Akukho mntu mnye e-Islam othandwa ngaphezu koMprofeti uMuhammad ﷺ. Amasilamsi asho igama lakhe izigidi zezihlandlo ngemini, lisoloko lilandelwa ngumthandazo woxolo phezu kwakhe (intsingiselo yophawu ﷺ). Kanti ukuqonda i-Islam, umntu kufuneka amqonde — kungekhona umzobo ohlekisayo, kodwa indoda njengoko amaSilamsi ayazi: uMthunywa wokugqibela kaThixo, nenceba eyathunyelwa kuyo yonke indalo.
Inkedama YaseMakkah
UMuhammad ﷺ wazalelwa esixekweni saseMakkah, e-Arabia, malunga nonyaka we-570 CE. Uyise wasweleka ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwakhe, nonina xa wayeneminyaka emithandathu kuphela, emshiya eyinkedama eyakhuliswa okokuqala nguyisemkhulu, waza waba ngumalume. Akazange afunde ukufunda okanye ukubhala.
Kudala phambi kokuba afumane naliphi na isityhilelo, abantu baseMakkah — uluntu olwaluzele ukunqula izithixo, iimfazwe zezizwe, nokungabikho kobulungisa — babemazi ngesibizo esiphawulekayo: Al-Amīn, "Othembekileyo." Nkqu neentshaba zakhe zexesha elizayo zaziye zimthembele ngezinto zabo ezixabisekileyo, kuba ubunyaniso bakhe babungathandabuzeki. Le mbeko, eyakheka kwiminyaka engamashumi amane, iyinxalenye yobungqina benyaniso yakhe.
Isityhilelo Sokuqala
Xa wayeneminyaka engamashumi amane, ecamngca yedwa kuMqolomba weHirā' ngaphandle kweMakkah, uMuhammad ﷺ wafumana amagama okuqala eQuran ngengelosi uGabriyeli. Umyalelo wokuqala owatyhilwa kwindoda engafundanga wawusisimemo solwazi:
"Funda, egameni leNkosi yakho eyadala — yadala umntu ngedlaka elinamathelayo. Funda, kwaye iNkosi yakho inguSongama — eyafundisa ngosiba — yafundisa umntu oko wayengakwazi."
(Surah Al-'Alaq, 96:1–5)
Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini anesithathu elandelayo, isityhilelo saqhubeka, kwaye uMuhammad ﷺ wabiza abantu bakhe besuka ekunquleni izithixo besiya kuThixo omnye wenene. Wahlangatyezwa okokuqala ngokuhlekwa, kwaza kwaba yintshutshiso, ukuvinjelwa, ekugqibeleni imizamo yokubulala ubomi bakhe — kanti akazange athandabuze, kwaye akazange abuyisele ubukhohlakali ngobukhohlakali.
Ukufuduka Noluntu Lokuqala LwamaSilamsi
Xa intshutshiso eMakkah yayingasanyamezeleki, uMprofeti ﷺ nabalandeli bakhe bafudukela esixekweni saseMadina ngo-622 CE — isiganeko esibaluleke kangangokuba siphawula ukuqala kwekhalenda yamaSilamsi. Apho, wamisela uluntu lokuqala lwamaSilamsi: uluntu olubotshelelwe kungekhona ngesizwe okanye ngobuhlanga, kodwa ngokholo; indawo apho iintshaba zangaphambili zaba ngabazalwana, apho amahlwempu ayondliwa, kwaye apho ubulungisa babulawulwa ngaphandle kokukhetha.
Phakathi kwesizukulwana esinye, indoda eyayigxothiwe ekhaya layo yabuyela eMakkah izoyisa — kwaye, ngemini yamandla ayo amakhulu, yaxolela kanye abantu ababeyithuthumbisile bayigxotha. Le nceba ngexesha loloyiso ngomnye wemifanekiso echaza ubomi bakhe.
UMprofeti Wokugqibela
Amasilamsi akholelwa ukuba uMuhammad ﷺ wayengenguye umsunguli wenkolo entsha, kodwa owokugqibela kuluhlu olude lwabaprofeti — utywina olugqibelelisa umyalezo owaqala nge-Adam owathwalwa ngu-Abraham, uMoses, noYesu (uxolo malube phezu kwabo bonke).
"UMuhammad akanguyise waye nawuphi na kumadoda enu, kodwa unguMthunywa ka-Allah notywina lwabaprofeti."
(Surah Al-Ahzab, 33:40)
Kwaye umsebenzi wakhe wawungewona owama-Arabhu wodwa, nkqu nowamaSilamsi wodwa, kodwa owabo bonke abantu — enyanisweni, owayo yonke indalo:
"Kwaye asikuthumelanga ngaphandle njengenceba emhlabeni."
(Surah Al-Anbiya, 21:107)
Isimilo Esingafaniyo Nesinye
Xa umfazi wakhe u-'A'ishah (wanga uAllah angakholiseka nguye) wacelwa ukuchaza isimilo sakhe, waphendula ngokulula: "Isimilo sakhe yayiyiQuran." (Sahih Muslim, 746) Wayephila kanye oko wayekushumayela. UThixo ngokwakhe wangqina isimilo sakhe kwiQuran:
"Kwaye inene, wena usekwisimilo esikhulu."
(Surah Al-Qalam, 68:4)
Washwankathela injongo yobomi bakhe ngesivakalisi esinye:
"Ndathunywa kuphela ukugqibelelisa isimilo esihle."
(Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, 273; kuqinisekisiwe)
Wayezilungisela iimpahla zakhe, asenge iibhokhwe zakhe, adlale nabantwana, akhulule amakhoboka, ahloniphe abasetyhini ngexesha babengcwatywa bephila, afundise ukuba "abona balungileyo kuni ngabo balungileyo kwiintsapho zabo." (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, 3895) Wayekwalela inkohlakalo nkqu nakwizilwanyana.
Kutheni Amasilamsi Emlandela
Kumasilamsi, uMprofeti ﷺ akaphakami njengoThixo kwaye akaze anqulwe — unqulo lolukaThixo yedwa. Kunoko, ungumzekelo opheleleyo womntu wokuphila ngokuzinikela kuThixo. IQuran yenza ukumlandela uphawu lokuthanda uThixo ngokwenene:
"Yithi: Ukuba niyamthanda uAllah, ndilandeleni, uAllah uya kunithanda anixolele izono zenu."
(Surah Aal 'Imran, 3:31)
Iimfundiso nomzekelo wakhe — i-Sunnah yakhe — zakha umthombo wesibini omkhulu we-Islam ecaleni kweQuran, zibonisa amaSilamsi indlela yokuguqula inkolelo ibe bubomi bemihla ngemihla.
Isishwankathelo
UMuhammad ﷺ wayeyinkedama yaseMakkah eyathi, xa wayeneminyaka engamashumi amane, yaba nguMthunywa wokugqibela kaThixo — enyamezela intshutshiso ngomonde, esakha uluntu olunobulungisa, exolela iintshaba zakhe, eshiya isimilo esipheleleyo kangangokuba uThixo wasibiza "esikhulu." Ukumqonda kukuqonda intliziyo ephilayo ye-Islam.
Esi sisaHluko 2 se-Sikhokelo Esipheleleyo Sokuqonda I-Islam. Qhubeka kwiSahluko 3: IQuran — Ummangaliso We-Islam.