Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
2. The Emergence and Legacy of the Prophet Muhammad
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wealth and power—were meanwhile reduced to
ignominy and disgrace.
Every prophet who comes from God provides a
criterion of divine justice. Through him God
announces to humanity the decisions that He
Himself will announce in the next world. But the
Prophet of Islam gave such a display of divine
justice that it became a world experience; it became
an accepted historical reality. We could see with our
own eyes how God honoured His faithful servants
and degraded those who rebelled against Him.
Heaven and hell were realities that would be made
manifest in the next world. But we had been given a
preliminary glimpse of them in this world so that
we might take heed.
What really emerged with the prophethood of
Muhammad was the divinity of God Himself. That
is why the New Testament foretells of his
prophethood as the “Kingdom of God.” There is no
doubting the fact that the revolution of the Prophet
had great political and strategic implications. But its
main importance is as an earthly manifestation of
God’s glory, a revelation of divine justice. The
