Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 131
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 131 Surely the angels of the heaven would be listening attentively and God would be watching him lovingly. Hadrat J a bir ra relates this beautiful incident in these words. "Once the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa recited S u rah Ar-Ra h m a n and the Companions listened to it in amazement. When Holy Prophet Muhammad sa finished the recitation, he broke their silence and said, "When I recited this S u rah for a party of Jinns, they showed a better response than you. Whenever I recited the verse َ ِّ ﻓَﺒِﺎ ٰی َ ا ِ ﻵ ء ٰرَﺑِّﻜُﻤَﺎ ِ ﺗُﻜَﺬِّﺑ ﻦ. Meaning, "Which then the favours of your Lord will you twain deny". They replied by saying, َْ °ِﻻَﺑ ْ ُءٍ ﻣِﻦ ﻧُکَﺬِّب َ ﻧِﻌﻤِک َ رَﺑَّﻨَﺎ َْ ﻓ ْ ﻠَک َ احل ُ ﻤ ﺪ. "O our Lord we do not deny any of Your favours and all praise belongs to You". 18 Qais bin ‘ A sim ra came to see the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa and requested him to recite some recently revealed verses. H u du r sa recited S u rah Ar-Ra h m a n. He asked him to recite again. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa repeated it and at his third request he recited it the third time. He spontaneously cried out, "By God this discourse has fluency and sweetness. The lower part of it is fertile and the upper part full of fruit. It cannot be the words of a human being. I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except All a h and you are the Messenger of All a h". 19 Hadrat Zaid bin Aslam ra relates that once