Points to Ponder — Page 32
— 32 reply, “I wanted to give yo u a bounty from God and you refused; now you will not get any material rewards in this world. Claim your rewards when you are at the fountain of Kauthar in the next world. ” Notice that, after the Holy Prophet, when the empire came to Muslims, no ne of the Anṣār became a king. Through Islam, during the 1,300 years, Muhājirīn became kings, slaves became kings, and servants became kings. Through Islam, R ā jp ū ts, Mughals, Path ā n, Iranians, Tripulians, and Islanders became kings. The people about whom it is related that they vacated their homes for those who had believed in God and his Messenger, they did not get to have an empire. The people about whom it is related that they vacated their home for the believers in God and His Messenger, they did not get to have an empire. Not that they had not starved in the way of Allah but because they did not eat for their God’s sake. Without doubt they had refused this bounty due to not understanding, and not because of arrogance, therefore, God did not deprive them of the reward and gave them the promise of rewards at the fountain of Kauthar. However, they never had an empire in this world.