Had it not been for his gifts as a seer, statesman, and administrator and, behind these, his trust in God and firm belief that God had sent him, a notable chapter in the history of mankind would have remained unwritten. Circumstances presented him with an opportunity such as few men have had, but the man was fully matched with the hour. The more one reflects on the history of Muhammad and of early Islam, the more one is amazed at the vastness of his achievement. What Samuel Parsons Scott missed, Reverend Professor Montgomery Watt a biographer of the Prophet Muhammad grasped or was it a Freudian slip? He high lighted above all virtues the Prophet’s trust in God: In any event, if the object of religion be the inculcation of morals, the diminution of evil, the promotion of human happiness, the expansion of the human intellect, if the performance of good works will avail in the great day when mankind shall be summoned to its final reckoning it is neither irreverent nor unreasonable to admit that Muhammad was indeed an Apostle of God. If this be conceded, the largest measure of credit is due to him who conceived its plan, promoted its impulse, and formulated the rules which insured its success.
The glories which invest the history of Islam may be entirely derived from the valor, the virtue, the intelligence, the genius, of man.
Samuel Parsons Scott understood part of the charm of the Prophet’s character when he wrote:
The cave of Hira where the Prophet had his first revelation. “If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and outstanding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad?” Alphonse de Lamartine, Foreign Minister of France
MUHAMMAD THE MESSENGER OF GOD WATCH MOVIE
A good place for the non-Muslims to start learning about the Holy Prophet Muhammad is a movie named the Message: Mohammed: Messenger of GodĪfter a non-Muslim seeker has watched this and another movie mentioned below, I propose three further stages of study to getting to know the Greatest of the sons of Adam!