Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 75
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muḥammad Mustafa sa sa sa. Ever Gracious, Most Merciful. " This excited the curiosity of Addas who inquired about the identity of the stranger. The Holy Prophet" told him about himself, and the conversation that ensued led Addas to declare his acceptance of Islām. So the Holy Prophet's journey to Ta'if did not prove entirely fruitless. However, this was indeed one of the most difficult days of the Holy Prophet's life. He rested for awhile in the garden and prayed there. sa. An angel descended upon him and asked for his permission to destroy the people of Ta'if who had mistreated him so badly. However, the. Holy Prophet told the angel not to do so as he hoped that the good people among them may accept Islām and worship One God. sa (Sahih Bukhari, Kitab Bad'il Khalq, Bab dhikril mala'ikati). The incident is beautifully described in the following tradition: га. Hadrat '‘Urwah bin Zubair" relates that Hadrat 'A'ishah™ said that she asked the Holy Prophet": "Did you experience a day harder than the day of the Battle of Uhud" He answered: 'ndeed I experienced them at the hands of your people, and the hardest of them was the day of ‘Aqabah when I presented myself to 'Abd Yalail bin 'Abd Kulāl and he made no response to that which I had desired. So I left grieved and depressed and felt no relief until I arrived at Qarn Tha‘lib. Then I raised my head and saw a cloud that was shielding me from the sun in which I beheld Gabriel who called me 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 me, offered me the greeting of peace and said: 'Muhammad, 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 75