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Shots and pulses | Scenes from the biography by A. Ali bin Muhammad Al-Qarni | h (2) | Geography of pain
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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The depths of pain.
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Makkah did not respond.
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And the Arabs followed its lead.
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The paths were shrouded in darkness.
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The steps were heavy.
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And the atmosphere neither took shape nor smiled with beautiful aspirations.
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In the books of history and the Prophetic biography.
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Historians have enumerated for us fourteen methods.
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Devised by the polytheists to combat the call and abort the message.
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I will not burden your noble soul by listing them here.
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Nor will I add anything beyond the fact that the noble Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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Was subjected to a series of assassination plots.
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It is said they reached thirteen attempts.
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Throughout the Makkan and Madinan periods.
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As for his companions on the path and brothers in destiny,
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They faced misery, pain, and wounds.
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Of whom shall I speak to you?
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Of 'Ammar, or Bilal, or Khabbab?
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Or rather, Abu Bakr, 'Uthman, and Sa'd?
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The decision,
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Was for the Muslims to migrate to distant lands.
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Outside of Makkah and the Arabian Peninsula.
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Indeed, outside of that painful geographical sphere.
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Allah willed for Africa,
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To be the first sanctuary for Islam,
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At a time when Asia turned its back on the revelation.