6أَلَم يَجِدكَ يَتيمًا فَآوىٰMir Ahmed AliWhat!1 Found He not thee an orphan, and sheltered (thee)?Commentators say that this is a reference to the providential protection which was divinely arranged for the Holy Prophet through guardian after guardian when he was orphaned. Only a few day, after the Holy Prophet’s birth his father Abdullah passed away and he was taken into the care of his grandfather Abdul Muttalib and when he was only of two years, his mother Amina binte Wahab also left this world. And when he was of eight years his grandfather Abdul Muttalib departed handing over the charge of his grandson the Holy Prophet, to his son Abu-Taleb (Ali’s father). And it was the protection of Abu-Taleb (Ali’s father) that was a providential plan to give the Holy Prophet the protection he needed from the evil hands of the wicked pagans of Mecca, to start his ministry and proceed with his mission until he could hear the hardships and also manage the affairs of his ministry. Abu-Taleb was a father, a guardian, the strongest protector of the Holy Prophet who suffered the brunt of hostilities of his people but never left the side of the Holy Prophet and never allowed Islam’s progress to be stopped or marred by its enemies. He was the shield with which the Truth (Islam) could have its start and its progress despite the heavy attacks from falsehood. The year Abu-Taleb passed away, was called the ‘Aamul-Huzn’, i.e., the Year of Grief. It was after the death of Abu-Taleb that the pagan hostilities against the Holy Prophet took the most aggressive turn. Abu-Taleb left the world donating his son Ali, the Lion of God, to the Holy Prophet to be his protector and the ever triumphant victor in all the battles that were fought to protect Islam and the Muslims. It needs one only to know the peculiarly adverse circumstances through which the Holy Prophet was made to pass through safe and was allowed to start the mission and how he was providentially helped by the miraculous strength, dauntless valour, the inimitable courage, the indefatigable and the unshakable faith of All under the circumstances when far from achieving any victory the very survival itself was impossible and how the most unconquerable enemies were captured and crushed never to rise again. It will be only with the correct knowledge of the facts about the services of Abu-Taleb and his godly son, the Lion-hearted Ali, that the extent to which the Holy Prophet was helped by God on earth, will be properly assessed and understood. History bears the clearest testimony to the fact that it was Abu-Taleb and his son Ali that stood by the Holy Prophet and Islam, in all the most adverse and the most difficult circumstances with none else to match them in this regard. History says that Abu-Taleb took special care about the safety of the Holy Prophet when still a boy he was entrusted to his care. It is reported that Abu-Taleb used to make the Holy Prophet sleep in his bed for half the night and the other half, he laid Ali in it, shifting the Holy Prophet to Ali’s bed. The question arises, when the Holy Prophet was yet a boy and had not started his mission, none knew or could even say that one day he was to be the apostle of God and there was no necessity for any one to be an enemy to him, Abu-Taleb’s special care of the Holy Prophet could never be without some inspired knowledge of the actual position of the Holy Prophet beforehand, even while he was yet a boy. The attitude which Abu-Taleb had adopted, was that of the Momin-e-Aale Firaun—see 40:28. “The believer of the people of Firaun who hid his faith.” 40:28. To speak the truth, Abu-Taleb was the first believer in Islam and Khadija and Ali come only after him. Since an apostle of God is the supreme authority of God as His Vicegerent on earth he cannot be subjected to any authority excepting that of the Lord. Hence all the elders, the father, the .mother, the grandfather, were withdrawn from this world and the uncle Abu-Taleb was kept only until it was necessary for the mission and when Ali was there to take the place of his father to defend the Holy Prophet and the faith, even the uncle was withdrawn from this world. The Christian missionary force is ever vigilant, not to know any truth about Islam or the Holy Prophet but to avail of even the least falsehood which could be coined against Islam and its Holy Teacher.