Lets see what some Non Muslims say Encyclopedia Britannica, as it confirms:(Regarding Muhammad) ... a mass of detail in the early sources shows that he was an honest and upright man who had gained the respect and loyalty of others who were likewise honest and upright men. [Vol. 12] Michael H. Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. He states that the most influential person in all history was Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, with Jesus second. Examine his actual words: 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 the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level. [Michael H. Hart, THE 100: A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IN HISTORY, New York: Hart Publishing Company, Inc., 1978, page. 33.] Reverend R. Bosworth-Smith wrote in Mohammed & Mohammedanism in 1946: Head of the state as well as the Church, he was Caesar and Pope in one; but, he was pope without the popes claims, and Caesar without the legions of Caesar, without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue. If ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by a Right Divine, it was Mohammad, for he had all the power without instruments and without its support. He cared not for dressing of power. The simplicity of his private life was in keeping with his public life. 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? [Lamartine, HISTOIRE DE LA TURQUIE, Paris, 1854, Vol. II, pp. 276-277.] George Bernard Shaw, a famous writer and non-Muslim says: 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 its problems in a way that would bring it much needed peace and happiness. [The Genuine Islam, Singapore, Vol. 1, No. 8, 1936] K. S. Ramakrishna Rao, an Indian (Hindu) professor of Philosophy, in his booklet Muhammad the Prophet of Islam calls him the perfect model for human life. Professor Ramakrishna Rao explains his point by saying: The personality of Muhammad, it is most difficult to get into the whole truth of it. Only a glimpse of it I can catch. What a dramatic succession of picturesque scenes. There is Muhammad the Prophet. There is Muhammad the Warrior; Muhammad the Businessman; MuhammadMahatma Gandhi, speaking on the character of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, says in Young India: I wanted to know the best of one who holds today undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind... I became more than convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid 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 in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle. When I closed the 2nd volume (of the Prophets biography), I was sorry there was not more for me to read of the great life. the Statesman; Muhammad the Orator; Muhammad the Reformer; Muhammad the Refuge of Orphans; Muhammad the Protector of Slaves; Muhammad the Emancipator of Women; Muhammad the Judge; Muhammad the Saint. All in all these magnificent roles, in all these departments of human activities, he is alike a hero. English author Thomas Carlyle in his Heroes and Hero Worship, was simply amazed: How one man single handedly, could weld warring tribes and wandering Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two decades.
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