With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 337
Appendix I 337 steadfastness and were so reconciled to death that any mention of their devotion brings tears to one’s eyes. What was it that inspired them with such devotion? Whose hand was it that brought about such a change in them? In their pre-Isl ā mic ignorance, there was no sin and no wrong that they did not commit. On becoming the followers of the Holy Prophet sa , they were so drawn to God, as if God dwelt within them. I tell you truly that it was the spiritual attention of the Holy Prophet sa that pulled them out of a low life into a holy one. Those who later entered Isl ā m in hosts did not do so under the threat of a sword. They did so in consequence of the sincere supplications and humble and passionate prayers which the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of All ā h be upon him) offered in Mecca for thirteen years, so that even the soil of Mecca confessed that it was under the blessed feet of him whose heart proclaimed the Unity of God so passionately that heaven was filled with his cries. God is Self-Sufficient. He does not care whether anyone is rightly guided or goes astray. The light of guidance which was so extraordinarily manifested in Arabia, and then spread to the rest of the world, was a consequence of the heartfelt desire of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of All ā h be upon him. ) Followers of every religion had digressed and strayed away from the spring of Tauh ī d [ belief in the Unity of God ] but it continued to flow in Isl ā m. All these blessings were granted in answer to the supplications of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of All ā h be upon him) as God Almighty has said: َْ ﻣُﺆْﻣِﻨِني ﻳَﻜُﻮْﻧُﻮْا َّ اَﻻ َ ﻧَّـﻔْﺴَﻚ ٌ ابَﺧِﻊ ََّ ﻟَﻌَكل 340 340 S ū rah As-Shu‘ar ā ’, 26:4