Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
16. The Companions of the Prophet
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by them for the faith of Islam. They built for the
future of Islam as normal people build for their own
personal futures. Just as people put all their energy
and wealth into the pursuit of their own interests,
so did they put their all into the pursuit of Islamic
interests. It was the depth of their attachment to
Islam, which enabled them to establish the
supremacy of the Faith.
RECOGNISING THE PROPHET AT THE VERY
BEGINNING
One unique quality of the Companions was that
they recognised a prophet who was their
contemporary. It is very difficult to recognize and
believe in a prophet of one’s own day: this can be
gauged from the fact that no group except for the
Companions has ever managed to do so. At every
stage of ancient history prophets were denied and
ridiculed when they appeared among their peoples.
“You thought nothing of My prophets,” the Bible
says. Who were these people who “thought
nothing” of the prophets? They were the very ones
who believed in both prophecy and divine
revelation. They had set up great institutions in the
