Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 105
sheet of cloth), spread it in the courtyard of the Ka‘bah and placed H ajarul-Aswad on it with his own blessed hands. Then, addressing the gathered chiefs, he asked all of them to hold the sheet of cloth by its corners and edges. In accordance with the command of their young mediator, the chiefs of the Quraish held the corners with much fervour and raised it. The young mediator directed, “Still some more, still some more”, and the chiefs of Quraish continued to raise it higher. When the cloth had reached the point in the wall where the stone was to be fixed, then he, who was to become Mercy for all the Worlds sa , picked up the stone with his own blessed hands and placed it where it belonged. In this way, because of the young man’s foresight, wisdom, and peace-making ability, the fire of revolt was extinguished instantly, which would have otherwise engulfed all of Makkah. The Ka‘bah walls would have been left standing, H ajarul-Aswad would have continued to lie on the ground, but not a single man in Makkah would have been left alive. This was the first public decision made by our Beloved Master sa.