The Benefits of Certainty

“O fire! Become cool and safe for Ibrāhīm.”^{^[1]}

اللہُ اکبر Prophet Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم had amazing faith and belief. Due to this, Allah turned a raging fire into a garden of flowers for him.

Nimrod’s follower burnt to ashes

Narrations tell us, that a few days after Prophet Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم was cast into the flames, Nimrod climbed to the roof of his palace to see what had happened. When he looked, he was shocked to see that Prophet Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم was sitting peacefully in the flames, and the fire had become a garden full of flowers for him.

Nimrod then thought perhaps something was wrong with the fire—that maybe it wasn’t burning at all. So, to test it, he threw another man into it. As soon as that man entered the fire, he was instantly burnt to ashes.^{^[2]}

This meant that the fire was behaving like fire—it was still burning. But for Prophet Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم, it had turned into a garden of flowers. After seeing this magnificent miracle of this distinguished prophet of Allah, many people recited the kalima and embraced faith.^{^[3]}

Dear Islamic brothers! These are the blessings that come with strong belief. This is not just a poetic idea—it is a reality. When faith becomes unshakeable and belief becomes immovable, we earn ourselves the mercy of Allah.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

The strong belief of Abū Muslim al-Khawlānī

[1] Al-Quran, al-Anbiyāˈ, verse 69; translation from Kanz al-ꜤIrfān

[2] Rūḥ al-Maʿānī, part 17, al-Anbiyāˈ, under verse 69, part 17, vol. 9, p. 91

[3] Tārīkh al-Khamīs, vol. 1, p. 155

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