Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 1
1 A DiFFICULT TRIAL D ear Children! Some 4000 years ago a very unusual incident took place. In the northwestern corner of Asia, there was a land called Syria. Here lived a great messenger of Allah, whose name was Ibr a h i m as [Abraham]. Hadrat Ibr a h i m as had grown very old, but he did not have any children. For this reason he fervently prayed to God for a son. Allah heard his prayers, and at the age of eighty-six, a beautiful baby boy was born to him. Hadrat Ibr a h i m as named his son Ism a‘i l as [Ishmael] which means ‘God has heard (the prayer). ’ However, soon after the birth of Hadrat Ism a‘i l as ,