God says in the Holy Qur-an that He took a covenant from all of
His earlier Prophets (peace be upon them all), preceding the Last Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him):
<<And
when God made a covenant through the Prophets: Certainly what I have given you of
Book and Wisdom then an Apostle comes to you verifying that, which is with
you, you must believe in him and you must aid him. He said: "Do you
affirm and accept My compact in this (matter). They said: "We affirm">> (Ch.3,Verse 81).
Now note down what the learned and notable men and
women say:<<More than most religions, Islam preaches the brotherhood
of all races, colors and nations with its fold. Muhammad himself
probably had exactly the same skin coloring as Jesus-Avery sun tanned
white- but today his followers embrace all colors, Black men from Africa,
Yellow men from China, Brown men from Malaysia, White Men from
Turkey. Islam permits no priesthood and because Muhammad had to
fight bitterly against idols, his religion discourages
portraiture. Mosques are decorated with geometrical patterns
only>> (James A.
Michener -'Islam the Misunderstood Religion, in the Readers Digest
American Edition, May 1955)
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Annie Besant writes: <<It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character of the great Prophet of Arabia, who knows how he taught and how he lived to feel anything but reverence for that mighty Prophet, one of the great Messengers of the Supreme. And although in what I put to you I shall say many things which may be familiar to many, yet I myself feel whenever I re-read them, a new way of admiration, a new sense of reverence for that mighty Arabian teacher>> (The Life and Teachings of Muhammad, Madras 1932 p.4)
Personality of the Prophet <<What, then, is the dynamic of this Religion which steadfastly refuses to be absorbed by its surroundings and persistently boasts its superiority to all other systems? While fully recognizing and giving due credit to other causes, I believe that the personality of the Prophet as understood and believed in by his followers has been a powerful factor in maintaining the Moslem religion>>(The Arabian Prophet, Shanghal 1921, preface P.V Issac Mason)
Today if you look at the
speed by which people are embracing Islam in Europe, USA & Japan, you
can estimate that within a few years Islam is going to rule over the
world. The mass media are mostly silent on this phenomenon. Because
they don't want to give a unbiased publicity for Islam which it deserves
(other than painting it in black). So is it not the duty of all new
Muslims (because most of our born Muslim brothers and sisters
aren't doing justice to their belief) to tell the world that Islam is the
only solution for you.
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Pope without
Pope's Intentions, Caesar
without Legions of Caesar: Bosworth Smith
Writes :
<< Head of the State as well as of the
Church, he was a Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's
pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar. Without a
standing Army, without a body-guard, without a palace, without a fixed
revenue, if ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right
divine, it was Muhammad, for he had all the power without its instruments
and without its supports>>(Mohammad and Mohammadanism,
p.92)
Poorly Appreciated in the West :
<<His readiness to undergo persecutions for his
beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and
looked up to him as leader and the greatness of his ultimate
achievement-all argue his fundamental integrity."
"To suppose Muhammad an imposter raises more problems than it
solves."
"Moreover, none of
the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as
Muhammad...">>
(W. Montgomery Watt, Mohammad at Mecca,
Oxford 1953, p.52).
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"I
hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to
unite all wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a
uniform regime based on the principles of the Qur'an which alone are
true and which alone can lead men to
happiness."
"Christianity preaches only servitude and
dependence. Society of true Christians would not be a society of
men">> (Social Contract-Every man's Library-Cole's Edition
p.17).
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And He also said
<<I have always held the
religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of its wonderful
vitality. It is the only religion which appears to possess that
assimilating capability to the changing phases of existence which can make
itself appeal to every age..." "I have prophesied about the faith of
Muhammad that it would be acceptable tomorrow as it is beginning to be
acceptable to the Europe of today. Medieval ecclesiastics, either
through ignorance or bigotry, painted Muhammadanism in the darkest
colors. They were in fact, trained to hate both the man Muhammad
and his religion. To them Muhammad was anti-Christ. I have studied
him, the wonderful man and in my opinion for from being an anti-Christ he
must be called the savior of Humanity. I believe that if a man like him
were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed in
solving the problems in a way that would bring it the much-needed peace
and happiness. Europe is beginning to be enamored of the creed of
Muhammad. In the next century it may go still further in
recognizing the utility of that creed in solving its problems and it is in
this sense that you must understand my prediction>>
(a collection
of writings of Some of the Eminent Scholars" published by the Woking
Muslim Mission, 1935 edition
p.77).
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Correct our Errors
of Past: W. Montgomery Watt
writes <<Not merely must we credit Muhammad with essential honesty
and integrity of purpose, if we are to understand him at all; we are to
correct the errors we have inherited from the past>> (Mohammad at
Mecca, Oxford 1953, p.52).
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Mahatma Gandhi :-
M. K. Gandhi says: <<I wanted to know the best of one who holds today undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind.... I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet, the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.
When I closed the second volume (of the Prophet's Biography), I was sorry there was not more for me to read of that great life.>> (Young India, quoted in The Light, Lahore, 16th September 1924)
Points to ponder: People may ask a question: why didn't then Gandhi accept the Religion of Muhammad, if he liked it so much? We have a most glaring example as an answer of the Uncle of Prophet Muhammad himself. Abu Talib never shun the Religion of pagan Arabs (idol worshipping). However, he supported and took care of Muhammad (peace be upon him) as long as he lived. No Makkan pagan leader dared to harm Muhammad as long as his uncle lived. They even demanded Abu Talib to give up support and hand him over to them for preaching the message of God. But Abu Talib couldn't be cowed down by their threats. He declared to Muhammad that he would continue his support for his mission of propagation of Islam as long as he lived and he died without accepting Islam. <God reminds us in the Holy Qur'an that He gives guidance to whom He chooses> If a person wants to continue in his own way, shunning God's way, God has no desire to forcibly put people on his path. Because life is a test. It needs a share of efforts and planning from our side as well. Then as per God's promise, He will make the way easy for someone who contributes his/her share towards the self improvement and achievement of the desired result from the life-as fixed by God Himself.
A man who has fallen into a well or a pit, would be offered by his rescuers, the help of a rope or any equipment to climb up . But if he likes the pit or the depth of the well and is happy over there, then how can any one help him? God has sent down His Guidance -'Al Qur-an' so that we hold on to it and be saved from His Punishment. So we must 'drive' ourselves towards it!
Bishop Boyd Carpenter says: <<Muhammad is by many seen only through the fog which dread and ignorance have spread around him. To them he is an object of horror against which anything evil might be said... But now the mists of prejudice have cleared away, we can afford to see the founder of Islam in fairer light>> (The Permanent Element in Religion, p.30 Bishop Boyd Carpenter)
John Davenport writes: <<It is strongly corroborative of Mohammed's sincerity that the earliest converts of Islam were his bosom friends and the people of his household, who, all intimately acquainted with his private life, could not fail to have detected those discrepancies which more or less invariably exist between the pretensions of the hypocritical deceiver and his actions at home>> (An Apology for Mohammed and the Koran, London 1869, p17, John Davenport).
Maurice Gaudefroy opines: "Muhammad Was A Prophet Not a Theologian": <<Muhammad was a Prophet, not a theologian, a fact so evident that one is loath to state it. The men who surrounded him and constituted the influential elite of the primitive Muslim community, contented themselves with obeying the law that he had proclaimed in the name of Allah and with following his teaching and example. They had a simple, robust faith that was satisfied with a small number of formulas and a few rites>> (Demombynes, Muslim Institutions, London 1950, p20, Maurice Gaudefroy).
Crusaders put seventy thousand Muslim men, women and helpless children to death: <<It is greatly to his (Muhammad's) praise that on this occasion (conquest of Mecca), when his resentment for ill-usage in the past might naturally have incited him to revenge, he restrained his army from all shedding of blood and showed every sign of humility and thank-giving to Allah for His goodness....Ten or twelve men who had on a former occasion shown a barbarous spirit were proscribed and of them four were put to death but this must be considered exceedingly humane, in comparison with the acts of other conquerors; in comparison, for example, with the cruelty of the Crusaders, who, in 1099, put seventy thousand Muslim men, women and helpless children to death when Jerusalem fell into their hands; or with that of the English Army also fighting under the Cross which in the years of grace 1874 burnt an African capital, in its war on the Gold Coast, Muhammad's victory was in very truth one of religion and not of politics; he rejected every token of personal homage and declined all regal authority; and when the haughty chiefs of the Koreishites appeared before him, he asked: <<What can you expect at my hands?>> <<Mercy, O generous brother!>> <<Be it so; you are free! He exclaimed>> (The Saracens, London 1887, pp.184-85, Arthur Gilman)
La Martine says :<<The Greatest Man:<<Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images, the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammad. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured we may well ask, is there any man greater than he>> ("Histaire de la Turquie", Paris 1854).
Black or White All Equal: S.S. Leeder Opines :<<"Take away that black man! I can have no discussion with him" exclaimed the Christian Archbishop of Cyrus when the Arab conquerors had sent a deputation of their ablest men to discuss terms of surrender of the capital of Egypt, headed by Negro Ubadah as the ablest of them all".
To the sacred archbishop's astonishment, he was told that this man was commissioned by General Amr; that the Moslems held Negroes and White men in equal respect-judging a man by his character and not by his color.
"Well if the Negro must lead, he must speak gently, ordered the prelate, so as not to frighten his white auditors."
"There are a thousand blacks, as black as myself, amongst our companions. I and they would be ready to meet and fight a hundred enemies together. We live only to fight for God and to follow His Will. We care naught for wealth, so long as we have the wherewithal to stay our hunger and to clothe our bodies. This world is naught for us, the next world is all"
Such a spirit of class
distinction is certainly the greatest hindrance to missionary work in the
East, as every impartial observer has noted. How, for instance, can
any other appeal stand against that of the Moslem who, in approaching the
pagan, says to him, however obscure or degraded he may be,
'Embrace the faith, and you are at once
an equal and a brother.'
Islam knows no color line>> (Veiled Mysteries
of Egypt, London, 1912 pp. 232-335).
Above quotes are selected from the book: 'Islam-The
Religion of All Prophets' (publishers: Begum Aisha Bawany
Waqf, Karachi, Pakistan).
