The Confirmation of Revelation
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Utsman Nuri Tufbas wrote, in “ The Prophet Muhammad Muswthafa the Elect ( s.a.w. )”, Sayyidatina Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ( r.a. ) took the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) to meet Sayyidina Waraqah ibn Nawfal ( r.a. ), her paternal cousin, one of the exceptionally rare people who had never worshipped idols during the Age of Ignorance. With knowledge of Hebrew, Sayyidina Waraqah ( r.a. ) was similarly conversant with the Bible. Now in his elderly years, he was no longer able to see. “Listen, cousin, to what your nephew has to say”, Sayyidatina Khadijah ( r.a. ) said, upon arrival. “What is wrong, my nephew?” asked Sayyidina Waraqah ( r.a. ) curiously, which is when the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) recounted what he had seen. Recognising the greatest reality of all concealed within what had been explained to him there and then, Sayyidina Waraqah’s ( r.a. ) face glowed with a radiant smile, before becoming engrossed in a brief b...