He had reached the age of twenty five. One day his uncle Abu Talib took him to one side and said: “O dear son of my brother, my nephew! You know that I am a man with no possessions or money. Day by day our difficulties increase along with problems that are most distressing. We have no
Continue Reading →Khadija had already been married twice and she had by now closed all doors to such suggestions. She had reached a certain age and she no longer needed the support of anyone. She had what one could call an international business by today’s standards and the people who worked for her we
Continue Reading →Another ten years passed and the Pride of Humankind had reached the age of thirty five. In those days, the most discussed topic was repairs to be done to the Ka’ba. A thief had got in through the walls that had fallen apart and had stolen certain precious things from it. A woman had s
Continue Reading →The first building on earth, the Ka’ba, built to inspire inner peace, was now causing gloom. That is why the Pride of Humanity was trying to get away from it, and while each of his steps physically took him away from it, emotionally, he was leaving his heart with it, and found it very
Continue Reading →The two lights that met on Mount Nur had left one another having promised to meet often, and the Messenger of Allah had directed himself towards Mecca with the news he had been given. He was bent in two with the heavy mission he had taken on and was excited to the point of rapture wit
Continue Reading →There was someone else in Mecca who would be happy to hear this news. Khadija ran to her uncle’s son Waraqa ibn Nawfal with haste. She related to him word for word what her gracious husband had told her. Each new sentence that came out of Khadija’s mouth created great excitement withi
Continue Reading →Three long years had passed and the circle of faith could grow only so much. Many people were aware of the change in Mecca, whether it was those who had witnessed a friend or a relative accepting Islam, or those who themselves had been invited to Islam, or those who had witnessed the
Continue Reading →Meanwhile the pilgrimage season had arrived, and there was a new commotion among the Quraysh. What they feared most was that the pilgrims coming from the outside would speak to the Messenger of Allah and that he would start sharing the verses with them. They had to prevent this at all
Continue Reading →The Quraysh was increasingly acting in a very sinister way; apart from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessing be upon him, they did all they could to injure Khadija as well. They were putting pressure on the husbands of the three daughters of the Messenger of Allah who had married
Continue Reading →They had tried everything till that day and yet had had no success. It was clear that in this war, it was not enough to respond to the Word with words in order to defeat the Muslims. They had to resort to other means. Brute force was something that those who were defeated by way of ar
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