Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 182
•oUR BELoVED MASTER• 182 longer work and my hearing is fading. It is possible that I have between six months to a year of life left. After hearing what Waraqah bin Naufal had to say, the Holy Prophet sa asked in astonishment, “But why would my country drive me out of here? I have never done anything wrong to anyone! I care for all and want the best for everyone. Everyone is happy with me, there is not a single person in the whole of Makkah that is against me or is my enemy. So I do not understand why my country would drive me out? No, this cannot be! This can never be! What have I done wrong for my countrymen to want to send me away?” The old man smiled and said, “O Prophet to be! This will not make any sense to you right now! But the fact of the matter is that whenever such a revelation comes to a person, that person is severely persecuted and tortured by his very own country; so much so that at the end he is driven out. God be with you and may He protect you from the enemies. ” This was the first person to affirm the prophethood of the Holy Prophet sa.