Title: Islam in Brief
the author: Muhammad Ibrahim El-Masri
pages 38
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3rd Edition 2005
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Saturday, August 4, 2012
The Holy Quran is a compilation of the verbal revelations given to the Holy Prophet Muhammad over a period of twenty two years. The Holy Quran is the Holy Book or the Scriptures of the Muslims. It lays down for them the law and commandments, codes for their social and moral behavior, and contains a comprehensive religious philosophy. The language of the Quran is Arabic.
The Open Challenge of the Holy Quran
Why is the Qur’an a Miracle? The Quran is linguistically miraculous because it falls beyond the productive capacity of the nature of the Arabic language. The Arabs, who were known to have been Arabic linguists par excellence, failed to successfully challenge the Qur’an. Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, who was a notable British Orientalist and translator, states: “…and that though several attempts have been made to produce a work equal to it as far as elegant writings concerned, none has as yet succeeded.”
The linguistic Miracles The holy Quran is revealed into completely unfamiliar genre of literature, It is not like any kind of any literary works, the source of its beauty is mysterious. This view is supported by the Arabic classical scholars and western writers such as Arthur J. Arberry,Professor Bruce Lawrence and D.J. Stewart.Al literary forms can be categorized as either prose or poetry. According to Muslim and Non-Muslim scholarship, however, the Qur’an cannot be described as any one ofthese known forms of Arabic speech
The Subject matter of the Holy Quran The Holy Quran embodies precepts of belief and conduct, moral directives, legal prescriptions, exhortation and admonition, censure and condemnation of evildoers, warnings to deniers of the Truth, good tidings and words of consolation and good cheer to those who have suffered for the sake of God, arguments and corroborative evidence in support of its basic message, allusions to anecdotes from the past and to signs of God visible in the universe.
The authenticity of Holy Quran The Holy Quran is the sole Holy Book that remained as it was revealed to prophet Muhammad; every word, every letter and every sentence is still as it was in the time of the Prophet. Unlike any other Holy Book, the Holy Quran was written down in the time of Prophet Muhammad. Most of Prophet Muhammad’s companions, tens of thousands, learned the Qur’an by heart, repeatedly recited in front of the prophet for his approval or the approval of other Sahaba Muhammad approved and also compiled it in written form while he was alive. It was compiled into one book by the second Caliph,Abu-Bakr. Usman, the fourth caliph unified all the dialect that people followed into one dialect
Evidence to its divine source The Holy Quran provides evidences to its divine source that fits the culture of every age without any error. In addition to its unique literary styles, there are prophecies that were fulfilled in the time of the Prophet. There are prophecies that were fulfilled later and even now there are prophecies that we see them being fulfilled. The Holy Quran contains tens of scientific statements that are supported by our modern science, thus not only the Holy Quran provides evidences to its divine source but even undermine the basics of atheism. Also the Holy Quran contains historical facts that modern excavation aided with satellites pictures support, these facts were not known to any generations.
The importance of the Holy Quran in our daily life The importance of the Holy Quran in our daily life Muslims must recite the Holy Quran in their prayers, they should open their prayer by the opening chapter and then you can read from any Sura. Non-Arabic speaker should read the opening chapter in Arabic. Nine great benefits of reciting the Quran1 - Reading and reflecting over the Qur’an fulfils an Islamic duty.2 - The Qur’an will be a proof for us on the Day of Judgment.3 - The Qur’an will intercede for us on the Day of Judgment.
Your status in this life will be raised.5 - You will be from the best of the people.6 - There are ten rewards for each letter you recite from the Qur’an.7 - The reciters of the Qur’an will be in the company of the nobleand obedient angels.8 - Your position in Paradise is determined by the amount of Qur’an you memorize in this life!9 - The Qur’an will lead you to Paradise!
Article Source: Encyclopedia of Scientific Miracles in Quran and Sunnah
Monday, July 30, 2012
Title: Introduction to Islam
the author: Sheikh: Yusuf Al-Qaradawi
pages 336
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Professor Salama Abdelhady
Professor of Energy Systems, College of Energy Engineering
Aswan University
This hard question is answered simply and perfectly in Quran by a sentence of seven Arabic words. Such sentence is stated in Quran as a Moses' reply to the Pharos of Egypt when he asked Moses: Who is your God?
The answer, as dedicated in Quran, was:
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YUSUFALI: (When this message was delivered), (Pharaoh) said: "Who, then, O Moses, is the Lord of you two?" He said: "Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its created form and nature, and further, gave (it) guidance."
PICKTHAL: (Pharaoh) said: Who then is the Lord of you twain, O Moses? : He said: Our Lord is He Who gave unto everything its nature, then guided it aright.
SHAKIR: (Firon) said: And who is your Lord, O Musa? He said: Our Lord is He Who gave to everything its creation, then guided it (to its goal
According to this verse, God is the Creator Who gave every thing its creation; that means its nature, features, specifications and parameters. Then, He is the Guider Who led and integrated all these created elements to fulfill specific functions and jobs in a unique system or order that guides us mercifully to believe in His Uniqueness and Greatness. It states that God, as the Creator of the universe, cannot be defined by any materialistic definition that can be imagined by our materialistic visions. But He defines himself in terms of scientific signs that are seen in His created and guided universe that cannot be created and guided by no ONE But Him. Such miraculous and perfect definition answers all the questions that can be asked in such perfectly created and uniquely managed universe.
So, the answer summarizes God’s scientific signs in the universe that define Him as He himself is beyond our abilities to imagine. Of course, He grasps all of our visions as He created such visions and universe but we cannot grasp Him by our limited vision. Such meanings are stated according to the following verse:
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YUSUFALI: No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision: He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things.
PICKTHAL: Vision comprehendeth Him not, but He comprehendeth (all) vision. He is the Subtile, the Aware.
SHAKIR: Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends (all) vision; and He is the Knower of subtleties, the Aware.
However, the Quran defined also God by His Attributes that are understood by Scientific Signs in His universe and in us [1]. God is also recognized by our souls which are the God’s breath in our human bodies [2]. Such souls know, by themselves, God and lead us also, as humans, to Him as they are originated from Him. Our human souls are granted such abilities of logical and scientific thinking as they are breaths of God [2]. The following verses of Quran assure that our belief in God should start by our granted abilities of scientific thinking:
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YUSUFALI: Yet there is among men such a one as disputes about Allah, without scientific Knowledge, without Guidance, and without a Book of Enlightenment,-
PICKTHAL: And among mankind is he who disputeth concerning Allah without scientific knowledge or guidance or a scripture giving light,
SHAKIR: And among men there is he who disputes about Allah without scientific knowledge and without guidance and without an illuminating book,
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YUSUFALI: Do ye not see that Allah has subjected to your (use) all things in the heavens and on earth, and has made his bounties flow to you in exceeding measure, (both) seen and unseen? Yet there are among men those who dispute about Allah, without knowledge and without guidance, and without a Book to enlighten them!
PICKTHAL: See ye not how Allah hath made serviceable unto you whatsoever is in the skies and whatsoever is in the earth and hath loaded you with His favours both without and within? Yet of mankind is he who disputeth concerning Allah, without knowledge or guidance or a scripture giving light.
SHAKIR: Do you not see that Allah has made what is in the heavens and what is in the earth subservient to you, and made complete to you His favors outwardly and inwardly? And among men is he who disputes in respect of Allah though having no knowledge nor guidance, nor a book giving light.
Examples of the scientific signs of God's Attributes in the universe can be seen in the following verse too:
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YUSUFALI: (He is) the Creator of the heavens and the earth: He has made for you pairs from among yourselves, and pairs among cattle: by this means does He multiply you: there is nothing whatever like unto Him, and He is the One that hears and sees (all things).
PICKTHAL: The Creator of the heavens and the earth. He hath made for you pairs of yourselves, and of the cattle also pairs, whereby He multiplieth you. Naught is as His likeness; and He is the Hearer, the Seer.
SHAKIR: The Originator of the heavens and the earth; He made mates for you from among yourselves, and mates of the cattle too, multiplying you thereby; nothing like a likeness of Him; and He is the Hearing, the Seeing
God's definition as the One Who gives everything its creations and then he guides all of them leads us to understand many secrets in this universe. Let us look at the modern sciences to investigate the perfectness of this definition and how it explains signs in our universe and in us. It explains how the whole universe is built by similar constructing blocks, the atoms, and why all the living creatures are built by the same building blocks, the cells. Why all creatures uses Oxygen to burn the food in their bodies and produce Carbon dioxide and water vapor as products of burning, It is simply because, according to this definition, all are originated and guided by One Creator who gave every thing its creation and guides them by a Unique fashion.
Looking at our human body; we find Anatomy is the science that explains how God gives every element in such human body specific features to perform a specific function in the complete human system. It is a study of structure and shape of the body parts and how they relate to one another. When we discuss anatomy, we are specifically interested in how something is built or put together to perform an assigned function. We find Gross Anatomy is a study of large easily observable structures, such as the heart, bones, or skin, and Microscopic Anatomy is a study of very small structures of the body like cells and tissues. However, God’s guidance of every part to perform its function and the jobs of each part is the realm of physiology. Physiology is a study of how the body and its parts function or work together. In other words; Anatomy is a study of creation of each part in our bodies while Physiology is concerned with how each created element is guided to do and how it does it. As examples is the study of our Nervous System which is made up of Brain, Spinal cord, Nerves and sense organs is a branch of Anatomy that deals with specification assigned by God for every thing. While the study of guidance of such elements to perform their Functions that integrates information, responds to irritants or stimuli, detects changes and sends messages (impulses) through the body to other systems or elements like muscles and glands is the subject of physiology. Similarly, the study of cardiovascular system which is made up of blood vessels and heart is another branch of Anatomy that deals with specification assigned by God for every these elements while the study of its guidance to perform its Functions of transport and distribution of oxygen, hormones, nutrients, and other substances to every cell in the body and removal of waste from such cells is a subject of physiology. So, anatomy and physiology are tied to each other and they are the subject of this verse or Who Gives each elements its feature, as Anatomy, and then guides it to perform specific functions that are necessary for the whole human body to perform its function as physiology. We find miraculously that the structure of each created thing relates to its guided function and vice versa. Structures are determined wisely and scientifically to perform assigned functions to actually take place. The inside of the lungs is an example of this. The sacs inside the lungs are not muscular and therefor can not pump air into them. They are however very thin. It is this thin structure that allows the exchange of gases to take place in the lungs. Who gave these sacs such thin structure and who guides such exchange; He is the God. We find the heart is a pump that is able to pump the blood through the whole body into large and small veins in a journey that is as long as a journey around the whole earth. Then He guides such heart to pulsate about 87 pulses in a minute to supply food and air to every cell in our body to offer it the energy and other required resources necessary for survival of such cells. Then it sends the blood to the lungs to exchange the products of food's burning in our cells and get oxygen for a new cycle. It sends also blood to the intestines to get the required food for the cells. Then the heart sucks the wastes from the cells to get rid of them in another designed journey.
Similarly, God arranged the human structures for reproduction where two kinds of sex cells or gametes are designed to perform this job: Sperm, as the male gamete, and an egg or ovum, as the female gamete. Both must meet in the female reproductive system to create a new individual. So, both the female and male reproductive systems are guided also through physiological procedure for reproduction to occur to keep the human race. Looking at the vision and hearing systems, we find God created such systems and He arranged for us how we can see and hear by them. Then He guided them physiologically to recognize what is seen and heard [3].
Of course no one can assume such Anatomy and Physiology are the inventions or the Will of a non-minded nature. But the answer is included in such miraculous definition of God. He is Who gives every thing its creation of accurate specifications and features, Science of Anatomy, and then He guides these creatures to perform their functions, science of Physiology.
Similarly, the study of Astronomy deals with the study of the heavens in an effort to understand the underlying principles governing the guidance or behavior of the planets (including the earth), stars (as our sun) and galaxies and the Universe in general. Of course God gave the sun its feature as a burning star that emits energy to its planets and He created the earth as one of the sun's planets with certain features. But He guides such star and such planet to act by specific accurate rates and in specific neat orbits to accommodate the life on the earth [4].
Similarly, God also gave the seeds of the plants its features and guided them to prepare the food and energy for the life of humans and animals [5]. In the same way, God gave the seas and oceans its capacities to store the salt water and guides the sun and the wind to motivate such stores to send clouds of supplying us by such flowing rivers of fresh water [6]. No one can find a definition for the guidance of these creatures without the belief in God who gave every thing its creation and guides them to follow his order in Unique system that supply the animals, including the humans, with the food and energy from plants and supply them water from seas as expressed by such miraculous definition.
Similarly, God gave the bees its features and characteristics and guides them to build their nests and prepare food for the human [7]. He gave birds also its features and then guides them to fly [8]. Bird migration cannot be understood without the belief in God's guidance to these birds to cover regularly these journeys of thousands of kilometers. It is generally found as a north-and-south movement, with the lanes of heavier concentration following the coasts, mountain ranges and principal river valleys. In general, it may be said that the great routes of migration do conform very closely to major topographical features when these happen to lie in the general direction of the travel to be performed. Such migration routes may be defined also as lanes of individual travel from any particular breeding ground to the winter quarters of the birds that use them. There are four North American flyways that have been named the Atlantic, the Mississippi, the Central and the Pacific Flyways. No one can find a definition for these routes without the belief in God who gave every thing its creation and guides them to follow his order.
Similarly, God gave the fishes their features and guide them how to swam, breath and live in seas. The fish are guided also into immigration patterns or the essential fish habitats which defines those waters and substrates necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding or growth to maturity. Such concept is increasingly used in fisheries management plans in different countries, aiming to identify geographic sites that are particularly important for the maintenance of vigorous fish populations. As most fish species use different habitat types for different parts of their life cycle, the description of essential habitats for one species should include all habitat types that are critical for a species to complete its life cycle. No one can find a definition for these migration patterns without the belief in God who gave every thing its creation and guides them to follow these cycles in specific orders.
As the birds and fishes have specific migration patterns, we find also some animals are following different migration cycles or patterns. The movement of migratory animals usually corresponds with seasonal changes. Many animals migrate to northern regions during summer months. The long summer days in the northernmost portions of the world ensure a good food supply. As fall and colder weather approaches, many animals migrate south to find warm winter weather and available food. Some animals migrate annually with an outward and a homeward journey made in a single year. Some animals' patterns of migration are linked to weather patterns---their movements are dependent on rainfall and the availability of green vegetation. A few animals take several years to complete their migratory cycles. Who arranged for those animals such patterns? The only scientific answer is the God's Quranic definition: Our Lord is He Who gave unto everything its nature, then guided it aright.
God gave the animals its features and guided them how to communicate too. Natural animal communication can include chemical signals (used by some very simple creatures, including protozoa), smell (related to chemical signals, eg. pheromones attract, skunk secretions repel), touch, movement, posture (e.g. dogs, geese), facial gestures (e.g. dogs snarling), visual signals (eg. feathers) and sound (e.g. very many vertebrate and invertebrate calls). Such signals are evolved to attract (especially mates), repel (especially competitors or enemies), signal aggression or submission, advertise species, warn of predators, and communicate about the environment or the availability of food. Of course, such common languages of communication cannot be understood without belief in One God "Allah" Who gave unto everything its nature, then He guided it aright".
So, a proper understanding of such definition of God requires an understanding of science as Anatomy, Physiology, Astronomy, Biology, etc. However, it is not the purpose of the Qur’an to explain science to us but it encourages persons to reflect on the scientific signs in them and the universe around them so that they may realize the greatness of Almighty God. We cannot understand So, it is necessary to state that the offered article deals with examples of the meaning of such perfect definition of God as found in Quran. Of course, we cannot explain all of God's wisdom in such definition. But I think I do my best to get close to the perfectness of such simple and miraculous definition of God as stated in the Holy Quran. Such definition is surely stated by the God Who knows how to define Himself to assure the following verse:
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YUSUFALI: Say: "If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather together to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed up each other with help and support.
PICKTHAL: Say: Verily, though mankind and the jinn should assemble to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof though they were helpers one of another.
SHAKIR: Say: If men and jinn should combine together to bring the like of this Quran, they could not bring the like of it, though some of them were aiders of others.
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Article Source: Encyclopedia of Scientific Miracles in Quran and Sunnah
Friday, May 11, 2012
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The Holy Book contains many prophecies about the prophet Muhammad; the Testament of Moses, a book which is not considered canonical, determines his birth year. Psalm" 84" determines the place of the Muslims Hajj, the Book of Deuteronomy (3:23) determines the place on which the first revelation of the Holy Quran would shine.
Isaiah (21:13) determines the place to which he would migrate; it even refers to one of the important military confrontation between the expected prophet and his enemies. For all of these reasons the Jews are reported in the Islamic literature to have known the period in which the prophet Muhammad would be born, the place where he would be born, the place to which he would migrate to and many other events in the life of the prophet Muhammad. In this short article, we will choose some of these events that show that they knew the Prophet Muhammad.
God says in the Holy Quran what means:
Those to whom We gave the Scripture know him as they know their own sons. But indeed, a party of them conceal the truth while they know [it].(2-146)
Bahira, the Monk:
When the Messenger of Allâh was twelve years old, he went with his uncle Abu Talib on a business journey to Syria. When they reached Busra (which was a part of Syria, in the vicinity of Howran under the Roman domain) they met a monk called Bahira (his real name was Georges), who showed great kindness, and entertained them lavishly. He had never been in the habit of receiving or entertaining them before. He readily enough recognized the Prophet and said while taking his hand: "This is the master of all humans. Allâh will send him with a Message which will be a mercy to all beings." Abu Talib asked: "How do you know that?" He replied: "When you appeared from the direction of ‘Aqabah, all stones and trees prostrated themselves, which they never do except for a Prophet. I can recognize him also by the seal of Prophethood which is below his shoulder, like an apple. We have got to learn this from our books." He also asked Abu Talib to send the boy back to Makkah and not to take him to Syria for fear of the Jews. Abu Talib obeyed and sent him back to Makkah with some of his men servants.
The Madinese always heard the Jews say that a Prophet was about to rise, for the time for a new dispensation had arrived. Him they would follow and then smite their enemies as the children of ‘Ad and Iram had been smitten.
Abdullah bin Salam, the most learned rabbi among the Jews came to see the Prophet when he arrived, and asked him certain questions to ascertain his real Prophethood. No sooner did he hear the Prophet’s answers than he embraced Islam, but added that if his people knew of his Islamization they would advance false arguments against me. The Prophet sent for some Jews and asked them about ‘Abdullah bin Salam, they testified to his scholarly aptitude and virtuous standing. Here it was divulged to them that he had embraced Islam and on the spot, they imparted categorically opposite testimonies and described him as the most evil of all evils. In another narration ‘Abdullah bin Salam said, "O Jews! Be Allâh fearing. By Allâh, the only One, you know that he is the Messenger of Allâh sent to people with the Truth." They replied, "You are lying." ... That was the Prophet’s first experience with the Jews.
On the authority of the Mother of believers Safiyah - may Allah be pleased with her - narrated: Safiyah, daughter of Huyayi bin Akhtab said: I was the closest child to my and my uncle Abi Yasir’s heart. Whenever they saw me with a child of theirs, they should pamper me so tenderly to the exclusion of anyone else. However, with the advent of the Messenger of Allâh and setting in Quba’ with Bani ‘Amr bin ‘Awf, my , Huyayi bin Akhtab and my uncle Abu Yasir bin Akhtab went to see him and did not return until sunset when they came back walking lazily and fully dejected. I, as usually, hurried to meet them smiling, but they would not turn to me for the grief that caught them. I heard my uncle Abu Yasir say to Ubai and Huyayi: "Is it really he (i.e. Muhammad)?" The former said: "It is he, I swear by Allâh!" "Did you really recognize him?" they asked. He answered: "Yes, and my heart is burning with enmity towards him"
Salama ibn Slama Albadry
Narrated Salama ibn Salama Albadry "while I was young, there used to be a Jewish neighbor living next door to us. Once he came to the place where our tribesmen used to sit and began to talk to us about resurrection, the Judgment day, reckoning, the measure, hell and paradise. I was the youngest of them at that time. He was talking to idolaters who do never believe that there will be resurrection, so they asked" damn! is that possible that people will be resurrected again and they will either go to hell or paradise and that they will be rewarded according to their deeds?"
"I swear in the name of God, this will happen." He said
"How can we be sure of that you are talking about?" They said.
"A prophet will be sent soon, his locus will be there." Pointing by his finger between Mekka and Yemen." He said
"When can we see him?" They asked
"Looking at me, he said "If this boy became a young man, he will see him." He said
Salam said" Not many years didn't pass until the prophet was sent and this Jew was still alive among us, we believed in him but he didn't out of envy and rancor.|
"We asked him" damn ! Aren't you the one who told us about him?"
"Yes, I did. But he is not a prophet."
In fact, the Jews, though many of them believed in Muhammad, refused to believe because they wanted this prophet to be from them.The Holy Quran commented on such approach of the Jews in the following verse:
And when the Book was sent to them by God verifying what had been revealed to them already even though before it they used to pray for victory over the unbelievers and even though they recognised it when it came to them, they renounced it. The curse of God be on those who deny! (2:89)
Also the Holy Quran comments on the attitude of the Jews in the following verse:
They disbelieved in him though they knew him exactly they recognized their children, The Holy Quran says commenting on their situation saying "The people of the Book know this as they know their own sons; but some of them conceal the truth which they themselves know. (2:146)
Prior to the advent of prophet Mohammed, the Jews emigrated to Madina and Tema because they understood the prophecies in their Holy Book especially those which refer to the locus of the Message and also the place of his determination.
Ibn Isaq,a well-known reliable biographer, says he was told by some of Madina dwellers, known as the supporters, that the reason behind their converting to Islam was that they used to hear from the Jews, we were idolaters and they had a Holy Book, they had knowledge that we did not have, there used to be skirmishes between us, if we defeated them, they would threaten us saying' the advent of a new prophet is approximating and we will kill you the same way the nation of Aad and Aram was killed ( in large numbers), this threats were repeated several times in different occasions. When this prophet was sent, we believed in him when he called us to God but they disbelieved." And for this reason the following verse was revealed:
And when there comes to them a Book from Allah, confirming what is with them,- although from of old they had prayed for victory against those without Faith,- when there comes to them that which they (should) have recognised, they refuse to believe in it but the curse of Allah is on those without Faith. (2:89)
Khatada, one of the early scientists, says they Jews used to pray for victory in the name of Mohammed, and when Moahhamed was sent they disbelieved though the prophet was prophesied in their Holy Book because they thought he would be from among them.
The Rabbi ibn Al-Hayban
Short before the Islamic call dawned on the Arab Peninsula, a versatile pious rabbi by the name Ibn Alhyban came from Sham to the city of Madina, the city to which the prophet was destined to emigrate to; he read in the Holy Book that the city of Madina will be the place to which the prophet would emigrate, so he came to dwell in Madina to be among those who would follow and support.
Ibn Ishaq narrates that the leader of Bani Quriza, a chief tribe at that time, said that a rabbi from Sham came to live among us, his name was ibn Al-Hayban, I have never seen a man who perfect his prayer like him, he came to us two years before the advent of the prophet. When there is draught, we used to go to ask him to pray for rain, he would say' I swear I won't do unless you give some alms before you go, we would ask' how much', he says' a measure of dry dates or barley. So we did what he asked. He would take us to the back of the mountain and there we ask for rain under his leadership, no sooner he left his place than rain fell down superfluously, he did twice or thrice.
When he was dying, we gathered around him, he said" O' Jews, do you know what reason made me leave the land of Sham(Sham), the land of welfare to the land of hunger and hardships( Madina).
They said' you know best."
"I emigrated because I expected a prophet to appear and this is his time to appear, this town is the place where he will emigrate to. Believe in him, let nobody else precede you." He died shortly after his words.
When it was the night on which Bani Quryza, a major Jewish tribe at that time, was defeated, three Jews left their fortresses and called the others" O' Jews, we assure you that he is the prophet whom ibn Al- Hyban told you about."
They said" what are your proofs?"
"We swear he is as was described"
And they all embraced Islam
By Magdy Abdalshafy
Source:
http://www.knowmuhammad.org/articles
Article Source: Encyclopedia of Scientific Miracles in Quran and Sunnah
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