Islam Rediscovered
20. The Revolutionary Role of Islam
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people. But the divine plan in sending the Prophet
Muhammad, may peace be upon him, to the world
was to bring about a practical revolution. His
message could not, therefore, remain at the
theoretical stage.
It being beyond human capacity to make the end
result a certainty, how was the Prophet’s message to
be translated into reality? It all became possible due
to the special divine succour extended to the
Prophet by God. This took the form of a divine plan
which had two basic aspects to it: one, to provide
the Prophet with a powerful and trustworthy team,
and the other to significantly weaken the enemies of
monotheism by means of a special strategy, so that
the Prophet and his companions could easily
dominate their opponents.
The first part of this divine plan was brought to
completion in the form of the settlement of Ismail,
son of Prophet Ibrahim, in the unpopulated desert
of Arabia two thousand five hundred years ago. At
that time it was a totally isolated place situated far
from the centres of civilization. There a community
was raised by Ismail ibn Ibrahim, trained in the
