Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 51
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 51 on one side, you should pass away, and on the other, that death should also overtake your nation, and that they deviate from true faith. Then he came out, and standing upon the pulpit, he addressed the people that Muhammad sa , the Messenger of Allah, had died, and he recited, ( A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:145) After this, he said with great force, “O People! Muhammad, no doubt, was the Messenger of Allah, but now he has passed away. If any one of you worshipped Muhammad sa , the Messenger of Allah, they should know that he has passed away, but if you worship God, then know that your God is alive and that death will never overtake Him. ” Hadrat Umar ra , who was standing by leaning on his sword, waiting that when Hadrat Abu Bakr ra descends from the pulpit he would behead him, heard this verse and a veil was immediately removed from his eyes. His knees began trembling, his hands began shivering along with his body, and he fell to the ground out of weakness. The other Companions ra also admitted that their eyes had been veiled, but when they heard this verse from Hadrat Abu Bakr ra , everything became clear to them. Their whole world became dark and they wandered the streets of Medina weeping, and reciting: