only fifteen years old...

as remembrance of the 17th day of Ramadhon al Mubarak...


nuzul quran

a.k.a. the time quran is bestowed on earth...one of the subjects we can learn from al-Quran is 'sabab nuzul quran' which means the study of why a certain verse is sent down to earth...

reminds me of a story from my ustazah (ustazah eifat) from egypt...a story happened a long time ago...after our beloved prophet (s.a.w.) passed away...a story encircling surah an-Nasr

In the name of Allah, the Most Benificient, the Most Merciful

1. When comes the Help of Allah (to you, O Muhammad s.a.w against your enemies) and the conquest (of Makkah)
2. And you see that the people enter Allah's religion (islam) in crowds
3. So glorify the Praises of your Lord, and ask for His Forgiveness. Verily, He is the One Who accepts the repentence and forgives.
   

it happens on one of the meetings between 'sohabah' discussing the reason 'surah an-Nasr' was received...at the time, Umar ibn Khattab was the chairman of this meeting and he invited Ibn Abbas who at that time was only 15 years old...

talks came about among the sohabah and they argued the presence of Ibn Abbas as he was still young...but Umar ignored them...and he carried on with the meeting...

they were giving their own views on why this surah was sent...naturally many said due to the opening of makkah...when Ibn Abbas turn came, and he was ask for his view, he said...

"this is a sign, Allah was trying to tell us that the time has come for our beloved prophet (s.a.w.) to come back to Him as all his duties were fulfilled"

everyone in the meeting was astonished...how can he decipher such meaning from a simple surah like this...

because...
actually...
during our prophet (s.a.w.) was still alive...

He once prayed for Ibn Abbas the following du'a:

"Ya Allah, understand him (or make him clever in) our religion (islam) and teach him at-ta'wiil (knowledge of interpretation)"

in arabic words ( sorry, i dunno how to use the arabic alphabets on this lappy...)

" Allahumma faqqihhu fiddeen wa 'alimhu at-ta'wiil"

-u can change the 'dhomir' to read it for your self-
add 'i' if for me
add 'na' for us
add 'ka' or 'ki' for you

and so on, no one ever doubts the presence of Ibn Abbas in their meetings.

i apologize if there is any mistake regarding the story as i didn't record it thoroughly, but the lesson and the du'a is one of my priceless diamonds i gained in Egypt...