DO YOU KNOW THIS PERSON
History has recorded the appearance and deeds of many religious
leaders: Moses, Jesus Christ, Zoroaster, and Abraham, to name just a
few. There have also been many self-proclaimed prophets and
messengers, each of whom has claimed to bring a divine revelation
for mankind. Some have proven to be false, and others have been
forgotten. But there is one religious leader who stands alone, an
unlettered man who transmitted a revelation from God that literally
changed the course of history and the destinies of a major portion of
mankind: Muhammad, the Prophet and Messenger of God.
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA confirms:
"...a mass of detail in the early sources shows that he was an honest
and upright man who had gained the respect and loyalty of others
who were likewise honest and upright men." (Vol. 12)
BERNARD SHAW said about him:
"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 its problems in a way that would bring it muchneeded
peace and happiness." (The Genuine Islam, Singapore, Vol. 1,
No. X 1936)
He was by far the most remarkable man that ever set foot on this
earth. He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid
down a moral code, initiated numerous social and political reforms,
established a powerful and dynamic society to practice and represent
his teachings, and completely revolutionized the worlds of human
thought and behavior for all time to come.
"HIS NAME IS MOHAMMED"
May the Peace of God Be upon Him (PBUH)
Born in Arabia in the year 570 CE, Muhammad started his mission of
preaching Islam, the religion of truth and the submission of man to
one God, at the age of forty and died at the age of sixty-three.
During the short twenty-three year period of his prophet hood,
Muhammad changed the entire Arabian peninsula forever. Within
the space of one generation, the vast majority of people went from
paganism and idolatry to devout and strict monotheism, from tribal
quarrels and wars to national solidarity and cohesion, from
drunkenness and debauchery to sobriety and piety, from lawlessness
and anarchy to a lifestyle characterized by discipline, from moral
bankruptcy to the highest standards of moral excellence. Human
history has never seen such a complete transformation of a people or
a place before or since—and just IMAGINE that all of these
unbelievable wonders took place in JUST OVER TWO DECADES and
because of the efforts of one man.
The renowned historian Lamartine, when speaking on the essentials
of human greatness, wonders:
"If greatness of purpose, smallness of means and astounding results
are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare
any great man in modern history with Muhammad? The most
famous men created arms, laws and empires only They founded, if
anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled
away before their eyes. This man moved not only armies, legislation,
empires, peoples and dynasties but millions of men in one-third of
the then-inhabited world; and more than that, he moved the altars,
the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and souls.... his
forbearance in victory, his ambition, which was entirely devoted to
one idea and in no manner striving for an empire; his endless
prayers; his mystic conversations with God; his death and his
triumph after death; all these attest not to an imposture but to a firm
conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma. This dogma
was two-fold: the unity of God and the immateriality of God-the
former telling what God is, the latter telling what God is not; the one
overthrowing false gods with the sword, the other starting an idea
with the words.
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 the standards by which human greatness may be
measured, we may well ask IS THERE ANY MAN GREATER THAN HE?"
(Lamartine: Histoire de la Turquie, Paris, 1854Vol.11, pp 276-
277).
leaders: Moses, Jesus Christ, Zoroaster, and Abraham, to name just a
few. There have also been many self-proclaimed prophets and
messengers, each of whom has claimed to bring a divine revelation
for mankind. Some have proven to be false, and others have been
forgotten. But there is one religious leader who stands alone, an
unlettered man who transmitted a revelation from God that literally
changed the course of history and the destinies of a major portion of
mankind: Muhammad, the Prophet and Messenger of God.
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA confirms:
"...a mass of detail in the early sources shows that he was an honest
and upright man who had gained the respect and loyalty of others
who were likewise honest and upright men." (Vol. 12)
BERNARD SHAW said about him:
"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 its problems in a way that would bring it muchneeded
peace and happiness." (The Genuine Islam, Singapore, Vol. 1,
No. X 1936)
He was by far the most remarkable man that ever set foot on this
earth. He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid
down a moral code, initiated numerous social and political reforms,
established a powerful and dynamic society to practice and represent
his teachings, and completely revolutionized the worlds of human
thought and behavior for all time to come.
"HIS NAME IS MOHAMMED"
May the Peace of God Be upon Him (PBUH)
Born in Arabia in the year 570 CE, Muhammad started his mission of
preaching Islam, the religion of truth and the submission of man to
one God, at the age of forty and died at the age of sixty-three.
During the short twenty-three year period of his prophet hood,
Muhammad changed the entire Arabian peninsula forever. Within
the space of one generation, the vast majority of people went from
paganism and idolatry to devout and strict monotheism, from tribal
quarrels and wars to national solidarity and cohesion, from
drunkenness and debauchery to sobriety and piety, from lawlessness
and anarchy to a lifestyle characterized by discipline, from moral
bankruptcy to the highest standards of moral excellence. Human
history has never seen such a complete transformation of a people or
a place before or since—and just IMAGINE that all of these
unbelievable wonders took place in JUST OVER TWO DECADES and
because of the efforts of one man.
The renowned historian Lamartine, when speaking on the essentials
of human greatness, wonders:
"If greatness of purpose, smallness of means and astounding results
are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare
any great man in modern history with Muhammad? The most
famous men created arms, laws and empires only They founded, if
anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled
away before their eyes. This man moved not only armies, legislation,
empires, peoples and dynasties but millions of men in one-third of
the then-inhabited world; and more than that, he moved the altars,
the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and souls.... his
forbearance in victory, his ambition, which was entirely devoted to
one idea and in no manner striving for an empire; his endless
prayers; his mystic conversations with God; his death and his
triumph after death; all these attest not to an imposture but to a firm
conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma. This dogma
was two-fold: the unity of God and the immateriality of God-the
former telling what God is, the latter telling what God is not; the one
overthrowing false gods with the sword, the other starting an idea
with the words.
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 the standards by which human greatness may be
measured, we may well ask IS THERE ANY MAN GREATER THAN HE?"
(Lamartine: Histoire de la Turquie, Paris, 1854Vol.11, pp 276-
277).
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