Subscribe Feed (RSS)O King, we were a people in a state of ignorance and immorality…
August 19th, 2007 by Abdullah | Filed under History.Jaafer, RadiAllahu Anh, in this eloquent speech to the negus, sums up what Islam is all about. Beautiful… just beautiful
O King, we were a people in a state of ignorance and immorality, worshipping idols and eating the flesh of dead animals, committing all sorts of abomination and shameful deeds, breaking the ties of kinship, treating guests badly, and the strong among us exploited the weak. We remained in this state until Allah sent us a Prophet, one of our own people, whose lineage, truthfulness, trustworthiness, and integrity were well-known to us.
It’s sad to see, subhanallah, so many of these things are true of today’s societies:
- state of ignorance: true (deen wise especially, even Muslims)
- immorality: rampant
- worshipping idols: true (we call them “celebrities” and “presidents” these days)
- eating dead animals (roast pork, anyone?)
- shameful and abominable acts: doesn’t even need commenting
- breaking ties of kinship: old age homes, anyone?
- strong exploiting the weak: financially…