Imam Izhaar
Tafseer Talk before Isha on September 13, 2009 at Masjid Jama’at Al-Mu’mineen. Notes were taken on an iPod touch =D
When Quraish’s youth came to kill the Prophet (S) in Makkah, and they surrounded his home, with ‘Ali (R), he picked up a handful of dirt (or dust), then recited the first few ayaat of Surah Yaseen, and then blew the dust into the air. Those particles of dust went in the eyes of the attackers, and temporarily blinded them allowing Muhammad (S) to walk right past them without them seeing him. Those verses protected the Prophet (S) from death and allowed him to escape to Madinah.
What do you think?
[Update: the source for this story is in Ibn Hisham, Vol. Pp. 480-83]
Masha’Allah, that’s really interesting!
For all those interested on the source, I looked up the reference to this story and I found out that this is found at Ibn Hisham, Vol. Pp. 480-83.