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Muhammad the Greatest
by Ahmad Deedat
page 39
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!"
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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