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Spirit of Islam Issue 35 November 2015
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It is no concern of yours whether He will forgive or punish them.
They are wrongdoers.
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(THE QURAN 3: 128)
This admonition was enough for the Prophet and his anger subsided.
Crippled with wounds, he started praying for the very people who had
wounded him. Abdullah ibn Mas’ud later recalled how the Prophet was
wiping the blood from his forehead, and at the same time praying:
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Lord, forgive my people, for they know not what they do.
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(Hadith of Muslim)
Biographies of the Prophet are full of incidents of this nature, which
show his life to be a perfect model for mankind. They show that we
are God’s servants, and servants we should remain in every condition.
Being God’s humble servants, we should
always remain in a state of trepidation before
our Lord and the life Hereafter. Everything
in the universe should serve to remind us of
God. In every event we should see the hand
of the Almighty, and, for us, every object
should portray God’s signs. In all matters of
a worldly nature, we should remember that
everything will finally be referred to God. Fear
of hell should make us live humbly among
our fellows, and longing for Paradise should
impress on us the significance of this world. So conscious should we be
of God’s greatness that any idea of demonstrating our own greatness
should appear ridiculous. No criticism should provoke us and no praise
should make us vain. This is the ideal human character, which God
displayed to us in the conduct of His Prophet.
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Second Best
Try, try by all means, to achieve the very best, but
when you feel that you can only get the second
best, then accept it gracefully.
The Prophet was not
just a believer; he
was also entrusted
with conveying the
word of God to
mankind.