Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 40
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa wa idh ja‘alnal baita mathābatallinnāsi wa amna wattakhidhū mimmaqāmi ibrāhīma muṣalla wa ‘ahidnā iſa ibrāhīma wa ismāʻila an tahhira baitiya litta'ifina wal ‘akifina warrukka ‘issujud. And remember the time when We made the House a resort for mankind and a place of security; and take ye the station of Abraham as a place of Prayer. And We commanded Abraham and Ishmael, saying, 'Purify My House for those who perform the circuit and those who remain therein for devotion and those who bow down and fall prostrate in Prayer:'(2:126). While raising the walls of the Ka'bah from the ruins Hadrat. Ibrāhīm prayed to God for the raising of a Messenger among his progeny: as رَبَّنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِنَا أُمَّةً مُسْلِمَةً لَّكَ rabbana wajʻalnā muslimaini laka wa min dhurriyyatinā ummtammuslima tallaka. Our Lord, make us submissive to You and make of our offspring a people submissive to You. (2:129) رَبَّنَا وَابْعَثْ فِيهِمْ رَسُوْلاً مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوْا عَلَيْهِم أَيْتِكَ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ الْكِتب وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَيُزَكِّيْهِم rabbana wab'ath fihim rasulamminhum yatlu 'alaihim āyātika wa yu'allimuhumul kitaba wal hikmata wa yuzakkihim. And, Our Lord, raise up among us a Messenger from among themselves, who may recite to them Thy Signs and teach them the Book and Wisdom and may purify them. (2:130) 40 as. With the passing of time the progeny of Ḥaḍrat Ibrāhīm and