The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Personality of the Prophet of Islam
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This verse pertains to the time when the Prophet of
Islam had communicated his message of
dawah
openly, but had found the majority of the people
unwilling to accept it. The chiefs and the leaders in
particular were adamant in their denial of the
message. At such a juncture the
dayee
feels that to
bring the
madu
closer to accepting the message, some
changes in the basic message of
dawah
might be
made in order to make it acceptable. That is why the
Prophet is adjured not to “incline towards those who
do wrong,” i.e., the Prophet of Islam was strictly
forbidden to show any kind of leniency towards the
unbelievers, because what God desired more than
anything else in the matter of
dawah
was the pure
and simple proclamation of the truth. Now, this
cannot be done where inclinations are yielded to or
compromises are made. This is what made the
Prophet of Islam old before his time. The truth is that
in the present world the communication of the truth,
based on compromises is the easiest, and ensures the
popularity of the
dayee,
while the unadulterated
communication of the truth is the most difficult task,
making the preacher seem undesirable to others. If
the former goes by smooth and even paths, the latter
goes by stony paths strewn with thorns.
