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following meaning: “It is part of the Mercy of Allâhu ta’âlâ that
thou dost deal gently with them. Wert thou severe or harshhearted,
they would have broken away from about thee:...” (3-
159)
Our master Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wasallam’ would say
this prayer: “O my Rabb (Allah)! Make me rich with knowledge,
adorn me with hilm [mildness], bless me with taqwâ, and beautify
me with health.” [We shall quote some hadîth-i-sherîfs about
mildness below.]
4 — Again, it is stated in the Gospel of Matthew: “Blessed are
the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.” (Matt: 5-7)
[There are many âyats about mercy, compassion and
tenderness] in Qur’ân al-kerîm. The hundred and twenty-eighth
âyat of Tawba sûra purports: “(O human beings!) Now hath come
unto you a Messenger from amongst yourselves: it grieves him that
ye should perish: ardently anxious is he over you: to the Believers
is he most kind and merciful.” (9-128)
[Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wasallam’ stated: “Allâhu ta’âlâ
is suave. He likes blandness. He gives to the soft-mannered
Believer as He has not given to the rough-mannered or to anyone
else.”
It is stated in hadîth-i-sherîfs: “He who does not behave gently
is not beneficent.” and “A Believer who has been endowed with
softness has been gifted with the goodnesses of this world and the
world to come.” and “I am pronouncing the person who is
forbidden from Hell and whom Hell is forbidden to burn. Pay
attention! This person is the Believer who makes things easy for
people and shows them affability.”
Another hadîth-i-sherîf declares: “If a person is able to do
anything when be becomes angry and yet does not become angry,
Allâhu ta’âlâ will call him among all other people. He will say unto
him: Go to the houri you like.” Another hadîth-i-sherîf: “As aloes
will decompose honey, so anger will spoil îmân.”
When a person asked Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wasallam’
for a piece of advice, he stated: “Do not become angry [don’t get
nervous!).” When he repeated his question several times, He
(Rasûlullah) gave the same answer: “Do not become angry!”]
It is written in Qur’ân al-kerîm that As-hâb-i-kirâm loved one
another and were kind and compassionate to one another. The
final âyat of Fat-h sûra purports: “Muhammad ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi
wa sallam’ is the Messenger of Allâhu ta’âlâ; and those who are
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