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you people think that you should be thankful to Allah for being born as people who know
only Allah as your Lord and believing in everything the Messenger of Allah, praise and
peace be upon him, brought? (You are fortunate that) hardships had been borne by
people other than yourselves. I swear by Allah, that Allah sent the Messenger of Allah,
praise and peace be upon him, as His Messenger during a time that was more arduous
and more wide spread than at any other time that Allah had sent other Prophets. It was
an era in which a long period of time had passed since He sent a Prophet and the
people were steeped in ignorance. People saw no religion better than idol-worshiping,
then the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, was sent with the Criterion
(the Koran) that differentiated between truth and falsehood and through which father and
son became divided. The situation was such that a (Muslim) whose heart had been
unlocked and filled with belief saw either his father, son or brother remain in disbelief
and knew well that whosoever entered Hell would be condemned forever. He (the
Muslim) was therefore unable to experience any coolness (comfort) knowing that his
close relative was destined for Hell. Allah refers to them in the Koran:
“Those who say,
only Allah as your Lord and believing in everything the Messenger of Allah, praise and
peace be upon him, brought? (You are fortunate that) hardships had been borne by
people other than yourselves. I swear by Allah, that Allah sent the Messenger of Allah,
praise and peace be upon him, as His Messenger during a time that was more arduous
and more wide spread than at any other time that Allah had sent other Prophets. It was
an era in which a long period of time had passed since He sent a Prophet and the
people were steeped in ignorance. People saw no religion better than idol-worshiping,
then the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, was sent with the Criterion
(the Koran) that differentiated between truth and falsehood and through which father and
son became divided. The situation was such that a (Muslim) whose heart had been
unlocked and filled with belief saw either his father, son or brother remain in disbelief
and knew well that whosoever entered Hell would be condemned forever. He (the
Muslim) was therefore unable to experience any coolness (comfort) knowing that his
close relative was destined for Hell. Allah refers to them in the Koran:
“Those who say,