Selected Arabic Poems of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page 241
Footnote from page 10 241 engaged in this service. He restored the broken remains, put a stop to the sufferings, and protected the land. The victory was always his because of the grace and mercy of Allah. I will now put forward some evidence, placing my trust in the one God, to show you how Hadrat Ab u Bakr ended the terrible seditions and the dangerous tribulations and how he put an end to the warmongers. His hidden inner self was made manifest for all to see through his actions, and his actions bore witness to his high qualities. May Allah reward him for this with the best reward and resurrect him along with the most pious ones. May He have mercy on us through the intercession of those beloved ones. O Allah, Lord of favours and bounties, accept this from me. You are the Most Merciful of those who show mercy. The Turmoil of Apostasy following the Death of the Best of Messengers & the Leader of the Righteous s as When the Messenger of Allah, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed away, the Arabs apostatized as whole tribes or fac- tions of them, and hypocrisy resurfaced. On account of their small numbers and the large numbers of enemies, and also because of their grief and sadness on account of the passing away of the Holy Prophet s as , the Muslims were like sheep out on a rainy night. ( History of Ibn Khald u n, Part II, p. 65) Ibn Khald u n also wrote— ‘The common and elite of Arabs apostatized. The public of Ta yi’ and Asad gathered around T ulay h ah. Gha t f a n apostatized, and Haw a zin withheld the payment of alms. The elite of Ban u Sulaim renounced Islam and people everywhere did likewise. ’ ([ History of Ibn Khald u n, Part II,] p. 65) Ibn Ath i r writes in his chronicles: ‘When the news of the demise of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,