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The Ka’bah is Purified
But he did not repose long. He got up and proceeded towards Ka’bah, the Sacred House, which is an emblem of the Oneness and Supremacy of Allah. It was unfortunately infested with idols. He knocked them down and recited the verse of the Qur’an: ”Say, the Truth is come and falsehood gone, verily falsehood is ever-vanishing.”
One by one the stone-gods were dismantled, ^mages and effigies deleted. He then prostrated himself in worship; and sitting downr sent Bilal to summon Usman. Talhah with the key of the Ka’bah. Ascending the steps of the threshold and unlocking the door he ordered that idols should be destroyed and images obliterated. He entered the sawed hall and there again performed devout prostrations. He then returned to the door-way and, standing upon its elevated step, gazed in thankfulness on the thronging multitude below. It was the 20th of Ramzan, the eight year of Hijrah, when, on the gate of Holy Ka’bah, and with its key held in his hand, he delivered the following address:
”There is no god but Allah alone. He has no associate. He made good His promise that He held to his bondsman and helped him and defeated all the confederates along. Bear in mind that every claim of privilege, whether that of blood, or property, is under my heel, except that of the custody of the Ka’bah and supplying of water to the pilgrims. Bear in mind anyone who is slain, even tnougu unintentionally, may be with club or whip, for him the blood wit is very severe: Hundred camels, forty of them to be pregnant. O people of Quraysh! surely God has abolished from you all pride of the time

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of ignorance and all pride in your ancestry, (because) all men are descended from Adam, and Adam was fashioned out of clay.”5 Opinion of Some Writers About The Holy Prophet’s Magnanimity
Dr. Majid Ali Khan writes about the treatment which dealt with the Quraysh in these words. ”What some of the Western writers have said about the Holy Prophet’s magnanimity on the occasion of the conquest of Makkah may be quoted here.
Stanley Lane-Poole in his book ”The Speeches and Table Talk of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)” writes: _ ”The day of Muhammad’s (PBUH) greatest triumph over his enemies was also the day of his grandest victory over himself. He freely forgave the Quraysh all the years of sorrow and cruel scorn in which they had afflicted him and gave an amnesty to the whole population of Makkah. Four criminals whom justice condemned made up Muhammad’s (PBUH) proscription list when he entered as a conqueror the city of his bitterest enemies. The army followed his example, and entered quietly and peacefully, no house was robbed, no woman insulted,....It was thus Muhammad (PBUH) entered again his native city. Through all the annals of conquest fhere is no triumphant entry comparable to this one.”
This is what Arthur Oilman says in his book. ”The Saracens”. ”It is greatly to Muhammid’s (PBUH) praise that on the occasion of the conquest of Makkah, when his resentment for illusage in the past might natur?!ly have incited him to revenge, he restrained his army from all shedding of blood, and showed every sign of humility and thanks-giving to Allah for His Goodness... Ten or twelve’s men who had on a former occasion shown a baibarous spirit were proscribed, and of them four were put to death but this must be considered exceedingly humane, in comparison for example, with the acts of other conquerors: in comparison for example, with the cruelty of the Crusaders, who in 1099, put seventy thousand Muslims, men, women and helpless children, to death when Jerusalem fell in their hands; or with that of the English army, also fighting under the Cross, which in the year of grace 1874 burden an African capital, on its way to the Gold Coast Muhammad’s (PBUH) victory was in very truth one of religion and not of politics. He rejected every token of personal homage, and declined all regal
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5 Adbul Hameed Siddiqui, P 249

6Dr Majid All Khan, P 281.

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