The Honorable the Exalted God Chose Four of Everything

The Blessed the Sublime God chose four of everything. He chose Gabriel, Michael , Isra’fil and the angel of death, i.e. Israel - peace be upon them all - from amongst the angels. He chose four from amongst the Prophets: Abraham - the Sword; David; Moses; and me. He also chose four families and said, ‘Allah did choose Adam and Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of ’Imran above all people.’ He chose four of the towns. The Honorable the Exalted God said, ‘By the Fig and the Olive, And the Mount of Sinai, Andthis City of security.’ In this verse ‘the Fig’ refers to Medina, ‘the Olive’ refers to Bayt ul- Muqadas (Holy Shrine in Jerusalem) and ‘Mount of Sinai’ refers to Kufa while ‘this city of security’ refers to Mecca. And He chose four women: Mary, Asia, Khadijah (- the daughter of Khuwaylid) , and Fatimah. And He chose four of the deeds in Hajj: offering; crying out; wearing the Ihram ritual ; and circumambulation. And what is meant by ‘offering’ is slaughtering and what is meant by ‘crying out’ is the people’s outcry of ‘Labayk. Allahuma Labayk…’ And He chose four of the months: Rajab, Shawwal; Dhul-Qa’ade and Dhul-Hijja. And He chose four of the days of the week: Friday; the day of Al-Tarviat ; the day of Arafat ; and the day of the offering.”