Religious Studies: Islam 157
The cave of Hira. Here Prophet (Sm.)
used to have meditation.involved in quarrel, fighting, looting, murdering etc. At wartime
he tried his level best for peace. His soft heart filled with grief
due to the sufferings of the people. He would help the orphans
and the widows. He would feed the hungry and the destitute. He
would never cause any pain to any body, Rather he courted
sufferings himself at the sufferings of others. He, in his heart,
felt deep disliking and contempt against idol worship. The
words, "Allahu Ahadun, La Sharika Lahu, Allah is One, He has
no partner"- would spring out from the core of his heart
spontaneously.
From the very boyhood the great Prophet (Sm.) would deeply
feel sorry to see the sufferings of the people of the society.
He used to
think how the
grievance of
men could be
removed. With
the passing of
the days his
thinking grew
more. When
he was about
forty years old
he became
more and more
restless. At last
he went on
meditation in a solitary place, in the cave of Hira, 3 miles away