About five hundred years ago. In a miracle, the light of Islam has spread widely in the Maldives. People have converted to Islam in groups. Renowned Muslim tourist Allama Ibn Battuta. Large-scale historian. He has traveled all over the world. He wrote in his travelogue about the incident in the Maldives that he arrived in the Maldives while traveling. He saw that every city in the Maldives was filled with the honeyed sound of the call to prayer. The land of the Maldives is illuminated by the prostration of prayer. Allama Ibn Battuta was very surprised to see this situation. Because, as far as he knows, no preacher of Islam has come to Maldives. So how did the light of Islam spread here.! Ibn Battuta said. He then asked the locals why the Maldivians had converted to Islam. They told him an amazing story. The fact is that an Arabian merchant ship was sailing towards the Eastern world. Coincidentally, the ship sank in a violent storm and sank. All of the ship's crew died. Only one member of the group of Muslim passengers resorted to a piece of wood, survived by the grace of God, and took refuge on the island. He was an Arab youth and Hafez Quran. His name is Hafez Abul Barakat. Where will he go on this unfamiliar island? Who will give him shelter? He has no friends or relatives here! Eventually the young Arab took refuge in the house of an old woman. The young man made a living by cutting wood in the forest and selling it. This is how his life was going. One day the young man came home and saw the old woman crying and her young daughter beside him. The young man asked- what happened to you? Why are you crying? The old woman said- my daughter will die today.
The young man said- why.? Why would he die? He is healthy.! The old woman pointed with her finger and said, "Look, death is in front of us." The young man looked in front of the house and saw the king's soldiers standing. The young man said- will they kill your daughter? The old woman said, "No, that's not the point." These soldiers of the king have come to take my daughter. Because, every year on a certain date on our island, a maritime danger arises. The way to escape from this is that a young girl from our islanders has to leave a temple on the beach after sunset that day. The next morning, the government rescued the girl from the beach. Each time the lottery is determined - which girl will be sent. This time my daughter's name has been raised in the lottery. So tonight he has to be sent to the beach. His death there is inevitable. Hearing this painful incident in the face of the young old woman, he said- do not send your daughter there today. I'll be there tonight. Let's see what happens there. If necessary, I will give my life instead of your daughter. Then the young man said, "Put your daughter's clothes on me so that the king's soldiers do not understand." I will go with them today. Note that the young man was very young. His beard did not grow anything. So there was no danger of her being caught in the guise of a daughter. The old woman was not willing to push the young man to the brink of death. But the young man explained that he was a Muslim. Muslims fear none but Allah. And life and death are in the hands of Allah Almighty alone. No one can kill him unless it is God's command. Moreover, he is Hafez Quran. So he believes that with the blessings of the Qur'an, God will protect him. Thus the young man explained to the old woman in various ways. In the end, the old woman agreed to the young man's excessive insistence. The young man was dressed as a girl. Then the king's army took him to the temple by the sea. They left him there. The young man performed ablution there and performed the Isha prayer. Then he put his open sword in front of him and watched the waves of the sea and recited the Holy Quran. The night was getting dark. There was silence all around. Nature fell asleep. Only three souls remained awake. In whose eyes the happiness of sleep has been shattered.
One of them is an Arab youth. Whose eyes were on the sea of water and on his chest was the force of faith. Another was awake, the poor old woman. The old woman was restless at the thought of a generous Arab young man. The young man is going to risk his life to save his daughter. The third soul that remained awake was the young daughter of the old woman. She was constantly crying at the thought of the Arab youth. Hafez Quran The young man was sitting in that horrible temple by the sea in this frozen environment of the dark night and was reciting the Quran in a very touching tone. At this moment, the Qur'an is its infallible tool in the face of all evil forces. Suddenly a huge monster appeared from the horizon of the sea and the monster slowly started coming towards the temple towards the shore of the sea. The monster came to a halt near the temple. The young man was reciting the Quran. Due to the recitation of the Qur'an, the monster could not move forward. Eventually the terrible monster succumbed. After staying for a while, he went back to the way he had come. The monster was lost behind the scenes. It's morning. Government people came to the temple to take the girl's body. When they arrived, they were shocked. There are no bodies. There is no girl. Instead there is a Muslim youth there. They brought the young man to the king's court. The young man told the king all the facts. Then the king called the old woman and the girl to be sure. They confirmed the incident to the king.
The young man said to the king, "What I have done is to teach Islam." It's just a little revenge of the old woman's kindness to me. The king was impressed by the young man's face. The king said- O young man! How can you stand alone in the face of such a great danger? The young man said- I was not alone, my God was with me. And my tool was the word of God, the Holy Quran. The king asked, "Why aren't you afraid?" The young man said, "Muslims do not fear anyone except Allah." God alone is the owner of life and death. Then the king said- Will you be able to go there alone like this next year? The young man replied firmly - I can go alone by the command of Allah. Then the king said with great passion, "If you can, we will all bow before the honesty of Islam." This statement of the king was unanimously supported by all the courtiers. Then, on the appointed date of the following year, the young Hafiz Arab went to the temple alone and spent the whole night reciting the Qur'an there. Then he returned in the morning with Sahih Salam. He has never been in danger in the Maldives since. Then the king and all his court accepted Islam. Then the people of that kingdom converted to Islam in groups. Sixty-five thousand people became Muslims on the first day and this trend continued. Subhanallah.!
Very interesting story.