According to rahyafte ( the missionaries and converts website ):
In the name of God
The Beginning of the Mission
After 3 years inviting to Islam secretly , according to Divine instruction , the prophet began to propagate his mission openly . With the beginning of open propagation the people of Mecca reacted most severely because the Islamic message – of worshipping One God and of equality among the believers without any distinction of race , colour or wealth – fared completely against the status quo . Most painful afflictions and tortures were inflicted upon the Prophet and the people who had become newly converted to Islam .
For example , Bilal , an Ethiopian slave who had accepted Islam , was taken by his master Umayya who tied him onto the burning sand of the Arabian desert and placed a large stone on his chest with the warning that he will be left in that state until he rejects Islam . But the only sound heard from Bilal’s lips was :”Ahad ! Ahad ! ” ( One God ! One God !)
The severe treagment dealt out by the Quraysh reached such a degree that a group of about 100 Muslims , under leadership of Ja’far bin Abi Talib , left their homes and belongings , and migrated to Abyssinia . The Prophet had told them that they would find the Abyssinian king to be a just ruler . With the intention of stopping the spread of Islam , the Quraysh pursued to Abyssinia seeking their extradition . But Jafar eloquently presented the Muslims’ case to the Abyssinian king, and the request of the Quraysh was rejected .
Jafar said :
O King ! We were plunged in the depth of ignorance and barbarism ;
We worshipped idols,
We lived in unchastity,
We ate dead bodies and we spoke abominations ,
We disregarded every feeling of humanity and the duties of hopitality and neighbourhood,
We knew no law , but of the strong when God raised among us a man , of whose noble birth , truthfulness , honesty and purity we are aware ; and he called us to the Unity of God and taught us not to associate anything with Him ;
he forbade us the worship of idols , and enjoined on us to speak the truth , to be faithful to our trusts , to be merciful and to regard the rights of neighbours ;
he forbade us to speak evil of women or to eat the sustenance of orphans ;
he ordered us to fly from vice and to abstain from evil ; to offer prayers , to render alms , to observe the fast .
We have believed in him , we have accepted his teachings and his injunction to worship God and not associate anything with Him .
For this reason our people have risen against us , have persecuted us in order to make us forgo the worship of God and return to the worship of idols of stone and wood and other abominations .They tortured and injured us , until finding no safety among them , we have come to your country and hope you will protect us from their oppression .
Back in Mecca , economic and social boycott was imposed against the Prophet and his family . Therefore , the Prophet and his uncle , Abu Talib , along with thire relatives from the Banu Hashim , took refuge for three years in the ” mountain pass of Abu Talib ,” a fort in one of the valleys of Mecca . No one had any dealings or transactions with them and they did not dare to leave their place of refuge .
The idol-worshippers of Mecca , although at the beginning they considered inflicting all kinds of pressures and tortures such as striking and beating , insult , ridicule and defamation of the Prophet , occasionally would also show kindness and courtesy toward him in order to have him turn away from his mission .
They would promise him great sums of money or leadership and the rule of the tribe . But for the Prophet their promises and their threats only resulted in the intensification of his will and determination to carry out his mission .
Once , when they came to the Prophet promising him wealth and power , the Prophet told them , using metaphorical language , that if they were to put the sun in the palm of his right hand and the moon in the palm of his left hand , he would not turn away from obeying the One God or refrain from performing his mission .
About the tenth year of his prophecy , when the prophet left the ” mountain pass of Abu Talib “, his uncle Abu Talib , who was also his sole protector , died , as did also his devoted wise Khadijah . Henceforth there was no protection for his life nor any place of refuge .
Finally the idol-worshippers of Mecca devised a secret plan to kill the prophet …
Source :
Islam : Faith , Practice and History
Author : Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi
DUA: Allah please accept this from us. You are All-Hearing and All-Knowing. You are The Most Forgiving.You are The Most Relenting and repeatedly Merciful. Allah grant us The Taufiq to read all the 5 prayers with sincerity.
(Taken from: To Be Earnest In Prayers By Amina Elahi)
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