God Arises
Affirmation of Prophethood
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prophets. He continues to remain a prophet for the
present as well as for future generations. From a
practical point of view, the salvation or damnation
of mankind thus depends, solely upon, the
affirmation or denial of his prophethood.
Muhammad was born in the early hours of the 29th
of August, 570 A.D., in Makkah. But it was not until
he had attained the mature age of 40 that he
announced that God had chosen him as His last
prophet, that He had revealed His message to him
and had entrusted him with the duty of conveying
it to all of mankind. Whoever obeyed him would be
amply rewarded and whoever disobeyed would be
destroyed.
This call, in all its intensity, is as relevant to us now
as it was in the Prophet’s day. This is not a voice to
be listened to with scant attention, for it makes a
great demand and calls for deep thought. If, upon
reflection, we find it false, we are at liberty to reject
it, but if we find it true, we must accept it
wholeheartedly.
According to modern thinking, it takes three stages
for any idea to be accepted as a scientific fact;
