The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
Studying the Prophet’s Life in the Light of his Message
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Now God ordained that such an ideological
revolution should be brought about by the Final
Prophet as would transform this unfavourable,
man-made situation. After this had taken place, the
human sciences themselves would testify to the
truth of divine religion. By the accepted academic
standard of human beings, the religion of
monotheism would be proven authentic.
In the above verse, the predominance of religion
was to result from a divine plan carried out with the
succour of God by the Prophet and his companions.
And indeed, this revolution initiated a new process
in human history. Its aim was to unravel all
superstitious veils in order that all such hidden
scientific proofs might be revealed as would
highlight the truth of the religion of monotheism.
This revolution in modern times has reached its
culmination.
There were two chief objectives of this
predominance of religion. One was to bring the
system of religious coercion to an end, so that the
task of
dawah –
a task which had to be performed in
the past in very difficult circumstances – could be
