Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
7. The Revolution of the Prophet
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A NEW NATION IS BORN
The Prophet Muhammad once said: “I am the
prayer of Abraham.” The prayer he was referring to
was that offered by Abraham when he was building
the Holy Ka ‘bah in Makkah:
Lord, send forth to them an apostle of their
own people (the Children of Ishmael) who
shall declare to them your revelations and
instruct them in the Book and in wisdom and
purify them from sin. You are the Mighty, the
Wise One.
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Yet, approximately two and a half thousand years
elapsed between Abraham’s prayer and the birth of
the Prophet Muhammad. The Prophet Zakariyya
(Zachariah) prayed for a prophet-son,
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and within
a single year his wife bore him Yahya (John the
Baptist). Why was it, then, that Abraham’s prayer,
which was of a similar nature, took so long to be
answered?
The reason for this was that John the Baptist had
an immediate mission to carry out. He was to
expose the religious pretence of the Jews, by being
