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Nabiyy-i ‘Rahmat Prophet of Mercy May Allah Bless Him and Give Him Peace i SHAYKH ABUL HASAN CA L! NADWI ^uJUu uj Jlnd 'We' have- not sent you, 0 Muhammad, except as a, mercy to the- worlds Nabiyy-i ‘Rahmat Prophet of Mercy May Allah Bless him and Give Him Peace Nabiyy-i Rahmat Prophet of Mercy May Allah Bless him and Give Him Peace SHAYKH ABUL HASAN CALX NADWI translated by DR MOHIUDDIN AHMAD With full-colour maps TURATH PUBLISHING 2014 Copyright: Turath Publishing 1435/2014 isbn: 978-1-906949-24-2 Published by: Turath Publishing 79 Mitcham Road +44 (20) 8767 3666 London SW17 9PD www.turath.co.uk All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retriev al system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or otherwise, without written permission of the publishers. Author Shaykh Abul Hasan cAlI Nadwi Translation Dr Mohiuddin Ahmad Editors Shoaib Shah, Rashida Esakjee and Kolsuma Begum Language Editor Yusuf Zanella and Muhammad Ansa Cartography Lina Qaisy General Editor Yahya Batha British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Nadwi, Shaykh Abul Hasan cAlI Prophet of Mercy (Nabiyy-i Rahmat) I. Title Cover Design & typesetting arm (www.whitethfeadpress.com) Printed by Megaprinters, Istanbul, Turkey ([email protected]) Distributors for UK and Europe Azhar Academy Ltd. 54-56 Little Ilford Lane +44 (20) 889119797 Manor Park [email protected] London E12 5QA www.azharacademy.com Distributors for America and Canada White Thread Press www.whitethreadpress.com [email protected] Distributors for South Africa Darul-Ihsan Research and Education Centre www.darulihsan.com/shop +27 (31) 577 7868 [email protected] Publishers Dedication In memory of my dearest friend and cousin Zahra Hakim. Our time together was cut short so you could be in a better place. I pray Allah shower his blessings upon you and elevate your status in Jannah. Ameen. You will always be in my heart and prayers. Miss you always!! Huma Batha Contents PUBLISHERS PREFACE 21 FOREWORD 23 author’s INTRODUCTION 27 THE AGE OF IGNORANCE 37 Religious Conditions 37 Social and Moral Conditions 42 Byzantine Empire 42 The Persian Empire 44 India 46 Arabia 48 Europe 49 The Era of Darkness and Depression 49 Worldwide Chaos 50 SELECTION OF ARABIA FOR THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD 51 Arabia’s Era of Depression 60 The Need for a New Prophet 61 ARABIAN PENINSULA 65 The Land and its People 66 Cultural Centres 67 Ethnic Divisions 67 Linguistic Unity 68 Arabia in Ancient History 69 Earlier Revealed Religions of Arabia 70 MAKKAH BEFORE THE PROPHET 73 Isma'il in Makkah 73 The Quraysh 75 Qusayy ibn Kilab 76 Banu Hashim 76 Makkan Paganism 77 The Elephants 80 An Implicit Belief of the Quraysh 80 Repercussion of Abrahah’s Failure 82 11 12 PROPHET OF MERCY MAKKAH, THE PROPHET’S BIRTH PLACE 83 The Metropolis 83 Reconstruction of Makkah 85 The City State 85 Commercial Operations 86 Economic Conditions, Weights and Measures 88 Prosperous Families of Quraysh 89 Culture and Arts 90 Military Prowess 91 Makkah, the Heart of Arabia 92 The Moral Life 92 Religious Life 92 FROM BIRTH TO PROPHETHOOD 95 ‘Abdullah and Aminah 95 Birth of the Prophet % 95 The Suckling Period 96 Death of Aminah and ‘Abd al-Muttalib 98 Abu Talib becomes the Guardian 98 Divine Tutelage 100 Marriage with Khadijah 101 Reconstruction of the Ka‘bah 102 Hilf al-Fudtil 103 A Mystifying Unrest 104 THE DAWN OF PROPHETHOOD 105 Humanity's Morningtide 105 In the Cave of Hira’ 106 Back Home 106 The Prediction of Waraqah ibn Nawfal 107 Khadijah Accepts Islam 108 ‘All ibn Abi Talib and Zayd ibn Harithah 108 Abu Bakr Accepts Islam 108 The Flower of Quraysh find Faith 109 On Mount Safa 109 A Cogent Argument 110 Beginning of Persecution in Abu Talib’s Anxiety 111 Persecution Begins 112 Ill-treatment of the Prophet # by his people 113 The Suffering of Abu Bakr 114 Quraysh in a fix 115 Heartlessness of the Quraysh 116
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