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TEH HOLY PROPHET OF ISLAM RECEIVES HIS MISSION
"hira" is a high and beautiful mountain
that is situated
near the city of mecca, and the
cave, hira, is a small cave
near the peak of this mountain.The holy prophet Muhammad(s.a.),
before his
prophethood, from time to time
used to go to the cave of
hira, and in that quiet and secluded
spot he would spend his
time in worship and reflection.At night, he used to stand on a
stone slab at the entrance of the
cave and look out for a while
over the clear sky of mecca and
its multitudes of beautiful
stars.
he used to gaze at the splendor
and grandeur of the
creation, then he would go into
the cave and pray to the
creator of this great world.He would say, "o lord, you did
not create this great
world and the beautiful sun, and
stars in vain. you have an
aim and a purpose for your creation!"
it was a beautiful dawn and Muhammad(s.a.) was
praying inside that cave when he
experienced the prophetic
glory with all his existence.jibrail,
the angel, had come and,
in his heavenly tones, he said,
"0 Muhammad! thou art now
god's prophet. God has commanded
you to save mankind
from polytheism, idolatry and misery,
and to call them to the
freedom and grandeur of worship
of the "one" and of unity.O Muhammad! now thou art god's
prophet. Call people to
islam."
Muhammad(s.a.) saw jibrail
and heard the message
which he had brought from god with
all his being.
then, with an illuminated heart,
an aware conscience,
and full of certainty, he came
down from mount hira and
went in the direction of home.Khadija, his affectionate
wife, opened the door for him and,
on seeing his shining face,
became very pleased.
Muhammad(s.a.)- who had now
become god's
prophet... Said to his wife, "i
was on mount hira when i
beheld god's great angel, jibrail,
who said to me in his
heavenly voice.'o Muhammad, behold, you are god's
prophet!
thy god has commanded that you
save mankind from
polytheism, idolatry and misery
and that you call them to the
freedom and grandeur of worship
of the "one" and of unity,'
!an arduous task and difficult
responsibility has been
placed on my shoulders." he said.Khadija. That great lady, said
to her trustworthy and
truthful husband, "i already knew
that you would become a
prophet of god, and i was waiting
for such a glorious day.
the prophet Isa gave the tiding
of your prophethood.Yes, god has placed a weighty
responsibility on your
shoulders; i testify to the oneness
of god, and believe in your
prophethood, and become a muslim,
and in all
circumstances i am your supporter
and helper."
imam ali, who was an aware and
intelligent boy,
believed in the prophethood of
Muhammad(s.a.) and was
the first to become a muslim.For some time the number of muslims
was not more
than these three muslims, but with
the high ambition and
heavenly determination which they
had, they decided to fight
the world of idolatry and irreligion.At the start, only these
three people used to stand for
prayer and, in front of
astonished eyes, they would beseech
and speak to the one
true god.
a man relates, "one day, i was
sitting in the holy
mosque of mecca. I saw a handsome
man enter the mosque,
he threw a glance at the sky and
stood still, a youth stood on
his right side, and then a woman
came and stood behind
them."for a while they stood still,
saying something, then they
bent, stood up again, sat down
and put their heads on the
ground.
"i was astonished and said to the
person sitting next to
me, abbas, who are these three
people? what are they
doing?'
"the handsome man standing in front
is Muhammad,
my nephew', said abbas."that woman
is khadija, his
faithful wife. The youth is ali,
another nephew of mine.
Muhammad says that god has selected
him for
prophethood. The woman and the
youth both believe in him
and have accepted his religion.
other than these three people,
no one has accepted their religion.
"Muhammad says the religion of
islam is for all the
people of the world and they will
quickly accept this religion
and great numbers will become muslim."'
our holy prophet was made prophet
on the 27th of the
month of rajab. This day is called
the day of mab'ath. Our
holy prophet was 40 years old at
that time.
