Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 346
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa. Love for Humanity ra. Hadrat Jābir relates that the Holy Prophet" said: "You and I are as if a person kindles a fire, and moths and such rush to fall into it, and he strives to protect them from the fire. Likewise, I hold you from the back to save you from the fire of Hell while you struggle to slip out of my hands. " (Sahih Muslim, Kitabul Faḍa'il, Bab shafqata Sallallahu ‘alaihi wassalam ‘aſa ummatihi) sa. On the day of 'Aqabah, the Holy Prophet™ presented himself to Ibn 'Abd Yälil bin 'Abd Kulal and got no response to the message he delivered to them. So he left grieved and depressed, and felt no relief unil he arrived at Qarn Tha‘lib. Then he raised his head and saw a cloud that was shielding him from the sun in which he beheld Gabriel who called to him and said: 'Allāh, the Most Honored and Glorious, has heard what your people have said to you and the response they have made to you and has sent the Angel of the Mountains to you so that you may direct him to do what you might wish to be done to them. ' Then the Angel of the Mountains called to him, and offered him the greeting of peace and said: 'Muḥammad, indeed Allāh has heard what thy people have said to you. I am the Angel of the Mountains, and my Lord has sent me to you, so that you might give me your direction concerning that which you would wish done to them. If you would so wish, I would press down upon them the two great mountains. ' The Holy Prophet" answered him: 'Indeed not, I am hoping that Allāh will make out of their progeny such people as would worship Allāh, the One, not associating aught with Him. "" sa sa (Sahih Muslim, Kifabul Jihad, Bab ma laqannabiyya min idhil mushrikina wal munafiqin). The Holy Prophet", not only rejected the destruction of his people but prayed fervently for their guidance in these words: 346