Muhammad the Greatest

by Ahmad Deedat

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   The answer to his question, "Is there any man greater
    than he?" is reposed in the question itself. By implication he
    is saying . . . "there is no man greater than Muhammad.
    Muhammad is the greatest man that ever lived!"
 

        And have We not raised high
    the esteem (in which) thou
    (O Muhammad are held)?
        Holy Quran 94:4

 
    MOST CERTAINLY THOU HAST, O MY LORD!
 
    Before we absolve Lamartine of any favouritism, par-
    tiality, or of the charge of being bribed, we will scrutinize
    his three standards, and whether they can be justified in the
    case of Muhammad {pbuh).
 
    1. GREATNESS OF PURPOSE
 
    History of the time will tell you that it was the darkest
    period in the history of mankind when Muhammad {pbuh}
    was commanded to declare his mission. The need was for
    the raising of prophets in every corner of the world, or the
    sending of one Master Messenger for the whole of mankind,
    to deliver them from falsehood, superstition, selfishness,
    polytheism, wrong and oppression. It was to be the recla-
    mation of the whole of humanity. And God Almighty in His
    wisdom chose His prophet from the backwaters of Arabia as
    His universal Messenger. Thus He records in His Noble
    Book -
 
    AND WE SENT THEE NOT {O Mubammad},
    BUT AS A MERCY
    UNTO {all} THE WORLDS.
      Holy Quran 21:107  
    "There is no question now of race or nation, of a
    "chosen people" or the "seed of Abraham," or
    the "seed of David": or of Hindu Arya varta; of
 



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