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Muhammad the Last Prophet A model of Time by Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi

MUHAMMAD THE LAST PROPHET A MODEL OF TIME

Before Prophethood – Makkah and the Quraysh

After a long journey, Ibrahim approached Makkah, which lies in a valley between desolate mountains. As there was no water, crops could not grow and human life could not be sustained there.

Accompanied by his wife Hajar and his son lsma’il, Ibrahim was fleeing from the cult of idol-worship which had spread throughout the world.

He wanted to establish a centre in which Allah alone would be worshipped and to which people could be called. It would be a beacon of guidance and a sanctuary of peace, radiating true faith and righteousness.

Allah accepted Ibrahim’s intention and blessed the spot. After Ibrahim had left the inhospitable territory, water flowed from a spring to provide his small family with the means to survive.

Hajar and lsma’il dwelt in this arid place far away from other people. Allah blessed the spring of Zamzam and, to this day, people continue to drink its water and to take it with them to all corners of the globe..

While lsma’il was growing up, Ibrahim visited his family. He wanted to sacrifice lsma’il, who was still only a child, in order to show that his love of Allah was greater than his love for his son, just as Allah had commanded him to in a dream.

lsma’il also agreed to Allah’s command that he should be sacrificed. But Allah saved him and provided a

ram from Paradise as a ransom to be sacrificed instead. lsma’il’s survival meant that he would be able to help his father in calling people to Allah and to become the ancestor of the last Prophet of Allah, His exalted Messenger.

On a later visit to Makkah, Ibrahim and his son together constructed the Ka’bah, the House of Allah. They prayed to Allah to accept the House and to bless their action. They also beseeched Allah to allow them to live and die in Islam and for Islam to continue after their death.

They asked Allah to send a Prophet from among their descen­dants to renew the call of his ancestor Ibrahim and to complete what he had begun.

‘When Ibrahim and lsma’i/ raised the foundations of the House, praying, “Our Lord, accept this from us. You are the Hearing, the Knowing. Our Lord, and make us surrender to You, and make of our descendants a nation that surrenders to You. Show us our rites and turn to us, You are the one who turns, the compassionate. Our Lord, and send among them a Messenger from among them who will recite to them Your signs and teach them the Book and the Wisdom and purify them. You are the Mighty, the Wise.” 1 (2: 126-9)

Allah blessed their descendants and the family multiplied in that barren valley. ‘Adnan, a descendant of lsma’il (peace be upon him) had many children. Among ‘Adnan’s descendants Fihr ibn Malik, in particular, was a distinguished chief of the tribe. From Fihr’s descendants, Qusayy ibn Kilab emerged.

He ruled Makkah and held the keys to the Ka’bah. He inspired obedience, was the guardian of the waters of Zamzam and was responsible for feeding the pilgrims. He also presided at the assemblies where the nobles of Makkah gathered for consultation and