Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
2. The Emergence and Legacy of the Prophet Muhammad
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the sombre evidence of the history of saints and
prophets. This state of affairs is quite contrary to
reality, for, eventually, God will bestow everlasting
honour and glory upon His true servants, while
self-worshippers and worshippers of the world will
forever be assigned to a pit of humiliation and
disgrace.
This world is for our trial. Here, people have the
chance to act as they please. That is why God does
not hold anyone in check in this world. But once, at
least, by means of the prophet of Islam, God has
shown on earth the situation that will prevail in its
most complete and permanent form in the next
world.
The companions of the Prophet, whose homes were
demolished, for whom the earth had become a place
of unmitigated oppression, who were robbed of
their properties, who were so victimized and
terrorized that they lived in constant fear of
extermination—these very people were raised to a
position of great honour. The Quraysh and the
Jews, the Romans and the Iranians, the Yemenis and
the Ghassanis
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—those who took pride in their
