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committing indecencies,
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severing ties of kinship,
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and mistreating our neighbors;
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the strong among us
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would devour the weak.
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We remained in that state
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until Allah sent
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to us a Messenger from among ourselves,
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whose lineage, truthfulness,
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trustworthiness, and chastity we knew.
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He called us to Allah,
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to His Oneness,
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and that we should worship Him,
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and renounce what we
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and our forefathers used to worship
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besides Him,
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of stones and idols.
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He commanded us to speak the truth,
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to fulfill trusts,
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to maintain ties of kinship,
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to show kindness to neighbors,
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and to refrain from forbidden things and bloodshed.
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He forbade us from indecencies,
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bearing false witness,
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consuming the wealth of orphans,
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and slandering chaste women.
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He commanded us to perform prayer,
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to pay zakat, and to fast.
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So we believed in him,
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trusted him,
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and followed him in
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what he brought
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from Allah.
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We worshipped Allah alone,
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associating no partners with Him,
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declaring forbidden what He forbade for us,
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and declaring lawful
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what He made lawful for us.
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Thus
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spoke Ja'far Ibn Abi Talib,
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may Allah be pleased with him,
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before the King of Abyssinia.
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Indeed, the words of Ja'far
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are a summary
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of the Message and the headlines
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of the story.
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This religion which
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he spoke of
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is what the Quraysh fought against,
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and what our own kin
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and tribe denied.
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Can such a thing
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be fought and opposed?