Pakistan Study

Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum
(The Sealed Nectar)
By
Saifur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

CONTENTS
Location and nature of Arab Tribes
Location of the Arabs
Arab Tribes
Rulership and Princeship among the Arabs
Rulership in Yemen
Rulership in Heerah
Rulership in Geographical Syria
Rulership in Hijaz
T he Reasons of this war have been illustrated in three versions
Rulership in Pan-Arabia
The political situation
Religions of the Arabs
The Religious situation
Aspects of Pre-Islamic Arabian Society
Social life of the Arabs
The Economic Situation
The Lineage and Family of Muhammad (Peace be upon him)
The prophetic Family
Muhammad’s Birth and Forty years prior Prophethood
His Birth
B abyhood
B ack to his passionate Mother
To His compassionate Grandfather
Bahira, the Monk
The Sacrilegious wars
Al-Fudoul confederacy
Muhammad’s Early Job
His Marriage to Khadijah
Rebuilding Al-Ka‘bah and the Arbitration Issue
A Rapid Review of Muhammad’s Biography before commissioning of the Prophethood
In the Shade of the Message and Prophethood
In the Cave of Hira’
Gabriel brings down the Revelation
Interruption of Revelation
Once more, Gabriel brings Allah’s Revelation
S ome details pertinent to the successive stages of Revelation
Proclaiming Allah, the All-High; and the Immediate Constituents
Phases and stages of the call
The First Stage
Strife in the Way of the Call
Three years of Secret Call
The Early Converts
As-Salat (the Prayer)
T he Quraishites learn about the Call
The Second Phase, Open Preaching
First Revelation regarding the Preaching
Calling the Closest Kinspeople
On Mount As -Safa
Shouting the Truth and the Polytheists’ Reaction
An Advisory Council to debar
Pilgrims from Muhammad’s Call
Attempts made to check the Onward March of Islam

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Persecutions
The House of Al-Arqum
The First Migration to Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
Quraish’s Machination against the Emigrants
Once more Quraish approaches Abu Talib
The Tyrants’ Decision to kill