Sayyedna Bilal — Page 15
SAYYEDNA BILAL 15. God is One. " He was being tortured but he did not ask them for mercy, instead he asked Allah for His. Mercy and His Grace. If he had died that day Ummayya would have been grieved not for Bilal's life but for the loss of his money. . No amount of persecution could drive the. Religion of Truth out of his heart. They kept a heavy mill stone on his chest. His back was burned by the hot sand. He was on the verge of death. His tongue hung out with thirst. Bilal's master Ummayya tortured him thus and then asked him to renounce. Allah and the Prophet Muhammad and sing the praises of the Meccan gods, Lat and Uzza. But Bilal only said Ahad, Ahad, God is One, God is One. . They wanted him to make statements which suited the infidel's purpose. But he displayed unflinching self-control, patience and perseverance. . They practiced all sorts of cruelties to divert Bilal from the True Faith but could not succeed. Allah had endowed Bilal with a. Bilal with a righteous nature and he remained true to it throughout his life. There was no form of threat which was not held out to him, and there was no form of torture which the infidels did not inflict on him, but Bilal on the face of all this stood firm to his faith. . Bilal's master often tied him and threw him down and flung a stone or cow hide over him. The infidels tied a rope around his neck and allowed the street urchins to drag him to and fro between the two hills of Mecca. The Meccans felt amazed at the. Negro slave's unshakeable faith. Even the ruthless. Ummayya bin Khalf came to feel that Bilal was made