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! ! 444 pages. T ake a bath before handling this Sacred Book. ” Ashamed and embarrassed, he took a bath. Afterwards , he recited one verse and his heart melted. The second verse softened it even further. The third verse changed his condition. The fourth altered it even further and by the fifth verse, his condition ha d been transformed. At th e sixth verse , tears began to flow from his eyes. When he finished the surah , he quietly stood up and went to see the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. His door was also closed, so h e knocked accordingly and someone as ked, “Who is there?” He replied, “‘ Umar Bin Al - Khattab. ” ‘ Umar ra was a brave and fierce warrior of M ecc a. U pon hearing his voice , the companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa exclaimed, “O Messenger of Allah! ‘ Umar is hostile. Do not open the door. ” In reply, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa told them to open the door. Ha z rat Hamza ra , the Holy Prophet ’s sa uncle was also a very brave soldier. He instructed, “Open the door. I will see to it that ‘ Umar ra does not misbehave. ” Haz rat ‘ Umar ra entered as if he w ere guilty of a crime. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa inquired, “What has brought you here, ‘ Umar ra ?” He replied, “O Prophet of Allah ! I come here as your servant. ” As soon as the companions heard this, they raised the slogan Allah - o - Akbar [ Allah is great] so loudly that the whole of M ecc a resounded with their voices. Muslims were so suppressed at the time that they could not even offer their prayers openly. In such conditions, Allah said, “O Muhammad sa ! I will give thee an abundance of everything. Thy religion will be granted such supremacies t hat thou will be unable to count them. The poor will become so rich that their treasures w ill be innumerable. ” How was this promise fulfilled? It was fulfilled at the conquest of M ecc a when the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa entered M ecc a with ten thousand spiritual followers. Abū Sufyān saw th e army from a distance and inquired as to which army this could be. His companions named some tribe of Arabia , but he replied, “No, they could not possibly have such a large army. ” His companions began to list off all the largest tribes and he replied that none of them had an army so large. Finally, they said that it mus t be Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Ab ū Sufyān said, “ I just left him at M e dina. How could it be Muhammad sa ?” Thus, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa had such a