Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
3. Exemplary Conduct
~ 55 ~
made mention of the greatness of God. Then he
went on to say:
By God, as you sleep so will you die, and as
you awaken so will you be raised after death:
you will be taken to account for your deeds.
The good will be rewarded with good and the
evil with evil. And, for all eternity, the good
will remain in heaven and the evil will remain
in hell.
One who goes against the times in his personal life
is faced with difficulties at almost every step, but
these difficulties are not of an injurious nature. They
may wound one’s feelings, but not one’s body. At
the most, they are a test requiring quiet forbearance.
But the position is quite different when one makes it
one’s mission to publicly oppose convention—when
one starts telling people what they are required to
do and what not to do. The Prophet was not just a
believer; he was also entrusted with conveying the
word of God to others. It was this latter role that
brought him into headlong collision with his
countrymen. All forms of adversity—from the pain
of hunger to the trepidation of battle—were
