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Does The Quran Contain Any Prophecies About A Man's Future?

This article presents the amazing relationship between two individuals; the first is an ignorant Arabic (Abu Lahab) in the year of 611 and the second is a Canadian Professor (Gary Miller) in 1977.

 

The historical background of Abu Lahab' story

It is narrated that, Allah has commanded His Prophet Muhammad:

"And warn your tribe of near kindred" (Verse 26: 214)

Then, one day, in the year of 611, Muhammad climbed a hill in Mecca and shouted: ‘O household of (and he named all the fathers of his tribe), Come to me!’ And so all his tribe gathered around him; (some came in person and some sent their own emissary).

They said: ‘What ails you?’

He said: ‘If I were to tell you that the enemy is going to attack you in the morning or in the evening, would you believe me?’

They said: ‘Indeed, we would believe you’.

He said: ‘In that case, I am a Warner sent to you against a tremendous chastisement’. I have nothing in my possession which will save you from Allah’s chastisement nor can I promise you any share from this world unless you say: there is no deity except Allah’.

Abu Lahab said in response: ‘May you perish, is this why you have summoned all of us here?’

Then, the Prophet threatened him with the chastisement in the Hereafter,

However, he said, ‘If what my brother’s son says is true, then I shall ransom myself from it with my wealth and sons!’

And so Allah, revealed (The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish…) up to the end of the Surah No. 111”.

Abu Lahab died 10 years after this event.

 

Who is Abu Lahab?

His name: Abdul Uzza (means the slave of Uzza; Uzza was an idol)

His nickname: Abu Lahab.  Abu means father of, Lahab means flames, and so, Abu Lahab means the Father of the Flames which was given to him on account of his flaming reddish fair face.

He was one of the strongest enemies of Islam.

He was very rich, proud man who boasted about his wealth and used it against Islam.

He and his wife hurt the Prophet Muhammad very much.

A man called Rabi`ah ibn `Abbad said:

 “I saw the Prophet Muhammad in the market and he was saying, ‘O people! Say there is none worthy of worship except Allah and you will be successful.’ The people were gathered around him and behind him was a man with a bright face, squint eyes and two braids in his hair. He was saying, ‘He (Muhammad) is an apostate and a liar!’

This man was following the Prophet wherever he went. I asked who he was and the people replied, ‘This is his uncle, Abu Lahab.’” 

There are many stories of this kind narrated about the ceaseless, hideous treatment and futile statements of Abu Lahab against Prophet Mohammad which can be counted as reasons for why the verses, under discussion, criticize and curse him and his wife so clearly and severely.

In short, Abu Lahab had transgressed all limits in his mad hostility to Muhammad and his attitude was becoming a serious obstruction in the progress of Islam.

 

Who is Abu Lahab's wife?

Her name: Umm Jamīl

She used to tie bundles of thorny branches with ropes of twisted palm leaf fiber, carrying them and scattering them about on dark nights along the paths, which the Prophet was expected to take, with the expressed intention of wounding his feet and causing him bodily injury, causing the Prophet Muhammad to walk with bleeding wounds.

She was a talebearer who used to go between the Muslims and disbelievers and spread lies among them about each other.

She was a squint-eyed woman equally bad tempered, like her husband; mischievous and grossly wicked. She cooperated with him in hostilities and hindrances against Islam.

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What the Quran says about Abu-Lahab and his wife?

Surah (Chapter) 111, in five verses, talks about Abu-Lahab and his wife.

 

Surah (Chapter) 111,  Verses 1-5, Pickthal translation:

 

1 the power of Abu Lahab will perish and he will perish.

2 his wealth and gains will not exempt him.

3 he will be plunged in flaming fire,

4 and his wife, the wood-carrier,

5 will have upon her neck a halter (twisted rope) of palm-fiber.

 

The meaning of Chapter 111

Verse 1: Perish, ruined be, the hands of Abu Lahab, in other words, all of him.

And perish him!  May he be ruined!  ‘God destroyed him and he indeed is destroyed’.  This curse is the response to Abu Lahab's saying to the Prophet 'May you perish!' when he gathered them together and invited them to the profession of God's oneness

Verse 2: His abundant wealth will not avail him in the Hereafter when he is brought to the Fire; and what he has earned and gained, that is to say, his sons; will not exempt or save him in the Hereafter.

Verse 3: He will be plunged in the Hereafter in flaming fire which will kindle and rage with flames, Abu Lahab will be enveloped by the Fire in the Hereafter; a flaming fire, that has no smoke.

Verse 4: And his wife, the carrier of firewood, cactus and thorns will be with him

Verse 5: She will have upon her neck a halter of palm fiber and this halter will distress her very much; it is also said that she will have an iron chain on her neck. That is, in the Fire it will be an iron chain like the iron pulley with which she will be dragged into it. She will be known by this distinguishing mark in Hell, just as she was well-known for hostility towards the Prophet.

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Islamic Scholars say that Chapter 111 is one of the miracles of the Quran

 

Islamic Scholars say that if Abu Lahab (and his wife) would have embraced Islam the whole Quran would have been in question. Because Quran clearly dictated that Abu Lahab (and his wife) will dwell in the Eternal Fire in the Hereafter, and both Abu Lahab (and his wife) did not embraced Islam and died as being unbelievers.

It should be emphasized that Abu Lahab (and his wife) had the chance to do that for Ten years (= 365 X 10 days).  This means that Abu Lahab had 3,650 chances if he, one day, would have said that he is a Muslim and he believes in Allah, Muhammad and the Quran.  In this case, the Divine nature of the Quran would have been suspicious and the trustfulness of the entire Quran would have been questionable.  Also, Abu Lahab's wife had the same 3,650 chances to prove that the Quran is not revealed by Allah.

Chapter 111 was revealed at a time when no one but Allah could say who will or will not become believers later on. Many of the most severe opponents in the early days of Islam became devoted followers in later days, but not this couple (Abu Lahab and his wife). They tried everything to oppose, ridicule, and disprove the Quran. One would expect that they would also pretend to become believers just to throw doubt on the accuracy of the Quran. But they did not apply this obvious strategy. The logic question is what prevented them; if not the knowledge of Allah who knows that they will never believe or even try to claim that?

Not only that but there were at least 1,200 opponents of Islam around Abu Lahab and none of them had proposed to or encouraged Abu Lahab and/or his wife to claim that they are believers.

This increase the chance to 10 years X 365 days X 1200 opponents = 4, 38 Million chances to prove that the Quran is not revealed by Allah and Muhammad is a liar.  However, this never happened.

For this reason, this Surah contains a clear miracle from Allah. Allah revealed this Surah before Abu Lahab’s death and his wife’s death. He informed them that they would roast in the Fire, which necessarily means that they would never accept Islam. This is what happened, exactly as the Knower of the unseen, Allah, informed us!

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Abu Lahab and the Canadian Professor Gary Miller

 

Who is Gary Miller?

Professor Gary Miller, the active Canadian preacher and mathematics and logic lecturer at Toronto University, decided to provide a great service to Christianity through exposing scientific and historical errors in the Quran in such a way that would be beneficial to him and his fellow preachers in calling Muslims to Christianity. However, the result was completely to the contrary. Miller's writings were fair and his study and comments were positive, even better than many Muslims would write about the Quran. He considered the Quran, as it should be and reached the conclusion that it cannot be a work of a human being.

 

What Gary Miller says about the story of Abu Lahab?

In his lecture, "The Amazing Quran", 1977, Gary Miller said:

"Prophet Muhammad had an uncle by the name of Abu Lahab. This man hated Islam to such an extent that he used to follow the Prophet around in order to discredit him. If Abu Lahab saw the Prophet speaking to a stranger, he would wait until they parted and he would go to the stranger and ask him, "What did he tell you? Did he say, 'Black'? Well, it's white. Did he say 'morning'? Well, it's night." He faithfully said the exact opposite of whatever he
heard Muhammad and the Muslims say. However, about ten years before Abu Lahab died; a little chapter in the Quran (Surah 111) was revealed about him. It distinctly stated that he would go to the fire (i.e., Hell). In other words, it affirmed that he would never become a Muslim and would therefore be condemned forever.

For ten years all Abu Lahab had to do was say, "I heard that it has been revealed to Muhammad that I will never change - that I will never become a Muslim and will enter the Hellfire. Well, I want to become Muslim now.

How do you like that? What do you think of your divine revelation now?" But he never did that. And yet, that is exactly the kind of behavior one would have expected from him since he always sought to contradict Islam.
In essence, Muhammad said, "You hate me and you want to finish me? Here, say these words, and I am finished. Come on, say them!"

But Abu Lahab never said them. Ten years!
And in all that time he never accepted Islam or even became sympathetic to the Islamic cause.
How could Muhammad possibly have known for sure that Abu Lahab would fulfill the Quranic revelation if he (i.e., Muhammad) was not truly the messenger of Allah?  How could he possibly have been so confident as to give someone 10 years to discredit his claim of prophethood?

The only answer is that he was Allah's messenger; for in order to put forth such a risky challenge, one has to be entirely convinced that he has a divine revelation."

And it was actually Abu Lahab's story that made Dr Gary Miller become Muslim.

About the Author

Co-Chief Editor, October Weekly magazine, Cairo, Egypt.

Member of the Egyptian Society of Save Children.

Member of the Egyptian Society of Tourism