Islam Rediscovered
17. Prophetic Vision
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from the Almighty whose knowledge encompasses
past, present and future.
As an illustration of this, we mention some
incidents from the life of the Prophet. These events
are not just proofs of his personal superiority but, in
their essence, they also provide proof of the fact that
the Prophet was an inspired person, who had
received knowledge directly from God—a
knowledge the acquisition of which is not possible
for an ordinary man.
ENVISIONING THE FUTURE
How great was this vision of the Prophet can be
judged by an incident in the early period of his
prophethood in Makkah. It should first be
explained that the Makkans regarded him as being
so insignificant that instead of calling him
Muhammad, son of Abdullah, they ridiculed him
by calling him Muhammad the son of Abu Kabsha.’
(Abu Kabsha was a shepherd in Makkah, whose
wife had been Muhammad’s, may peace be upon
him, wet nurse.) In these apparently ordinary and
unpropitious circumstances, his vision was
nevertheless on so high a plane that, when in the
