The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Personality of the Prophet of Islam
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are a prophet of God. If we accepted you as a
prophet, then all opposition would cease on its
own.” He then asked the Prophet to dictate instead:
“This is a pact reached by Muhammad ibn
Abdullah.”
Ali said that he could not erase the words
“Muhammad the Prophet of God.” So the Prophet
himself deleted those words arid then asked Ali to
write instead “Muhammad, son of Abdullah.”
The real status of the Prophet of Islam was that he
was the Prophet of God: his entire mission rested on
this claim. Erasing the words ‘Messenger of God’
was like erasing one’s own actual identity, which
was a very delicate matter. It amounted to giving
the impression that he himself was in doubt of his
own identity. That is why Umar Faruq, in a state of
great agitation, came to Abu Bakr and said: “Is he
not the Prophet of God?” (p. 320)
Yet the Prophet of Islam did not attach importance
to any of these things, the reason being that he had
risen so high that he was able to penetrate the veils
of appearances; he lived in the sphere of realities.
And it was thanks to this psychology that he could
