MARY, JESUS AND THE FAIR JUDGE 
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The Quraysh found it difficult to accept the fact that a large group of Muslims had managed to escape their campaign of terror. Safe in Abyssinia, the Muslims now enjoyed the experience of not facing any opposition to their faith and way of life. The Quraysh, nonetheless, had a plan. They sent two of their very shrewd envoys, Amr bin Al-Aas and Abdullah bin Rab’ia to Abyssinia to have the Muslims extradited back to Arabia.
According to the plan, two representatives of the Quraysh
first met the Abyssinian bishops and bribed them in order to gain access to the King 
. When they succeeded in getting an audience with him, they presented him with gifts from Arabia
.
. When they succeeded in getting an audience with him, they presented him with gifts from Arabia.
Then they stated their case: “O King! Some foolish men from our city have taken refuge in your majesty’s country. They have abandoned our religion,
but rather than accepting your religion, they have invented one of their own. Their families, knowing of their delusions, have sent us to Your Majesty to bring them back home.”
When they had made their plea to the King, the Abyssinian bishops stood and urged him to grant their request. The King, however, was a very fair judge
. He said that he would allow both parties to make their statements before making a decision. The Muslim refugees were summoned to the King’s court
. Then the King questioned them why they had entered an unknown religion that had caused them to abandon their families and tribes
. Ja’far bin Abu Talib, the Prophet’s cousin, rose on behalf of the Muslims and said: “O King! We are a nation steeped in ignorance. We worshipped idols,ate carrion and committed abominations. We neglected our kin and mistreated our neighbours. The strong among us devoured the weak. We lived thus until Allah raised among us a messenger, of whose noble lineage, truthfulness, honesty and purity were all aware.
“He invited us to acknowledge the Oneness of God, to worship Allah, and to renounce the stones and idols we and our forefathers used to venerate. He enjoined upon us to speak the truth, to keep our word, and to be kind and considerate to our relatives and neighbours. He forbade us to shed blood, to act wantonly, to lie and to deceive others. He forbade us to encroach upon the property of orphans or to vilify chaste women.
“He commanded us to worship
Allah alone 
without associating anything with Him. He ordered us to pray, to fast, and to pay the poor their due
. We acknowledged he was Allah’s messenger and believed in him. We followed him in whatever he brought from Allah, and we worshipped only one God without associating anything with Him. We treated as unlawful what he forbade and embraced what he made lawful for us. At this, our people were estranged. They persecuted us, tried to seduce us from our faith and force us to return to idolatry, pressing us to return to the abominations we used to commit earlier
. When they tortured us, ground us under their tyranny and stood between us and our religion, we fled to your country, choosing you above others for refuge. We have come here, O King, to your country seeking your protection. We hope that we shall not be dealt with unjustly
.”
without associating anything with Him. He ordered us to pray, to fast, and to pay the poor their due. We acknowledged he was Allah’s messenger and believed in him. We followed him in whatever he brought from Allah, and we worshipped only one God without associating anything with Him. We treated as unlawful what he forbade and embraced what he made lawful for us. At this, our people were estranged. They persecuted us, tried to seduce us from our faith and force us to return to idolatry, pressing us to return to the abominations we used to commit earlier. When they tortured us, ground us under their tyranny and stood between us and our religion, we fled to your country, choosing you above others for refuge. We have come here, O King, to your country seeking your protection. We hope that we shall not be dealt with unjustly.”
The King listened patiently to Ja’far. The he asked Ja’far if he could recite something that had been revealed to Muhammad ﷺ. Ja’far then recited the opening verses of Surah Maryam, named after Mary
, the mother of Jesus
. The King wept until tears flowed down to his beard, and the bishops were also overcome. “Truthfully, this and what Jesus brought are from the same divine light.
”
, the mother of Jesus. The King wept until tears flowed down to his beard, and the bishops were also overcome. “Truthfully, this and what Jesus brought are from the same divine light.”
Then turning to the envoys of the Quraysh, the King siad, “You may go. By God, I shall never give them to you, not will they be ill-treated.”
”
The two envoys from the Quraysh now changed their tactics.
The next day they returned to the King’s court and made another attempt to convince the King to expel the Muslims from his country. Amr tried to incite the King against the Muslims. “O King! They assert a dreadful thing about Jesus which is too shameful to be repeated before you.”
”
The King again summoned the Muslims to his court and questioned them about their belief regarding jesus.
Ja’far bin Abi Talib replied: “We say about him that which our Prophet ﷺ has taught us. Jesus was a human being and Allah’s Prophet. He was a spirit and a word cast unto the blessed virgin Maryam.”
The King took a straw from the ground and said: “By God, Jesus, the son of Mary, does not exceed what you have said by the length of this straw. Go and live in my territory in peace and security. Those who ill-treat you will be punished. I shall not give you any trouble even if I were offered a mountain of gold in exchange.”
The King then ordered that all the gifts brought by the envoys from the Quraysh be returned
. Having failed miserably, the two envoys left for Arabia in great shame.
brought by the envoys from the Quraysh be returned. Having failed miserably, the two envoys left for Arabia in great shame.
The Quraysh were very angry about what had happened in Abyssinia.The defeat the pagans suffered at the Abyssinian court gave them further cause to hate Islam.
From this point onward, Atiba bin Abi Lahab, who at became a source of constant irritation for the Prophet ﷺ. He once tore the Prophet’s ﷺ clothes and spat in his face. “O Allah,” the Prophet ﷺ said in response, “set one of your dogs on him
.”
BUT ALLAH WILL ACCEPT THE PROPHET ﷺ DUAA ,AND SOMETHING TERRIBLE WILL HAPPEN TO ATIBA.
,AND SOMETHING TERRIBLE WILL HAPPEN TO ATIBA.
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