God Arises
Affirmation of Prophethood
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given to him for safekeeping to their rightful
owners.
Nadhr ibn Harith, one of the prophet’s opponents
and the most seasoned of all the Qurayshites, one
day addressed his people thus: “O, Quraysh, the
message of Muhammad has put you in such an
awkward (difficult) position that you are left with
no solution. He grew up to a mature age before
your very eyes. You know very well that he was the
most sincere; most honest; most trustworthy and
most dear to you all. Now when his hair turned
grey and he presented before you something which
you have received, it was you that said, ‘this fellow
is a magician, a poet, an insane person.’ By God, I
have heard him, Muhammad is neither a magician,
nor a poet, nor insane, I am sure some calamity is
going to befall you.”
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Even Abu Jahal, the Prophet’s worst opponent and
deadliest enemy, said, “Muhammad, I do not say
that you are a liar, but I hold that the message you
are propagating is not true.”
Muhammad was a prophet sent not only to the
Arabs but to all mankind. As such, he took it upon
