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· Lesson 7 of 34
Shots and pulses | Scenes from the biography by A. Ali bin Muhammad Al-Qarni | H (6) | Omar came
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In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
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I have conveyed to you the story of the three great men:
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As'ad ibn Zurara, Usayd ibn Hudayr,
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and Sa'd ibn Mu'adh,
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in its original form, without any emotional interjection from me,
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so that you may know that when the gifts of Allah arrive,
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nothing can turn them away, and no living soul can hinder them.
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However, it happened that the Banu al-Najjar
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drove out Mus'ab ibn 'Umayr,
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and pressured As'ad.
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So, Mus'ab moved to Sa'd ibn Mu'adh,
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calling to the faith, and through him, Allah guided others.
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Here, I pause my account of Medina
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and return with you to Mecca,
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along the same path that Mus'ab traveled,
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and through the same mountain passes that the Ansar traversed
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as they forged their dreams
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and inscribed their history.
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Then came 'Umar,
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before the Prophetic migration.
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The lands of the Aws and the Khazraj now
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welcome great names into the expanse of faith.
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Note these names down;
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record their stances;
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let the biographies of these men resonate with you.
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We have covered so far:
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Ja'far and Mus'ab,
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As'ad ibn Zurara,
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Usayd ibn Hudayr,
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and Sa'd ibn Mu'adh.
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As for 'Umar ibn al-Khattab,
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Ibn Mas'ud said:
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"We have remained mighty ever since 'Umar embraced Islam."
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He also said:
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"When the righteous are mentioned,
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then welcome 'Umar."
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His conversion was a victory,
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and his leadership was a conquest.
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He arrived in Medina
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and mingled with the righteous and the pious,
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becoming one family,
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supporting one another,
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and sharing in both hopes and hardships.
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However, here,
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I will not elaborate on the biography of 'Umar,
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which is already well-known to the people;
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rather,
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I have been drawn to his story with 'Ayyash.