Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) part 10 :

Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) part 10 :

A) The Holy Quran is a Miracle :

There are some seventeen places in the Quran, in which the Prophet Muhammad(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) is challenged to work a sign, and he answered them all to the same or similar effect: Allah has the power of working miracles, and has not been believed; there were greater miracles in nature than any which could be wrought(made) outside of it; and the Quran itself was a great, everlasting miracle. The Quran, the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) used to declare to the disbelievers, is a book of blessings which is a warning for the whole world; it is a complete guidance and explains everything necessary; it is a reminder of what is imprinted on human nature and is free from every discrepancy and from error and falsehood. It is a book of true guidance and a light to all.

As to the sacred idols, so much honored and esteemed by the pagan Arabs, the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) openly recited:
"They are but names which you have named - you and your fathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority." (Surah An-Najm 53:23 Quran)

When the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) thus spoke reproachfully of the sacred gods of the Quraish, the latter redoubled their persecution. But the Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), nevertheless, continued his preaching boldly but the hostility of his enemies or by their bitter persecution of him. And despite all opposition and increased persecution, the new faith gained ground.

The national fair at Okadh near Mecca attracted many desert Bedouins and trading citizen of distant towns. These listened to the
teachings of the Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), to his admonitions, and to his rejection of their sacred idols and of their superstitions. They carried back all that they had heard to their distant homes, and thus the advent of the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) was made know to almost all parts of the peninsula.

B) Makkans plea to Abu Talib to stop the Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) :

The Meccans, however, were more than ever furious at the Prophet's(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) increasing preaching against their religion. They asked his uncle Abu Talib to stop him, but he could not do anything. At, as the Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) persisted in his ardent denunciations against their ungodliness and impiety, they turned him out from the Ka'ba where he(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) used to sit and preach, and subsequently went in a body to Abu Talib. They urged the venerable chief to prevent his nephew from abusing their gods any longer or uttering any ill words against their ancestors. They warned Abu Talib that if he would not do that, he would be excluded from the communion of his people and driven to side with Muhammad(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam); the matter would then be settled by fight until one of the two parties were destroyed.

Abu Talib neither wished to separate himself from his people, nor forsake his nephew(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) for the idolaters to revenge themselves upon. He spoke to the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) very softly and begged him to abandon his affair. To this suggestion the Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) firmly replied: "O my uncle, if they placed the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left hand to cause me to renounce my task, verily I would not desist therefrom until Allah made manifest His cause or I perished in the attempt." The Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), overcome by the thought that his uncle and protector was willing to desert him, turned to depart. But Abu Talib called him loudly to come back, and he (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) came. "Say whatever you please; for by the Lord I shall not desert you ever."

In sha Allah, to be continued.