pages of the Quran in front of him. He رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ recited a few verses of Surah Hadeed attentively and began to tremble, and the effect of the truthfulness of the Quran struck his heart.

When he رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ reached this verse,

اٰمِنُوْا بِاللّٰهِ وَ رَسُوْلِهٖ

Believe in Allah and His Messenger,

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 27, Surah Al-Hadeed, Verse 7)

He رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ could not control himself; tears began to fall from his eyes, every part of his body began to tremble and he رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ loudly exclaimed, ‘اَشْھَدُ اَنْ لَّا اِلٰـهَ اِلَّا اللهُ وَاَشْھَدُ اَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُہٗ وَرَسُوْلُهٗ’. He رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ then quickly went to the house of Sayyiduna Zayd Bin Arqam رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ and embraced faith upon the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. He رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ then took the Beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  and all of the Muslims to the Ka’bah and announced his Islam. (Tareekh-ul-Khulafa, Umar Bin Khattab, p. 71, extracted)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! From this account, we learn that the Holy Quran is the true book of Allah Almighty; if it is recited in front of someone and the Mercy of Allah Almighty showers upon him, then Allah Almighty places the light of guidance in the heart of the listener through the blessings of His Pure words.

The second thing we learn is that those who accepted the beautiful religion of Allah Almighty in its early days were subjected to every kind of difficulty in order to turn them away from this mighty religion. But may we be sacrificed upon those Sahabah and Sahabiyyat رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْھُن who bore those difficulties but did not leave the perfect and accomplished religion, nor did they deny the Oneness of Allah Almighty and the Messenger-ship of the Beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم .

Rather, whenever there was a need to sacrifice their life, wealth or body for Islam, those noble personalities presented everything of theirs for the sake of