Muhammad the Greatest

by Ahmad Deedat

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WE HAVE NOT SENT THEE
(O MUHAMMAD) BUT TO THE
WHOLE OF MANKIND.

AS A GIVER OF GLAD TIDINGS AND AS A WARNER,

BUT MOST OF MANKIND STILL DO NOT KNOW.

Holy Quran 34:28^[1]

    How was he to respond to this new challenge in his ripening old age?  There were no electronic gadgets of modern communication methods at his disposal; there were no telex and fax machines which he could exploit.  What could he do?  Being an ummi (unlettered), he called the scribes and dictated five letters, one each to the Emperor at Constantinople, the King of Egypt, the Negus of Abyssinia, the King of Yemen and to the Emperor in Persia.  He called forth five Sahaaba (his holy companions) with five Arab steeds and set them out in five different directions inviting the nations of the world to the universal religion of God.

    I had the good fortune of seeing one of those holy epistles in the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul (old Constantinople) Turkey.  That letter is collecting dust!  Materially the Turks have preserved the parchment.  But the Message is collecting dust, as I have said.

    The letter begins, "From Muhammad the Messenger of God, to Heraclius the Emperor at Constantinople:
Accept Islam and be benefited."

followed by this exhortation from the Book of God - -

1. This is your last chance to memorize the text and the translation of this verse.  It you are lackadaisical, we can only mourn your loss.

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