Real Picture and the Historical Picture

REAL PICTURE AND THE HISTORICAL PICTURE Like the Companions, the Brothers of the Prophet (Ikhwan-e-Rasool) will also have a significant role in dawah work in the last phase of human history. T oday the Companions of the Prophet are held in great honour. But this picture was formed after historical grandeur was attached to their names. The Companions of the Prophet appeared first like ordinary men to their contemporaries. Then, on the occasion of the signing of the treaty of Hudaybiyyah (6 AH), the Prophet of Islam held negotiations with the Quraysh. At that time, the Prophet was accompanied by fourteen hundred Companions, and the representative of the Quraysh, Urwah ibn Masood As-Saqafi, referred to them with contempt as a mere crowd. (As-Seerah An-Nabawiya, Ibn Kathir, Vol. 3, p. 331) Later, the same will occur in the case of the Ikhwan-eRasool (Brothers of the Prophet). Their contemporaries will fail to recognize them. This is a general human