Stories from Early Islam — Page 60
60 looked straight into Umar’s eyes and said bravely ‘Yes, we are Muslims now and shall remain so. Do what you may’. Seeing the blood on his sister’s face and hearing this bold reply, Umar calmed down quickly. Soon he was a changed man. He requested that the leaves of the Holy Qur’an, which were being read, be shown to him. Faatimah refused lest he should destroy them. Umar promised that he would not do so. She told him to wash himself, and when he did, Faatimah gave him the leaves. Very calmly he began to read the verses of the Holy Qur’an, and in no time the truth dawned on him. He decided to become a Muslim. In the meantime Khabbaab had come out of his hiding. He said ‘God is my witness, only yesterday, I heard the Prophet saw pray for the conversion of Umar or Amr bin Hisham. Your change is the result of that prayer’. Umar asked them where the Prophet saw was and made straight for the place, still carrying his sword in his hand. When he reached the house, where the Holy Prophet saw was sitting with some of his Companions, he knocked at the door. The