Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
2. The Emergence and Legacy of the Prophet Muhammad
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there are 900 million Muslims in the world
today.
This was all the result of a twenty-three year effort
conducted in Arabia under the Prophet’s guidance.
In this short space of time, the Islamic revolution
not only assured itself of a permanent place in
human history; it also created a new history of its
own. Humans alone do not have it in them to
accomplish such a gigantic task; it can only be done
by God. The Islamic revolution was truly the work
of God. When the Muslims were returning from
their victory at the Battle of Badr, they were met at a
place called Rauha by some well-wishers, who
congratulated them on the outcome of the fighting.
“Why do you congratulate us?” asked Salmah ibn
Salamah. “The enemy were just like tethered
camels, and we duly slaughtered them.”
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All of this was evidently pre-ordained by God. From
the bare Arabian Desert He raised up a people of
extraordinary tenacity, a people whose characters
had been tempered by their environment. They
knew only acceptance or denial; for them there was
no third alternative. In them were preserved all the
