Muhammad the Greatest

by Ahmad Deedat

page 28

    SHALLOW ONE. WHAT ARE FAULTS, WHAT
    ARE THE OUTWARD DETAILS OF A LIFE; IF
    THE INNER SECRET OF IT, THE REMORSE,
    TEMPTATIONS, TRUE, OFTEN-BAFFLED, NEVER-
    ENDED STRUGGLE OF IT BE FORGOTTEN? 'IT
    IS NOT IN MAN THAT WALKETH TO DIRECT
    HIS STEPS.' OF ALL ACTS, IS NOT, FOR A
    MAN, REPENTANCE THE MOST DIVINE? THE
    DEADLIEST SIN, I SAY, WERE THE SAME SUPER-
    CILIOUS CONSCIOUSNESS OF NO SIN; THAT
    IS DEATH; THE HEART SO CONSCIOUS IS
    DIVORCED FROM SINCERITY, HUMILITY, AND
    FACT; IS DEAD: IT IS 'PURE' AS DEAD DRY
    SAND IS PURE."
      Heros and Hero-Worship. p. 61

    CHARGE OF "THE SWORD"
 
    The greatest crime, the greatest "sin" of Muhammad
    (pbuh} in the eyes of the Christian West is that he did not
    allow himself to be slaughtered, to be "crucified" by his
    enemies. He ably defended himself, his family and his
    followers; and finally vanquished his enemies. Muhammad's
    (pbuh} success is the Christians' gall of disappointment: he
    did not believe in any vicarious sacrifice for the sins of
    others. He believed and behaved naturally. IN THE STATE
    OF NATURE, EVERY ONE HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND HIS
    PERSON AND POSSESSIONS, AND EXTEND HIS HOSTILITIES
    TO A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF SATISFACTION AND
    RETALIATION," says Gibbon, the master historian in his
    "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." His struggle and
    victory over the forces of unbelief and evil made the editors
    of the Encyclopedia Britannica to exclaim, Muhammad
    (pbuh} to be - - - "THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF ALL
    RELIGIOUS PERSONALITIES."
  

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