Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
5. Lessons of the Prophet’s Life
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To fight one’s enemies is no way to succeed in life.
Only by avoiding conflict can one consolidate one’s
strength. Then by awe alone will one be able to
overpower one’s foes. To fight at the slightest
provocation, and ignore the need to quietly build
up one’s own strength, is to condemn oneself to
destruction. Such conduct can never lead to success
in this world of God. The Prophet achieved success
by pursuing a policy of non-confrontation; how,
then, can his followers succeed by pursuing a policy
of confrontation? How can they be called his
followers when they are blind to his example? How
can they expect him to intercede for them on the
Day of Judgement?
NOTES
1. Qur’an, 33:21.
2.
Hadith of Tirmidhi, Nasal, Abu Dawud.
3. Hadith of Ibn Hisham.
4. Ibn Hisham,
Sirah,
vol. 2, p. 29.
5. Qur’an, 9: 19 - 20.
