Resurrection Of The Slaughtered Birds

Resurrection of the slaughtered birds

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم

Once Sayyiduna Ibraheem khaleelullah asked Allahعَزَّ وَجَل  , ‘O Allahعَزَّ وَجَل , show me how will you resurrect the dead?’ Allahعَزَّ وَجَل said, 'O Ibraheemعليه الصلاة والسلام , don't you have faith in it?’ Sayyiduna Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام said, ‘ why not? Although I have faith in it but I wish to observe this spectacle with my own eyes to solace my heart.’ Allah عَزَّ وَجَل then said, ‘ Raise four birds and nourish them well by feeding them, then slaughter them and make minced meat from their flesh and place little portion of it on top of some mountains in your surroundings. Then call upon these birds to you, those birds will come Back to life and rush to you and thus you will witness the spectacle of Resurrection of the dead with your own eyes.’

Therefore, Sayyiduna Ibraheemعليه الصلاة والسلام tended four birds: A rooster , a pigeon, A Valture and a peacock . He (Ibraheemعليه الصلاة والسلام) raised them for a certain period of time whilst nourshing and taming them well. Then he (Ibraheemعليه الصلاة والسلام) slaughtered them and kept their heads with himself and after mincing their meat, placed little part of it on the surrounding mountains. He (Ibraheemعليه الصلاة والسلام) then called these birds from distance by exclaming: “ ya aye-yu'hadduk( O rooster) , “ya aye-yatuhal hamamh(O pigeon), “Ya aye-yuhanassar”(O Valture),  “ ya aaye-yuhatos( O peacock) ! The meat from the mountains started soaring up into the air on his call and the flesh, bones and feathers assembled and then all four birds were formed and they each rushed to Sayyiduna Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام headless and after connecting to their respective heads, they started picking grains and chirping in their own language. Thus Sayyiduna Ibraheemعليه الصلاة والسلام witnessed the spectacle of the resurrection of the dead and his heart solaced.

Allah عَزَّ وَجَل describe this event in surah Al-Baqarah of the holy Quran in the following word And when Ibraheem said, ‘ My Lord! Show me how you will give life to the dead'. He said,’ Are you not certain (of it)?’ Ibraheem said, ‘ surely yes, why not? But because I wish that my heart may be satisfied’. He said ,” Then take four birds (as pets) and cause them to become familiar to you, then place a part of each of them on separate mountains, then call them - they will come running towards you; and know well that Allah is almighty, wise .’

( Kanz-Ul-Iman, part-3, surah Al-Baqarah,ayah-260)

A spiritual lesson

Each of the four birds that Sayyiduna Ibraheemعليه الصلاة والسلام  slaughtered is famous for a certain I'll instinct-for example the peacock is proud of it's facial beauty, the rooster possesses excessive sexual desire, the Valture is greedy in nature and the pigeon is proud of it's ability to fly high. Thus the event of salughtering these four birds gives us an indication towards slaughtering  these four evils. By virtue of slaughtering these four birds, Sayyiduna Ibraheemعليه الصلاة والسلام observed the resurrection of the dead birds and his heart was blessed with ultimate satisfaction.

So the one who desires to strengthen his spritituality and wants to acquire Nafs-e-Mutma-innah should slaughter the rooster- meaning he should kill the pride of his personality and attire, he should slaughter the vulture-meaning he should kill his greed and he should slaughter the pigeon-meaning he should kill the feeling of being proud of his high wordly status. If someone succeeds in killing and slaughtering these four I'll traits, Insallah إن شاء الله
he will observe the revival of his heart with his own eyes and will be blessed with the wealth of 'Nafs-e-Mutma-innah’.

(Tafseer Jamal, Vol-1,Pg-328, part-2, surah Al-Baqarah ,ayah-260) Quranic wonder)