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HOLY PROPHET AT TA’IF AND HIS ZEAL FOR DA’WAH (INVITATION TOWARDS ALLAH)
After the death of Abu Talib the opposition at Makkah grew greater day by day and the enemies of Islam began to redouble their persecution. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) was then forced to turn his attention towards the next biggest city of Arabia, Ta’if. He travelled to Ta’if and invited its inhabitants towards Islam But all the chieftains of the clan refused even to listen to the Holy Prophet and treated him most contemptuously and rudely. When the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was leaving the town they told a gang of vagabonds to pelt him with stones. He was so much pelted that his whole body was covered with blood and his shoes were clogged to his feet. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) left the town in this woeful plight while praying to Allah: ”O Aiiah! To Thee I complain of the feebleness of my strength, of my lack of resourcefulness and my insignificance in the eyes of people. O, Most Merciful of ail capab’e of showing mercy! Thou art the Lord of the weak and thou art my own Lord. To whom art thou entrust me, to an unsympathetic foe who would sullenly frown at me, or to an alien to whom Thou has given control over my affair? Not in the least do I care for anything except that I may have the protection for myself. In the light of the face do I seek shelter-the light of which illumines the Heaven and dispels all sorts of darkness, and which controls all affairs in this world as well as in the Hereafter. May it never be that I should incur the wrath, or that thou should be displeased with me. I must remove the cause of the displeasure till this art pleased’1. The incident not only demonstrates the great moral character and mercy of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) upon his people but also his zeai for preaching Islam and the great confidence in Allah. Although he was alone among all opponents he did not give up his duty of inviting the people of Ta’if towards Allah.
As a matter of fact the suffering that the Holy Prophet underwent at Ta’if raised his character and personality. William Muir, after accepting this fact, writes: ”In Muhammad’s journey to Ta’if his greatness is amply seen. A single man whose own people not only looked down upon him, but had expelled him, ’caves the city in the cause of God, and goes to a place of unbelievers/like Jonah, and calls them to embrace Islam which shows that he had absolute faith in his mission.”’6
’Dr. Majid an Khan, P.92.
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