Why Did They Become Muslims

previous night. At that moment Isrâfîl ‘alaihis-salâm’ came and
offered, “Allâhu ta’âlâ has heard what you said, and He has sent
me. Let any piece of stone you touch with your hand turn into
gold, silver or emerald, if you like. And you may carry on your
prophethood as an sovereign if you like. Rasûlullah answered, “I
wish prophethood as a born slave,” and repeated the same
statement three times.
50– Whereas other Prophets ‘alaihimussalawâtu wattaslîmât’
served as Prophets in certain times and certain countries,
Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ was sent as the Prophet for all the
human beings and genies on the earth till the end of the world.
There are scholars who argue that he was the Prophet of genies,
animals, plants and lifeless creatures, i.e. all creatures.
51– The compassion which Allâhu ta’âlâ has bestowed on him
reaches all beings and gives them benefits. These benefits are
conspicuous on Believers. Unbelievers living in the times of other
Prophets ‘alaihimussalawâtu wattaslîmât’ were tormented as they
still lived in the world, then they were annihilated. Those who
denied Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ were not tormented in the
world. One day he asked Jebrâîl ‘alaihis-salâm’, “Allâhu ta’âlâ has
declared that I am (His) compassion over the classes of beings.
Have you had a share from my compassion?” Jebrâîl answered,
“Sensing the awe-inspiring greatness of Allâhu ta’âlâ, I had always
looked forward to my destiny with terror. When I brought to you
the âyats [the twentieth and twenty-first âyats of Tekvîr Sûra]
purporting that I am trustworthy, I felt relieved from that terrible
fear owing to that praisal, and began to feel secure. Can there be
anything else bearing more compassion than this?”
52– Allâhu ta’âlâ willed that Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ should
feel fully contented. [As we have stated in the forty-second virtue,
Allâhu ta’âlâ shall give him whatever he likes until he feels
contented. This fact is declared in Dhuhâ Sûra.]
53– Other Prophets made their own refutations of unbelievers’
slanders. On the other hand, Allâhu ta’âlâ defended Muhammad
‘alaihis-salâm’ by answering the slanders perpetrated against him.
54– The number of Muhammad’s ‘alaihis-salâm’ Ummat is
above the total number of other Prophets’ ‘alaihimussalawâtu
wattaslîmât’ ummats.
55– As it is written in the book Mawâhib-i-ladunniyya, there is
a widely-known hadîth-i-sherîf which states, “I entreated Allâhu
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