Muhammad the Greatest

by Ahmad Deedat

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HIS SINCERITY

la.  "THE GREAT MAN'S SINCERITY IS OF THE
KIND HE CANNOT SPEAK OF: NAY, I SUP-
POSE, HE IS CONSCIOUS RATHER OF IN-
SINCERITY;  FOR WHAT MAN CAN WALK
ACCURATELY BY THE LAW OF TRUTH FOR
ONE DAY?  NO, THE GREAT MAN DOES NOT
BOAST HIMSELF SINCERE, FAR FROM THAT;
PERHAPS DOES NOT ASK HIMSELF IF HE IS
SO: I WOULD SAY RATHER, HIS SINCERITY
DOES NOT DEPEND ON HIMSELF: HE CAN-
NOT HELP BEING SINCERE!" Heros and Hero-Worship, p.59

 b. "A SILENT GREAT SOUL, HE WAS ONE OF
THOSE WHO CANNOT BUT BE IN EARNEST,
WHOM NATURE HERSELF HAS APPOINTED TO
 BE SINCERE.  WHILE OTHERS WALK IN
 FORMULAS AND HEARSAYS, CONTENTED
 ENOUGH TO DWELL THERE, THIS MAN COULD
 NOT SCREEN HIMSELF IN FORMULAS; HE WAS
 ALONE WITH HIS OWN SOUL AND THE
 REALITY OF THINGS. . . SUCH SINCERITY, AS
 WE NAMED IT, HAS IN VERY TRUTH SOME-
 THING OF DIVINE.  THE WORD OF SUCH A
 MAN IS A VOICE DIRECT FROM NATURE'S
 OWN HEART.  MEN DO AND MUST LISTEN TO
 THAT AS TO NOTHING ELSE, - - - ALL ELSE IS
 WIND IN COMPARISON." Heros and Hero-Worship, p.71

  In his lengthy speech, Carlyle did not have the oppor-
tunity to inform his audience about the sources of his
inferences.  I may furnish just one incident from the life of
the Prophet.  An incidence which reflects the highest degree
 

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