Unparalleled Devotee

Kyā paysh karayn jānā kyā chīz ĥamārī ĥay

Yeĥ dil bĥī tumĥārā ĥay yeĥ jān bĥī tumĥarī ĥay

What can we present, O Beloved? What belongs to us?

Even this heart is Yours! Even this life is Yours!

May I sacrifice my life for you!

In the early age of Islam, anybody who became a Muslim would hide his Islam as much as it was possible, and that was also the order of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم so that they could remain safe from the difficulties and oppression of the disbelievers. When the number of Muslim men became 38, Sayyidunā Abū Bakr iddīq رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ requested in the blessed court of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, ‘O Prophet of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! Grant us permission to preach the message of Islam openly now.’

The Embodiment of Nūr, the Comforter of the Souls, the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم declined permission at first but upon the repeated requests of Sayyidunā Abū Bakr رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ, He   صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم granted his permission. So, all of the Muslims went to Masjid-ul-arām زَادَھَا اللہُ شَرَفًاوَّتَعۡظِیۡمًا, and the first orator of Islam, Sayyidunā Abū Bakr رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ began to deliver his speech. As soon as the speech started, the disbelievers and polytheists attacked the Muslims from all directions. Despite the fact that the honour and dignity of Sayyidunā Abū Bakr رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ was acknowledged all over Makkaĥ, the disbelievers still attacked

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