Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 513
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 513 possible for my people to turn out a harmless, beneficent person who worried about them and prayed for them all the time? Warqah bin Naufal was right in saying that every one who proclaimed such a mission, was treated in this way. And the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa would meet the same treatment at the hands of his countrymen. 5 It did happen exactly in that manner. That the king of both the worlds, for whose sake this universe was created was exiled from his place of birth. How heavily it weighed on his heart when he was forced to abandon the streets of his ancestral home. The day he left Makkah, his heart was shedding tears of blood. He came out of the town and at the crossing, when the city of Makkah began to disappear, he stood on a rock, faced Makkah and addressing it said, "O Makkah! You are my dear town, my beloved homeland. If my people did not turn me out of it, I would never have left you. " 6 With a painful heart, he bid farewell to Makkah and started his journey of migration. God Almighty was watchful over the feelings of His beloved Prophet and had prepared him for this sacrifice. He had taught him the prayer before hand. In this prayer he had been consoled that he would enter Makkah again. This lightened the burden of his grief. ْ ْوَﻗُﻞ ْ رَّب ِّ اَد ِْ ﺧِﻠ ْىن ْ ﻣُﺪ ْ ﺧَﻞ َ ﺻِﺪ ْ ق ٍ وَّاَﺧ ِْ ﺮِﺟ ُْىن ْ خم ْ ﺮَج َ ﺻِﺪ ْ ق ٍ وَّاﺟ ِّْﻌَﻞ ْىل ْﻣِﻦ ْ ﻟَّﺪُﻧ ًْ کَ ﺳُﻠ ﻄٰﻨًﺎﻧَّﺼِري ا. (17:81)