Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
Introduction
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to the people of many different lands, they were
communicated to them in their own languages.
In pre-Islamic times religious institutions had
become debased by the veneration of mere mortals;
whereas the prophet Muhammad admitted of no
other form of religion but that based on the worship
of the immortal God. Religious beliefs had very
frequently been founded on superstition; but by him
they were established on the foundation of reality. It
was he who taught people to conquer nature instead
of worshipping it, thus paving the way for the
scientific era. And where political power had been in
the hands of one hereditary monarch, he showed the
way to government by the people. While learning
had been based on conjecture and assumption, he
taught people to learn from observation of reality. In
cases where human society had been vitiated by
cruelty and oppression, he showed people how to
live together in justice and peace. These are all
achievements of the Prophet Muhammad. He
changed the tide of human history.
From whatever angle one looks at history, ever-
broadening reverberations of his impact will be
