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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Meaning of the Strangeness of Islam and the Meaning of "The Best of Generations Is My Generation"

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The eighth question of Fatwa No. ( 8540 ):
Q8: What is the meaning of "Islam began as a stranger and will return as a stranger as it began" and the meaning of "The best of generations is my generation"?
J8:meaning
Islam began as a strangerبدأ الإِسلام غريبًا
: his alienation is due to the alienation of his people, where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called to Islam in secret, so Abu Bakr al-SiddiqAbu Bakr al-Siddiq(may Allah be pleased with him) and his wifeKhadijahand his freed slaveZayd, then he began presenting Islam to those he trusted, and whoever believed in him did so, until the alienation vanished and Islam spread and people entered the religion of Allah in large groups. And in the end of times, the alienation will return to the religion of Islam, so that there will be only one man in the tribe on the religion of Islam. And the meaning
The best of the generations is my generationخير القرون قرني
The virtue lies with the generation in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent. A generation is the cohort of people who exist in a particular time. It is called a "generation" (qarn) from the word for pairing, because its members are paired together in their ages and circumstances within the same period. And success is from Allah. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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