THE CHOSEN ONE (27)
When Umar heard his sister’s proud affirmation of her faith,he was overwhelmed with shame.
“Show me what you were reading from,” he said. His sister retored, “You are unclean, and only the pure and clean can touch it. Go wash yourself.”
A chastened Umar bathed and then took the pages of Surah Ta Ha in his hand and recited Bismillahir-Rahmani-Raheem (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Most Merciful).
“These are pure names,” Umar said. He continued reading:
“Verily, I am Allah – there is no god but I, so worship Me and offer prayers in remembrance of Me.” (20: 14)
Umar exclaimed in awe at the sublimity of the verses. “Where can I find Muhammad?” he asked.
When Khabbab رضي الله عنه heard this, he came out of hiding and said, “O Umar! Rejoyce. I prayed that Allah would bless you
. Thursday night before I heard the Prophet ﷺ praying to Allah, saying “O Allah, strengthen Islam by Umar bin Khattab or Abu Jahl bin Hisham!”
When Umar heard that the Prophet was at Dar Al-Arqam,he rushed there hoping to find him. He knocked at the door, and one of the Prophet’s Companions peeped through a chink to see Umar, sword in hand, looking very agitated. The Companion rushed into the back of the house with the alarming news.
“Whats s the matter
” Hamzah رضي الله عنه asked. “Umar is at the
door,” the Companion reported. “Is that all” exclaimed Hamzah. “If he comes in peace, fine. If not, we simply kill him with his own sword.”
Muhammad ﷺ , meanwhile, was in the midst of receiving from Allah, and upon completion of the revelation came to the sitting room. There sat Umar. The Prophet ﷺ caught him by his clothes and sword belt and said to him urgently, “Umar! Will you not turnback from your path unless Allah Almighty sends down on you such chastisement as He did on Waleed bin MugheeraO Allah! This is Umar bin Khattab. O Allah! Bestow power and glory on Islam through this Umar bin Khattab.”
After the Prophet ﷺ ended his supplication, Umar said, “I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship other than Allah,
and that you are the Prophet of Allah.” Those present in the house cried, “Allahu Akbar!” (God is the Greatest!) so loudly that their cry resonated around the Ka’bah.
Umar رضي الله عنه was reputed among his tribesmen for his size and temperament. Now that he was Muslim, he was determined to announce the faith to the Prophet’s foes.
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