Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
3. Exemplary Conduct
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there is nothing blocking one’s vision of
reality in the vast open reaches of Arabia.
Wherever one looks, one sees endless sands
and fathomless sky. Here, there is nothing to
stop one from consorting with God and His
angels.
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It was no small matter that a young man should be
taking up this course in the prime of his life. He was
renouncing worldly happiness and choosing a way
fraught with difficulties and sorrow. He had all
conceivable means and opportunities for a
comfortable life, but his turbulent soul did not find
satisfaction in them. He attached no value to them
and could not rest content until he had unravelled
the mysteries of life. He sought to delve beyond
external appearances, and seek out the reality of
life. Worldly gain and loss, comfort and distress,
did not concern him; what mattered to him was the
all-important question of truth and falsehood.
This phase of the Prophet’s life is referred to thus in
the Qur’an:
Did he not find you wandering and guide
you?
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