Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
5. Lessons of the Prophet’s Life
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reply proved too much for Ghaurath, and his
courage left him. Instead of attacking the
Prophet, he put the sword back in its sheath
and returned it to him. The Prophet then
made him sit down, and called his
companions. When they arrived, he told them
the whole story. Ghaurath was petrified,
expecting to be killed at any moment. But the
Prophet let him go without inflicting any
punishment on him.
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Those who put absolute trust in God do not fear
anything or anyone. The faith that God, a Live and
All- Powerful Being, is always there to help you,
makes you bold in the face of every other power. A
person’s greatest strength, when faced with an
enemy, is fearlessness. Have no fear of any foe, and
the foe will start fearing you.
REACHING A CONSENSUS
Shortly before the Battle of Badr (A.H. 2), the
Quraysh had sent a huge caravan of merchandise,
along with sixty men, to Syria. Although the
Quraysh were subsequently defeated by the
Muslims at Badr, their commander, Abu Sufyan,
