Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
17. Manifestation of Prophethood in the Present Day and Age
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persecution. They may differ from one another in
the way they put their point across: some use the
language of nationalistic politics, while others
confine themselves to religious terminology. But, in
essence, they are all the same, being derived from a
feeling of having lost their past glory.
When the Greek mathematician Archimedes (287-
212 B.C.) discovered the law of specific gravity, his
ebullience knew no bounds. He quite literally forgot
himself in the joy of his discovery. In more recent
times, the Shah of Iran had lost just his throne, but
this purely material loss deprived him of even the
will to live. Such is the nature of both discovery and
loss. All one sees is the object that one has
discovered, or lost.
There is no doubting the fact that a feeling of
discovery engenders positiveness of character,
while negativity is all that can come from a feeling
of loss. The elevated and noble manner in which the
first Muslims conducted their affairs was a result of
their sense of discovery. They were high-minded
enough to bow low before truth, magnanimous
enough to acknowledge the worth of other People
