(V011) What non-Muslim scholars said about Prophet MuhammadSource: ABNAAs the issue of the recent blasphemy by a French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, takes centre stage, it is worth to recall the positive statements on the personality of the Prophet of Islam Muhammad (SAWA),to know that the whole of the event in Paris was was masterminded and a conspiracy against Islam and Muslims.Nepolean Bonaparte – Quoted in ChristianCherfils BONAPARTE ET ISLAM (PARIS 1914)“I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.”M.K. Gandhi, YOUNG INDIA, 1924...I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was therigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the prophet, the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and his own mission. These, and not the sword carried everythingbefore them and surmounted every trouble. YOUNG INDIA, 1924Lamartine - Histoire de la Turquie, Paris 1854, Vol II, pp. 276-77:If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, andastounding 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 dynasties, but millions ofmen 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... the forbearance in victory, his ambition, which was entirely devoted to one idea and in no manner striving foran empire; his endless prayers, his mystic conversations with God, his death and his triumph after death; all these attest not to an imposture but to a firm conviction which gave him the power to restorea dogma. This dogma was twofold, the unit of God and the immateriality of God; theformer telling what God is, the latter telling what God is not; the one overthrowing false gods with the sword, the otherstarting an idea with 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 standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than he?Edward Gibbon and Simon Ocklay - History of the Saracen Empire, London, 1870, p. 54:It is not the propagationbut the permanency of his religion that deserves our wonder, the same pure and perfect impression which he engraved at Mecca and Medina is preserved, after the revolutions of twelve centuries by the Indian, the African and the Turkish proselytes of theKoran...The Mahometans have uniformly withstood the temptation of reducing the object of their faith and devotion to a level with the senses and imagination of man. I believe in One God and Mahomet the Apostle of God, is the simple and invariable profession of Islam. The intellectual image of the Deity has never been degraded by any visible idol; the honors of the prophet have never transgressedthe measure of human virtue, and his living precepts have restrainedthe gratitude of his disciples within the bounds of reason and religion.Rev. Bosworth Smith, Mohammed and Mohammadanism, London 1874, p. 92:He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Popes pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without abodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue; if ever any manhad the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammed, for he had all the power without its instruments and withoutits supports.Annie Besant, The Life and Teachings of Muhammad, Madras 1932, p. 4:It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character of the great Prophet of Arabia, who knows how he taught and how he lived, to feel anything but reverence for that mighty Prophet, one of the great messengers of the Supreme. And although in what I put toyou I shall say many things which may be familiar to many, yet I myself feel whenever I re-read them, a new wayof admiration, a new sense of reverence for that mighty Arabian teacher.Montgomery Watt, Mohammad at Mecca, Oxford 1953, p. 52:His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in himand looked up to him as leader, and the greatness of his ultimateachievement – all argue his fundamental integrity. To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it solves. Moreover, none of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as Muhammad.James A. Michener, Islam: The Misunderstood Religion in Readers Digest (American Edition), May 1955, pp. 68-70:Muhammad, the inspired man who founded Islam, was bornabout A.D. 570 into an Arabian tribe that worshipped idols. Orphaned at birth, he was always particularly solicitous of the poor and needy, the widow and the orphan, the slave and the downtrodden. At twenty he was already a successful businessman, and soon became director of camel caravans for a wealthy widow. When hereached twenty-five, his employer, recognizing his merit, proposed marriage. Even though she was fifteen years older, he married her, and as long as she lived,remained a devoted husband.Like almost every major prophet before him, Muhammad fought shy of serving as the transmitter of Gods word, sensing his own inadequacy. But the angel commanded Read. So far as we know, Muhammad was unable to read or write, but he began to dictate those inspired words which would soon revolutionize a large segment of the earth: There is one God.In all things Muhammad was profoundly practical. When his beloved son Ibrahim died, an eclipse occurred, and rumors of Gods personal condolence quickly arose. Whereupon Muhammad is said to have announced, An eclipse is a phenomenon of nature. It is foolish to attribute such things to the death or birth of a human-being.At Muhammads own death an attempt was made to deify him, but the man who was to become his administrative successor killed the hysteria with one of the noblest speeches in religious history: If there are any among you who worshipped Muhammad, he is dead. But if it is God you worshipped, He lives forever.Michael H. Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, New York: Hart Publishing Company, Inc. 1978, p. 33:My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the worlds most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was theonly man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level.Sarojini Naidu, the famous Indian poetess says – S. Naidu, Ideals of Islam, Speeches and Writings, Madaras, 1918“It was the first religion that preached and practiced democracy; for, in the mosque, when the call for prayer is sounded and worshippers are gathered together, the democracy of Islam is embodied five times a day when the peasant and king kneel side by side and proclaim: God Alone is Great... “Thomas Caryle – Heros and Heros Worship“how one man single- handedly, could weld warring tribes and Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two decades?”“…The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammed) are disgraceful to ourselves only…How one man single-handedly, could weld warring tribes and wandering Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two decades….A silent great soul, one of that who cannot but be earnest. He was to kindle the world; the world’s Maker had ordered so.Stanley Lane-Poole – Table Talk of the Prophet“He was the most faithfulprotector of those he protected, the sweetest and most agreeable in
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