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PROPHET IDREES (‘a) Prophets of Allah

Prophet Idrees (a.s.)

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PROPHET IDREES (‘a)

Prophets of Allah

Many years ago, there lived an evil king and queen. They stayed in a huge palace and ruled over a large kingdom.

Early one day, the king decided to go hunting in the countryside, so he took some of his soldiers and set off. On the way, they came upon a beautiful garden that had a river of fresh water flowing through it and all sorts of fruits growing in it. When the king saw this garden he was taken by its beauty and decided that he had to own it.

The king sent his vizier to buy the farm from the owner, but the owner refused to sell it saying that he had taken years to cultivate the farm and was not willing to give it up for any amount of money. When the king heard this, he became very upset and instead of going ahead with his hunting trip, he returned to his palace.

When the queen heard what had When the queen heard what had happened, she started chiding the king happened, she started chiding the king and said: and said: How can you, a great king, be How can you, a great king, be denied what you want by a mere denied what you want by a mere peasant?! You only need to command peasant?! You only need to command and demand whatever you wish and it and demand whatever you wish and it should be so!should be so!

The king was convinced by the words of his queen and he ordered his soldiers to go and take the garden by force and execute the farmer. The soldiers stormed into the garden and evicted the farmer’s entire family.

The soldiers took the old man to the town and executed The soldiers took the old man to the town and executed him in front of the people. Then they shouted: him in front of the people. Then they shouted: This is This is what happens to anyone who disobeys the king!what happens to anyone who disobeys the king!

Idrees (‘a) was a prophet of Allah who lived in that town. When the people saw what had happened to the farmer, they went to Prophet Idrees (‘a) and told him about it. Idrees (‘a) became very sad and prayed to Allah to punish the evil king. Allah commanded him to go to the king and warn him that a grave punishment awaits him for his actions if he does not repent.

When Prophet Idrees (‘a) went When Prophet Idrees (‘a) went to the king and told him what to the king and told him what Allah had commanded him to Allah had commanded him to say, the king bacame furious say, the king bacame furious and shouted to his guards: and shouted to his guards: Remove this old man from my Remove this old man from my palace!palace!

The queen began inciting the king again and convinced him that he should kill The queen began inciting the king again and convinced him that he should kill Prophet Idrees (‘a). Prophet Idrees (‘a). This man is loved by the people and he can cause a lot of This man is loved by the people and he can cause a lot of trouble for you,trouble for you, she said. The king was convinced and sent his soldiers to kill she said. The king was convinced and sent his soldiers to kill Prophet Idrees (‘a)Prophet Idrees (‘a)

Prophet Idrees (‘a) came to know that the king wanted him dead so he hid inside a cave in the mountain. The soldiers searched everywhere but could not find him. After some time, the king became suspicious about one of his commanders and wanted to have him killed. But when the commander found out, he stormed into the palace and killed both the king and queen.

When the people heard what had happened to the evil king and queen they were very happy and started following Idrees (‘a). Prophet Idrees (‘a) lived among the people for about three hundred and fifty years and he taught them many useful things, like how to read and write.

F. T. Jaffer