“Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed” [al-Najm: 10], and “If you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our servant” [al-Baqarah: 23].
It is authentically reported in the Sahīh (1) that he, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “I am the master of the descendants of Adam.”
Allah called him “an illuminating lamp” [al-Ahzāb: 46], whereas He called the sun “a blazing lamp” [al-Naba’: 13]. An illuminating lamp gives light without burning, unlike a blazing lamp, which involves some burning and intense heat.
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An Account of the First and Second Migrations (2)
When the Muslims grew in number and the disbelievers began to fear them, their abuse and persecution of the Muslims intensified. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, therefore permitted them to migrate to Abyssinia, saying: “There is a king there under whom no one is wronged” (3). Twelve Muslim men and four women migrated, among them Uthmān ibn ‘Affān, who was the first to leave, accompanied by his wife Ruqayyah; and they stayed in Abyssinia in