An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
1. god’s people
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The latter showed his intense displeasure at this
remark. “Have you set me up as a compeer with
God?” he asked. “Say, rather, that which God alone
wishes will come to pass.”
HAVE TRUST IN GOD RIGHT UP TILL THE
END
When the Prophet left Makkah on his emigration to
Madinah, he spent the first three days in the Cave of
Thur. The Quraysh, who were searching for him,
eventually arrived at this cave. Abu Bakr, who was
in hiding with the Prophet, said, “Prophet of God,
look how close the enemy has come. If they were
just to look at their feet, they would see us beneath
them.” “Abu Bakr,” the Prophet replied, “What do
you think of those two who have God as a third?”
(AL-BIDAYAH WA AL-NIHAYAH)
THINKING OF GOD IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS
‘Ali, the son of Abu Talib, related how Fatima, his
wife and also daughter of the Prophet had to do
all the housework herself. Her hands used to
become blistered from working a millstone, her
