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....Due
to the extraordinary efforts of Hazrat Muhammad and his companions,
Islam quickly spread and the number of Muslims increased dramatically
over a short period of time. In particular, after the conquest
of Mecca, people began to embrace Islam, one tribe after another.
Thus, in a short time, nearly the entire Arabian Peninsula had
converted to Islam.
....THE DEATH OF HAZRAT MUHAMMAD
....Allah Almighty declares: "Every
soul will taste of death." (Ankaboot, 57)
....How about the last Prophet?
....Allah Almighty declares:
...."We appointed immortality
for no mortal before thee. What! if thou diest, can they be immortal!"
(Anbiya, 34)
....The Companions of the Prophet
experienced their most exciting and most blessed days during the
farewell pilgrimage.
....In particular, when the Prophet
was giving his historical talk, the Farewell Speech, people held
their breath, the spiritual excitement swelled up in them and
their hearts burned with longing for God.
....When Gabriel brought down the
Qur'anic verse, "Today I have completed your religion"
people became even more excited, but Hazrat Abū Bakr wept.
....When our beloved Prophet asked
why he was crying, Abū Bakr answered: "O the messenger of God!
You came to communicate this religion. Since the religion is completed,
I fear that your mission is complete and you may soon depart from
us." Hearing this, all the companions wept.
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