The Heart Breaking Supplication

In Shawwal (in the end of May or the beginning of June 619 C.E.) of the tenth year of Prophethood, Rasoolullah (swallallahu alaihi wassallam) set out on foot towards At-Ta'if, about 60 kilometers from Makkah, in the company of his freed slave Zaid bin Harithah inviting people to Islam.

Contrary to Rasoolullah's (SAW) expectations, the general atmosphere was terribly hostile. Rasoolullah (SAW) approached the family of Umair, who were reckoned among the nobility of the town. But to Rasoolullah's (SAW) disappointment, all of them turned deaf ear to his message and used abusive language as regards the noble cause he had been striving for. Three brothers from the chieftains of Thaqif - 'Abd Yalil, Mas'ud and Habib - sons of Amr bin Umair Ath Thaqafi met Rasoolullah (SAW), who invited them to embrace Islam and worship Allah, but they daringly mocked Rasoolullah (SAW) and refused his invitation. "He is tearing the cloths of Al-Kabah; is it true that Allah has sent you as a Messenger?" said one of them. "Has not Allah found someone else to entrust him with His Message?" said the second. "I swear by Allah that I will never speak to you. If you are really the Messenger of Allah, then you are too important to be speaking to me. If you are lying against Allah, then I should never speak to you," said the third. Rasoolullah (SAW), finding that they were hopeless cases, stood up and left them saying:

"Since you are behaving this way, please do not disclose my presence here."

For ten days Rasoolullah (SAW) stayed there delivering his message to all of the noble people, one after another, but all to no avail. Stirred up to hasten the departure of the unwelcome visitor, the foolish and their servants hooted him through the narrow lanes, pelted him with stones and obliged him to flee from the city pursued by a merciless crowd. Blood flowed down both his legs; and Zaid, trying to shield him, was wounded in the head. The crowd did not cease until they had chased him two or three miles across the sandy plains to the foot of the surrounding hills. There, tired and exhausted, Rasoolullah (SAW) took refuge in one of the numerous fruit farms, and rested against the wall of a vineyard. At a time when the whole world seemed to have turned against him, Rasoolullah (SAW) turned to his Lord and started praying, the following touching words are still preserved as those through which his oppressed soul expressed its distress. He was tired and wounded but confident of the help of his Lord:

"O Allah, To You alone I complain of my weakness,
my insufficient ability and my insignificance before the people.
You are the most Merciful of the mercifuls.
You are the Lord of the helpless and the weak,
O Lord of mine! Into whose hands would You abandon me;
into the hands of an unsympathetic distant relative who would angrily frown at me,
or to the enemy who has been given control over my affairs?
But if Your wrath does not fall on me, there is nothing for me to worry about."

"Your pardon is ample enough for me.
I seek protection in the light of Your Face,
which illuminates the darkness,
fixing the affairs in this world as well as in the Hereafter.
May it never be that I should incur Your wrath,
or that You should be wrathful to me.
And there is no power not resource, but Yours alone."

Ar Raheeq Al Makhtum
The Sealed Nectar
by Safi ur Rahman Al Mubarakpuri

Anwar Al Awlaki - The Hereafter Lecture Series

In this series, the Imam vividly portrays the different phases the human soul passes through during its lifetime up to its death as well as the process of judgment of souls and the resulting eternal life in Heaven or Hell in the Hereafter. In breathtaking style the listener hears of the events that occur just before death and the events that come after it. The Imam gives a clear description about life in the grave, the horrors of the last day, the major and minor signs leading to the last hour and the day of resurrection. The Imam crowns this eloquently narrated lecture with the process of accountability and recompense. On the Day of Judgment those who pass the test will be rewarded with Paradise and those who fail will be rewarded with Hellfire.

The Hereafter Part 01

Anwar Al Awlaki - The Hereafter - Part 01