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CHAPTER ONE

THE EXALTED STATUS OF OUR BELOVED HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD

(Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam) 1. He is Nur (Sacred Light)

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O people of the Scripture! (Jews and Christians). Indeed Our (Prophetic) Messenger has come to you, expounding to you much of that which you used to hide from the Scripture, and forgiving much. Undoubtedly, there has come to you a Light from Allah and a clear Book (the Qur’an). (5:15) 2. Allah blesses him

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Indeed, Allah and His angels shower blessings on the Prophet. O you who believe! Ask blessings on him and salute him with a worthy salutation. (33:56) 3. Mercy for all the worlds

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And We have sent you not except as a mercy for all the worlds. (21:107) 4. His name is Muhammad (Meaning the Most Praised One)

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And those who believe and do good deeds and believe in that which is revealed to Muhammad, and it is the Truth from their Lord, He (Allah) removes from them their ill-deeds and improves their state. (47:2) 5. Allah has exalted his Dhikr (Zikr) (remembrance)

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Have We not expanded for you your breast? And removed from you your burden Which weighed down your back And exalted for you your dhikr (zikr) (remembrance). (94:1-4) 6. His exaltation on the Night of Mi‘raj : his heavenly ascent

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Then he drew near (to his Lord), then he came closer Till he was (distant) two bow-lengths or even nearer. (53:8-9) 7. His Station of Praise (Al-Maqam al-Mahmud)

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And some part of the night offer Tahajjud (Salah), an additional Prayer for you. Soon, your Lord will raise you to a Station of Praise (the highest position in Paradise). (17:79) 8. He is Shāhid (Witness, Present Beholder)

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Surely, We have sent you as a witness, and a bearer of good news and a warner. (48:8) 9. He shall be a witness on the Day of Judgement

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And the Day when We shall raise a witness from every community from amongst themselves that they may give evidence against them and (O Beloved Prophet) We shall bring you as a witness over them. And We have sent down the Book (the Qur’an) to you explaining everything clearly and as a guidance and mercy and good news for the Muslims. (16:89)

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10. His name is mentioned together with the Name of Allah

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And a proclamation from Allah and His (Prophetic) Messenger to mankind on the Day of the Greater Pilgrimage that Allah is free from obligation to the idolaters (concerning the treaties which they broke) and so is His (Prophetic) Messenger (free from obligation). So, if you (idolaters) repent, it is better for you, but if you turn away, then know that you cannot escape (from the punishment of) Allah. And give the news of a painful punishment to those who disbelieve. (9:3)

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And if they were pleased with what Allah and His (Prophetic) Messenger gave them and had said: “Allah is Sufficient for us. Allah will soon give us of His Bounty, and so will His (Prophetic) Messenger. Indeed, to Allah we lean”. (9:59)

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But if you seek Allah and His (Prophetic) Messenger and the Home of the Hereafter, then undoubtedly, Allah has kept prepared for the doers of good among you a great reward. (33:29)

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Surely, those who oppose Allah and His (Prophetic) Messenger, they will be among the lowest. Allah has decreed: “Most surely, I will prevail, I and My (Prophetic) Messengers. Surely, Allah is All-Powerful, Almighty. You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day (of Judgement) making friendship with those who oppose Allah and His (Prophetic) Messenger even though they be their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kinsmen. These are they in whose hearts He (Allah) has inscribed Faith and has strengthened them with a spirit from Himself, and he will admit them to Gardens (in Paradise) beneath which streams flow to dwell therein (for ever). Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him (as their Lord). They are the party of Allah. Surely, it is the party of Allah that is successful. (58:20-22)

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So believe in Allah and His (Prophetic) Messenger and in the Light (the Qur’an) which We have sent down, and Allah is All-Aware of what you do. (64:8) 11. Allah appointed him to lead Muslims to Paradise

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And hasten towards forgiveness from your Lord and to a Paradise as wide as the heavens and the earth, prepared for the pious. Those who spend (in the Way of Allah) in prosperity and in hardship and who control (their) anger and who pardon people. And Allah loves the doers of good. (3:133-134)

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Those are the limits set by Allah, and whoso obeys Allah and His (Prophetic) Messenger, He (Allah) will make him enter Gardens (in Paradise) underneath which rivers flow, to abide therein. And that is the great success. (4:13)

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Allah has promised to the believing (Muslim) men and the believing (Muslim) women Gardens (in Paradise) under which rivers flow, wherein they shall abide, and fine dwellings in the Gardens of ‘Adn. But the Approval of Allah is the greatest (bliss). That is the supreme success. (9:72)

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Surely, those who believe and do good deeds, their Lord will guide them because of their Faith. Rivers will flow beneath them in the Gardens of Delight (in Paradise). Their prayer therein shall be: “Glory be to You, O Allah”, and their greeting therein will be “Peace”, and the end of their prayer will be: “All Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds”. (10:9-10)

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And those who were in reverential awe of their Lord shall be escorted to Paradise in groups until when they reach there, and its gates are opened and its warders say to them: “Peace be upon you; you are good, so enter it (Paradise) to abide therein”. And they will say: “All Praise is due to Allah Who has fulfilled His Promise to us and made us inherit this land; (so) we may dwell in Paradise where we please, how excellent is the reward of the (righteous) workers”.

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And you shall see the angels surrounding the Throne (of Allah) on all sides, glorifying the praise of their Lord, and judgement shall be given between them with truth (justice), and it shall be said: “All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds”. (39:73-75)

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Surely, the pious will be in the midst of Gardens and a river (in Paradise). In the Sitting of Truth before the King, Most Powerful (Allah). (54:54-55)

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But for him who fears the standing (for Judgement) before his Lord, there are two Paradises. (55:46)

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On the Day when you shall see the believing (Muslim) men and the believing (Muslim) women, their light running before them and by their right (side) (and it will be said to them): “Good news for you this Day, of Gardens beneath which rivers flow (in Paradise), to abide therein. That is the supreme triumph”. (57:12)

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Hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and (to) a Paradise whose width is as the width of the heavens and the earth prepared for those who believed in Allah and His (Prophetic) Messengers. That is the Grace of Allah (which) He bestows upon whom He wishes. And Allah is the Possessor of Great Grace. (57:21)