Why Khadijah Knew He Was the Prophet

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We left off in the narration of Bkari Muslim regarding the first revelation of the Quran to the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam. This is the most critical night in his life and the most critical night for his with respect to the Quran. likewise the time and day of his hijra saiam and so much happened between these two times. It's interesting when we look at the way that the Quran is organized. The way that the Quran is organized speaking specifically about the organization of the chapters of the Quran. We have a principle which is a correct principle and that is that the whole is greater than the sum of all of its parts. Right? And the reason for that is because when I have two gears for instance and I put them together that action that is taking place between those two gears that in itself is also an additional part. So when we look at the Quran we see two chapters of the Quran. Those are two chapters. But between those two, because of the way that the Quran is organized, there is also more meaning to be understood. You look at the very beginning of the prophet's dawah sallall.aii wasallam the very time first time he received these these verses of in the mountain and in the cave of and then you fast forward to his last three days on this earth and he was very ill. He was ill for about 13 days before his death. Sallallah.aii wasallam and a couple of days before he passed away in some narrations it's the morning of that he passed away of the day that he passed away he was able to stand and he opened his hai after the for was called and Abu Bakr was in the front and the companions had straightened their rope rose and they were preparing to begin their salah. And the prophet sallallah.aii wasallam looked out at them as they were in this form and he smiled and Abu Bakr who thought that he was coming back out to lead salah. But he gestured to him and mechanic stay there lead the prayer and then he closed or let the curtains close and that was the last time his companions saw him alive sai wasam when you look at the time between the beginning of this message and the end it's a very incredible stark contrast and the way that the Quran is organized gives us that contrast. For instance, we look at speaking about the conquest of Mecca. And when you see the people, when you see humanity and not even just humanity but the jin too entering into Islam in droves, in cues and then you go to the next chapter which is it's almost as if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying to the prophet sallall.aii alaihi wasallam. This is where I took you and this is where we began. This is where we started with Abuab antagonizing him and putting out all kinds of things and saying to him so we see Allah's victory and what happened to Abuahab what happened to Abu Jah what happened to all the antagonists what happened to all their plans hands. What happened to all their plots, all their money, their wealth, all that sweat and blood that they put into what happened to all their propaganda by the wayside. And what remains is the word of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. But this is where it began. It began in a time of fear. The prophet sallall.aii Wasam could have never envisioned that things would go the way that they did. We see that he returned to after hearing these first five verses. Recite in the name of your Lord who has created everything and created specifically the human being from a clot a clinging clot of blood. Now why did Allah choose the term here? Why did he refer to the beginning of the human being by this stage in his development as opposed to any other stage? We will get to that inshallah. He says, "Recite and read and your Lord is the most and the epitome of generosity and he is the paragon of generosity." Subhanahu Waala. He is the one who taught with the pen. taught the human being what he did not know. When he heard these verses, notice the time between these verses and that was subsequently revealed after this. There was a time when Gabriel didn't return with any new Quran. And we will get to that at the end of the narration of Aisha. But we're trying to kind of set the stage here. We're kind of trying to make sure that we see the full picture of the beginning of this revelation. And why these five verses specifically? Why? Of all the verses of the Quran, these five these five and these five verses marked the beginning of his prophethood. For this reason, the scholars say he was made a prophet when he received and he was then elevated and appointed a messenger when Allah sent down to him. And there is a difference between a prophet and a messenger. Now he went back to Khadijah. He was shaking. Aisha described his Aisha described his disturbance and his shock. She said his heart of hearts was shaking, was trembling. His hands and his legs, his limbs were shaking. And he went back to and said, "Cover me. Cover me." And so he was swaddled, but he also said, "Pour water on me." So he's hot and cold at the same time, simultaneously. This is shock. This is what is referred to in modern medicine as the fight or flight response. He is got this adrenaline surging through his veins and he is trying to make sense of all of the things that just happened to him. And he told Khadijah what happened. And he told her not only what happened in the cave, but he also told her about the premonitions he's been having when he's seeing premonitions in his sleep. And they're playing out exactly vividly as if it was the real world, which it was. These were prophet pro these were prophecies that he was receiving. And so and he said I am terrified for myself. What does this mean? He was terrified for himself. Some scholars mention that he feared that this was his death that he was experiencing death. Whilst others like mentions in his explanation of this narration that he was fearing before when he was seeing these premonitions and when he was experiencing these odd things that were happening that this was actually from a shaitan and that he might be starting to be affected by a shaitan or what is referred to as you know starting to lose his grasp on reality. But this doesn't mean that he was ever confused as to who came to visit him. He could never confuse the words of Allah with the words of aan or the words of with the words of other than Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So he understood what was happening but he feared that he would not be able to fulfill what he had been appointed for and he wouldn't be able to cont commanded him with. So he was terrified. He was terrified that he received this message and he doesn't feel he is going to be able to carry it, that he's going to be able to bear it, that he is going to be able to be that conduit of revelation between Allah and us. And so reminded him of who he is and reminded him of who Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala is. She said, She said, "No, I swear by Allah, Allah would never humiliate you. He would never humiliate you. Give you a message that you can't bear, take your life and take your sanity in such a way. Allah would never do this to you. Why? Why would Allah not do this to him?" She said and she mentioned five traits. She said,.

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"So she said, "Allah would never humiliate you. Of all of the people, you he would never humiliate." Why? She said, "Because you keep ties with your kin and because you carry the burden of those who are unable to bear their own burden. And you help to achieve for those who are unable to achieve for themselves, the poor, the the meek, the weak. You are the one that completes those who are incomplete. And you respect and honor your guest with the utmost of generosity. And there is no avenue of truth that you are not its vanguard and victor. And so these are your traits. Allah would never humiliate a man of such traits. and character. Now notice what she's saying. She has this image of who Muhammad is saiam and she has this image and idea of who Allah is that Allah is not someone that rewards generosity with stinginess. He doesn't reward gratitude with rejection. He doesn't reward good with bad. Now, how does Khadijah know this? Based on what? Well, this takes us to a very interesting point which we will end with tonight that I think many of us have not really contemplated. We go to the first verse of the first verses of surah al bakar. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says Allah says that this Quran is a guidance for the righteous. A guidance for the righteous. Okay. Who is righteous? The ones who learn righteousness from the Quran. And who is the Quran for? The righteous. So what does that mean? It's a it's kind of a cir it's what we refer to as in rhetoric as a circular reasoning. It's a it's a circular reasoning. Meaning that these two traits feed off of each other. The Quran teaches righteousness. But who are the ones that learn righteousness from the Quran? The righteous. And so the more righteous you are, the more you learn righteousness. And the more you learn righteousness, the more you become righteous. But if we take it all the way back to the very very beginning when a person first accepts the Quran, is he righteous in that? Yes, he is righteous by accepting the Quran at the very first. And so that righteousness is from the Quran. But the Quran is also teaching righteousness by those who are righteous. So what does that mean? The scholars tell us of them that righteousness here one of the meanings that is meant by righteousness are those who uphold the truth even before they know about Islam. Now pay attention to this. We are, you and I, every human being, we have been created upon what? The fra the predisposition. We generally know in a macro sense lying is wrong, truthfulness is good, stealing is bad. being honest is good, murder is wrong, harming others unrightfully is wrong. We have this naturally before we hear from the prophets and messengers. And so what kind of person is most prone to accepting the message of the prophets? That is those who follow what little truth they already have inside them. Those who follow and adhere to what little conscience they already have before they learn righteousness from the Quran. Right? And the companions said as much. They said as much that we learned eman and then Allah sent down the Quran and we learned the Quran and we learned eman from the Quran. Meaning that a person they've never heard of a prophet or messenger but they know beyond reason that lying is wrong and so they don't lie. This choice to adhere to what little truth they already have is what leads them finally to the path of the prophets and messengers. And those who reject the prophets and messengers are those who have rejected that truth that they knew before they even knew what the prophets and messengers were. And for this reason, Allah said, regarding the Quran. Those who believe in the hereafter, they believe in the Quran. They believe in the hereafter. They believe in the Quran because they did not reject logic and fra because of how they want to live their life. They have this internal struggle between morality and desire and they choose their morality. Maybe not every time but mostly they are a person who values the truth. And so Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us the type of people that reject the Quran. And we'll end with this. He said,.

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He says subhanahu wa ta'ala. And we will turn their hearts and and sight away from it, away from the miracles. They will look up, see the moon split in half, and then they'll turn around and at the very first when they first see it, they're in shock Pharaoh was when he first saw. And they'll say, "Wow, it's a strike of lightning goes through their heart. This man has to be a messenger. He is a prophet." But then as it wears off and the shock goes away and the novelty wears off and they go back home and they're in their comfy bed and they're getting their manicures and they're relaxed and they're in their environment that they made just how they want. They start to reason why he's not a messenger. No, no, no. That was actually a magic trick. No, that was sorcery. No, that was some kind of no way. Right. And this is the struggle. But Allah says, "We will turn their hearts and their sight away from it. They'll neither be able to accept it nor even see the truth anymore for what it is, just as they rejected the truth the first time when they stepped onto that path of rejection. and we will leave them in their blunder and misguidance going to and fro unable to find their way through the darkness. We will end with this. We will continue this inshallah in our next sitting. We will finish up this story and then we will begin the of these verses before we move on to.

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Alhamdulillah. which is.