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A POCKET BOOK OF BI BLICAL REFE RENCES vi years of his ministry, the Ahle Quraish approached his blessed uncle Hazrat Abu Talib with a request that if he would stop his nephew from preaching the message of Islam, they would be prepared to acknowledge his nephews as their king and they would also h e prepared to offer him any woman he desired as a wife and as much money as he demanded. When Hazrat Abu Talib conveyed the message of the Meccans to our beloved Prophet (s. a. w) , he replied: ‘O my uncle! There is not a power in this world which can stop me from preaching the truth. If the people of Mecca were to place the sun in one of my hands and the moon in the other, I shall still not desist from proclaiming the truth. ’ It is our faith that whatever commandments were enjoined upon our blessed master (s. a. w) , these were equally enjoined upon all Muslims. It is hence an integral part of the Islamic faith that all Muslims continue to observe the injunctions of the Holy Quran and keep alive the blessed practice of our master ( s. a. w) through constantly preaching the message of truth unto mankind. There is not another comparable service to humanity which has a greater importance in the sight of Allah than guiding mankind unto a path which eventually leads to its Creator. A person who le ads another to the truth, not only earns the prayers of those led to the truth but also wins the pleasure of his Lord and Master, the Almighty Allah. Traditions report that the Holy Prophet (s. a. w) while counselling Hazrat Ali, stated: