Hazrat Sayyedah Khadijah — Page 18
18 ْيِذَّلا َمَّلَع ْاَرْقِا ِمْساِب َكِّبَر ْيِذَّلا َقَلَخ۰۰ۚ َقَلَخ َناَسْنِاْلا ْنِم ٍقَلَع۰۰ۚ ْاَرْقِا َو َكُّبَر ُمَرْكَاْلا۰۰ۙ ِمَلَقْلاِب۰۰ۙ َمَّلَع َناَسْنِاْلا اَم ْمَل ْمَلْعَي۰۰ؕ Recite in the name of your Lord Who created. Created man from an adhesive clot. Recite! And your Lord is the Noblest, Who taught by the pen. Taught man what he knew not. ( Surah al-‘Alaq, 96:2-6) These verses, the first ever revealed to the Holy Prophet saw , became part of the Holy Quran, as did other verses, which were revealed later. Muhammad saw repeated the words as commanded. The angel then disappeared. Muhammad saw was full of anxiety because of the responsibility that Allah was about to place on him. He went home immediately and said to Khadijah ra , ‘Wrap me up. Wrap me up with something. ’ After a while when his anxiety had somewhat subsided he related the whole incident to her and summed up his fears, saying, ‘Weak man that I am, how can I carry the responsibility which Allah proposes to put on my shoulders. ’ Khadijah ra replied, ‘God is witness, He has not sent you this Word that you should fail and prove unworthy, that He should then give you up. How can God do such a thing to you? You are kind and considerate to your relations. You help the poor and bear their burden. You try to restore the virtues that have disap- peared from society. You honour guests and help those who are in difficulty. Can you be subjected by God to any trial?’ She then suggested that they should go to her cousin Waraqah bin Naufal, a Christian hermit, and consult him. Waraqah was an old man. He was an expert in Hebrew language and had very good