God Arises
Affirmation of Prophethood
~ 273 ~
Now was the time for the Prophet to show his
bloodthirsty nature. His old persecutors are at
his feet. Will he not trample on them, torture
them, revenge himself after his own cruel
manner? Now the man will come forward in
his true colours: We may prepare our horror,
and cry shame beforehand. “But what is this?
Is there no blood in the streets? Where are the
bodies of the thousands that have been
butchered? Facts are hard things, and it is a
fact that the day of Muhammad’s greatest
triumph over his enemies was also the day of
his grandest victory over himself. He freely
forgave the Quraysh all the years of sorrow
and cruel scorn they had infected on him: he
gave an amnesty to the whole population of
Makkah. Four criminals, whom justice
condemned,
made
up
Muhammad’s
proscription list when he entered as a
conqueror the city of his bitterest enemies.
The army followed the example, and entered
quietly and peaceably and no house was
robbed, no woman insulted.
