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worshipped? I really must have
been blind
.”
Bilal [r] lifted his hand and slapped
the cold, stone face of the idol as
hard as he could, and waited to see
what it would do. The idol however,
did not budge. The idol was no
more than a piece of lifeless stone.
As Bilal was about to leave, he was
unaware that he was being watched
the whole time by a man, who had
witnessed his every movement.
Soon Bilal’s master, Umayyah bin
Khalaf, came to know of Bilal’s [r]
conversion to Islam and what he
had done to the idol.
“
I swear that I will punish this foul
slave severely and avenge my
idols,
” Umayyah said.
Umayyah called for Bilal [r] saying,
“
Do you think I don’t know of your
foolishness. Leave the religion of
Muhammad which you have adopt-
ed and return to our idols
.”
