Bitter Fruits Were Sweet to Ayyaz
There was a famous ruler by the name
Sultan Mahmud and he had a slave
called Ayyaz. Sultan Mahmud loved
Ayyaz very much because of his great
wisdom. From time to time, Sultan
would test Ayyaz with various things
to see how much love Ayyaz had for
him. One day, Sultan Mahmud gathered
the bitterest fruits from his garden and
called Ayyaz. Sultan told Ayyaz to
eat them. Ayyaz took the fruits in his
hands and kissed them and then started eating them without any hesitation. Sultan
observed that Ayyaz was eating the fruits with great pleasure and the bitter taste
was not affecting him in any way. Now Sultan started thinking that he might’ve
picked the wrong fruits, so, he took one of the fruits from Ayyaz to find out. As
soon as Sultan took a bite, he was overwhelmed by the bitterness of the fruit and
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started screaming for water. When Sultan settled down, he asked Ayyaz why he
was unaffected by the fruits. Ayyaz said “You only see the bitterness of the
fruits but you don’t see the one who gave them to me? They were given to me
by the King himself!”
My dear friends, today we find some commandments of God to be bitter
and hard to follow. However, we should rather follow them with great love
because they were given to us by the King of all kings, Almighty God.
The Man Who Will Enter Paradise
One day, Prophet Muhammed (M) looked at a man and said:
“Whoever likes to look at a man who will enter Paradise,
let him look at this man.” Abdullah Ibn Abbas, who was
present and heard this comment, followed the man who was
favoured with this promise. He asked the man’s permission to
be his guest, which the man gladly accepted. After observing
him for three consecutive nights, without seeing anything extraordinary about him,
Abdullah Ibn Abbas said: “I don’t see anything about you which qualifies you to enter
Paradise more than the rest of us. Can you remember one special thing you do of
which I may not be aware of?” After thinking for sometime the man said: “Nothing is
outstanding in my life except one thing, may be, that I go to bed with a pure and
sound heart towards my friends (meaning to forgive others of their bad qualities
and to think good of everybody).” Then Ibn Abbas exclaimed: This is exactly what
qualifies you to enter paradise.
It is not easy to forgive others of their faults but let us try hard to bring this quality
in ourselves.
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The Forgiveness of Prophet Muhammed
and His Household
The Messenger of God, Muhammed, said: “Our
(the Ahl al-Bayt) manliness is in forgiving the one
who has oppressed us and to give to the one who
has stayed away from us.”
Abdullah said: It is as though I am looking at the
Holy Prophet (M) who was the best Prophet among
the Prophets. His people used to beat him and injure
him and while he was wiping blood off his face, he
prayed to God: “Forgive my people for they do not
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The Protected Roof
By: Harun Yahya
In the Holy Qur’an, God calls our attention to a very
important attribute of the sky:
We made the sky a preserved and protected roof yet still
they turn away from Our Signs. (Holy Qur’an, 21:32)
This attribute of the sky has been proved by scientific research
carried out in the 20th century: The atmosphere surrounding
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The Sky Made a Dome
By: Harun Yahya
It is He Who made the earth a couch for you, and the sky a
dome. He sends down water from the sky and by it brings
forth fruits for your provision. Do not, then, knowingly
make others equal to Allah. (Holy Qur’an, 2:22)
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The meteors in the shower seen in the picture fall at a
density of up to 58 per hour.
Here, the Arabic word for the sky is
«assama’a binaan.” As well as the
meaning of “dome” or “ceiling,” this also
describes a kind of tent-like covering
used by the Bedouin.[1] What is being
emphasized here, through mention of a
tent-like structure, is a form of protection
against external elements.
Even if we are generally unaware of it, a
large number of meteors fall to the Earth,
as they do the other planets. The reason
why these make enormous craters on
other planets but do no harm on Earth is
that the atmosphere puts up considerable
resistance to a falling meteor. The meteor
is unable to withstand this for long and
loses much of its mass from combustion
due to friction. This danger, which might
otherwise cause terrible disasters, is thus
prevented thanks to the atmosphere. As
well as the verses regarding the protective
properties of the atmosphere cited above,
attention is also drawn to the special
creation in the following verse:
Do you not see that Allah has made
everything on the earth subservient to
you and the ships running upon the sea
by His command? He holds back the
heaven, preventing it from falling to the
earth-except by His permission. Allah is
All-Compassionate to mankind, Most
Merciful. (Holy Qur’an, 22:65)
The protective property of the atmosphere
we discussed in the preceding section
protects the Earth from space-in other
words, from external elements. With
the word “dome,” referring to the sky
in the above verse, attention is drawn to
this aspect of the sky, which could not
possibly have been known at the time of
our Prophet Muhammed. The fact that
this information was imparted 1,400 years
ago in the Holy Qur’an, when there were
no spacecraft or giant telescopes, shows
that the Holy Qur’an is the revelation of
our Lord, the Omniscient.
Footnote:
[1] “The Quran and Modern Physics,” http://
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 The Prophetic Forbearance The Forgiveness of Prophet
Muhammed and His Household
History reveals that Abdullah Ibn Salaam was Jewish before he embraced Islam in the time
of Prophet Muhammed (M). After becoming a Muslim, Abdullah tried to convince Zaid Ibn
Shuba, a Jewish friend, to accept the religion of Islam. Despite Abdullah’s effort in explaining
the essence of Islam, Zaid insisted in his faith, and he refused to become a Muslim. if I be mounted rather than dismounted.
Abdullah narrates that one day he entered Masjid al-Nabi (the Prophets Mosque) where he I will battle with them for an hour, and
saw Zaid sitting among Muslims in line for performing prayer. Abdullah said being overcome
my dismounting will be the end of my
with joy. I approached Zaid to inquire the reason why he accepted Islam. Zaid responded one
endeavor.”
day while I was reading the Torah, I reached the verses that explain the attributes of Prophet
Muhammed (M). I paid a close attention to capture his characteristics described in Torah. I said Imam al-Hussain (P) said: “May God’s
to myself it is better that I sit in the Prophets presence to see if he possesses these attributes, Mercy be upon you, do whatever you
among which there was forbearance. I observed his behavior and manners for several days and wish.”
I found all of the attributes in his personality. There was only one left unseen, forbearance;
so I attempted to continue my quest for I read in Torah that, Muhammed’s forbearance and
patience supersedes his anger. Although ignorant people treat him with disrespect and bad Imam Ali ibn Al-Hussain (P) 4 said: I
manner, they will not see anything in return from him except forbearance and patience. entered upon Marwan ibn al-Hakam. He told myself that if he is truly a Prophet,
Zaid then continued his search. I went to the mosque again. I saw an Arab Bedouin from said: “When he triumphed, I found no this will not harm him, and in case he is a
the desert. While riding his camel, he entered the mosque. He got off his camel when he saw one nobler than your father. He was king, then I have thereby liberated people
the Prophet and said that he was from some tribe who were struck by famine and therefore they from him.” Al-Imam al-Baqir (P) says:

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the one who chased us in the Battle of

were in need of food and sustenance. He said that the people of the tribes were Muslims and “The Holy Prophet (M) forgave her.”
the Camel and his herald was calling
they hoped for help from the Prophet. The Messenger of Allah (M) turned to Imam Ali (P) and
asked, Is there any money left from the previous savings? The response was negative and sad
out: No fugitive or wounded will be
killed by us.” Imam Muhammed al-Baqir (P) said:
for the Prophet. Zaid said, I then interfered and mentioned to the Prophet, O the Messenger of
Upon being stuck on the head by ibn
God, if you wish I would partake in a trade with you. I lend an amount of money till the time of
harvest when I will accept dates for the same amount in return. The Prophet accepted my offer, Abdullah ibn Muhammed said that I Muljam, Imam Ali (P) said about him:
accepted the money and gave it to the Bedouin Arab. heard Abd al-Razzaq say that the servant “Give him food and drink and treat
Zaid said I was waiting until a week before the harvest. One day I went to the desert where of Imam Ali ibn al-Hussain (P) would him kindly in his captivity; if I live on,
I found the Prophet sitting in the shade of a tree, surrounded by his companions. I approached pour water on his hands to prepare him I will have the option to either forgive
him impolitely, grab his color and told him, I know you well; you take money from people and for prayers. Suddenly the water container him or punish him; but if I die and you
fall short in return. Do you know there is not much time left to our mutually agreed accord? fell off the servant’s hand and cut the kill him, do not mutilate him”.
Zaid proceeded; I treated the Prophet furiously and with great ignorance, although there Imams (P) face. Imam Ali ibn al-Hussain
was still a week left to the harvest. Suddenly I heard an aggressive voice; Umar Ibn Khattab Footnotes:
(P) held up his head toward her. She
drew his sword and asked me to leave with a rude call. Prophet Muhammed (M) prevented
said: The exalted God says: “Those who (M) MayAllah’s Peace and Blessings be upon
him with patience and said to him there was no need for quarrel. The Prophet said I should
be recommended to maintain forbearance. Then he asked Umar to give me certain amount of restrain anger”. His Holiness (P) told him and his Progeny / Refers to Prophet Muhammed
her: “I restrained my anger.” She said: (P) Peace be upon Him / Refers to Angels,
special dates. Umar followed the order and added 20 extra units of dates to the original amount.
Prophets, Imams, and Infallible Ladies.
I was curious why he gave me extra dates; Umar said that the extra dates were the result of “and [those who] pardon (all) men”. His 1
Imam Ali is the first successor, leader, and
Prophet’s Forbearance. Since I suffered from Umar’s anger, the Prophet ordered him to add 20 Holiness (P) said: “May God forgive Imam after prophet Muhammed
extra units to the original amount, so that I would be satisfied. you.” She said: “For Allah loves those 2
Imam Hassan AlMujtaba is the second
After seeing such manner and great patience, I have fallen in love with Islam and the who do good (3:134).” His Holiness (P) successor, leader, and Imam after prophet
Prophets behavior. I have embraced Islam by testifying that Allah is one and that Muhammed added: “Go! You are free.” Muhammed 3 Imam Hussain is the third
is the Messenger of God. successor, leader, and Imam after prophet
There exist hundred of such examples in the lifestyle of Prophet Muhammed (M), each Muhammed
Al-Imam Muhammed al-Baqir (P) 5 said 4
Imam Ali ibn Al-Hussain is the fourth
is just a drop from the great ocean of his manners to which Allah Almighty refers as sublime
that a Jewish woman who had poisoned successor, leader, and Imam after prophet
manners in Indeed you possess the sublime manners (Holy Quran 68:4), and indeed this is
a sheep’s flesh for the Holy Prophet (M) Muhammed
one of underlying reasons why Islam is growing fast. 5
Imam Muhammed Al-Baqir is the fifth
(Reference: Mahajah al-Baidhaa by Mulla Muhsin Feyz al-Kashani and translated to Persian by Muhammed Reza was brought to him.
successor, leader, and Imam after Prophet
Ataeian) The Holy Prophet (M) told her: “What
Muhammed
caused you to do that?” She replied. “I

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the Earth serves crucial functions for the
continuity of life. While destroying many
meteors-big and small-as they approach
the Earth, it prevents them from falling to
Earth and harming living things.
In addition, the atmosphere filters the
light rays coming from space that are
harmful to living things. The most striking
feature of the atmosphere is that it lets
only harmless and useful rays-visible light,
near ultraviolet light and radio waves pass
through. All of this radiation is vital for
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the space, which is approximately -270oC.
It is not only the atmosphere that protects
the Earth from harmful effects. In addition
to the atmosphere, the Van Allen Belt-the
layer caused by the magnetic field of the
Earth-also serves as a shield against the
harmful radiation that threatens our planet.
This radiation, which is constantly emitted
by the Sun and other stars, is deadly to
living things. If the Van Allen belt did
not exist, the massive outbursts of energy
called solar flares that frequently occur in
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have any magnetic field is Mercury-but html.
its field strength is 100 times less than the
Earth’s. Even Venus, our sister planet, has
no magnetic field. The Van-Allen radiation
shield is a design unique to the Earth.[1]
The energy transmitted in just one of
these bursts detected in recent years was
calculated to be equivalent to 100 billion
atomic bombs, each akin to one dropped on The magnetosphere layer, formed by the magnetic field of the
Hiroshima at the end of World War II. Fifty- Earth, serves as a shield protecting the Earth from celestial
bodies, harmful cosmic rays and particles. In the above picture,
eight hours after the burst, it was observed this magnetosphere layer, which is also named Van Allen Belts,
that the magnetic needles of compasses is seen. These belts at thousands of kilometers above the Earth
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life. Near ultraviolet rays, which are only
partially let in by the atmosphere, are very
important for the photosynthesis of plants
and for the survival of all living beings.
The majority of the intense ultraviolet rays
emitted from the Sun are filtered out by
the ozone layer of the atmosphere. Only a
limited and essential part of the ultraviolet
spectrum reaches the Earth.
The protective function of the atmosphere
does not end here. The atmosphere also
protects the earth from the freezing cold of
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the Sun would destroy all life on Earth.
On the importance of the Van Allen Belt,
Dr. Hugh Ross says:
In fact, the Earth has the highest density
of any of the planets in our Solar System.
This large nickel-iron core is responsible
for our large magnetic field. This magnetic
field produces the Van-Allen radiation
shield, which protects the Earth from
radiation bombardment. If this shield were
not present, life would not be possible on
the Earth. The only other rocky planet to
displayed unusual movement and 250
kilometers above the Earth’s atmosphere,
the temperature suddenly increased to
2,500oC.
In short, a perfect system is at work high
above the Earth. It surrounds our world
and protects it against external threats.
Centuries ago, God informed us in the
Holy Qur>an of the world>s atmosphere
functioning as a protective shield.
Footnote:
[1]. www.godandscience.org/apologetics/designss.
would otherwise reach it from space.
All these scientific findings prove that the world is protected in
a very particular way. The important thing is that this protection
was made known in the Qur>an in the verse «We made the sky
a preserved and protected roof» fourteen centuries ago.
Most people looking at the sky do not think about the
protective aspect of the atmosphere. They almost never
think what kind of a place the world would be like if
this structure did not exist. The above photo belongs to
a giant crater caused by a meteor that fell in Arizona,
in the USA. If the atmosphere did not exist, millions of
meteoroids would fall to the Earth and the Earth would
become an inhabitable place. Yet, the protective aspect of
the atmosphere allows living things to survive in safety.
This is certainly Allah>s protection of people and a miracle
proclaimed in the Qur>an.

Rain Ka’ab relates, once at the time of Prophet Musa (P), there was a
drought. The people of Israel asked him to pray for rain. Prophet
Musa told them to come with him to the mountain. When they
climbed the mountain he said to his people, “Whoever has
committed a sin must not follow me.”
They all turned back down the mountain except for one man. He
was blind from one eye and known to the people as Barkh.
Prophet Musa asked him, “Did you not hear what I said?”
“Yes” he replied.
Prophet Musa asked again, “Have you never committed a
sin?”
Barkh paused and then replied, “I cannot remember committing
a sin except for one, but I do not know whether it is regarded as
a sin. I will mention it to you, and if it is a sin, I shall return.”
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Prophet Musa enquired, “What is it?”
Barkh replied, “Once I happened to pass the door of a house
which was open. I glanced in and saw somebody, but I was not
able to tell whether it was a man or a woman. I said to my eye,
because it had looked at something it should not have looked at,
‘Out of my whole body you hurried to commit a sin, you cannot
remain with me anymore’, so I plucked out my eye. If this is a
sin, I will return.”
Prophet Musa assured him that he had not sinned and then told
him to pray for rain. They prayed to God, “Oh Almighty, your
bounties do not deplete. There is no end to your treasures;
you cannot be accused of being miserly. Oh Allah show us
your mercy and send forth rain.”
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