The Life of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him)
How It All Began
Nearly four thousand years ago,
in the Sumerian town of Ur
in the valley
of the river Euphrates ,
lived a young man named Abraham. The people of
religion and started praying
to idols, statues made of wood or clay and
sometimes even of precious
stones. Even as a small child Abraham could
not understand how his people,
and especially his father, could make
these images with their own
hands, call them gods, and then worship
them. He had always refused to
join his people when they paid respect to
these statues. Instead he
would leave the town and sit alone, thinking
about the heavens and the
world about him. He was sure his people were
doing wrong and so alone he
searched for the right way. One clear night
as he sat staring at the sky
he saw a beautiful shining star, so beautiful
that he cried out: „This must
be Allah!' He looked at it in awe for some
time, until suddenly it began
to fade and then it disappeared. He turned
away in disappointment saying:
I love not things that set. (Qur'an 6.77)
On another night Abraham was
again looking at the sky and he saw
the rising moon, so big and
bright that he felt he could almost touch it. He
thought to himself: This is my
Lord. (Qur'an 6.78) But it was not long
before the moon set as well.
Then he said, Unless my Lord guide me, I
surely shall become one of the
folk who are astray. (Qur'an 6.78)
Abraham then saw the beauty
and splendor of the sunrise and decided
that the sun must be the
biggest and most powerful thing in the universe.
But for the third time he was
wrong, for the sun set at the end of the day.
It was then that he realized
that Allah is the Most Powerful, the Creator of
the stars, the moon, the sun,
the earth and of all living things. Suddenly he
felt himself totally at peace,
because he knew that he had found the Truth.
When he said unto his father
and his folk: What do you worship? They
said: We worship idols, and
are ever devoted to them. He said: Do they
hear you when you cry? Or do
they benefit or harm you? They said: Nay,
but we found our fathers
acting in this manner.
He said: See now that which
you worship, You and your forefathers!
Lo! they are (all) an enemy to
me, except the Lord of the Worlds. Who
created me, and He guides me,
And Who feeds me and waters me. And
when I sicken, then He heals
me. And Who causes me to die, then gives
me lift (again) And Who, I
ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the
Day
of judgement. (Qur'an 26.70-82)
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