The important task of the Prophet of Allah (P.B.U.H. & H.H.) was to invite people to the truth, reality, and jihād (holy struggle) in the way of this call. The holy Prophet (P.B.U.H. & H.H.) never became apprehensive over the dark world of his time. He did not panic, whether on that day when he was alone in Mecca or with a small gathering of Muslims that had surrounded him and he faced the arrogant Arab leaders, the valiant dignitaries of the Quraysh, and the stubborn groups with violent conducts and powerful hands, or the general public who had not been granted any comprehension. He spoke the truth, repeated it, explained it, clarified it, tolerated insults, withstood hardships and suffering, until he was able to convert a large number of people to Islam; and when he was able to form the Islamic state and place himself in the position of the head of this government, he took the reins of power in his own hands. That day, too, there were various enemies and opponents who stood up against the holy Prophet (P.B.U.H. & H.H.), whether the armed groups of Arabs–ruffians who were all scattered throughout the desserts of Ḥijāz and Yamāma and the invitation to Islam should have corrected them, yet they resisted–or the great kings of the world of that day–two superpowers of the world in those time–namely the Persian and the Roman Empires to which the Prophet (P.B.U.H. & H.H.) wrote letters, had disputes, gave speeches, sent military expeditions, faced hardships, went under economic siege, and the situation got so bad that sometimes the people of Medina could not even find bread to eat for two or three days. Numerous threats from all sides had encompassed the Prophet (P.B.U.H. & H.H.). Some people became worried. Some people would become uncertain, some would nag, some would encourage the Prophet (P.B.U.H. & H.H.) to be lenient and to compromise; but the Prophet (P.B.U.H. & H.H.) did not become weak in this scene of invitation and holy struggle for one moment and pushed Muslim community forward with power and strength, until he had brought them to the pinnacle of glory and power; and it was that very system and society, in which, thanks to the Prophet’s (P.B.U.H. & H.H.) stand in the fields of combat and invitation, that it was able to become the world’s first power in later years.
1991/27/ 09
