Muhammad the Greatest

by Ahmad Deedat

page 51

Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah a beautiful pattern (of conduct). Holy Quran 33:21

    How well has Lamartine1  unknowingly echoed these sentiments -

"AS REGARDS ALL STANDARDS BY WHICH HUMAN GREATNESS MAY BE MEASURED, WE MAY WELL ASK, IS THERE ANY MAN GREATER THAN HE?"

In reply, we too can say once more, "No! there is no man greater than Muhammad (pbuh).  Muhammad (pbuh) was the greatest man that ever lived!"

So far, our hero has earned the unsolicited and ungrudging tributes from many non-Muslims of different religious persuasions and from varying intellectual fields of endeavour.  But all this still remains incomplete without the Master's verdict; Muhammad's (pbuh) predecessor - Jesus Christ, (pbuh).  We will now apply his own standard for evaluating greatness.

 JOHN THE BAPTIST

John the Baptist,2    known throughout the Muslim world as Hazrat Yahya Alaihis-salaam (Peace be upon him) was a contemporary prophet of the Messiah.  They were also
cousins.  Here is what the Master has to say of him:


1. Full quotation of Larmartine will be found in Appendix "B" on page 61.
2. "JOHN- not to be confused with John the disciple of Jesus (pbuh).  A very common name among the Jews and Arabs, even today, like Tarik Aziz the recent Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs. Real name Tarik Hanna Aziz; Hanna short for Yuhanna meaning John.  No one in the non-Arab Muslim world knowing that our friend is a Christian Marxist.


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