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One of the beauties of the Prophet’s biography | Episode (29) | Advocacy compassion
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Among the aesthetic beauties of the Prophetic biography (Seerah)
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is his compassionate approach to calling people to Allah.
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He lived his life among the people like a caller who deeply feared their ruin.
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He would delve deeply into warning and employ every means of caution.
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He addressed them with the utmost care and concern,
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like the "naked warner"—that is, one who has stripped off his garments.
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The origin of this is that if a man were on high ground
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and saw the enemy approaching,
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he would remove his garment and wave it to warn his people.
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Thus, he became like the naked warner,
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cautioning them against the enemy and destruction.
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This was the state of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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and his sentiment toward his people.
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On the authority of Abu Musa, may Allah be pleased with him,
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who reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said:
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"My likeness and the likeness of that with which Allah has sent me
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is that of a man who came to his people
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and said, 'O my people,
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I have seen the army with my own eyes,
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and I am the naked warner.
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So, flee for your lives!'
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That is, seek salvation.
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A group of his people obeyed him,
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so they set out by night, moving at their own pace and escaping.
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But a group among them disbelieved him,
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so they remained in their place.
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The army came upon them in the morning,
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destroying them and wiping them out.
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That is the likeness of the one who obeys me
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and follows what I have brought,
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and the likeness of the one who disobeys me
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and denies the truth I have brought."
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It is our duty to grasp the address of this warner
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and understand the depth of his concern and his warnings.
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He employed a method that stirs the soul,
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and he only did so
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because it is clearer to the observer,
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and more striking and alarming to behold.
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It is more effective in urging them
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to prepare for the enemy.
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Or perhaps the harm had already reached them,
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and the enemy had seized their garments.
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The successful, saved person
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is the one who hastens to follow him,
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setting out at the beginning of the night to escape.
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He does not procrastinate or delay,
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nor is he distracted by the sweetness of this world
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and its fleeting vanities.
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It is as if we and our religion,
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and the excellence of acting upon it,
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are in a battle against falsehood and base desires.
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If we comply, we are saved,
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but if we delay,
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the enemy will devour us,
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and the final destination will be the Fire.
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And Allah is the One whose help is sought.