BETWEEN THE TWO HILLS
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The sons of Rabi’a, who saw the Prophet ﷺ taking refuge in
their orchard, were moved by the sight of a weary traveller with a long road ahead of him, and sent their slave Addas to him with a bunch of grapes. The Prophet ﷺ took the grapes
, and only after saying Bismillah (in the name of Allah) did he begin to eat. Addas was surprised to hear the Prophet ﷺ invoke Allah’s name before eating.
“The people around this area never utter such phrases,” he
told the Prophet ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ asked Addas, “Where are you from, and what is your religion
” “I am a Christian and belong to Ninevah,” replied Addas. “Are you from the village of the pious man, Yunus bin Mati?” the Prophet ﷺasked. “How do you know him” Addas asked. “He is my brother,” the Prophet ﷺ responded. “He was a prophet and so am I.”
The Prophet ﷺ then recited some verses from the Quran
referring to the Prophet Yunus (Jonah). Addas was so impressed that he accepted the Prophet’s ﷺ call to Islam.
The Prophet ﷺ resumed his journey back to Makkah
, and
dejection set in. At Qarn Al-Manazil, a cloud bearing the angel Jibreel عليه السلام appeared before the Prophet ﷺ. With him was another angel. “Allah has sent you the angel of the mountains,” Jibreel said, “He is at your command.”
The angel of the mountain said. “O Muhammad , I am here to do as you say. The choice is yours: I can crush the people of Ta’if between the two hills, if that is your wish.”
The Prophet ﷺ, however, was not looking for revenge. “No.
I hope Allah will bring forth from their loins people who will worship Allah alone without associating any partners with Him.”
Jibreel’s visit lifted the Prophet’s spirits. He no longer felt
forsaken, and a heavy weight was removed from his heart
. He continued his journey, and after some time, he halted at Nakhlah, where he stayed a couple of days. It was at Nakhlah that a strange event occurred. Even the Prophet ﷺ did not kow of it until it was revealed in the Qur’an.
The Prophet ﷺ was praying the Fajr prayer when a band of
jinn (spirits, from which the English word “gene” is derived) heard him reciting the Qur’an.
They listened with great interest, and when the Prophet ﷺ finished, they returned to their companions and warned them of a great chastisement for those who disbelieved in the Prophet’s ﷺ message. Although they did not come into contact with the Prophet ﷺ directly, the jinn who had listened to the Prophet ﷺ that morning embraced islam.
The Prophet ﷺ only became aware of what had happened when Allah revealed the story in the Qur’an in two different chapters, Surah Al-Ahqaf and Surah Al-Jinn.
A few days later the Prophet left Nakhlah and headed toward Makkah. As he drew near Makkah, he began to make
preparations, for he did not want to enter Makkah defenseless as he had done in Ta’af. He paused at Hira and sent a man to Akhtas bin Shariq to ask for protection. Akhtas, however, apologised and pointed out that since he was and ally of the Quraysh, he could not protect the Prophe ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ then sent the same message to Suhayl bin Amr. Even Suhayl refused to extend protection to the Prophet ﷺ because he belonged to Banu Amir bin Luayy, which had also declared the Prophet ﷺ an enemy.
Who will accept to protect the Prophet ﷺ
We will know that next time in shaa Allah.
Do not forget to share the life of our prophet SAW to get the reward.
TO BE CONTINUED IN SHA ALLAH
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