Muhammad the Greatest

by Ahmad Deedat
Chapter 1
"And most certainly, thou (O Muhammad) are of most sublime and exalted character."
(The Holy Qurn, !"#$)
How the Topic Arose
About ten years a%o, a distant cousin of mine & Mr. Mohamed Mehtar 'aroo(i %a)e me a ty*ed +uotation by
the 'rench historian, ,amartine. The +uotation -A detailed ex*osition of the +uotation .ill be found on *a%e /"
0 *ur*orted to *ro)e that Muhammad (*buh), the *ro*het of 1slam, .as the %reatest man that e)er li)ed. Mr.
Mehtar .as in the habit of *assin% information on to me, belie)in% that 1 mi%ht *ut the same to some %ood use
at the *ro*er time and *lace. 2efore this he had *resented me .ith "The 3all of the Minaret," an ex*ensi)e
boo( .ritten by (2isho* 4enneth 3ra%%). 2y analysin% this boo( 1 disco)ered the masterful deceit of the
3hristian Orientalists. ,amartine5s tribute to our *ro*het ins*ired me and 1 had a %reat desire to share his
thou%hts about our 6abee .ith my Muslim brethren. The o**ortunity to do so .as not lon% in comin%.
1 recei)ed a *hone call from the Muslim community in 7annhauser, a small to.n in 6orthern 6atal,, .ho
.ere or%anisin% a birthday celebration of the Holy 8ro*het. They in)ited me to %i)e a lecture on that
aus*icious occasion. 9o 1 deemed it an honour and a *ri)ile%e, 1 readily a%reed. :hen they in+uired, in )ie.
of their ad)ertisin% needs, as to the sub;ect of my lecture, 1 su%%ested on the ins*iration from ,amartine,
"Muhammad (pbuh) the Greatest."
REPEATED ET!D"#$%
On my arri)al in 7annhauser, 1 noticed a lot of *osters ad)ertisin% the meetin% .hich in essence said that
7eedat .ould be lecturin% on the sub;ect "M<HAMMA7 TH= >?=AT." 1 .as some.hat disheartened and,
on in+uirin% .as told that the chan%e in the title .as due to a *rinter5s error.
9ome t.o months later, 1 %ot another, similar in)itation. This time from the Muslim community of 8retoria the
administrati)e ca*ital of 9outh Africa. The sub;ect 1 had mooted .as the same & "Muhammad (pbuh) the
Greatest." To my dismay the to*ic .as a%ain chan%ed to "M<HAMMA7 TH= >?=AT." 1dentical reasons and
excuses .ere %i)en. 2oth these incidences ha**ened in 9outh Africa, my o.n country. 2ut, let me %i)e you
one more exam*le of our inferiority com*lex & so much *art of the sic(ness of the <mmah.
&%A $" D'((ERE$T
On my lecture tour of the mi%hty <nited 9tates in @ABB, @ disco)ered that our soldiers in the 6e. :orld also
had feet of clay. Out of the many sad ex*eriences 1 ha)e had, 1 thin( that this one .ill suffice to *ro)e the
*oint. The Muslims of 1ndiana*olis .ere ad)ised to or%anise a lecture for me on the sub;ect ":hat the 2ible
says about Muhammad (*buh)" T5hey a%reed to ad)ertise ;ust that, but their timidity did not *ermit them to do
so. They thou%ht the to*ic .as too *ro)ocati)e, so they, in their .isdom (C), toned it do.n to "A 8?O8H=T
16 TH= 212,=." A lifeless, insi*id title you .ill no doubt a%ree. :hich Hindu, Muslim, 3hristian or De. .ould
be intri%ued to attendC :hat does "A 8?O8H=T" meanC To most A 8?O8H=T means A6E 8?O8H=T,
and .ho .ould be interested in attendin% a meetin% .here ;ust any *ro*het in the 2ible .as debatedC
Dob, Doel, Donah, =Fra, =lisha, =Fe(iel are ;ust a fe. of the many mentioned in the 2ible. As .as to be
ex*ected the attendance left much to be desired.
'$(ER'"R'T) C"MPE*
:hat is the cause of this sic(nessC This inferiority com*lexC "EesG" :e are an emasculated *eo*le.
7ynamism has been .rin%ed out of us, not only by our enemies but by our o.n s*iritless friends. :e
e)en dare not re*eat Allah5s O.n testimony re%ardin% his belo)ed &
A+d Most Certai+,y- Thou (" Muhammad) Are o. most sub,ime A+d E/a,ted Character.
Ho,y 0ur12+ 3456
THE M"%T '$(&E$T'A
6ormally, it is +uite, natural for anyone to lo)e, *raise, idoliFe or hero&.orshi* ones leader, be it a %uru, saint
or *ro*het# and )ery often .e do.
Ho.e)er, if 1 .ere to re*roduce here

.hat %reat Muslims ha)e said or .ritten about our illustrious *ro*het, it
could be *layed do.n as exa%%eration, fancy or idoliFation by the sce*tics and the o**onents of 1slam.
Therefore, allo. me to +uote unbiased historians, friendly critics and e)en a)o.ed enemies of that mi%hty
Messen%er of >od & Muhammad (*buh). 1f the tributes of the non&Muslims do not touch your hearts, then you
are in the .ron% faith. O*t out of 1slamG There is already too much dead.ood on the "shi*" of 1slam.
1n recent times, a boo( has been *ublished in America titled "The 177," or the To* One hundred, or the
>reatest Hundred in History. A certain Michael H. Hart, described as a historian, mathematician and
astronomer has .ritten this no)el boo(. He has searched history, see(in% for men .ho had the %reatest
influence on man(ind. 1n this boo( he %i)es us The hundred most influential men, includin% Aso(a, Aristotle,
2uddha, 3onfucius, Hitler, 8lato, and Horoaster. He does not %i)e us a mere chart of the to*most "o+e
hu+dred" from the *oint of )ie. of their influence on *eo*le, but he e)aluates the de%ree of their influence
and rates them in order of their excellence from 6o. @, throu%h to 6o. @II. He %i)es us his reasons for the
*lacin% of his candidates. :e are not as(ed to a%ree .ith him, but .e cannot hel* admire the man5s research
and honesty.
The most amaFin% thin% about his selection is that he has *ut our 6abee&e&4areem, the Holy 8ro*het
Muhammad (*buh) as 6o. @,

the first of his "@IIG" Thus confirmin%, un(no.in%ly, >od5s O.n testimony in His
'inal ?e)elation to the :orld#
MO9T 3=?TA16,E, EO< HAJ= 16 TH= M=99=6>=? O' A,,AH A6 =K3=,,=6T 8ATT=?6 (O'
2=HAJ1O<?)
Holy Qurn //#L@
8E%&% (P9&H) $o. :;
Hart *lacin% the 8ro*het of 1slam as 6o. @, has naturally *leased the Muslims. 2ut his choice as shoc(ed the
6on&Muslims, more s*ecially the De.s and the 3hristians, .ho consider this as an affront. :hatC Desus
(*buh) 6o. / and Moses (*buh) 6o. $IG This is for them )ery difficult to stomach, but .hat says HartC ,et us
hear his ar%uments M
9163= TH=?= A?= ?O<>H,E T:13=

-The latest estimate is that there are one thousand million Muslims in
the .orld and one thousand t.o hundred million 3hristians0 A9 MA6E 3H?19T1A69 16 TH= :O?,7, 1T
MAE 161T1A,,E 9==M 9T?A6>= THAT M<HAMMA7 HA9 2==6 ?A64=7 H1>H=? THA6 D=9<9.
TH=?= A?= T:O 8?16318A, ?=A9O69 'O? THAT 7=3191O6.
('R%T, M<HAMMA7 8,AE=7 A 'A? MO?= 1M8O?TA6T ?O,= 16 TH= =J=,O8M=6T O' 19,AM THA6
D=9<9 717 16 TH= 7=J=,O8M=6T O' 3H?19T1A61TE. A,THO<>H D=9<9 :A9 ?=98O6912,= 'O?
TH= MA16 =TH13A, A67 MO?A, 8?=3=8T9 O' 3H?19T1A61TE (169O'A? A9 TH=9= 71''=?=7
'?OM D<7A19M), 9T. 8A<, :A9 TH= MA16 7=J=,O8=? O' 3H?19T1A6 TH=O,O>E, 1T9 8?16318A,
PR"%E)T'<ER- A$D THE A&TH"R "( A ARGE P"RT'"$ "( THE $E# TE%TAME$T.
M<HAMMA7, HO:=J=?, :A9 ?=98O6912,= 'O? 2OTH TH= TH=O,O>E O' 19,AM A67 1T9 MA16
=TH13A, A67 MO?A, 8?16318,=9. 16 A771T1O6, H= 8,AE=7 TH= 4=E ?O,= 16 8?O9=,ET1H16>
TH= 6=: 'A1TH, A67 16 =9TA2,19H16> TH= ?=,1>1O<9 8?A3T13=9 O' 19,AM.
Michael H. Hart in his boo( & "TH= @II"&*a%es /"N/A
PA& THE ("&$DER "( CHR'%T'A$'T)
Accordin% to Hart, the honor for foundin% 3hristianity is to be shared bet.een Desus (*buh) and 9t. 8aul. The
latter he belie)es to be the real founder of 3hristianity.
1 cannot hel* a%reein% .ith Hart. Out of the total of LB 2oo(s of the 6e. Testament, more than half is
authored by 8aul. As o**osed to 8aul, the Master has not .ritten a sin%le .ord of the t.enty&se)en boo(s. 1f
you can lay your hands on .hat is called "5A ?ed ,etter 2ible," you .ill find e)ery .ord alle%ed to ha)e been
uttered by Desus (*buh) & in red in( and the rest in normal blac( in(. 7on5t be shoc(ed to find that in this so
called "1n;eel," the >os*el of Desus, o)er ninety *ercent of the LB 2oo(s of the 6e. Testament is *rinted in
blac( in(G
This is the candid 3hristian confession on .hat they call the "1n;eel." 1n actual any confrontation .ith
3hristian missionaries, you .ill find them +uotin% one hundred *ercent from 8aul.
$" "$E (""#% 8E%&% (P9&H) Desus (*buh) said, "1f you lo)e me, (ee* my commandments." (Dohn
@$#@O)
He said .urther- Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach
men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven . . ." (Matthew =51>)
=)ery 3hristian contro)ersialist you +uestion, "7o you (ee* the la.s and the commandmentsC" .ill ans.er,
"6oG" 1f you as( further, ":hy don5t youC" He .ill if he is a 2ible&thum*er, in)ariably re*ly, "The la. is nailed to
the crossG" Meanin% the la. is done a.ay .ith. ":e are no. li)in% under %raceG"
=)ery time you *rod him .ith .hat his ,ord and Master (*buh) had said, he .ill confront you .ith somethin%
from 3ornithians, >alatians, =*hesians, 8hili**ians, etc. 1f you as(, ":ho are theyC" Eou .ill hear, 58aul,
8aul, 8aulG" ":ho is your masterC" you +uestion, and he .ill say, "DesusG" 2ut he .ill e)er and anon
contradict his o.n Desus (*buh) by his 8aulG
6o learned 3hristian .ill e)er dis*ute the fact that the real founder of 3hristianity is 9t. 8aul. Therefore,
Michael H. Hart to be fair, had to *lace Desus (*buh), in slot number three. :HE 8?OJO4= EO<?
3<9TOM=?C This *lacin% of 3hrist in the number three s*ot by Michael H. Hart *oses a )ery serious
+uestion for us. :hy .ould an American *ublish a boo( of OBL *a%es in America and sellin% in America for
P@O each, %o out of his .ay to *ro)o(e his *otential readersC :ho .ill buy his boo(sC 9urely, not the
8a(istanis and the 2an%ladeshis, neither the Arabs nor the Tur(sG =xce*t for a fe. co*ies here and there, the
o)er.helmin% number of his customers .ill be from the LOI million 3hristians and the ! million De.s of
America. Then .hy did he *ro)o(e his customersC 7id he not hear the dictum & "the customer is a,ways
ri?ht;" Of course he did. Then .hy his darin% choice. 2ut before 1 close this e*isode of Hart, 1 .ill allo. him
to ma(e his one last a*olo%y for his "temerity."
"ME 3HO13= O' M<HAMMA7 TO ,=A7 TH= ,19T O' TH= :O?,759 MO9T 16',<=6T1A, 8=?9O69
MAE 9<?8?19= 9OM= ?=A7=?9 A67 MAE 2= Q<=9T1O6=7 2E OTH=?9, 2<T H= :A9 TH= O6,E
MA6 16 H19TO?E :HO :A9 9<8?=M=,E 9<33=99'<, O6 2OTH TH= ?=,1>1O<9 A67 9=3<,A?
,=J=,." Michael H. Hart "The 1775 A Ra+@i+? o. the Most '+.,ue+tia, Perso+s i+ History", 6e. Eor(# Hart
8ublishin% 3om*any, 1nc., @AB", *.//.
#H" #ERE H'%T"R)A% GREAT EADER%
T'ME- 8&) 1=- 1>B6
The .orld famous "Time" carried the abo)e rubic on its front co)er. 1nside the ma%aFine .ere numerous
essays as to 5#hat ma@es a ?reat ,eaderC5 5Throu?hout history- who Dua,i.iesC5 T1M= as(ed a )ariety of
historians, .riters, military men, businessmen and others for their selections. =ach %a)e his candidate
accordin% to his "li%ht" as ob;ecti)ely as is humanly *ossible, de*endin% on one5s o.n a.areness and
*re;udice.
#H" E$"#% DR. %AA<ARC
1t is my habit and *leasurable duty to ta(e non&Muslims on a %uided tour

of the lar%est mos+ue in the
9outhern Hemis*here & "The 8umma MasFid" 7urban.
On one occasion 1 .as hostin% a 8ortu%uese cou*le, a husband and .ife team. At some sta%e durin% the
discussion the 8ortu%uese %entleman said that "Dr. %a,aGar was the ?reatest ma+ i+ the wor,d;" 1 did not
debate the *oint .ith him as 1 *ersonally (ne. little about 7r. 9alaFar exce*t that he .as a one time dictator
of 8ortu%al albeit to many a %reat benefactor to his nation. My *oor )isitor .as, ho.e)er, s*ea(in% accordin%
to his o.n (no.led%e, *oint of )ie. and *re;udice.
M&HAMMAD (P9&H) A$ $"T 9E 'G$"RED;
Amon% the contributors to the "Time," it seems that none could i%nore Muhammad (*buh).
#''AM Mc$E', a <nited 9tates historian, of the <ni)ersity of 3hica%o, records#
"1' EO< M=A9<?= ,=A7=?9H18 2E 1M8A3T, TH=6 EO< :O<,7 HAJ= TO 6AM= D=9<9, 2<77HA,
MOHAMM=7, 3O6'<31<9, TH= >?=AT 8?O8H=T9 O' TH= :O?,7 ..."
Mc6eill does not %o into details, nor does he %i)e us any ex*lanation as to .hy he *laced Desus (*buh) first
and Muhammad (*buh) number three. 8erha*s it .as by force of habit. 1t is )ery li(ely that Mc6eill is a
3hristian. Ho.e)er, .e .ill not ar%ue .ith him. Then comes &
8AME% GAH'$, described as a <nited 9tates army man, a retired lieutenant %eneral. He says & "AMO6>
,=A7=?9 :HO HAJ= MA7= TH= >?=AT=9T 1M8A3T TH?O<>H A>=9, 1 :O<,7 3O6917=?
MOHAMM=7, D=9<9 3H?19T, MAE2= ,=616, 8O9912,E MAO. A9 'O? A ,=A7=? :HO9= Q<A,1T1=9
:= 3O<,7 MO9T <9= 6O:, 1 :O<,7 3HOO9= DOH6 '. 4=66=7E."
The >eneral does not say much more, yet .e ha)e to salute him. 1t calls for tremendous fortitude to *en the
name Muhammad before that of 3hrist (*eace be u*on them both). 1t surely, .as no sli* of the *en.
8&E% MA%%ERMA$, <nited 9tates *sychoanalyst and *rofessor of the 3hica%o <ni)ersity, %i)es us, unli(e
the other contributors, the basis for ma(in% his selection. He %i)es us his reason for choosin% his %reatest
,=A7=? of all times. He .ants us to find out, .hat .e are really loo(in% for in the man, the +ualities that sets
him a*art. :e may be loo(in% for any sets of +ualities. As in the case of Michael H. Hart, he .as loo(in% for
a *erson .ieldin% the MO9T 1nfluence.
@

Ho.e)er, Masserman does not .ant us to de*end on our fancies or *re;udices# he .ants to establish
ob;ecti)e standards for ;ud%in%, before .e confer %reatness u*on anybody.
He says that ",eaders must fulfill three functions&&"
6o. @ TH= ,=A7=? M<9T 8?OJ17= 'O? TH= :=,,&2=16> O' TH= ,=A7 ...
The leader, .hoe)er he is, must be interested in your .elfare. He must not be loo(in% for mil(in% co.s for his
o.n %reed li(e the ?e). Dim Dones of Donesto.n, >uyana, of the "9uicide 3ult" fame. Eou .ill remember
him as the man .ho committed suicide to%ether .ith A@I of his follo.ers, all at the same time =6 MA99=G
The <nited 9tates >o)ernment .as on his trail and he .as on the )er%e of bein% cau%ht for certain felonies.
2ut before they could a**rehend him, he thou%ht it .ise to eliminate himself, to%ether .ith all his follo.ers, so
that no one .ould be left to testify a%ainst him. He laced lemonade .ith cynide and ins*ired his de)otees to
drin( it, and so they did and they all died in dis%raceG 1n the meantime, it .as disco)ered that the ?e). Dim
Dones had salted a.ay fifteen million dollars and stac(ed it in his o.n account in ban(s throu%hout the .orld.
All his )ictims .ere his mil(in% co.s and he .as ex*loitin% them to satisfy his o.n lust and %reed.
Masserman5s hero must be found to benefit his shee*, his floc(, and not himself
6o. L TH= ,=A7=? O? :O<,7 2= ,=A7=? M<9T 8?OJ17= A 9O31A, O?>A61HAT1O6 16 :H13H
8=O8,= '==, ?=,AT1J=,E 9=3<?= ...
<nli(e the Marxist, the 'acist, the 6aFi, the 6eo&6aFi the Ash(enaFi,

-The De.s from >ermany, 3entral
=uro*e and =astern =uro*e, mostly from ?ussia .ho are in unla.ful occu*ation of 8alestine. There is
somethin% *ro*hetic in the name itself & the De.s are doin% to the *eo*le of the occu*ied territories exactly
.hat the 6aFis did to them. :hat an ironyG0

the Hionist, and their fello.&tra)ellers, 8rofessor Masserman, in
his brief essay in the T1M= ma%aFine, did not s*ell this out. 2ut his beliefs and feelin%s are abundantly clear.
He is in search of a ,eader .ho .ill *ro)ide a social order free of self, and %reed and racism# for all these
"isms" carry .ithin them the seeds of their o.n destruction.
There5s still .ith us much sorro. and sin, 1n;ustice, O**ression, .ron% and hate. 9till does Arro%ance deaden
3onscience ?ob stru%%lin% souls of e5en the crumbs Of 8ity, and ma(e, of loathsome flesh And crumblin%
dust, fair&seemin% 1dols 'or .orshi*. 9till does 1%norance blo. A mi%hty Horn and try to shame True
:isdom. 9till do men dri)e 9la)es,
& & 8rotestin% smoothly the end of 9la)eryG 9till does >reed de)our the substance Of hel*less ones .ithin her
*o.er. 6ay, more, & &
the fine 1ndi)idual Joice 1s smothered in the raucous din Of %rou*s and 3ro.ds that madly shout :hat they
call 9lo%ans 6e., & & Old 'alsehoods lon% discredited ... Abdullah Eusuf Ali
6o. / THAT TH19 ,=A7=? M<9T 8?OJ17= H19 8=O8,= :1TH O6= 9=T O' 2=,1='9
1t is easy to tal( of the 'ello.shi* of 'aith and the 2rotherhood of Man, but in 9outh Africa today, there are a
thousand different sects and denominations amon% the :hites (*eo*le of =uro*ean descent) and three
thousand amon% the 2lac(s (of African descent). The :hite 3hurches in my country are 9*a.nin% "2lac("
2isho*s, fast, but in the first three hundred years of =uro*ean con+uest, they did not *roduce a sin%le 2lac(
2isho*. =)en no., the 2lac(, the :hite, the 3olored and the 1ndian cannot *ray to%ether in most of the
7utch ?eformed 3hurches. The hatred bet.een the 3hristian sects .as a*tly described by the 3hristian
=m*eror Dulian, .ho said# "6O :1,7 2=A9T9 A?= 9O HO9T1,= TO MA6 A9 3H?19T1A6 9=3T9 16
>=6=?A, A?= TO O6= A6OTH=?." 9ayed Amir Ali in his "9*irit of lslam,"& *a%e @ ii.
:ith the fore%oin% three standards, Masserman searches history and analyses ,ouis 8asteur, 9al(, >andhi,
3onfucius, Alexander the >reat, 3aesar, Hitler, 2uddha, Desus and the restQ

finally comin% to the conclusion
that & 8=?HA89 TH= >?=AT=9T ,=A7=? O' A,, T1M=9 :A9 M<HAMM=7, :HO 3OM216=7 A,,
TH?== '<63T1O69. (and) TO A ,=99=? 7=>?==, MO9=9 717 TH= 9AM=
:e cannot hel* mar)elin% at Masserman, that as a De. he condescends to scrutiniFe e)en Adolf Hitler, the
arch&enemy of his *eo*le. He considers Hitler to be a %reat leader. His race, the mi%hty >erman nation of AI
million *eo*le, .as ready to march to destiny or destruction at his behest. Alas, he lead them to ruin. Hitler is
not the +uestion. The +uestion is .hy .ould Masserman, as an American De., a *aid ser)ant of the
>o)ernment *roclaim to his countrymen of o)er t.o hundred million De.s and 3hristians that +ot Desus, +ot
Moses but Muhummed .as "The ?reatest eader o. a,, timesG" A33O<6T 'O? THATG
#HAT %A) THE %CEPT'C%C
Michael H. Hart *ut Muhammad 6o. @ on his list and his o.n ,ord and 9a)iour Desus 3hrist (*buh) 6o. /.
:hyC &"He was bribed;"(C) :illiam Mc6eill considers Muhammad as .orthy of honour in his list of the first
three names of his. :hyC "He was bribed;" (C) Dames >a)in *uts Muhammad (*buh) before 3hrist (*buh).
:hyC "He was bribed;" (C) Dames Masserman ad;ud%es Muhammad (*buh) 6o. @ and his o.n hero Moses
(*buh) a close second. :hyC "He was bribed;" (C) "A?= := TO 9<88O9= THAT A,, TH= >,O:16>
A7<,AT1O6 O' M<HAMMA7 (82<H) :A9 A M19=?A2,= 81=3= O' 16T=,,=3T<A, ,=>=?7=MA16,
HO3<9 8O3<9 . . . 1, 'O? ME 8A?T, 3A66OT 'O?M A6E 9<3H 9<88O91T1O6 ... O6= :O<,7 2=
=6T1?=,E AT A ,O99 :HAT TO TH164 O' MA64167 AT A,, 1' Q<A34=?E 9O >?=: A67
',O<?19H=7 16 TH= :O?,7."
@

Eet the scoffers bemoan anyone .ho has anythin% %ood to say about Muhammad (*buh) or 1slam A9
HAJ16> 2==6 2?12=7 by the ArabsG They are %i)in% too much credit to my brethren. 1 re*eat# "'t is
possib,e- but it is improbab,e;"
7urin% the 9econd :orld :ar, 6or.ay *roduced only one "Quislin%." He .as tried for treason and executed.
1t is unli(ely that America and the :estern .orld ha)e ;ust reached *uberty to s*a.n a breed of Quislin%s
nurtured by hot *etrodollars from the Middle =ast. 8lease do not demean your honest, coura%eous men, .ho
.ithout fear or fa)our are *re*ared to suffer oblo+uy for their con)ictions. :e must all admire themG :e can
no. ;ustifiably conclude that the >od of Mercy, :ho fore)er reco%nises the sincere efforts of His ser)ants, is
only fulfillin% His 8romise to Muhammad (*buh), His 3hosen Messen%er &
A67 HAJ= := 6OT ?A19=7 H1>H TH= =9T==M (16 :H13H) THO< (A?= H=,7)C Holy Qurn A$#$
Alternati)e renderin%s#
(a) Ha)e :e not exalted thy fameC
(b) And ha)e :e not raised thy name for theeC
(c) Ha)e :e not %i)en you hi%h reno.nC
'riends and foes ali(e, as if by some secret com*ulsion are made to *ay unsolicited tributes to this mi%hty
Messen%er of >od. 2ut the Almi%hty commanders e)en the de)il into His ser)ice, as He had done in the time
of Desus (*buh), (Matthe. $#@ &@@). =)en the de)il sometimes s*ea(s >os*el truths. 8rofessor 4. 9.
?ama(rishna ?ao, a Hindu *hiloso*her in his boo( "M&H&MMED ! The Prophet o. ,s,am", +uotes the arch&
de)il himself, yes, Adolf Hitler, to *ro)e the uni+ue %reatness of Muhammad (*buh). The 8rofessor, li(e Dules
Masserman .ho had e)aluated the 8ro*het of 1slam on three %rounds (see a**endix "3" on *a%e !/) also
sa. in Hitler5s "Mei+ Eamp;" a three faceted ;e.el, a rare commodity .hich he found in our hero under
discussion. Quotin% Hitler, he says#
"A >?=AT TH=O?19T 19 9=,7OM A >?=AT ,=A7=?. A6 A>1TATO? 19 'A? MO?= ,14=,E TO
8O99=99 TH=9= Q<A,1T1=9. H= :1,, A,:AE9 2= A 2=TT=? ,=A7=?. 'O?, ,=A7=?9H18 M=A69
TH= A21,1TE TO MOJ= MA99=9 O' M=6. TH= TA,=6T TO 8?O7<3= 17=A9 HA9 6OTH16> 16
3OMMO6 :1TH TH= 3A8A31TE 'O? ,=A7=?9H18." H1T,=? 3O6T16<=9, "TH= <61O6 O' TH=
THE"R'%T, "RGA$'%ER, A67 EADER 16 O6= MA6 19 TH= ?A?=9T 8H=6OM=6O6 O6 TH19
=A?THQ TH=?=16 3O6919T9 >?=AT6=99." 8?O'=99O? ?AO 3O63,<7=9, 16 H19 O:6 :O?79, "'$
THE PER%"$ "( THE PR"PHET "( '%AM THE #"RD HA% %EE$ TH'% RARE%T PHE$"ME$"$
"$ EARTH- #AE'$G '$ (E%H A$D 9""D."
%HARE THE A$GER
2efore anyone assails the 8rofessor of undue bias and "bribery," let me %i)e them a fe. more names of
admirers of Muhammad (*buh).
@. "M<H<MMA7 :A9 TH= 9O<, O' 41676=99, A67 H19 16',<=63= :A9 '=,T A67 6=J=?
'O?>OTT=6 2E THO9= A?O<67 H1M." A Hindu scholar & 7i.an 3hand 9harma in his "The Prophets o.
the East," 3alcutta @A/O, *. @LL.
L. "'O<? E=A?9 A'T=? TH= 7=ATH O' D<9T161A6, A.7. O!A, :A9 2O?6 AT MA44AH, 16 A?A21A
TH= MA6 :HO, O' A,, M=6 =K=?319=7 TH= >?=AT=9T 16',<=63= <8O6 TH= H<MA6 ?A3= ...
MOHAMM=7 ..." Dohn :illiam 7ra*er, M.7., ,,7., in his "A History o. the ,+te,,ectua, DeIe,opme+t o.
Europe",& ,ondon @"BO.
/. "1 7O<2T :H=TH=? A6E MA6 :HO9= =KT=?6A, 3O671T1O69 3HA6>=7 9O M<3H =J=?
3HA6>=7 H1M9=,' ,=99 TO M==T TH=M." ?. J. 3. 2odley in "The Messe+?er,"& ,ondon @A$!, *.A.
$. "1 HAJ= 9T<71=7 H1M & TH= :O67=?'<, MA6 & A67 16 ME O8161O6 'A? '?OM 2=16> A6 A6T1&
3H?19T, H= M<9T 2= 3A,,=7 TH= 9AJ1O<? O' H<MA61TE." >eor%e 2ernard 9ha., in "The >enuine
1slam,& Jol. @, 6o. "@A/!.
O. "2E A 'O?T<6= A29O,<T=,E <61Q<= 16 H19TO?E, MOHAMM=7 19 A TH?=='O,7 'O<67=? O'
A 6AT1O6, O' A6 =M81?=, A67 O' A ?=,1>1O6." ?. 2os.orth&9mith in "Mohammed and
Mohammedanism".& @A$!.
!. "MOHAMM=7 :A9 TH= MO9T 9<33=99'<, O' A,, ?=,1>1O<9 8=?9O6A,1T1=9." =ncyclo*edia
2ritannica, @@th =dition
Chapter J
(R"M THE H'%T"R'CA PA%T
1t is not difficult to re*roduce a further doFen or more eulo%ies by the admirers and critics of Muhammad
(*buh). 7es*ite all their ob;ecti)ity, ;aundiced minds can al.ays con;ure u* some as*ersions. ,et me ta(e my
readers dee* do.n in *ast history.
1t .as 'riday the "th of May, @"$I, that is about a hundred and fifty years a%o, at a time .hen it .as a
sacrile%e to say anythin% %ood about Muhammad (*buh), and the 3hristian :est .as rained to hate the man
Muhammad (*buh) and his reli%ion, the same .ay as do%s .ere at one sta%e trained in my country to hate all
blac( *eo*le. At that time in history, Thomas 3arlyle, one of the %reatest thin(ers of the *ast century deli)ered
a series of lectures under the theme & "Heroes a+d Hero!worship."
DEHE"PED %'CE$E%%
3arlyle ex*osed this blind *re;udice of his *eo*le at the be%innin% of his tal(. He made reference to one of
the literary %iants a 7utch scholar and statesman, by the name of Hu%o >rotius,

K(rom pa?e =B o. the boo@ !
L"+ Heroes Hero!worship a+d the Heroic i+ HistoryL by Thomas Car,y,e- o+do+ 1>=>.M .ho had
.ritten a bitter and abusi)e in)ecti)e a%ainst the *ro*het of 1slam. He had falsely char%ed that the Holy
8ro*het had trained *i%eons to *ic( out *eas from his ears, so that he could by this tric( bluff his *eo*le that
the Holy >host in the sha*e of a do)e .as re)ealin% >od5s ?e)elation to him, .hich he then had them
recorded in his 2ible the Qurn. 8erha*s >rotius .as ins*ired into this fairy&tale from his readin% of his o.n
Holy 9cri*tures# 5Then, Desus, .hen he had been ba*tiFed (by Dohn the 2a*tist in the Dordan ?i)er), came u*
immediately from the .aterQ and behold, the hea)ens .ere o*ened to him, and he sa. the 9*irit of >od
7escendin% ,i(e A 7o)e and ali%htin% u*on him. (=m*hasis added) Matthe. /#@!
#HEREA% THE A&TH"R'T)
8ococ(e, another res*ected intellectual of the time, li(e "doubtin% Thomas" (Dohn LI#LO), .anted *roof about
Muhammad (*buh), the *i%eons, and the *easC >rotius ans.ered "THAT TH=?= :A9 6O 8?OO'G" He ;ust
felt li(e in)entin% this story for his audience. To him and his audience the "*i%eons and *eas" theory .as
more *lausible than that of the Archan%el dictatin% to Muhammad (*buh). These falsities .rin%ed the heart of
3arlyle. He cried# "TH= ,1=9, :H13H :=,,&M=A616> H=A, HA9 H=A8=7 ?O<67 TH19 MA6, A?=
719>?A3='<, TO O<?9=,J=9 O6,E." Thomas 3arlyle
THE HER" PR"PHET
3arlyle .as a man of %enius and >od %ifted him .ith the art of articulation. 1n his o.n .ay, he .anted to *ut
the records strai%ht. He *lanned to deli)er a lecture and he chose a )ery *ro)ocati)e to*ic "The hero as
8ro*het." and he chose this hero&*ro*het to be the most mali%ned man of his time, "M<HAMMA7 (82<H)G"
6ot Moses, da)id, 9olomon, or Desus but MuhammadG

To *lacate his o)er.helmin% An%lican (belon%in% to
the 3hurch of =n%land) fello. countrymen, he a*olo%ised & "A9 TH=?= 19 6O 7A6>=? O' O<?
2=3OM16>, A6E O' <9, MAHOM=TA69, 1 M=A6 TO 9AE A,, TH= >OO7 O' H1M 1 D<9T,E 3A6."
1n other .ords he, as .ell as his elite audience .ere free from the fear of con)ertin% to 1slam, and could ta(e
a chance in *ayin% some com*liments to Muhammad (*buh). 1f he had any fears re%ardin% the stren%th of
their faith, he .ould not ha)e ta(en that chance. 1n an era of hatred and s*ite to.ards e)ernhin% 1slamic and
to an audience full of sce*ticism and cynicism, 3arlyle unfolded many a %lo.in% truth about his hero &
Muhammad (*buh). To the *raise&.orthy," indeed be *raise. 'or that is .hat the )ery name Muhammad
means & the 8raised One & the 8raise.orthy. There are times .hen 3arlyle uses .ords and ex*ressions,
.hich mi%ht not be too *leasin% to the belie)in% Muslim, but one has to for%i)e him as he .as .al(in% a
cultural ti%htro*e, and he succeeded eminently. He 8aid our hero many ardent and enthusiastic tribute, and
defended him from the false char%es and calumnies of his enemies, exactly as the 8ro*het had done in the
case of Desus (*buh) and his mother.
H'% %'$CER'T)
l a. "TH= >?=AT MA659 9163=?1TE 19 O' TH= 4167 H= 3A66OT 98=A4 O'# 6AE, 1 9<88O9=, H= 19
3O6931O<9 ?ATH=? O' 169163=?1TEQ 'O? :HAT MA6 3A6 :A,4 A33<?AT=,E 2E TH= ,A: O'
T?<TH 'O? O6= 7AEC 6O, TH= >?=AT MA6 7O=9 6OT 2OA9T H1M9=,' 9163=?=, 'A? '?OM
THATQ 8=?HA89 7O=9 6OT A94 H1M9=,' 1' H= 19 9O# 1 :O<,7 9AE ?ATH=?, H19 9163=?1TE 7O=9
6OT 7=8=67 O6 H1M9=,'# H= 3A66OT H=,8 2=16> 9163=?=G" Heros and Hero&:orshi*, *.OA
b. "A 91,=6T >?=AT 9O<,, H= :A9 O6= O' THO9= :HO 3A66OT 2<T 2= 16 =A?6=9T, :HOM
6AT<?= H=?9=,' HA9 A88O16T=7 TO 2= 9163=?=. :H1,= OTH=?9 :A,4 16 'O?M<,A9 A67
H=A?9AE9, 3O6T=6T=7 =6O<>H TO 7:=,, TH=?=, TH19 MA6 3O<,7 6OT 93?==6 H1M9=,' 16
'O?M<,A9Q H= :A9 A,O6= :1TH H19 O:6 9O<, A67 TH= ?=A,1TE O' TH16>9 . . . 9<3H
9163=?1TE, A9 := 6AM=7 1T, HA9 16 J=?E T?<TH 9OM=TH16> O' 71J16=. TH= :O?7 O' 9<3H A
MA6 19 A JO13= 71?=3T '?OM 6AT<?=59 O:6 H=A?T. M=6 7O A67 M<9T ,19T=6 TO THAT A9 TO
6OTH16> =,9=, & & & A,, =,9= 19 :167 16 3OM8A?19O6." Heros and Hero&:orshi*, *.B@
1n his len%thy s*eech, 3arlyle did not ha)e the o**ortunity to inform his audience about the sources of his
inferences. 1 may furnish ;ust one incident from the life of the 8ro*het. An incidence .hich reflects the
hi%hest de%ree of his sincerity in recordin% a ?e)elation in the Holy Qurn e)en if it seems to re*ro)e him for
some natural and human Feal.
ADM"$'T'"$ A% REHEAED
1t .as in the early days of his mission in Ma((ah. Muhammad (*buh) .as dee*ly en%rossed in tryin% to .ean
the leaders of the *a%an Quraish to his teachin%s. A**arently one of them .as %i)in% him an attenti)e
hearin% .hen a *oor blind man by the name Of Abdullah lbn <mm&@& Ma(tum tried to bar%e in into the
discussion and .antin% to dra. attention to himself. The blessed 8ro*het said nothin%, but a thou%ht .ent
throu%h his mind (.hy don5t you ha)e a little *atience, can5t you see (sense) that because of your im*atience 1
mi%ht lose these customers). 1 belie)e that lesser men, sinners and saints, .ill not be +uestioned for such
la*ses, but not so for Muhammad (*buh). 7id not >od choose him and honour him .ith that lofty status as
recordedC A+d Most Certai+,y Thou (" Muhammad) Are o. Most sub,ime A+d E/a,ted Character.
Ho,y 0ur12+ 3456
HE (R"#$ED
:hilst in the midst of the con)ersation .ith his *a%an fello. tribesmen, >od Almi%hty sends >abriel, the
An%el of ?e)elation, .ith this admonition#
(TH= 8?O8H=T) '?O:6=7 A67 T<?6=7 A:AE, 2=3A<9= TH=?= 3AM= TO H1M H= 2,167 MA6
(16T=??<8T16>). 2<T :HAT 3O<,7 T=,, TH== THAT 8=?3HA63= H= M1>HT >?O: (16
981?1T<A, <67=?9TA6716>)C O? THAT H= M1>HT ?=3=1J= A7MO61T1O6, A67 TH= T=A3H16>
M1>HT 8?O?T H1MC Holy Qurn "I#@&$
The holy 8ro*het (*buh) had naturally disli(ed the interru*tion. 8erha*s the *oor man5s feelin%s .ere hurt.
2ut he .hose %entle heart e)er sym*athised .ith the *oor and the afflicted, %ot ne. ,i%ht (?e)elation) from
his ,ord, and .ithout the least hesitation, he immediately *ublished it for all eternityG 9ubse+uently, e)ery time
he met this blind man, he recei)ed him %raciously and than(ed him that on his account the ,ord had
remembered him. 7urin% Muhammad5s (*buh) absences from Madinah, the blind man .as made the
>o)ernor of the 3ity t.ice. 9uch .as the sincerity and %ratitude of 3arlyle5s Hero 8ro*het.
H'% ('DE'T)
L. "1T 19 A 2O<67,=99 'AJO<?.H= 6=J=? 'O?>OT TH19 >OO7 4A71DAH. ,O6> A'T=?:A?79,
AE=9HA H19 EO<6> 'AJO<?1T= :1'=, A :OMA6 :HO 167==7 719T16><19H=7 H=?9=,' AMO6>
TH= MO9,=M9, 2E A,, MA66=? O' Q<A,1T1=9, TH?O<>H H=? :HO,= ,O6> ,1'=Q TH19 EO<6>
2?1,,1A6T AE=9HA :A9, O6= 7AE, Q<=9T1O616> H1M.56O: AM 6OT 1 2=TT=? THA6 4A71DAHC
9H= :A9 A :17O:Q O,7, A67 HA7 ,O9T H=? ,OO49# EO< ,OJ= M= 2=TT=? THA6 EO< 717 H=?C5
56O, 2E A,,AHG5 A69:=?=7 MAHOM=T# 56O, 2E A,,AHG 9H= 2=,1=J=7 16 M= :H=6 6O6= =,9=
:O<,7 2=,1=J=. 16 TH= :HO,= :O?,7 1 HA7 2<T O6= '?1=67, A67 9H= :A9 THATG... Heros and
Hero&:orshi*, *. B! 1t .ould ha)e been easier to re*el the tem*tation of the de)il than to succumb to the
e%o of a youn%, lo)in%, brilliant and beautiful .ife li(e lady Ayesha 9iddi+a. :hy not let her hear the soft
soothin% balm of flattery&, it .ill not harm anyone. =)en the soul of 2ibi 4hadi;a, the mother of the 'aithful,
.ould loo( li%ht&heartedly at the ruse. There is no shammin%, no innocent ".hite lies" .ith Muhammad
(*buh). Traits of this (ind sho. us the %enuine man, brother of us all, brou%ht )isible throu%h fourteen
centuries, & & & the )eritable son of our common mother.
5A AMEE$. THE (A'TH(& 5
/ a. "A MA6 O' T?<TH A67 '17=,1TEQ T?<= 16 :HAT H= 717, 16 :HAT H= 98A4= A67 THO<>HT.
TH=E 6OT=7 THAT H= A,:AE9 M=A6T 9OM=TH16>. A MA6 ?ATH=? TA31T<?6 16 98==3HQ
91,=6T :H=6 TH=?= :A9 6OTH16> TO 2= 9A17Q 2<T 8=?T16=6T :19=, 9163=?=, :H=6 H= 717
98=A4Q A,:AE9 TH?O:16> ,1>HT O6 TH= MATT=?. TH19 19 TH= O6,E 9O?T O' 98==3H #"RTH
98=A416>G" Heros and Hero&:orshi*, *. !A
b. "MAHOM=T 6AT<?A,,E >AJ= O''=63= TO TH= 4O?=19H, 4==8=?9 O' TH= 4AA2AH,
9<8=?16T=67=6T9 O' TH= 17O,9. O6= O? T:O M=6 O' 16',<=63= HA7 DO16=7 H1M#
@. RTH= TH16> 98?=A7 9,O:,E, 2<T 1T :A9 98?=A716>, 6AT<?A,,E H= >AJ= O''=63=
TO =J=?E2O7E."-The De.s hated the 8ro*het# the 3hristians hated the 8ro*het# the mushri@s (the
8olytheists) hated the 8ro*het, and the Mu+a.iDee+ (the hy*ocrites) hated the 8ro*het. 1t is the nature of
'alsehood to hate the Truth. ,i%ht dismisses 7ar(ness, but dar(ness does not ta(e (indly to li%ht. 0 Heros and
Hero&:orshi*, *. BB c.
"6OT A M=A,EMO<TH=7 MA6G A 3A6717 '=?O31TE, 1' TH= 3A9= 3A,,9 'O? 1T, 19 16 H1MQ H=
7O=9 6OT M163= MAT?=?9G TH= :A? O' TA2<3 19 A TH16> H= O'T=6 98=A49 O'#H19 M=6
?='<9=7, MA6E O' TH=M, TO MA?3H O6 THAT O33A91O6Q 8,=A7=7 TH= H=AT O' TH=
:=ATH=?, TH= HA?J=9T, A67 9O 'O?THQ H= 3A6 6=J=? 'O?>=T THAT. EO<? HA?J=9TC 1T
,A9T9 'O? A 7AE. :HAT :1,, 2=3OM= O' EO<? HA?J=9T TH?O<>H A,, =T=?61TEC HOT
:=ATH=?C E=9, 1T :A9 HOTQ 52<T H=,, :1,, 2= HOT=?G5 9OM=T1M=9 A ?O<>H 9A?3A9M
T<?69 <8# H= 9AE9 TO TH= <62=,1=J=?9, E= 9HA,, 6OT HAJ= 9HO?T :=1>HTG" Heros and Hero&
:orshi*, *. AON!.
?emember, Thomas 3arlyle uttered these .ords, and many more to a shoc(ed and be.ildered 3hristian
audience in =n%land, a hundred and fifty years a%o. History did not record for us the li)ely ar%uments and
debates .hich his lecture must naturally ha)e caused. He (e*t to his *romise# "' mea+ to say a,, the ?ood
o. him (his Hero Prophet) ' Fust,y ca+A" and he .ent on in his tal( to 1 defend Muhammad (*buh) a%ainst the
false char%es, slander and calumnies of his enemies#
CHARGE "( (A%'T)
$a. "A 'A,9= MA6 'O<67 A ?=,1>1O6C :HE, A 'A,9= MA6 3A66OT 2<1,7 A 2?134 HO<9=G 1' H=
7O=9 6OT 46O: A67 'O,,O: T?<,E TH= 8?O8=?T1=9 O' MO?TA?, 2<?6T 3,AE A67 :HAT
=,9= H= :O?49 16, 1T 19 6O HO<9= THAT H= MA4=9, 2<T A ?<2219H H=A8. 1T :1,, 6OT 9TA67
'O? T:=,J= 3=6T<?1=9,-6o., fourteen centuries0 TO ,O7>= A H<67?=7&A67 =1>HTE M1,,1O69Q

-A
thousand million today.0 1T :1,, 'A,, 9T?A1>HTA:AE . 98=31O91T1=9 A?= 98=31O<9

-%pecious5
Ha)in% the rin% of truth or *lausibility but actually false.0. . . 1T 19 ,14= A 'O?>=7 2A64 6OT=Q TH=E >=T
1T 8A99=7 O<T O' TH=1? :O?TH,=99 HA679# OTH=?9, 6OT TH=E, HAJ= TO 9MA?T 'O? 1T.
6AT<?= 2<?9T9&<8 16 '1?=&',AM=9, '?=63H ?=JO,<T1O69 A67 9<3H&,14=, 8?O3,A1M16>
:1TH TH= T=??12,= J=?A31TE THAT 'O?>=7 6OT=9 A?= 'O?>=7." Heros and Hero&:orshi* ), *.O"

b."1T >O=9 >?=AT,E A>A169T TH= 1M8O9T=? TH=O?E, TH= 'A3T THAT H= ,1J=7 16 TH19
=6T1?=,E <6=K3=8T1O6A2,=, =6T1?=,E Q<1=T A67 3OMMO6 8,A3= :AE, T1,, TH= H=AT O' H19
E=A?9 :A9 7O6=. H= :A9 'O?TE 2='O?= H= TA,4=7 O' A6E M1991O6 '?OM H=AJ=6 . . A,,
H19 5AM21T1O6,5 9==M16>,E, HA7 2==6, H1TH=?TO, TO ,1J= A6 HO6=9T ,1'=Q H19 5'AM=,5 TH=
M=?= >OO7 O8161O6 O' 6=1>H2O<?9 THAT 46=: H1M..." Heros and Hero&:orshi*, *. BI
"AM21T1O6C :HAT 3O<,7 A,, A?A21A 7O 'O? TH19 MA6Q :1TH TH= 3?O:6 O' >?==4
H=?A3,1<9, O' 8=?91A6 3HO9?O=9, A67 A,, TH= 3?O:69 16 =A?THQ & :HAT 3O<,7 TH=E A,,
7O 'O? H1MC 1T :A9 6OT O' TH= H=AJ=6 A2OJ= A67 O' TH= H=,, 2=6=ATH. A,, 3?O:69 A67
9OJ=?=1>6T1=9 :HAT& 9O=J=?, :H=?= :O<,7 TH=E 16 A '=: 2?1=' E=A?9 2=C TO 2= 9H=14
O' MA44AH O? A?A21A, A67 HAJ= A 21T O' >1,T :OO7 8<T 16TO EO<? HA67, & & & :1,, THAT 2=
O6=9 9A,JAT1O6C 1 7=317=7,E TH164, 6OT, := :1,, ,=AJ= 1T A,TO>=TH=?, TH19 1M8O9T=?
HE8OTH=919, A9 6OT 3?=71T& A2,=# 6OT J=?E TO,=?A2,= =J=6, :O?THE 3H1=',E O'
719M199A, 2E <9." Heros and Hero&:orshi*, *. BLN/
CHARGE "( %'$$'$G
O. "'A<,T9C TH= >?=AT=9T O' 'A<,T9, 1 9HO<,7 9AE, 19 TO 2= 3O6931O<9 O' 6O6=.
?=A7=?9 O' TH= 212,= A2OJ= A,,, O6= :O<,7 TH164, M1>HT 46O: 2=TT=?. :HO 19 3A,,=7
TH=?= 5TH= MA6 A33O?716> TO >O759 O:6 H=A?T5C 7AJ17, TH= H=2?=: 416> HA7 'A,,=6
16TO 9169 =6O<>HQ 2,A34=9T 3?1M=9Q TH=?= :A9 6O :A6T O' 9169.-This is the De.ish and
3hristian conce*t of >od5s *ro*hets. They char%e their *ro*hets .ith incest, adultery and e)en murder. They
im*ure horrendous crimes to them on the authority of the Holy 2ible.0 A67 TH=?=<8O6 TH=
<62=,1=J=?9 96==? A67 A94, 19 TH19 EO<? MA6 A33O?716> TO >O759 H=A?TC TH= 96==?, 1
M<9T 9AE, 9==M9 TO M= 2<T A 9HA,,O: O6=. :HAT A?= 'A<,T9, :HAT A?= TH= O<T:A?7
7=TA1,9 O' A ,1'=Q 1' TH= 166=? 9=3?=T O' 1T, TH= ?=MO?9=, T=M8TAT1O69, T?<=, O'T=6&
2A'',=7, 6=J=? =67=7 9T?<>>,= O' 1T 2= 'O?>OTT=6C 51T 19 6OT 16 MA6 THAT :A,4=TH TO
71?=3T H19 9T=89.5 O' A,, A3T9, 19 6OT, 'O? A MA6, ?=8=6TA63= TH= MO9T 71J16=C TH=
7=A7,1=9T 916, 1 9AE, :=?= TH= 9AM= 9<8=?31,1O<9 3O6931O<96=99 O' 6O 916Q THAT 19
7=ATHQ TH= H=A?T 9O 3O6931O<9 19 71JO?3=7 '?OM 9163=?1TE, H<M1,1TE, A67 'A3TQ 19
7=A7# 1T 19 58<?=5 A9 7=A7 7?E 9A67 19 8<?=." Heros and Hero&:orshi*. *. !@
CHARGE "( LTHE %#"RDL
The %reatest crime, the %reatest "sin" of Muhammad (*buhS in the eyes of the 3hristian :est is that he did not
allo. himself to be slau%htered, to be "crucified" by his enemies. He ably defended himself, his family and his
follo.ersQ and finally )an+uished his enemies. Muhammad5s (*buhS success is the 3hristians5 %all of
disa**ointment# he did not belie)e in any )icarious sacrifice for the sins of others. He belie)ed and beha)ed
naturally.16 TH= 9TAT= O' 6AT<?=, =J=?E O6= HA9 A ?1>HT TO 7='=67 H19 8=?9O6 A67
8O99=991O69, A67 =KT=67 H19 HO9T1,1T1=9 TO A ?=A9O6A2,= AMO<6T O' 9AT19'A3T1O6 A67
?=TA,1AT1O6," says >ibbon, the master historian in his "7ecline and 'all of the ?oman =m*ire." His
stru%%le and )ictory o)er the forces of unbelief and e)il made the editors of the =ncyclo*edia 2ritannica to
exclaim, Muhammad (*buhS to be & & & "THE M"%T %&CCE%%(& "( A RE'G'"&% PER%"$A'T'E%."
Ho. can the enemies of 1slam account for Muhammad5s *henomenal achie)ements exce*t to decry that he
s*read his reli%ion at the *oint of the s.ordC He forced 1slam do.n *eo*les5 throatsGC

!a. "H19TO?E MA4=9 1T 3,=A? HO:=J=?, THAT TH= ,=>=67 O' 'A6AT13A, M<9,1M9 9:==8&
16> TH?O<>H TH= :O?,7 A67 'O?316> 19,AM AT TH= 8O16T O' TH= 9:O?7 <8O6
3O6Q<=?=7 ?A3=9 19 O6= O' TH= MO9T 'A6TA9T13A,,E A29<?7 METH9 THAT H19TO?1A69
HAJ= =J=? ?=8=AT=7." 7e ,acy O5,eary in "1slam at the 3rossroads55 ,ondon, @AL/, *." Eou do not
ha)e to be a historian li(e O5,eary to (no. that the Muslims ruled 9*ain for B/! years. The lon%est the
3hristians e)er ruled o)er Muslims .as OII years in MoFambi+ue, a territory ca*tured from an Arab %o)ernor
by the name of Musa&bin&bai+ue, a name they could not *ro*erly *ronounce, hence the name MoFambi+ue.
=)en today, after fi)e centuries of 3hristian o)erlordshi* the country is still !I *ercent Muslim.
Ho.e)er, after ei%ht centuries in 9*ain the Muslims .ere totally eliminated from that country so that not e)en
one man .as left to %i)e the AFan Tthe Muslim call to *rayerS. 1f the Muslims had used force, military or
economic there .ould not ha)e been any 3hristian left in 9*ain to ha)e (ic(ed the Muslims out. One can
blame the Muslims for ex*loitation if you li(e but one cannot char%e them .ith usin% the s.ord to con)ert
9*aniards to the 1slamic reli%ion.Today, 1slam is still s*readin% all o)er the .orld and Muslims ha)e 6O
s.ordGG The Muslims .ere also the masters of 1ndia for a thousand years, but e)entually .hen the sub&
continent recei)ed inde*endence in @A$B, the Hindus obtained three +uarters of the country and the Muslims
the balance of the one&+uarter. :hyC 2ecause the Muslims did not force 1slam do.n the Hindus5 throatsG 1n
9*ain and in 1ndia, the Muslims .ere no *ara%ons of )irtue, yet they obeyed the Qur5anic in;unction to the
letter
,=T TH=?= 2= 6O 3OM8<,91O6 16 ?=,1>1O6# 'O? T?<TH 9TA679 O<T 719T163T '?OM =??O?.
Holy Quran L#LO!
The Muslim con+uerors understood from this command that "com*ulsion" .as incom*atible .ith true reli%ion#
because
(aS ?eli%ion de*ends on faith and .ill, and these .ould be meanin%less if induced by force. 'orce can
con+uer but cannot con)ert.
(b) Truth and =rror ha)e been so clearly sho.n u* by the Mercy of >od that there should be no doubt in the
minds of any *erson of %ood.ill as to the fundamentals of faith.
(c) >od5s *rotection is continuous and His 8lan is al.ays to lead us from the de*ths of dar(ness into the
clearest li%ht.-(a), (bS and (c) are Eusuf Ali5s comments on )erse LO!. Obtain his translation .ith o)er !III
ex*lanatory footnotes from the 1831. 0=xce*t for some eccentrics here and there, the Muslims as a .hole
adhered to the commandment of >od in the lands o)er .hich they held s.ay. 2ut .hat can the enemy say
about countries .here no sin%le Muslim soldier had set footC
(i) 167O6=91A# 1t is a fact that o)er a hundred million 1ndonesians are Muslim, yet no con+uerin% Muslim
army e)er landed on any of its o)er t.o thousand islands.
(iiS MA,AE91A# The o)er.helmin% number of its *eo*le in this country are Muslims yet no Muslim soldier had
landed there either.
(iiiS A'?13A# The ma;ority of the *eo*le on the =ast coast of Africa as far do.n as MoFambi+ue, as .ell as
the bul( of the inhabitants on the :est coast of the continent are Muslims, but history does not record any
in)adin% hoards of Muslims from any.here. :hat s.ordC :here .as the s.ordC The Muslim trader did the
;ob. His %ood conduct and moral rectitude achie)ed the miracle of con)ersion. "All .hat you say seems
incontro)ertible, Mr. 7eedat," says the 3hristian contro)ersialist, "but .e are tal(in% about 1slam at its )ery
be%innin%, the .ay in .hich your *ro*het con)erted the *a%ans to his faithG Ho. did he do it if not .ith the
s.ordC"

"$E AGA'$%T AC
:e can do no better than to allo. Thomas 3arlyle himself to defend his Hero 8ro*het a%ainst this false
char%eQ & & &
B. "TH= 9:O?7 167==7# 2<T :H=?= :1,, EO< >=T EO<? 9:O?7G =J=?E 6=: O8161O6, AT 1T9
9TA?T16>, 19 8?=319=,E 16 A M16O?1TE O' O6=. 16 O6= MA659 H=A7 A,O6=, TH=?= 1T 7:=,,9
A9 E=T. O6= MA6 A,O6= O' TH= :HO,= :O?,7 2=,1=J=9 1TQ TH=?= 19 O6= MA6 A>A169T A,,
M=6. THAT H= TA4= A 9:O?7, A67 T?E TO 8?O8A>AT= :1TH THAT, :1,, 7O ,1TT,= 'O? H1M.
EO< M<9T '1?9T >=T EO<? 9:O?7G O6 TH= :HO,=, A TH16> :1,, 8?O8A>AT= 1T9=,' A9 1T
3A6. := 7O 6OT '167, O' TH= 3H?19T1A6 ?=,1>1O6 =1TH=?, THAT 1T A,:AE9 7197A16=7 TH=
9:O?7, :H=6 O63= 1T HA7 >OT O6=. 3HA?,=MA>6=59 3O6J=?91O6 O' TH= 9AKO69 :A9 6OT
2E 8?=A3H16>." Heroes and Hero&:orshi*. *. "I
At the a%e of forty .hen Muhammad T*buhS declared his mission from hea)en, there .as no *olitical *arty, or
royalty, and certainly no family or tribe to bac( him u*. His *eo*le & the Arabs, immersed in idol&.orshi* and
fetishism .ere not by any means a docile *eo*le, they .ere no easy meat. They .ere a )ery )olatile *eo*le.
%i)en to internecine and fratricidal .ars# sub;ect to "all (inds of fierce sincerities & " T3arlyleS. One man, sin%le&
handed, to .ean such a *eo*le re+uired nothin% short of a miracle. A miracle did ha**en. >od alone could
ha)e made 1slam and Muhammad T*buhS to trium*h throu%h .ith flimsy, %ossamer su**ort. >od fulfillin% His
*romise#
And have We not raised high the esteem in which thou O Muhammad are held? Holy Quran A$#$
Chapter :
(A%TE%T GR"#'$G RE'G'"$ T"DA)
THE %#"RD "( THE '$TEECT

The enemy, the sce*tic, the missionary and their *assi)e cam* follo.ers .ill not sto* bleatin% that "lslam .as
s*read at the *oint of the s.ordG" but they .ill not )enture to ans.er our +uestion && L#H" 9R'9ED
CAR)E;CL 1n @"$I .hen 3arlyle defended Muhammad (*buh) and refuted the alle%ation about the s.ord,
there .as nobody around to bribe. The .hole Muslim .orld .as in the %utters. The countries of 1slam .ere all
under sub;u%ation by the 3hristians, exce*t for a fe. li(e 8ersia, Af%hanistan and Tur(ey .ho .ere only
nominally inde*endent. There .ere no riches to flaunt and no *etro&dollars to bribe .ithG

That .as yesterday and many yesterdays a%o, but .hat about today, in modern timesC 1t is claimed that
"1slam is the fastest %ro.in% reli%ion in the .orld." The o)erall increase of all the sects and denominations of
3hristianity .as a sta%%erin% @/" *er cent .ith the incredible increase of 1slam by L/O *er cent in the same
*eriod of time of half&a&century. 1t is further affirmed that in 2ritain and the <nited 9tates of America, 1slam is
the fastest %ro.in% faith. 1t is said that in 2ritain "There are more Muslims than Methodists in the country."
Eou ha)e a ri%ht to as(, ":hat s.ordC" The ans.er is, "TH= 9:O?7 167==7G" TThomas 3arlyleS
@
1t is the
s.ord of intellectC 1t is the fulfillment of yet another *ro*hecyQ 1T 19 H= (>od Almi%hty) :HO HA9 9=6T H19
M=99=6>=? (Muhammad) :1TH ><17A63= A67 TH= ?=,1>1O6 O' T?<TH (1slam) THAT H= MAE
MA4= 1T 8?=JA1, OJ=? A,, ?=,1>1O69, A67 =6O<>H 19 >O7 'O? A :1T6=99.
Holy Qur5an $"#L"
The destiny of 1slam is s*elt out here in the clearest terms. 1slam is to master, o)ercome and su*ersede e)ery
other faith & That He (>od Almi%hty) ma(e it (1slam) *re)ail o)er all reli%ions U 1n Arabic the .ord is Dee+
-<sually translated as ?eli%ion, .hich literally 1slam is not.0 (literally meanin% ":ay of ,ife",), to su*ersede all,
.hether it be Hinduism, 2uddhism, 3hristianism,

-1n the time of Thomas 3arlyle this .as the team a**lied to
3hristianity. 0 Dudaism, 3ommunism or any other "ism." This is the destiny of Allah5s Dee+. The same
Qur5anic Jerse is re*eated in cha*ter !@ )erse A .hich ends .ith this sli%ht )ariation & (6e)er mind) Thou%h
the unbelie)ers mi%ht be a)erse to it (1slam).
TR'&MPH "( '%AM
1slam .ill *re)ail. 1t is the *romise of >od, and His 8romise is true. 2ut ho.C :ith the s.ordC 6ot e)en if .e
had the laser %unG 3ould .e use itC The Holy Qur5an forbids us to use force as a means of con)ertin%G Eet the
)erse *ro*hesies that 1slam .ould be the most dominant of reli%ions. The trium*hs of its doctrines ha)e
already started and is %ainin% hold o)er the reli%ious ideolo%y and doctrines of the )arious schools of thou%ht
in the .orld. Thou%h not in the name of 1slam, but in the name of reformation and amendments, the doctrines
of 1slam are bein% fastly %rafted into the )arious reli%ious orders. Many thin%s .hich are exclusi)ely 1slamic
and .hich .ere formerly un(no.n, or .hich .ere bein% o**osed before .ith tooth and nail by the other
creeds, are no. *art of their belie)es. The 2rotherhood of man The abolition of the 3aste system and
untouchability The ri%ht of .omen to inherit O*enin% the *laces of .orshi* to all. 8rohibition of all intoxicants
The true conce*t of the <nity of >od etc. etc.
Dust one .ord on the last sub;ect abo)e, before .e *roceed further. As( any theist, *olytheist,

-. 8olytheist#
One .ho belie)es in many %ods0 *antheist,

-8antheist# The one .ho belie)es that e)erythin% is %od. Of
course the "trinitarian,55 you already (no. 0 or trinitarian# ho. many >ods he belie)es inC He .ill shudder to
say anythin% other than O6=G This is the =''=3T of the strict monotheism of 1slam.

TH= 3?==7 O' MOHAM=7 19 '?== '?OM TH= 9<98131O69 O' AM21><1TE A67 TH= 4O?A6 19 A
>,O?1O<9 T=9T1MO6E TO TH= <61TE O' >O7.
>ibbon in his "7ecline and 'all of the ?oman =m*ire.55
J=?713T O' 6O6&M<9,1M O?1=6TA,9
Almost all the defenders of Muhammad (*huh) .ho s*o(e out a%ainst the false theory that he s*read his
reli%ion at the *oint of the s.ord, .ere :esterners. ,et us no. hear .hat some non&Muslim =asterners ha)e
to say on the sub;ect#
"a. TH= MO?= 1 9T<7E TH= MO?= 1 7193OJ=? THAT TH= 9T?=6>TH O' 19,AM 7O=9 6OT ,1= 16
TH= 9:O?7.
Mahatma >andhi & the father of modern 1ndia, in "Eoun% 1ndia."
b. TH=E TMuhammad5s criticsS 9== '1?= 169T=A7 O' ,1>HT, <>,16=99 169T=A7 O' >OO7. TH=E
719TO?T A67 8?=9=6T =J=?E >OO7 Q<A,1TE A9 A >?=AT J13=. 1T ?=',=3T9 TH=1? O:6
7=8?AJ1TE... TH= 3?1T139 A?= 2,167. TH=E 3A66OT 9== THAT TH= O6,E V9:O?75 M<HAMMA7
:1=,7=7 :A9 TH= 9:O?7 O' M=?3E, 3OM8A991O6, '?1=679H18 A67 'O?>1J=6=99 & TH=
9:O?7 THAT 3O6Q<=?9 =6=M1=9 A67 8<?1'1=9 TH=1? H=A?T9. H19 9:O?7 :A9 9HA?8=?
THA6 TH= 9:O?7 O' 9T==,.
8andit >yanandra 7e) 9harma 9hastri, at a meetin% in >ora(h*ur lndia). @AL"
c. H= 8?='=??=7 M1>?AT1O6 TO '1>HT16> H19 O:6 8=O8,=, 2<T :H=6 O88?=991O6 :=6T
2=EO67 TH= 8A,= O' TO,=?A63= H= TOO4 <8 H19 9:O?7 16 9=,'&7='=63=. THO9= :HO
2=,1=J= ?=,1>1O6 3A6 2= 98?=A7 2E 'O?3= A?= 'OO,9 :HO 6=1TH=? 46O: TH= :AE9 O'
?=,1>1O6 6O? TH= :AE9 O' TH= :O?,7. TH=E A?= 8?O<7 O' TH19 2=,1=' 2=3A<9= TH=E A?=
A ,O6>, ,O6> :AE A:AE '?OM TH= T?<TH.
A 9i(h ;ournalist in "6a.an Hindustan," 7elhi, @B 6o)ember @A$B.
1t .as ?udyard 4i*lin% .ho said, "=ast is =ast and :est 1s :est, ne)er the t.ain shall meetG" He .as .ron%G
1n the defence of Muhammad T*buhS, all, .ho are not blinded by *re;udice .ill con)er%e.

THREE "THER %TA$DARD%
'ourteen years after Thomas 3arlyle had deli)ered his lecture on his Hero 8ro*het, a 'renchman by the
name of ,amartine .rote the history of the Tur(s. 1ncidentally, the Tur(s bein% Muslims, ,amartine touched
on some as*ects of 1slam and its founder. ,i(e our Dules :asserman (see *a%e @I) of current times, .ho had
concei)ed three ob;ecti)e standards for disco)erin% %reatness of leadershi*Q ,amartine had o)er L century
a%o thou%ht of three other ob;ecti)e standards for conferrin% >?=AT6=99. :e must %i)e credit to the
:estemer for this ty*e of insi%ht. ,amartine o*ines#
A. 1' >?=AT6=99 O' 8<?8O9=, 9MA,,6=99 O' M=A69 A67 A9TO<6716> ?=9<,T9

-The full
+uotation from ,amartine5s boo( .ill be found in a**endix552" *a%e !@. 0 A?= TH= TH?== 3?1T=?1A O'
H<MA6 >=61<9, :HO 3O<,7 7A?= TO 3OM8A?= A6E >?=AT MA6 16 MO7=?6 H19TO?E :1TH
M<H<MM=7C T,amartine ends his len%thy se%ment of literary master*iece .ith the .ords)# . . .
8H1,O9O8H=?, O?ATO?, A8O9T,=, ,=>19,ATO?, :A??1O?, 3O6Q<=?O? O' 17=A9, ?=9TO?=?
O' ?AT1O6A, 2=,1='9, O' A 3<,T :1THO<T 1MA>=9# TH= 'O<67=? O' T:=6TE T=??=9T?1A,
=M81?=9 A67 O' O6= 981?1T<A, =M81?=, THAT 19 M<H<MM=7. A9 ?=>A?79 A,, 9TA67A?79 2E
:H13H H<MA6 >?=AT6=99 MAE 2= M=A9<?=7, := MAE :=,, A94, 19 TH=?= A6E MA6
>?=AT=? TH=6 H=C ,amartine, "Historie de la Tur+uie," 8aris @"O$
The ans.er to his +uestion, "1s there any man %reater than heC" is re*osed in the +uestion itself. 2y
im*lication he is sayin% . . . "there is no man %reater than Muhammad. Muhammad is the %reatest man that
e)er li)edG" And ha)e :e not raised hi%h the esteem (in .hich) thou (O Muhammad are held)C
MO9T 3=?TA16,E THO< HA9T, O ME ,O?7G Holy Quran A$#$
2efore .e absol)e ,amartine of any fa)ouritism, *artiality, or of the char%e of bein% bribed, .e .ill scrutiniFe
his three standards, and .hether they can be ;ustified in the case of Muhammad T*buh).

@. >?=AT6=99 O' 8<?8O9=
History of the time .ill tell you that it .as the dar(est *eriod in the history of man(ind .hen Muhammad
T*buhS .as commanded to declare his mission. The need .as for the raisin% of *ro*hets in e)ery corner of
the .orld, or the sendin% of one Master Messen%er for the .hole of man(ind, to deli)er them from falsehood,
su*erstition, selfishness, *olytheism, .ron% and o**ression. 1t .as to be the reclamation of the .hole of
humanity. And >od Almi%hty in His .isdom chose His *ro*het from the bac(.aters of Arabia as His uni)ersal
Messen%er. Thus He records in His 6oble 2oo(
A67 := 9=6T TH== 6OT TO MubammadS, 2<T A9 A M=?3E <6TO TallS TH= :O?,79. Holy Quran
L@#@IB
"There is no +uestion no. of race or nation, of a "chosen *eo*le" or the "seed of Abraham," or the "seed of
7a)id"# or of Hindu Arya )artaQ of De. or >entile. Arab or 5A;am T8ersian), Tur( or Ta;i(, =uro*ean or Asiatic,
:hite or 3olouredQ Aryan, 9emitic, Mon%olian, or African# or American, Australian, or 8olynesian. To all men
and creatures .ho ha)e any s*iritual res*onsibility, the *rinci*les uni)ersally a**ly."
Abdulbh Eusut Ali

->et your co*y no. of Eusuf Ali5s =n%lish translation and cornrnentary, .ith o)er !III
annotations. Obtain a co*y for your non&Muslim friend, also.0
D=9<9 T82<H) 7l93?1M16AT=9
Muhammad5s (*buh) immediate *redecessor ad)ised his disci*les, ">i)e not that .hich is holy unto the do%s"
(meanin% non&De.sS, "6either cast ye your *earls before s.ine" (meanin% non&De.s, Matthe. B#!). The
>os*el .riters are unanimous in recordin% that 3hrist li)ed by the *rece*ts .hich he *reached. 1n his lifetime
he did not *reach to a sin%le non&De.. 1n fact he s*urned a %entile .oman .ho sou%ht his s*iritual blessin%s
T"the .oman .as a >ree(55 Mar( B#L!). Then durin% the "8asso)er" season in Derusalem .hen the master
.ith his disci*les had con%re%ated for the occasion, certain >ree(s hearin% of his re*utation sou%ht an
audience .ith him for s*iritual enli%htenment, but Desus T*buhS %a)e them the "cold shoulder55 -Means a
deliberately un(ind or unfriendly treatmentQ a sli%htQ a snub.0 as narrated by 9t.
Dohn#
And there .ere certain >ree(s amon% them that came u* to .orshi* at the feast#

The same came therefore to 8hili* . . . and desired him sayin%, 9ir, .e .ould see Desus.
8hili* cometh and telleth Andre.# and a%ain Andre. and 8hili* tell Desus.
Dohn @L#LI&LL
%E( G"R'('CAT'"$
The )erses that follo. do not e)en record the courtesy of "Eea,yeaQ" or "6ay, nayQ" (Ees, yes or no, no of
Matthe. O#/B). They continue .ith his o.n *raise
And Desus ans.ered them (Andre. and 8hili*), sayin%, The hour is come, that the son of man (referrin% to
himselfS should be %lorified. Dohn @L#L/
H'GHE%T %TA$DARD%
Muhammad (*buh) could ne)er afford any such latitudes. ?emember, ho. the Almi%hty reminded him of the
hi%hest eti+uette re+uired from him. =)en the thou%ht of bein% ruffled by the untimely intrusion of a blind man,
.as not acce*ted from him Tsee *a%e LL "He fro.ned50. As a uni)ersal Messen%er, >od set for him the most
lofty standards# And Most 3ertainly, Thou (O Muhammad) Are of most sublime And =xalted 3haracter. Holy
Quran !"#$
And his diocese, his field of missionC The .hole of man(indG
And :e sent thee not (O Muhammad), but as a mercy unto (all) the .orlds. Holy Quran L@#@IB
&$'HER%A ME%%E$GER
These are not mere *latitudesQ beautiful sentiments bereft of action. Muhammad (*buh) *ractised .hat he
*reached. Amon% his first 9ahabas (com*anions) and con)erts, beside the Arabs can be counted 2ilal the
Abyssinian, 9alman the 8ersian and Abdullah 2in&9alaam the De.. The sce*tics may say that his outreach
.as sim*ly incidental but .hat can they say about the historical fact that before his demise, he sent out fi)e
e*istles, one to each of the fi)e surroundin% countries, in)itin% them to acce*t the reli%ion of 1slam.
@. The =m*eror of 8ersia
L. The 4in% of =%y*t
/. The 6e%us of Abyssinia
$. The =m*eror Hiraclius at 3onstantino*le, and
O. The 4in% of Eemen
Thus he set the exam*le for the fulfilment of his im*ellin% mission, his "%reatness of *ur*ose," the
reclamation of the .hole of humanity into the Master5s fold. 1s there another exam*le of such uni)ersality in
another reli%ionC Muhammad (*buh) .as not out to set or to brea( any records, he .as sim*ly carryin% out
the trust that .as re*osed in him by the ,ord of 3reationG
1. 9MA,,6=99 O' M=A69
Muhammad (*buh) .as born .ith no sil)er s*oon in his mouth. His life be%ins .ith infinitesimal su**ort. His
father had died before he .as bom. His mother dies by the time he .as six years old. He .as doubly&
or*haned at this tender a%e, his %randfather Abdul&Muttalib ta(es char%e of the child, but .ithin three years
he also died. As soon as he .as able, he be%an to loo( after his uncle Abu Talib5s shee* and %oats for his
(ee*. 3ontrast this *oor, double&or*haned Arab child .ith some of the %reat reli%ious *ersonalities that
*receded him, and you must mar)el at .hat 7estiny had in store for himG
Abraham (*buh) the s*iritual father of Moses, Desus and Muhammad (May the *eace of >od be u*on them
all), .as the son of a )ery successful businessman of his time. Moses (*buh) .as reared in the house of
8haroah. Desus (*buh) thou%h described as "a car*enter and the son of a car*enter," .as .ell endo.ed .ith
learnin% as .ell as material means. 8eter, 8hili*, Andre., etc. all do.ned tools and follo.ed him to be at his
bec( and call, not because he had any halo

-Halo.& An ima%inary luminous rin% or disc surroundin% the head
of saintly men and .omen in reli%ious *aintin%s.0 on his headQ there .as no such thin%, but because of his
affluent attire and *rincely bearin%. He could command mansions in Derusalem for himself and his disci*les
e)en durin% the hei%ht of the festi)e seasonQ and ha)e sum*tuous su**ers arran%edQ and you could hear him
re*roach the materialistic De.s &
And .hen they found him (Desus) on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "?abbi, .hen did you come
hereC"
Desus ans.ered them and said, "most assuredly, 1 say to you, you see( me, not because you sa. the si%ns,
-The )eracity of the Messiah5s messa%e and his mission.0 but because you ate of the loa)es and .ere filled.
Dohn !#LO&L!
6OTH16> TO O''=?
Muhammad (*buh) had no bread nor meat to offer, no su%ar&*lums of any (ind, in this .orld or the nextG The
only thin% he could offer his bedra%%led, *oor she*herd *eo*le .as trial and tribulations and the strait&
;ac(etin% of their li)es here on earth and the %ood *leasures of >od in the Hereafter. The life of the 8ro*het
.as an o*en boo( before them. He had sho.n them as to .hat he .asQ the nobility of his character, his
inte%rity of *ur*ose, his earnestness and fiery enthusiasm for the truth he had come to *reach re)ealed the
heroQ and they follo.ed him. Mr. 9tanley ,ane 8oole5s estimate of our hero is so beautiful and yet so truthful
that 1 cannot resist the tem*tation of +uotin% it here#
H= :A9 A6 =6TH<91A9T 16 THAT 6O2,=9T 9=69= :H=6 =6TH<91A9M 2=3OM=9 TH= 9A,T O'
TH= =A?TH, TH= O6= TH16> THAT 4==89 M=6 '?OM ?OTT16> :H1,9T TH=E ,1J=.
=6TH<91A9M 19 O'T=6 <9=7 7=981T='<,,E, 2=3A<9= 1T 19 DO16=7 TO A6 <6:O?THE 3A<9=,
O? 'A,,9 <8O6 2A??=6 >?O<67 A67 2=A?9 6O '?<1T. 9O :A9 1T 6OT :1TH MOHAMM=7. H=
:A9 A6 =6TH<91A9T :H=6 =6TH<91A9M :A9 TH= O6= TH16> 6==7=7 TO 9=T TH= :O?,7
A',AM=, A67 H19 =6TH<91A9M :A9 6O2,= 'O? A 6O2,= 3A<9=. H= :A9 O6= O' THO9= HA88E
'=: :HO HAJ= ATTA16=7 TH= 9<8?=M= DOE O' MA416> O6= >?=AT T?<TH TH=1? J=?E ,1'=&
98?16>.
H= :A9 TH= M=99=6>=? O' TH= O6= >O7, A67 6=J=? TO H19 ,1'=59 =67 717 H= 'O?>=T :HO
H= :A9, O? TH= M=99A>= :H13H :A9 TH= MA??O: O' H19 2=16>. H= 2?O<>HT H19 T1716>9
TO H19 8=O8,= :1TH A >?A67 71>61TE 98?<6> '?OM TH= 3O6931O<96=99 O' H19 H1>H
O''13=, TO>=TH=? :1TH A MO9T 9:==T H<M1,1TE, :HO9= ?OOT9 ,AE 16 TH= 46O:&,=7>= O'
H19 O:6 :=A46=99."
1t may easliy be conceded that Muhammad (*buh) .as blessed .ith the flimsiest of human resources. 1n fact
the odds .ere loaded a%ainst him. 2ut .hat about his fortune to.ards the end of his earthly so;ournC He
.as the o)erlord of the .hole of ArabiaG :hat about the endless means at his dis*osal thenC :e .ill allo. a
3hristian missionary to ans.er that &
H= :A9 3A=9A? A67 8O8= 16 O6=, 2<T H= :A9 8O8= :1THO<T TH= 8O8=59 8?=T=6T1O69, A67
3A=9A? :1THO<T TH= ,=>1O69 O' 3A=9A?# :1THO<T A 9TA6716> A?ME, :1THO<T A
2O7E><A?7, :1THO<T A 8A,A3=, :1THO<T A '1K=7 ?=J=6<=Q 1' =J=? A6E MA6 HA7 TH=
?1>HT TO 9AE THAT H= ?<,=7 2E TH= ?1>HT 71J16=, 1T :A9 MOHAMMA7, 'O? H= HA7 A,, TH=
8O:=?9 :1THO<T 1T9 169T?<M=6T9 A67 :1THO<T 1T9 9<88O?T9." ?. 2os.orth 9mith
&Mohammad and Mohammadanism", ,ondon @"B$, *. AL
H19 HA6713A89
His ".ea(ness" .as his stren%th. The )ery fact that he had no material means of su**ort made him to *ut his
entire trust in >od, and >od the Merciful did not forsa(e him. His success .as all the more sta%%erin%. May
not the Muslims ;ustly say, the entire .or( .as the .or( of >odC And Muhammad (*buh) his 1nstrumentC

O<T9TA6716> ?=9<,T9
1n the .ords of Thomas 3arlyle & "One man a%ainst all men,"

-9ee full +uotation by Thomas 3arlyle on *a%e
/@.0 to a hundred and t.enty four thousand at the 'are.ell *il%rima%e alone. Ho. many .ere left behind of
men, .omen and children, belie)ers allC
On the @Lth of ?A21 1., in the @@ th year after the Hi;ra,

-Hi;ra literally means Mi%ration.0 a**roximatin% to the
"th of Dune !/L of the 3hristian =ra, .hilst *rayin% earnestly in .his*er, the s*irit of the %reat 8ro*het too(
fli%ht to the "blessed com*anion&shi* on hi%h" (1bn Hisham).
HaFrat Omar (May Allah be *leased .ith him), on recei)in% the sad ne.s of the demise of the Holy 8ro*het,
lost his bearin%s. He .as so shoc(ed that he blurted out "if anyone says that Muhammad is dead, 1 .ill cho*
off his headG" HaFrat Abu 2a(r As&9iddi+ *resently )erified that the Master had indeed de*arted from this
.orldQ and comin% out from the 8ro*het5s a*artment announced to the %atherin% thron% outside, that,
"Muhammad (*buh) had indeed *assed a.ay. Those that .orshi**ed Muhammad," he said, "5,et them (no.
that Muhammad is dead, but those .ho .orshi* Allah, let them (no. that Allah li)es for e)erG"
This brou%ht Omar al&'aroo+ (?.A.) bac( to his senses. 3ould this man .ho .as to become the second
%reat 4haleefah of 1slam at this moment ima%ine that fourteen hundred years later there .ould be a thousand
million follo.ers of Muhammad (*buh) at one timeC 3ould he ha)e )isualiFed that the reli%ion of the 8ro*het
.ould be the fastest %ro.in% reli%ion in the .orldC
@

3hristianity had a !II&year start on 1slam. 6umerically the 3hristians claim to outnumber the follo.ers of any
other faithQ this is true but let us loo( at the *icture in its true *ers*ecti)e &
TH=?= A?= MO?= PR"(E%%'$G 3H?19T1A69 16 TH= :O?,7 THA6 PR"(E%%'$G M<9,1M9, 2<T
TH=?= A?= MO?= PRACT'%'$G M<9,1M9 16 TH= :O?,7 THA6 PRACT'%'$G 3H?19T1A69.
(=m*hasis added) ?.J.3. 2odley (the American) in "The Messen%er# The ,ife of Mohammed." <.9.A. @A!A
@ understand from the abo)e that Mr. 2odley is tryin% to tell us that there are *eo*le in the .orld .ho, .hen
fillin% their census forms, .ill tic( off the term 3hristian under "?eli%ion." 1t is not necessarily that they belie)e
in the do%mas of 3hristianity. They could actually be atheists or bush!9aptists,

-9ush!9aptist# There are
forty different 2a*tist 3hurches in the <nited 9tates of America. 2ut bush&2a*tists are *eo*le .ith stron%
reli%ious feelin%s yet .ill not %o to any 3hurchQ and .ill not affiliate .ith any sect or denomination.0as o**osed
to bein% a De. or Hindu or MuslimQ comin% from a 3hristian bac(%round they .ould for the *ur*ose of
con)enience label themsel)es "3hristian." 'rom that *oint of )ie., and from the *oint of )ie. that a *erson
.ho *ractises .hat he belie)es, there .ould be more Muslims in the .orld than 3hristians.
3hronolo%ically, 1slam is six hundred years behind 3hristianity, but amaFin%ly it is at least a )ery close
second, and is catchin% u* fast & the fastest %ro.in% reli%ion in the .orld today (see chart on *a%e /$). "One
2illionG" The fi%ure is outstandin% and the sincerity and *ractise of the 2elie)ers astonishin%G
Ta(in% into account his o.n three ob;ecti)e standards# (a) "%reatness of *ur*oseQ" (b) "smallness of meansQ"
and (c) "outstandin% resultsQ" does ,amartine dare to *roduce another candidate %reater than Muhammad
(*buh)C He further a.es his readers .ith the multifarious roles of Muhammad (*buh) in .hich he excelled,
ie. 8hiloso*her, Orator, A*ostle, ,e%islator, :arrior, 3on+ueror of 1deas, the ?estorer of ?ational 2eliefs, of
a 3ult .ithout 1ma%es, the 'ounder of t.enty Terrestrial =m*ires and of one 9*iritual =m*ire, that 1s
Muhammad. As re%ards A,, standards (1 re*eat "A,,") by .hich Human >reatness may be measured, .e
may .ell as(, "'% THERE A$) MA$ GREATER THA$ HEC" (=m*hasis added).
6oG Muhammad (*buh) .as the %reatest man that e)er li)edG Accordin% to ,amartine the 'rench historian.
And >od Almi%hty +uestions M
And Ha)e :e not raised hi%h the esteem (in .hich) thou (O Muhammad) are heldC
MO9T A99<?=7,E THO< HA9T, O ME ,O?7G Holy Quran A$#$
THE 0&A'T) "( MERC)
The 3hristian *ro*a%andists ma(e the .ild boast that there is nothin% in the history of man(ind to
com*are .ith the merciful and for%i)in% cry of Desus (*buh) on the cross ... "'ather, for%i)e them, for
they (no. not .hat they do."
,u(e L/#/$
AmaFin% as it may sound, of the four .riters of the 3anonical >os*els, only 9t. ,u(e .as ins*ired by the Holy
%host (C) to *en these .ords. The other three & Matthe., Mar( and Dohn ne)er heard these .ords or they felt
them to be too insi*id or not im*ortant enou%h for recordin%. 9t. ,u(e .as not e)en one of the t.el)e
disci*les selected by Desus (*buh). Accordin% to the re)isers of the ?e)ised 9tandard Jersion (?9J) of the
2ible, these .ords are not in the most ancient manuscri*ts .hich by im*lication means that they are an
inter*olation.
1n "The 6e. 4in% Dames Jersion," (3o*yri%hted by the Thomas 6elson 8ublishers inr @A"$), .e are told that
these .ords are "not in the ori%inal text" of the >ree( manuscri*ts of 9t. ,u(e. 1n other .ords they ha)e been
fabricated by some *ious %entleman. Althou%h the +uotation is unauthentic, .e .ill still entertain it because it
demonstrates %reat *iety of lo)in% one5s enemies and of unsur*assed for%i)eness as *reached by the Master
himself.
'or for%i)eness to be of any .orth, the for%i)er must be in a *osition to for%i)e. 1f the )ictim of in;ustice is still
in the clutches of his enemiesQ in that hel*less *osition and he .ould cry out, "1 'O?>1J= EO<G" it .ould be
meanin%less. 2ut if the a%%rie)ed *arty had turned the tables on his enemies and .as in a *osition of ta(in%
re)en%e or exact retribution, and yet say "1 for%i)e youG", only then .ould it mean somethin%G
M<HAMMA759 (82<H) 3,=M=63E
3ontrast the alle%ed for%i)eness from the "cross" .ith the historical bloodless con+uest of Ma((ah by
Muhammad (*buh) at the head of ten thousand "saints"

-A fulfilment of another *ro*hecy in Muhammad
(*buh). "...He came from mount 8aran (that is in Arabia), and he came .ith ten thousand saints..."
7euteronomy //#L.0 (his com*anions).
"TH= 31TE :H13H HA7 T?=AT=7 H1M 9O 3?<=,,E, 7?1J=6 H1M A67 H19 'A1TH'<, 2A67 'O?
?='<>= AMO6>9T 9T?A6>=?9, :H13H HA7 9:O?6 H19 ,1'= A67 TH= ,1J=9 O' H19 7=JOT=7
719318,=9, ,AE AT H19 '==T. H19 O,7 8=?9=3<T=?9 ?=,=6T,=99 A67 ?<TH,=99, :HO HA7
719>?A3=7 H<MA61TE 2E 16',13T16> 3?<=, O<T?A>=9 <8O6 16O''=691J= M=6 A67 :OM=6,
A67 =J=6 <8O6 TH= ,1'=,=99 7=A7, :=?= 6O: 3OM8,=T=,E AT H19 M=?3E. 2<T 16 TH=
HO<? O' H19 T?1<M8H =J=?E =J1, 9<''=?=7 :A9 'O?>OTT=6, =J=?E 16D<?E 16',13T=7 :A9
'O?>1J=6, A67 A >=6=?A, AM6=9TE :A9 =KT=67=7 TO TH= 8O8<,AT1O6 O' MA44AH ..."
9ayed Amir Ali in "The 9*irit of 1slam"
3allin% before him the *o*ulace of the )an+uished city, he addressed them .ith ":hat do you ex*ect at my
hands todayC" His *eo*le had (no.n him too .ell, e)en from his childhood so they re*lied, "Mercy, I
%enerous brother and ne*he.G" Tears came into the eyes of the 8ro*het, and he said, "1 .ill s*ea( to you as
Dose*h s*o(e unto his brethren, 1 .ill not re*roach you today# %o you are freeG"
And no. a scene .as enacted of .hich there is really no *arallel in the history of the .orld. Hosts u*on hosts
came for.ard and ado*ted the reli%ion of 1slam. >od Almi%hty testifies as to the lofty and exalted beha)iour
of His Messen%er & Ee ha)e indeed in the Messen%er of Allah a beautiful *attern (of conduct). Holy Quran
//#L@
Ho. .ell has ,amartine
@
un(no.in%ly echoed these sentiments &
"A9 ?=>A?79 A,, 9TA67A?79 2E :H13H H<MA6 >?=AT6=99 MAE 2= M=A9<?=7, := MAE
:=,, A94, 19 TH=?= A6E MA6 >?=AT=? THA6 H=C"
1n re*ly, .e too can say once more, "6oG there is no man %reater than Muhammad (*buh). Muhammad
(*buh) .as the %reatest man that e)er li)edG"
9o far, our hero has earned the unsolicited and un%rud%in% tributes from many non&Muslims of different
reli%ious *ersuasions and from )aryin% intellectual fields of endea)our. 2ut all this still remains incom*lete
.ithout the Master5s )erdictQ Muhammad5s (*buh) *redecessor & Desus 3hrist, (*buh). :e .ill no. a**ly his
o.n standard for e)aluatin% %reatness.
DOH6 TH= 2A8T19T
1. Dohn the 2a*tist,

-"DOH6& not to be confused .ith Dohn the disci*le of Desus (*buh). A )ery common
name amon% the De.s and Arabs, e)en today, li(e Tari( AFiF the recent 1ra+i Minister of 'orei%n Affairs.
?eal name Tari( Hanna AFiFQ Hanna short for Euhanna meanin% Dohn. 6o one in the non&Arab Muslim
.orld (no.in% that our friend is a 3hristian Marxist.0 4no.n throu%hout the Muslim .orld as HaFrat Eahya
Alaihis&salaam (8eace be u*on him) .as a contem*orary *ro*het of the Messiah. They .ere also
cousins. Here is .hat the Master has to say of him#
L. 'ull +uotation of ,armartine .ill be found in A**endix "2" on *a%e !@.
Jerily 1 say unto you, Amon% them that are born of .omen there hath not risen a %reater than Dohn the
2a*tist#Matthe. @@#@@
=)ery son of man is "born of .omen." 2y this )ery fact Dohn the 2a*tist is %reater than Moses, 7a)id,
9olomon, Abraham or 1saiahQ none of the 1sraelite *ro*hets excluded. :hat %i)es Dohn this ascendancy o)er
e)ery other *ro*hetC 1t could not be any miracle, because the 2ible records none to his credit. 1t could not be
his teachin%s, because he brou%ht no ne. la.s or re%ulations. Then .hat ma(es him the %reatestC 9im*ly
because he .as the heralder, a *re&cursor, a harbin%er of the ha**y ne.s of the comin% of the Messiah. This
is .hat made Dohn the %reatest, but Desus (*buh) claims that he himself .as e)en %reater than the %reatest
(ie. Dohn). :hyC
2ut 1 ha)e %reater .itness than that of Dohn (the 2a*tist)# 'or The :or(s .hich the 'ather hath %i)en me to
finish# (=m*hasis added) Dohn O#/!
1t is the ".itness," the commission .hich >od Almi%hty had entrusted him .ith, .hich ma(es Desus (*buh)
%reater than e)en Dohn. A**lyin% these )ery standards as enunciated by the Master, .e find that &
@. Dohn the 2a*tist .as the %reatest of all the 1sraelite *ro*hets, because he heralded the mi%hty Messiah
(Desus *buh). 9imilarly Desus (*buh) .ould be %reater than e)en Dohn because he heralded "The 9*irit of
Truth, the 3omforter," .ho .as to %uide man(ind into all Truth (of the >os*el of 9t. Dohn, cha*ter @!).

- 'or a
detalted ex*lanation about this *ro*hecy, obtain today your '?== co*y of the boo( &M<H<MM=7 (*buh) the
6atural 9uccessor to 3H?19T (*buh) from the 1831.0
L. The diocese, the mission of Desus (*buh), or "the .or(s .hich >od had %i)en him to accom*lish," .as
limited to the ,ost shee* of the House of 1srael (Matthe. @O#L$), .hereas the mission of Muhammad (*buh)
.as uni)ersal. He had been told &
And .e ha)e sent thee not (O Muhammad), but as a Mercy unto (all) the .orlds. Holy Quran L@#@IB
1n (ee*in% .ith his %rand commission, Muhammad (*buh) consistently deli)ered his Messa%e to one and all
.ho .ould hear, irres*ecti)e of race, class or creed, He .elcomed them all in the reli%ion of >od, .ithout any
discrimination. He had no thou%ht of di)idin% the creatures of >od into "do%s and *i%s" (Matthe. B#!) or into
"shee* and %oats" (Matthe. LO#/L). He .as the Messen%er of the One True >od, .ho .as sent as a Mercy
unto all man(ind, nay, unto the .hole uni)erse (H.Q. L@#@IB abo)e). And, he ne)er for%ot this mission e)en
ri%ht u* to his dyin% day.
To.ards the end of his earthly so;ourn, .hen he could loo( bac( to a hectic and dan%erous *ast, no.
cro.ned .ith successQ he no. feels that he could sit bac( and en;oy the fruits of his toilQ he dreams of a life
free from turmoil and full of satisfaction and relaxation. 6ot for himG There is no time to rest or relax. There is
.or( still to be done. >od Almi%hty reminds him & & := HAJ= 6OT 9=6T TH== (O M<HAMMA7) 2<T TO
TH= :HO,= O' MA64167.
A9 A >1J=? O' >,A7 T1716>9 A67 A9 A :A?6=?,
2<T MO9T O' MA64167 9T1,, 7O 6OT 46O:.
Holy Quran /$#L"

-This is your last chance to memoriFe the text and the translation of this )erse. 1t you are
lac(adaisical, .e can only mourn your loss.0
Ho. .as he to res*ond to this ne. challen%e in his ri*enin% old a%eC There .ere no electronic %ad%ets of
modern communication methods at his dis*osalQ there .ere no telex and fax machines .hich he could
ex*loit. :hat could he doC 2ein% an ummi (unlettered), he called the scribes and dictated fi)e letters, one
each to the =m*eror at 3onstantino*le, the 4in% of =%y*t, the 6e%us of Abyssinia, the 4in% of Eemen and to
the =m*eror in 8ersia. He called forth fi)e 9ahaaba (his holy com*anions) .ith fi)e Arab steeds and set
them out in fi)e different directions in)itin% the nations of the .orld to the uni)ersal reli%ion of >od.
1 had the %ood fortune of seein% one of those holy e*istles in the To*(a*i Museum in 1stanbul (old
3onstantino*le) Tur(ey. That letter is collectin% dustG Materially the Tur(s ha)e *reser)ed the *archment.
2ut the Messa%e is collectin% dust, as 1 ha)e said.
The letter be%ins, "'rom Muhammad the Messen%er of >od, to Heraclius the =m*eror at 3onstantino*le#
Acce*t 1slam and be benefited." follo.ed by this exhortation from the 2oo( of >od & &
9AE# "O 8=O8,= O' TH= 2OO4G

-"8eo*le of the 2oo(," stands for the De.s and the 3hristians. Eou .ill
ne)er ha)e it so %ood for learnin% Allah5s 4alaam. 7on5t i%nore this o**ortunity. MemoriFe the )erses as they
occur.0
3OM= TO 3OMMO6 T=?M9 A9 2=T:==6 <9 A67 EO<#
THAT := :O?9H18 6O6= 2<T >O7Q
THAT := A99O31AT= 6O 8A?T6=?9 :1TH H1MQ
THAT := =?=3T 6OT, '?OM AMO6> O<?9=,J=9, ,O?79 A67 8AT?O69 OTH=? THA6 >O7."
1' TH=6 TH=E T<?6 2A34, 9AE E=# "2=A? :1T6=99 THAT := (AT ,=A9T) A?= M<9,1M9 (2O:16>
TO >O759 :1,,) Holy Quran /#!$
After the abo)e Quranic insertion in the letter, it is concluded .ith felicitation in the 8ro*het5s o.n .ords,
endin% .ith a seal on .hich is inscribed & LThere is +o other obFect o. worship but A,,ah- a+d Muhammad
is His Messe+?er.L
The letter in Tur(ey arouses our curiosityQ and interest .ith re%ards to its *reser)ation, but the *reser)ation
itself is lost u*on the si%htseer. The same Quranic Messa%e is in almost e)ery Muslim homeQ bein% read and
re&read a thousand times o)er .ithout the reader bein% mo)ed to deli)er its Messa%e to the addresseesG
>lance once more at the abo)e )erse. 1t is addressed to the "ah,e!Eitaab," & the 8eo*le of the 2oo(, the
De.s and the 3hristians. 2ut, for o)er a thousand years .e ha)e utterly i%nored that %reat directi)e at our
o.n *eril. :e are sittin% on that Messa%e li(e a cobra on a *ile of .ealth, (ee*in% the ri%htful heirs at bay.
This utter ne%lect .ill continue to inflict untold sufferin% to the <mmah for %enerations to come.
After o)er fourteen hundred years of our readin%, and chantin% the Quran in e)ery rhythmic style, .e still hear
this *oi%nant cry#
2ut Most of man(ind still do not (no.. Holy Quran /$#L"
This is the concludin% *hrase of the )erse re)ealed fourteen hundred years a%o. 1t .as the factual situation of
the then reli%ious .orld. The +uestion .hich must be as(ed is if it is any different todayC 6ot at allG There
are today more Mushri@s in the .orld than there are belie)ers in the One True >od.
1s there any ho*e of chan%in% this situationC Allah commanded His 8ro*het then as He is commandin% us
no. throu%h the first se)en )erses of 9ura Muddaththir (cha*ter B$).
@. I THO< :?A88=7 <8 (16 A MA6T,=)G "As usual, there is these .onderful early mystical )erses
(includin% the ones that follo.), a tri*le thread of thou%ht#
(a) A *articular occasion or *erson is referred to
(b) a %eneral s*iritual lesson is tau%ht, and
(c) a more *rofound mystical re)erie is su%%ested.
As to (a), the 8ro*het .as no. *ast the sta%e of *ersonal contem*lation. :earin% his mantleQ he .as no. to
%o forth and boldly deli)er his Messa%e and *ublicly *roclaim Allah The One True >od. His heart had al.ays
been *urified, but no. all his out.ard doin%s must be dedicated to >od, and con)entional res*ect for
ancestral customs or .orshi* must be thro.n aside. The .or( of his Messen%ershi* .as the most %enerous
that could flo. from his *ersonality, but no re.ard or a**reciation .as to be ex*ected from his *eo*le, but
+uite the contrary, there .ould be much call on his *atience, but his contentment .ould arise from the %ood
*leasure of >od.
As to (b), similar sta%es arise in a minor de%ree in the life of e)ery %ood man, for .hich the 8ro*het5s life is to
be a uni)ersal *attern.
As to (c), the %u.is understand, by the mantle and out.ard .ra**in%s, the circumstances of our *henomenal
existence, .hich are necessary to our *hysical comfort u* to a certain sta%eQ but .e soon out%ro. them, and
our inner nature should then boldly *roclaim itself, not that it brin%s any credit or re.ard .ith menQ the )ery
ho*e of ex*ectation of such .ould be inconsistent .ith our hi%her nature, .hich should bear all chec(s and
re;oice in the fa)our of >od."
L. A?19= A67 7=,1J=? THE :A?M16>G
/. A67 THE ,O?7 7O THO< MA>61'EG
$. A67 THE >A?M=6T9 4==8 '?== '?OM 9TA16G
O. A67 A,, A2OM16AT1O6 9H<6G
"(a) ?u;F or ?i;F means abomination and is usually understood to mean idolatry. 1t is e)en *ossible that there
.as an idol called ?<DH. 2ut these days it has a .ider si%nificance as includin% a mental state o**osed to
true .orshi*, a state of doubt or indecision."
!. 6O? =K8=3T, 16 >1J16>, A6E 163?=A9= ('O? THE9=,')G
"(b) The le%al and commercial formula is that you %i)e in order to recei)e .hat is .orth to you a little more
than you %i)e, but ex*ect nothin% from the recei)er. Eou ser)e >od and >od5s creatures."
B. 2<T, 'O? THE ,O?759 (3A<9=) 2= 8AT1=6T A67 3O69TA6TG (c)

-?emember to memoriFe Allah5s
4alaam .ith its meanin%0
Holy Quran B$#@&B
"(c) Our Feal for >od5s 3ause itself re+uires that .e should not be im*atient, and that .e should sho.
constancy in our efforts for His 3ause. 'or .e ha)e faith, and .e (no. that He is All&>ood, All&:ise, and All&
8o.erful, and e)erythin% .ill ultimately be ri%ht." AbdullahEusuf Ali

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To the Arabs in %eneral and to our Holy 8ro*het in *articular "a mantle" .as the *rotecti)e co)erin% used for
*rotection a%ainst the sun, .ind and sand. He .as so to say %irdin% himself, rollin% u* his slee)es, to
accom*lish his tas(. Althou%h most of the Muslims in the .orld do not co)er themsel)es .ith sha.ls
(mantles), in their day to day li)in%, they carry a host of mantles in the .ay of inferiority com*lexes.

:HAT 3A6 := 7O TO MA4= >O759 ,1>HT 9H16= 'O?TH TH?O<>H TH= 7A?46=99 A?O<67 <9C
:= M<9T '1?9T ,=T 1T 9H16= 16 O<? O:6 T?<= 9=,J=9 :1TH THAT ,1>HT 16 TH= 613H= O' O<?
16MO9T H=A?T9 := 3A6 :A,4 :1TH 9T=89 2OTH '1?M A67 9<?=# := 3A6 H<M2,E J191T TH=
3OM'O?T,=99 A67 ><17= TH=1? 9T=89. 6OT :=, 2<T TH= ,1>HT :1,, ><17=G 2<T OHG TH= DOE
O' 2=16> 'O<67 :O?THE TO 2=A? TH= TO?3H, A67 TO 9AE TO O<? 2?=TH?=6& "1 TOO :A9 16
7A?46=99, 3OM'O?T,=99, A67 2=HO,7, 1 HAJ= 'O<67 3OM'O?T A67 DOE 16 TH= >?A3=
71J16=G" TH<9 9HO<,7 := 8AE TH= 7<=9 O' 2?OTH=?HOO7, & & 2E :A,416> H<M2,E 917= 2E
917=, 16 TH= :AE9 O' TH= ,O?7, :1TH M<T<A, A17 A67 3OM'O?T, A67 H=A?T'=,T 8?AE=?,
2A34=7 2E A3T1O6, THAT >O759 >OO7 8<?8O9= MAE 2= A33OM8,19H=7, 16 <9 A,, TO>=TH=?G
2<T MO9T O' MA64167 9T1,, 7O 6OT 46O:
Thus s*a(e, ins*ired our Holy *ro*het, Muhammad (*buh) on .hom .e in)o(e >od5s blessin%s for e)er and
e)er & AAM==6G
APPE$D'* LAL
He attained the hei%ht of eminence by his *erfectionQ
He dis*elled the dar(ness (of the .orld) by his %raceQ
=xcellent .ere all his +ualities,
8ray for blessin%s on him and his descendants.
9hai(h 9a5di 9heeraaFi (?A)
APPE$D'* L9L
"1f %reatness of *ur*ose, smallness of means and astoundin% results are the three criteria of human %enius,
.ho could dare to com*are any %reat man in modern history .ith MuhammadC
The most famous men created arms, la.s and em*ires only. They founded, if anythin% at all, no more than
material *o.ers .hich often crumbled a.ay before their eyes. This man Muhammed mo)ed not only armies,
le%islations, em*ires, *eo*les nd dynasties, but millions of menQ and more than that the altars, the %ods, the
reli%ions, the ideas, the beliefs and the souls. On the basis of a 2oo(, e)ery letter of .hich has become la.,
he created a s*iritual nationality .hich blended to%ether *eo*les of e)ery ton%ue and of e)ery race ... The
idea of the unity of >od, *roclaimed amidst the exhaustion of fabulous theolo%ies, .as in itself such a miracle
that u*on its utterance from his li*s it destroyed all the ancient su*erstitions ... His endless *rayers, his mystic
con)ersations .ith >od, his death and his trium*h after death# all these attest not to an im*osture but to a firm
con)iction .hich %a)e him the *o.er to restore a do%ma. This do%ma .as t.ofold, the unity of >od and the
1mmateriality of >odQ the former tellin% .hat >od is, the latter tellin% .hat >od is not ...
... "8H1,O9O8H=?, O?ATO?, A8O9T,=, ,=>19,ATO?, :A??1O?, 3O6Q<=?O? O' 17=A9,
?=9TO?=? O' ?AT1O6A, 2=,1='9, of a cult .ithout ima%esQ the founder of t.enty terrestrial em*ires and
of one s*iritual em*ire, that is Muhammed. A9 ?=>A?79 A,, 9TA67A?79 2E :H13H H<MA6
>?=AT6=99 MAE 2= M=A9<?=7, := MAE :=,, A94, 19 TH=?= A6E MA6 >?=AT=? THA6 H=C"
(,amartine, Historie de la Tur+uie, 8aris @"O$, Jol 11 **.LB!&LBB).
APPE$D'* LCL
D<,=9 MA99=?MA6, <.9. *sychoanalyst
T1M=, D<,E @O, @AB$
,eaders must fulfil three functions & & & *ro)ide for the .ell&bein% of the led, *ro)ide a social or%aniFation in
.hich *eo*le feel relati)ely secure, and *ro)ide them .ith one set of beliefs. 8eo*le li(e 8asteur and 9al(
are leaders in the first sense.
8eo*le li(e >andhi and 3onfucius, on one hand, and Alexander, 3aesar and Hitler on the other, are leaders
in the second and *erha*s the third sense. Desus and 2uddha belon% in the third cate%ory alone. PERHAP%
THE GREATE%T EADER "( A T'ME% #A% M"HAMMED- #H" C"M9'$ED A THREE
(&$CT'"$%. To a lesser de%ree Moses did the same. (=m*hasis added)
APPE$D'* LDL
'idelity is said to be a human attribute,
:hich ma(es the modern %entleman distin%uished from the brute,
2ut that su*reme fidelity, inborn in e)ery hound, :hich is the mar( of man5s best friend, 1n man, it5s rarely
foundG
A 9outh African 8oet.