The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Personality of the Prophet of Islam
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One of the prayers that often came to his lips was:
My God, show me the truth in the form of the truth
and grant that we may adhere to it, and O my God,
show me falsehood in the form of falsehood and
grant me protection from it, and O God, show us
things as they are.
In the present world a veil of doubts is cast over
realities. One who knows things only by their
appearances can never understand their innate
value. The Prophet was moved at this. He
spontaneously called upon God to ask Him to grant
him the blessing of being able to see the reality, so
that he might understand things exactly as they
were; so that he might form right opinions, which
corresponded exactly with the true state of affairs.
True realization is not possible without right
thinking. Similarly right actions cannot emanate
from wrong thinking. It was feelings such as these
which, because of their intensity, gave this prayer
its unique form. This prayer is, in effect, a picture of
the believing heart possessed in the most sublime
form by the Prophet.
