Muhammad the Greatest

by Ahmad Deedat

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Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist:                                 Matthew  11:11

    Every son of man is "born of women." By this very fact John the Baptist is greater than Moses, David, Solomon, Abraham or Isaiah; none of the Israelite prophets excluded.  What gives John this ascendancy over every other prophet?  It could not be any miracle, because the Bible records none to his credit.  It could not be his teachings, because he brought no new laws or regulations.  Then what makes him the greatest?  Simply because he was the heralder, a pre-cursor, a harbinger of the happy news of the coming of the Messiah.  This is what made John the greatest, but Jesus (pbuh) claims that he himself was even greater than the greatest (ie.  John).  Why?
 

But I have greater witness than that of John (the Baptist): For The Works which the Father hath given me to finish: (Emphasis added)   John 5:36

    It is the "witness," the commission which God Almighty had entrusted him with, which makes Jesus (pbuh) greater than even John.  Applying these very standards as enunciated by the Master, we find that -
1. John the Baptist was the greatest of all the Israelite prophets, because he heralded the mighty Messiah (Jesus pbuh).

Similarly Jesus (pbuh) would be greater than even John because he heralded "The Spirit of

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