Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 251
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 251 himself to death, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's heart brimmed over with emotion. He forgave him and granted him permission to attend. Ab u Sufy a nbin Ha rith recited some verses at that time and one of verses was, َ ﻫ ِْ ـــــ َﺪَاىن ﻫ َ ــــ ﺎد ٍ ﻏ ُْ ـــــ ري ﻧَﻔْــ ِْ ـ kَ و َ ﻧ ـــ ﺎﻟَــ ِْ ـ ْىن ْﻣَــــﻊ َ اﻟﻠّٰــــ ِ ﻣَــــﻦ ٍ ﻃَــــﺮَد ت ُّ ُــــﻞ َّ ﻣُﻄَــــﺮَّد "God has granted me guidance through this Holy Person whom I had reviled, rejected and pursued him with animosity. " The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa stroked his chest and with a pain he said, "You were the one who reviled me and did not even care for our childhood friendship. " 20 The chief of Makkah Ab u Sufy a n (who was related to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa for four generations) opposed the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa the whole of his life. At the time of the victory of Makkah Hadrat ‘Abb a s ra brought him to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. On seeing him Hadrat ‘Umar ra became very angry and sought permission for killing him. H u du r sa told ‘Abb a s to take him away and bring him back the next day. Next morning the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa enquired from Ab u Sufy a n, "Has the time not come for you to say 'L a il a ha illAll a h'? Ab u Sufy a n replied, May my parents be sacrificed for you. How gracious and