Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
17. Manifestation of Prophethood in the Present Day and Age
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When the
surah
of the Qur’an entitled “Repentance”
was revealed, the Prophet sent ‘Ali to Makkah with
the message that no idolator would be allowed to
perform Hajj in future. With such force and
persistence did he issue the proclamation that his
voice became hoarse. Nowadays he could have
done the same thing much more easily with a
loudspeaker. This is just a simple example, but it
illustrates quite well the way modern facilities can
be utilized for the proclamation of truth.
There have been two main eras in the preaching of
true religion, the first prior to the mission of the
Final Prophet, and the second afterwards. Before
the coming of Muhammad, on whom be peace, the
onus of preserving the divine scriptures had been
put upon the followers of prophets. In the words of
the Qur’an, they had been “required to guard the
Book of God.”
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With the Qur’an, however, God has
Himself made it plain that “it was We who revealed
the Qur’an, and We will certainly preserve it.”
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It was God’s will that, with the mission of the
Prophet of Islam, polytheism should be vanquished
and monotheism reign supreme in the world.
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