Abu Jahl had sworn, "If I see Muhammad in prostration, I will hit him with this stone." He took a big stone and went. When he saw him in prostration, he raised the stone to hit him, but his hand remained in the air. After the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, finished his prayer and stood up, Abu Jahl's hand was released. It was either because the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, allowed it, or because there was no longer a need.1
Again, from the same tribe of Abu Jahl, a man named Walid ibn Mugheera, intending to hit the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, took a big stone and went to strike him while he was in prostration. His eyes closed. The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, did not see him in the Sacred Mosque, and he came. He could not see those who had sent him either; he only heard their voices. Until the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, finished his prayer, and then his eyes opened because there was no longer a need.2
Also, according to a reliable narration from Abu Bakr Siddiq, after the verse "Tabbat yadā Abī Lahab" was revealed, Abu Lahab's wife, Umm Jamil, known as "Hamalat al-Chatib," took a stone and came to the Sacred Mosque. Abu Bakr and the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, were sitting there. Her eyes saw Abu Bakr Siddiq, and she asked, "O Abu Bakr! Where is your companion? I have heard that he has cursed me. If I see him, I will hit him with this stone in his mouth." While she was there, she did not see the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.5 Indeed, how could a Sultan of the heavens, protected by divine protection, allow such a Hellwood gatherer to enter His presence and see Him? Could he have fallen into his mouth?
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The word "al-ladhīna" is a sign and means to strange and new truths that appear in the mind before they appear to the eye. This is why the most used signs and means for changing and renewing truths and describing revolutions are "al-ladhīna" and examples.
With the revelation of the Qur’an, many categories were erased and truths were destroyed. In their place, new categories and truths emerged. Yes, look at the time of ignorance: At that time, all categories were formed on national connections, and social truths were built on tribal prejudice. With the revelation of the Qur’an, those connections were cut and those truths were destroyed. In their place, new categories and truths were created on religious connections.
Yes, with the rising of the Sun of the Qur’an, some hearts were transformed by its light. And a luminous truth emerged that distinguished and defined the category of the believers. Likewise, in the face of that sharp light, some wicked hearts, like clay, burned and turned into ashes. And a poisonous truth of disbelief emerged that declared the category of the disbelievers. It is for this truth of disbelief that "al-ladhīna" is mentioned.
Indeed, there is a complete relationship between the two "al-ladhīna." Because each one points to a truth that is opposite to the other.
Also, the five meanings expressed by the definite article "al-" are also expressed in "al-ladhīna." The most famous of these meanings is "ahid," meaning that something definite and known is intended both from "al-" and from "al-ladhīna." Therefore, the probability that "al-ladhīna" refers to well-known and famous great disbelievers such as Abu Jahl, Abu Lahab, Umayya ibn Khalaf, and others is very strong. Based on this assumption, this verse becomes one of the verses that inform about the unseen. Because they died in disbelief. And at the same time, one of the four types of spiritual certainty, these unseen notifications manifest.
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First incident: The people of history and hadith unanimously report that the tribe of Quraysh made a firm agreement to kill the Noble Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. Indeed, in order to prevent discord within Quraysh, with the arrangement of a devil who had taken the form of a human, one man from each clan, totaling nearly two hundred, under the authority of Abu Jahl and Abu Lahab, stormed the house of the Noble Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. Hazrat Ali was with the Noble Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He said to him: "You sleep in my bed tonight." The Noble Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, waited until Quraysh arrived and surrounded the entire house. At that moment, he stepped out, threw some soil on his head, and none of them saw him. He exited among them and left. Two pigeons and a spider in the cave of Hira kept watch and protected him against the entire Quraysh.
Second incident: It is a certain event that when the Noble Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, left the cave and headed towards Medina, the leaders of Quraysh sent a very brave man named Suraka, offering a valuable reward, to follow and try to kill them. When the Noble Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and Abu Bakr al-Siddiq were leaving the cave, they saw Suraka approaching. Abu Bakr al-Siddiq became anxious. As the Noble Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said in the cave, "Do not grieve, indeed Allah is with us," he looked at Suraka. Suraka's horse's feet stuck to the ground and he stopped. He tried again and continued to follow. Again, his horse's feet stuck to the ground, and a kind of smoke rose from that spot. At that moment, he realized that neither he nor anyone else could reach them. He said, "Allahu Akbar." The Noble Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, granted him safety. However, he said: "Go, and do so in a way that no one else comes."
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