Why Did They Become Muslims

Medina, sent for the Messenger of Allah towards his death and
begged him, “Please make me a shroud from the shirt you are
wearing.” It being the blessed Prophet’s habit to give whatever was
asked of him, he presented his shirt to him and also (when that
person died) performed (the prayer called) the janâza [1] for him.
Admiring this exemplary generosity of the Messenger of Allah
‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’, one hundred other hypocrites
in Medina embraced Islam altogether.
74– Among the unbelievers of Qoureish, Welîd bin Mughîra,
Âs bin Wâil, Hâris bin Qays, Aswad bin Yaghûs, and Aswad bin
Muttalib were ahead of others in persecuting and tormenting the
Messenger of Allah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’. Jebrâîl
‘alaihis-salâm’ came and brought the ninety-fifth âyat of Hijr Sûra,
which purported, “We shall punish those who make fun of thee...,”
and pointed to Welîd’s foot, to the second one’s heel, to the third
one’s nose, to the fourth one’s head, and to the fifth one’s eyes.
Welîd was wounded with an arrow, which went deep into his foot.
Being an extremely arrogant person, he did not stoop to pull the
arrow out. So the metal part of the arrow penetrated into the
tendon of the ankle and caused sciatica. Âs stepped on a sharp
thorn, which entered deep into his heel and caused it to swell like
a bag. Hâris’s nose bled continuously. Aswad was sitting happily
under a tree, when he hit his head on the tree. And the fifth
person, who was named Aswad, too, became blind. All those five
people perished in the end.
75– Tufeyl, the chieftain of the tribe called Daws, had become
a Believer in Mekka, before the Hegira. He asked Rasûlullah ‘sall-
Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ for a symptom with which to invite
his tribe to belief in Islam. The blessed Messenger invoked, “Yâ
Rabbî! Bestow an âyat (a sign, a symptom, an evidence) on this
person.” When Tufeyl went back to his tribe, a nûr (light) shone
between his eyebrows. Tufeyl invoked, “Yâ Rabbî! Remove this
symptom from my face and place it somewhere else on me. Seeing
it on my face, some people may suppose it is a sign of punishment
inflicted on me because I have abandoned their religion.” His
invocation was accepted. The halo left his face and shone like a
candle-light on the tip of his whip. His tribesmen embraced Islam
in the course of time.
76– There was a pretty woman among the tribe of Benî Nejjâr
[1] See Endless Bliss, fifth fascicle, fifteenth chapter.
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