Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 1 of 3

102 THE LlVES OF THE SAHABAH '-5 (Vol-I)
Aakhirah). Never (he shall never receive any good in the Aakhirah)! He
was certainly opposed to Our Aayaat. I shall soon make him climb a
mountain of Jahannam. Verily, he thought and (finally he) devised
something (he decided to announce that the Qur'aan was magic and
that Rasulullaah =was a magician). May he be destroyed! How does
he plot? ~ ahe j be destroyed again! How does he plot? He looked (at
the .Mushrikeen waiting for his reply) and then frowned (to show dislike
for the Qur'aan) and scowled. Then he turned away and was proud. He
said, "This is nothing but magic recounted from (fables of) the past.
This is nothing but the word of man." I shall soon enter him into
Jahannam. {Surah Muddathir, verses 11 -26)(')
According to another narration, the verse that Rasulullaah @%! recited for
Waleed was:
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Verily Allaah instructs (people to cary out) justice, Ihsaan (do things
we//, as wefl as doing evewhing with the consciousness that Allaah is
watching), and giving (charity) to relatives. And Allaah forbids immoral
behaviour, evil and oppression. He advises you so that you may take
heed (and thereby save ourselves fiom ruin andlahannam). {Surah ~ihl,
verse
The Da'wah ~asulullaah @@! Gave to Pairs
Rasulullaah
Invites Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan
Hadhrat Mu'aawiya 3WW6 narrates that he was a young boy riding his donkey
while his father Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan ?&%'&% was riding another animal with his
wife Hind sitting behind him. They were proceeding to Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan
-s farm when they heard the voice of Rasulullaah @$$. Addressing his son,
Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan !&X%l!G said, "0 Mu'aawiya! Dismount the donkey so that
Muhammad may mount." When Rasulullaah @@ mounted the donkey, he rode
ahead for a while and then turned to the family saying, "0 Abu Sufyaan bin Harb!
0 Hind bint Utba! I swear by Allaah that you shall definitely die after which you
shall certainly be resurrected. hereafter, the good shall proceed to Jannah while
the evil ones shall head for Jahannam. I am telling you the absolute truth and
you two are among the very first to be warned (about Allaa's punishment)."
Thereafter, Rasulullaah @%% recited the following verses of the Qur'aan:
(I) Is'haaq bin Raahway as well as Bayhaqi.
(2) AIBidaaya wan Nihaaya Wol. 3 Pg. 60). Ibn Katheer in his Tafseer (Vol. 4 Pg. 443) also narrates the
report from Hadhrat Ikrama %WW.