THE CONSPIRACY OF THE OPPRESSORS WILL FAIL (VERSE NO. 46 - 52)

      The oppositions of Islam came no short of whatever they could do against the Messenger of God. They did their best to frustrate the prophet but they all failed! They conspired torether against him. They planned secretly with others to stop, to arrest, or to slay him. They combined with the Jews to carry out their treacheries and treasons, that could even move the mountains, but all the plans that they schemed was within the sight and the control of Allah who had sent Mohammad with His Message.... the Lord God Who encompassed all their tricks, plots, and conspiracies; frustrated them all in their endeavours. They believed not in the prophethood, and thought that Allah would fail or forget His promise. But the punishment of Allah not only touched them in this world, it awaited to afflict them in the next life too! In a day when the earth will change to a different earth, and the skies too, will be changed to other skies! And woe is unto them in that dreadful day. In the Resurrection Day our planets of the solar system will not perish or be reduced to nothing. They will be ruined and damaged, and after their destruction, using the same materials they are reconstructed once again to a new solar system. Therefore our earth changes to a new earth, and our sky will change to a new sky and the dead bodies will rise up from their grave to join their souls. In the Day of Doom everything changes, and all the conditions and all the values will differ. Man is settled in a completely new world the detail of which is unknown to us:

      ``And you will see the guilties linked together in chains''

      The chains of their evil deeds that will link them together with evils and demons, of men and Satans. They all shall be driven in that link to the court of God's utmost justice and final judgement, with their shirts being made of TAR which can readily catch fire.

GHATRÄN = TAR

      (The Arabic GHATRÄN has almost by all been translated to black pitch; but I have preferred, TAR for the translation. TAR is a natural substance with a very old historical record. It is a black, oily, sticky, material formed by heating organic substances; such as wood, coal, or petroleum. This word is found in very old literatures too including that of Arabs whom they call it GHATRÄN. Therefore, TAR should not be confused with the black pitch which is now-a-days used in the construction of asphalt, and it is a remaining after the distillation of TAR, derived from various sources.

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE)

 

ABRÄHAM THE IDOL SMASHER

      Abraham was born in UR of the Chal-dees, a city of ancient Sumer in the South of Babylonia kingdom. The capital of the kingdom was the celebrated ancient city called, BABYLON on the Euphrates river bank about 55 miles South of Baghdad. The city first assumed great importance under HAMURÄBI (C.1728ِ1686 B.C.)who was the greatest king of the first dynasty of Babylon who made it the capital of his Empire.

      Babylon was famous for such structures as the HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. NEBUCHADNEZAR, during whose reign the gardens were rebuilt, is prominent in the Bible because of his conquest of JUDAH, and his deportation of the Jews. The history of Babylonia starts from before 2000 B.C. upto its conquest by Persian king CYRUS in 539 B.C. BABYLON remaind a great city under Persian rule. Alexander the great died there. Its decline was rapid in the SELUCIDE period and soon it became only a series of ruins never to rebuilt.

      When ABRAHAM was born, NIMRUD the son of KANAAN; a cruel tyrant was the dictator of Babylonia, who had established a godship among his people deifying, himself as the greatest of the gods!

      The chaldean's main religion was idolatry. Besides the image of their dictator king; they worshipped many other idols, large or small, some being the symbols of the celestial bodies like the sun, moon, and the brighter stars. Nimrud, very seriously supported the idols and idolatry for being the best means of holding people in ignorance and unawareness! In their society, the least abuse or despise of an idol was greatest of sins who would be condemned to death without any trial by the priests.

The Chaldeans, also had some knowledge of the stars and the celestial bodies, and therefore the worship of sun, moon and some of the stars was one of the prevailing forms of religion there.

      Astronomers and diviners had predicted of the advent of a wonderful apostle who would come to defeat Nimrud in all respects. So the tyrant did his best to prevent the child birth, or if he born, to slay him; but he failed. The case of ABRAHAM'S birth was like that of Moses to some extent. Abraham was grown and nourished in a cave for the fear of Nimrud according to some Islamic narrations. When he was at the beginning of his teenages, he came out of his hiding place.

      The boy's first challenge was against the astronomers superstitious ideals and creed, who thought the celestial bodies like jupiter and venus to be the Lord of heaven or the god or godess of beauty and love and other false ideas.

      In the dark of the night ABRAHAM stared at the bright star which his people had taken it for a god, and said:ِ ``Is this my Lord, the One who has created me? But a little while elapsed when the star disappeared!'' Abraham said:ِ ``I can't love something that dies away.'' He did the same thing to the moon which was brighter than the star, and came to the same conclusion. Next day he gazed at the glory of the sun rise, and said:ِ ``Is this my Lord? This is greater than the stars and the moon, which my people have taken for god. But very soon he saw the sunset!'' He then exclaimed:ِ``My people! I am quit of your guilt of ascribing partners to Allah. What a folly to worship the creatures, when it is possible to worship their creator? Let us then leave aside all these follies, and get rid of so much superstitions, and grasp our Lord who is the only one true God, without whose will nothing can happen.''

      Abraham's second conflict was with idols and idolaters. His father or his uncle was an idol maker and idol seller, and Abraham began his combat with idolatry in his own house! He said to his father:ِ ``Do you really take these idols for gods? I see you and your people in a manifest error. What are these inanimate carved stones, before which you bow down!?'' They were struck with astonishment to hear that from the youth whom they expected to support! So they said to him:ِ

      ``O, ABRAHAM! Are you jesting, or you are serious in your assertion?'' In answer to his father he said:ِ ``Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who has created All. I sincerely testify that as a witness.'' He then decided to show them practically, that their gods were powerless, and could do nothing of harm or benefit. Soon after he boldly did something curious to make the Chaldeans ashamed of worshipping some dead pieces of stones carved to an idol:

      It was a general holiday in which according to their customs everybody had to go out of the town to enjoy the beauties of nature. In that very day in which the town was empty of people and population, ABRAHAM took an axe and went to the main temple. After taunting the idols with scornful critical remarks, he raised up his axe and smashed all the idols except the biggest of them on whose shoulder he fixed the axe! It seemed as if a fight had taken place among the idols!

      When reports of the incident revealed and spread out in the town, there was a vehement out burst of excitement, anger, and anxiety! Some of the laymen were afraid that the wrath of the gods could destroy them all! The general topic of conversations was; he who has done this to our gods, he is a real oppressor. Then some people informed the authorities that; We heard a youth speak against our gods. He is called ABRAHAM. He is the son of AZAR, the famous idol maker.

 

ABRÄHAM THE IDOL SMASHER

      Abraham was born in UR of the Chal-dees, a city of ancient Sumer in the South of Babylonia kingdom. The capital of the kingdom was the celebrated ancient city called, BABYLON on the Euphrates river bank about 55 miles South of Baghdad. The city first assumed great importance under HAMURÄBI (C.1728ِ1686 B.C.)who was the greatest king of the first dynasty of Babylon who made it the capital of his Empire.

      Babylon was famous for such structures as the HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. NEBUCHADNEZAR, during whose reign the gardens were rebuilt, is prominent in the Bible because of his conquest of JUDAH, and his deportation of the Jews. The history of Babylonia starts from before 2000 B.C. upto its conquest by Persian king CYRUS in 539 B.C. BABYLON remaind a great city under Persian rule. Alexander the great died there. Its decline was rapid in the SELUCIDE period and soon it became only a series of ruins never to rebuilt.

      When ABRAHAM was born, NIMRUD the son of KANAAN; a cruel tyrant was the dictator of Babylonia, who had established a godship among his people deifying, himself as the greatest of the gods!

      The chaldean's main religion was idolatry. Besides the image of their dictator king; they worshipped many other idols, large or small, some being the symbols of the celestial bodies like the sun, moon, and the brighter stars. Nimrud, very seriously supported the idols and idolatry for being the best means of holding people in ignorance and unawareness! In their society, the least abuse or despise of an idol was greatest of sins who would be condemned to death without any trial by the priests.

The Chaldeans, also had some knowledge of the stars and the celestial bodies, and therefore the worship of sun, moon and some of the stars was one of the prevailing forms of religion there.

      Astronomers and diviners had predicted of the advent of a wonderful apostle who would come to defeat Nimrud in all respects. So the tyrant did his best to prevent the child birth, or if he born, to slay him; but he failed. The case of ABRAHAM'S birth was like that of Moses to some extent. Abraham was grown and nourished in a cave for the fear of Nimrud according to some Islamic narrations. When he was at the beginning of his teenages, he came out of his hiding place.

      The boy's first challenge was against the astronomers superstitious ideals and creed, who thought the celestial bodies like jupiter and venus to be the Lord of heaven or the god or godess of beauty and love and other false ideas.

      In the dark of the night ABRAHAM stared at the bright star which his people had taken it for a god, and said:ِ ``Is this my Lord, the One who has created me? But a little while elapsed when the star disappeared!'' Abraham said:ِ ``I can't love something that dies away.'' He did the same thing to the moon which was brighter than the star, and came to the same conclusion. Next day he gazed at the glory of the sun rise, and said:ِ ``Is this my Lord? This is greater than the stars and the moon, which my people have taken for god. But very soon he saw the sunset!'' He then exclaimed:ِ``My people! I am quit of your guilt of ascribing partners to Allah. What a folly to worship the creatures, when it is possible to worship their creator? Let us then leave aside all these follies, and get rid of so much superstitions, and grasp our Lord who is the only one true God, without whose will nothing can happen.''

      Abraham's second conflict was with idols and idolaters. His father or his uncle was an idol maker and idol seller, and Abraham began his combat with idolatry in his own house! He said to his father:ِ ``Do you really take these idols for gods? I see you and your people in a manifest error. What are these inanimate carved stones, before which you bow down!?'' They were struck with astonishment to hear that from the youth whom they expected to support! So they said to him:ِ

      ``O, ABRAHAM! Are you jesting, or you are serious in your assertion?'' In answer to his father he said:ِ ``Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who has created All. I sincerely testify that as a witness.'' He then decided to show them practically, that their gods were powerless, and could do nothing of harm or benefit. Soon after he boldly did something curious to make the Chaldeans ashamed of worshipping some dead pieces of stones carved to an idol:

      It was a general holiday in which according to their customs everybody had to go out of the town to enjoy the beauties of nature. In that very day in which the town was empty of people and population, ABRAHAM took an axe and went to the main temple. After taunting the idols with scornful critical remarks, he raised up his axe and smashed all the idols except the biggest of them on whose shoulder he fixed the axe! It seemed as if a fight had taken place among the idols!

      When reports of the incident revealed and spread out in the town, there was a vehement out burst of excitement, anger, and anxiety! Some of the laymen were afraid that the wrath of the gods could destroy them all! The general topic of conversations was; he who has done this to our gods, he is a real oppressor. Then some people informed the authorities that; We heard a youth speak against our gods. He is called ABRAHAM. He is the son of AZAR, the famous idol maker.

      Abraham's biting irony touched them to the quick. When they turned to themselves, they were confounded, and admitted to have been wrong-doers and oppressors. So they said to Abraham:ِ

      ``You know well enough that these idols cannot speak.''

      This was precisely what Abraham was looking for. As soon as they said so, ABRAHAM made his attack on them ardently and said:ِ

      ``Why should you worship such useless and impotent things? Fie upon you, and the things that you worship besides Allah.''

      When he said that the priests were filled with wrath, and reason gave its place to force and threat. Those who had all their privileges and authorities, through the ignorance of their common people cried out loudly; Burn the lad. Let him shut up once and for all! Burn him and protect your gods!

      When Nimrud, the Chaldean tyrant who was the greatest supporter of idolatry, and who had enforced his people to worship him as the God of gods, was informed of the strange event of the lad and idols, he summond Abraham to his court and disputed with him saying:ِ

      ``Are you the boy who claims to have a god other than me?'' ``Yes I am!'' answered the boy.

      ``And who is the god whom you worship?'' Nimrud said again. ``I worship Allah, the Lord God who gives life and makes to die.'' answered Abraham.

      The haughty tyrant adhered to fallacy by violating the laws of valid argument and said:ِ ``I too can give life and make to die!'' And then he issued an order for two prisoners, one of them to be released and the other hanged.

      The young believer in Allah did not lose his heart in that court of tyranny and oppression; and said in answer to Nimrud:ِ ``O.K. Be it so, but Allah my Lord causes the sun to rise from the east; then you cause him to rise from the west.''

      The dictator was confounded, and in a state of perplexity and anger confirmed the decree of throwing the lad into a great blazing fire!

      All the physical means were provided to make the fire more dreadful and as large as possible. When the huge Hell was ablazed and its flames raised up to the sky; they set ABRAHAM into a catapult in order to hurl him in the middle of the Fire. In that awful catapult that was no better than a death bed, GABRIEL the archangel of God appeared to the godly youth and said:ِ ``O, ABRAHAM! Do you want any help?''

      Abraham said:ِ ``Thank you; but I don't want any help from you or anyone else other than Allah my Lord!'' The angel said again:ِ ``Then ask your Lord to help you.'' And according to some tradition Abraham said:ِ ``My Lord does already see me in this condition. He may help me if He will.'' Any how, they cast Abraham in the middle of the fire, and the command of Allah his Lord was issued thus:ِ

      ``O, Fire! Be you cool and a means of safety for ABRAHAM.''

      As per order of God, the Fire turned to a garden of bliss in the sight of Abraham, and harmed him not the least! Allah frustrated the heathens in their plots and evil plans, and when they saw Abraham alive, coming out of the fire, they were all amazed and struck with a sudden fear and wonder! Nimrud, and his courtiers, and the flatterer false priests, were all ashamed and astonished, not knowing how to explain the existing situation. They were so confounded and despised that they felt, had to get rid of this wonderful youth some how. Eventually they decided to banish him from his native land and he was exiled. In his banishment the Divine Light which was called ABRAHAM was not quenched. Thereafter he began his real carrier which was to convey God's Message of truth, and show to mankind the way of Monotheism and righteousness, which ends in man's salvation and prosperity.