Re: What Non−Muslim Thinkers Said about Muhammad (PBUH)

Re: What Non−Muslim Thinkers Said about

Muhammad (PBUH)

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• From: "Torpedo" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxx>

• Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:25:41 +1000

....fuck the Allahfucking piglet.

"Faris Jawad" <ana_faris_bila_jawad@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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> What Non−Muslim Thinkers Said about Muhammad (PBUH)
>
> Muhammad [peace be upon him] is the last of Allah's Messengers and
Prophets.
> His name is Muhammad, son of Abdullah. He was born in Makkah in 570 A.D.
The
> Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was, in his youth, a combination of the best
social
> qualities. He was an exemplary man of weighty mind and faultless insight.
He
> was favored with intelligence, originality of thought and accurate choice
of
> the means to accurate goals. His long silence helped favorably in his
habit
> of meditation and deep investigation into the truth.
>
> His vivid mind and pure nature were instrumental in assimilating and
> comprehending ways of life as well as individuals, groups and communities.
> He shunned superstitious practices but took an active part in useful and
> constructive activities. In the case of the useless and destructive
> dealings, he would have recourse to his self−adopted solitude. He
refrained
> from drinking wine, eating meat slaughtered on stone altars or attending
> idolatrous festivals.
>
> He proved himself to be the ideal of manhood, in possession of a spotless
> character. He was the most obliging to his compatriots, the most honest in
> his talk and the mildest in temper. He was the most gentle−hearted,
chaste,
> and hospitable, and always impressed people by his piety−inspiring
> countenance. He was the most truthful and the best in keeping agreements.
> Due to the fine reputation he enjoyed among his people, they nicknamed him
> 'The Trustworthy.'
>

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> This impression on people can be deduced by the bliss that overwhelmed
their
> hearts and filled them with dignity. Men's respect, awe and appreciation
of
> Allah's Messenger (PBUH) were unique and matchless. No other man in the
> whole world has been so honored and beloved. Those who knew him well were
> fascinated and enchanted by him. They were ready to sacrifice their lives
> for the sake of saving a nail of his from hurt or injury. He had been
> favored with many aspects of perfection no one else had been granted, so
his
> Companions found him peerless and loved him.
>
> When he was commissioned as a Prophet at the age of forty, Allah revealed
> the first Qur'anic Verses to him through the Angel Gabriel. He asked the
> Prophet (PBUH) to preach the Oneness of Allah and warn people against
> polytheism.
>
> The Makkan polytheists opposed him and persecuted his followers severely,
> but that did not shake his faith nor cause his steadfastness to waiver.
Nor
> did it stop more people from responding to his preaching. Finally, when
the
> majority of the people of Al−Madinah embraced Islam, the Makkan Muslims
took
> flight to Al−Madinah. Later on, Allah's Messenger (PBUH) himself migrated
to
> Al−Madinah to establish the Islamic state there.
>
> A few years later, the polytheists of Makkah and their allies succumbed to
> the growing power of the Muslims, and Makkah was conquered without
violence.
> Some thirty years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Islam
> spread throughout the world, displacing the greatest two empires at the
> time, the Persian and the Roman.
>
> Allah has summarized the message of His Prophet Muhammad as follows: "We
> have sent you (O Muhammad) only as a mercy for all the worlds." (21:107)
>
> Many Western scholars and famous personalities have admitted that no
faults
> or flaws are to be found in the character and behavior of the Prophet
> (PBUH). Some of their observations are remarkable.
>
> Lamartine, the celebrated historian says: "If greatness of purpose,
> smallness of means and astounding results are the three criteria of human
> genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with
> Muhammad? The most famous men created arms, laws and empires only. They
> founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often
> crumbled away before their eyes.
>
> "This man moved not only armies, legislations, empires, peoples and

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> dynasties, but millions of men in one−third of the then inhabited world;
and
> more than that, he moved the altars, the gods, the religions, the ideas,
the
> beliefs and souls... his forbearance in victory, his ambition, which was
> entirely devoted to one idea and in no manner striving for an empire; his
> endless prayers, his mystic conversations with God, his death and his
> triumph over death; all these attest not to an imposture but to a firm
> conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma.
>
> "This dogma was twofold, the unity of God and the immateriality of God;
the
> former telling what God is, the latter telling what God is not; the one
> overthrowing false gods with the sword, the other starting an idea with
the
> words.
>
> "Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas,
> restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images, the founder of
twenty
> terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammad. As
> regards all the standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may
> ask, is there any man greater than he?" (Lamartine, Histoire de la
Turquie,
> Paris, 1854, Vol. II, pp. 276−277)
>
> The Hindu leader Mahatma Gandhi wrote about the Prophet (PBUH): "I become
> more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for
> Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter
self−effacement
> of the Prophet, the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to
> his friends and followers and his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his
> absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword
> carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle."
>
> George Bernard Shaw wrote: "He must be called the Savior of Humanity. I
> believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the
modern
> world, he would succeed in solving the problems in a way that would bring
> the much needed peace and happiness. Europe is beginning to be enamoured
of
> the creed of Muhammad. In the next century it may go further in
recognizing
> the utility of that creed in solving its problems." (The Genuine Islam,
> Singapore, Vol. I, No 8, 1936)
>
> Michael H. Hart says: "My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the
world's
> most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned
by
> others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on

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> both the religious and secular levels." (M.H. Hart, 'The 100: A Ranking of
> the most influential persons in history', new York, 1978, p. 33)
>
> http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=36694
>
>
>

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