Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
7. The Revolution of the Prophet
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God, and this was a land ideally suited for the
development of such a people:
Lord, make us submissive to You; make of
our descendants a nation that will submit to
You.
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A nation of unprecedented dynamism would be
required to establish the dominance of true religion
on earth. Earlier generations, which had grown up in
the artificial environment of human civilization, had
lacked the dynamism and vitality needed to perform
this task. This was the reason the previous prophets
failed to elicit a positive response. A new nation
would have to grow up, nurtured under conditions
specially suited to the cultivation of these qualities.
This would involve a long process of human
reproduction, extending over several generations.
This accounts for the 2500 year gap between
Abraham’s prayer and its fulfillment: when the stage
was fully set, the prophet that he had prayed for was
born to Aminah, the daughter of Wahab ibn ‘Abd
Manaf of the Banu Hashim in Makkah.
Nothing but dry land and inhospitable rubble
awaited Abraham in Makkah when he arrived there
