Chapter
1
"And
most certainly, thou (O Muhammad) are of most
sublime and exalted character."1
(The Holy Quran, 68:4)
How
the Topic Arose
About ten years ago, a distant cousin of mine - Mr.
Mohamed Mehtar Farooki2
gave me a typed quotation by the French historian,
Lamartine. The quotation3
purported to prove that Muhammad (pbuh), the prophet
of Islam, was the greatest man that ever lived. Mr.
Mehtar was in the habit of passing information on to
me, believing that I might put the same to some good
use at the proper time and place. Before this he had
presented me with "The Call of the
Minaret," an expensive book written by (Bishop
Kenneth Cragg). By analysing this book I
discovered the
masterful deceit of the Christian orientalists.
1.
I urge my Muslim brethren to memorize the verse in
Arabic and its meaning.
2. Mr. Mehtar was for a long time
editor of the Muslim newspaper "The Indian
Views," in South Africa.
3. A detailed exposition of the
quotation will be found on page 38.
Lamartine's
tribute to our prophet inspired me and I had a great
desire to share his thoughts about our Nabee with my
Muslim brethren. The opportunity to do so was
not long in coming.
I
received a phone call from the Muslim community in
Dannhauser, a small town in Northern Natal,, who
were
organising a birthday celebration of the Holy
Prophet. They
invited me to give a lecture on that auspicious
occasion. So I
deemed it an honour and a privilege, I readily
agreed.
When they inquired, in view of their advertising
needs, as to
the subject of my lecture, I suggested on the
inspiration
from Lamartine, "Muhammad (pbuh) the
Greatest."
REPEATED
LET-DOWNS
On my arrival in Dannhauser, I noticed a lot of
posters
advertising the meeting which in essence said that
Deedat
would be lecturing on the subject "MUHAMMAD THE
GREAT."
I was somewhat disheartened and, on inquiring was
told that
the change in the title was due to a printer's
error.
Some two months later, I got another, similar
invitation.
This time from the Muslim community of Pretoria the
administrative capital of South Africa. The
subject I had
mooted was the same - "Muhammad (pbuh) the
Greatest."
To my dismay the topic was again changed to
"MUHAMMAD
THE GREAT." Identical reasons and excuses were
given. Both
these incidences happened in South Africa,
my own country.
But, let me give you one more example of our
inferiority
complex - so much part of the sickness of the Ummah.
USA
NO DIFFERENT
On my lecture tour of the mighty United States in
1977,
1 discovered that our soldiers in the New World also
had
feet of clay. Out of the many sad experiences
I have had, I
think that this one will suffice to prove the point.
The
Muslims of Indianapolis were advised to organise a
lecture for me on the subject "What the
Bible says about
Muhammad (pbuh)".1
T'hey agreed to advertise just that,
but their timidity did not permit them to do
so. They
thought the topic was too provocative, so
they, in their
wisdom (?), toned it down to "A PROPHET
IN THE BIBLE." A
lifeless, insipid title you will no doubt
agree. Which Hindu,
Muslim, Christian or Jew would be intrigued to
attend? What
does "A PROPHET" mean? To most
A PROPHET means ANY
PROPHET, and who would be interested in
attending a
meeting where just any prophet in the Bible
was debated?
Job, Joel, Jonah, Ezra, Elisha, Ezekiel are
just a few of the
many mentioned in the Bible. As was to
be expected the
attendance left much to be desired.
INFERIORITY
COMPLEX
What is the cause of this sickness? This
inferiority
complex? "Yes!" We are an
emasculated people. Dynamism
has been wringed out of us, not only by our enemies
but
by our own spiritless friends. We even dare
not repeat
Allah's Own testimony regarding his beloved -
And
Most Certainly,
Thou (O Muhammad)
Are of most sublime
And Exalted Character.
Holy Quran 68:4 2
THE
MOST INFLUENTIAL
Normally, it is quite, natural for anyone to love,
praise,
idolize or hero-worship ones leader, be it a guru,
saint or
prophet: and very often we do.
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However,
if I were to reproduce here1
what great
Muslims have said or written about our illustrious
prophet, it
could be played down as exaggeration, fancy or
idolization
by the sceptics and the opponents of Islam.
Therefore, allow
me to quote unbiased historians, friendly critics
and even
avowed enemies of that mighty Messenger of God -
Muhammad (pbuh). If the tributes of the
non-Muslims do
not touch your hearts, then you are in the wrong
faith. Opt
out of Islam! There is already too much
deadwood on the
"ship" of Islam.
In recent times, a book has been published in
America
titled "The 100," or the Top
One Hundred, or the Greatest
Hundred in History. A certain Michael H. Hart,
described as a
historian, mathematician and astronomer has written
this
novel book. He has searched history, seeking
for men who
had the greatest influence on mankind. In this
book he
gives us The hundred most influential men, including
Asoka,
Aristotle, Buddha, Confucius, Hitler, Plato, and
Zoroaster. He
does not give us a mere chart of the topmost "one
hundred" from the point of view of their
influence on
people, but he evaluates the degree of their
influence and
rates them in order of their excellence from No. 1,
through
to No. 100. He gives us his reasons for the
placing of his
candidates. We are not asked to agree with
him, but we
cannot help admire the man's research and honesty.
The most amazing thing about his selection is that
he
has put our Nabee-e-Kareem, the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
(pbuh) as No. 1, 2
the first of his "100!" Thus confirming,
unknowingly, God's Own testimony in His Final
Revelation to
the World:
1.
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end of this book.
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Hart, we have just reproduced the whole chapter on
Muhammad (pbuh) from the "Top 100".
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MOST
CERTAINLY, YOU HAVE
IN THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH 1
AN EXCELLENT PATTERN (OF BEHAVIOUR)
Holy
Quran 33:21
JESUS
(PBUH) No. 3!
Hart placing the Prophet of Islam as No. 1, has
naturally
pleased the Muslims. But his choice has
shocked the
Non-Muslims, more specially the Jews and the
Christians,
who consider this as an affront. What?
Jesus (pbuh) No. 3 and
Moses (pbuh) No. 40! This is for them very difficult
to stomach,
but what says Hart? Let us hear his arguments
-
SINCE THERE ARE ROUGHLY TWICE2
AS MANY
CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD, IT MAY INITIALLY
SEEM STRANGE THAT MUHAMMAD HAS BEEN
RANKED HIGHER THAN JESUS. THERE ARE TWO
PRINCIPAL REASONS FOR THAT DECISION.
FIRST,
MUHAMMAD PLAYED A FAR MORE
IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
ISLAM THAN JESUS DID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
CHRISTIANITY.
ALTHOUGH JESUS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
MAIN ETHICAL AND MORAL PRECEPTS OF
CHRISTIANITY (INSOFAR AS THESE DIFFERED FROM
JUDAISM), ST. PAUL WAS THE MAIN DEVELOPER
OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY, ITS PRINCIPAL
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2. The latest estimate
is that there are one thousand million Muslims in
the world and
one thousand two hundred million Christians.
PROSELYTIZER,
AND THE AUTHOR OF A LARGE
PORTION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
MUHAMMAD,
HOWEVER, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
BOTH THE THEOLOGY OF ISLAM AND ITS MAIN
ETHICAL AND MORAL PRINCIPLES.
IN
ADDITION, HE PLAYED THE KEY ROLE IN
PROSELYTIZING THE NEW FAITH, AND IN
ESTABLISHING THE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF
ISLAM.
Michael H. Hart in his book - "THE
100"-pages 38/39
PAUL
THE FOUNDER OF CHRISTIANITY
According to Hart, the honor for founding
Christianity
is to be shared between Jesus (pbuh) and St. Paul.
The latter
he believes to be the real founder of Christianity.
I
cannot help agreeing with Hart. Out of the
total of 27
Books of the New Testament, more than half is
authored by
Paul. As opposed to Paul, the Master has not
written a single
word of the twenty-seven books. If you can lay
your hands
on what is called "'A Red Letter Bible,"
you will find every
word alleged to have been uttered by Jesus (pbuh) -
in
red ink and the rest in normal black ink.
Don't be shocked
to find that in this so called "Injeel,"
the Gospel of Jesus,
over ninety percent of the 27 Books of the New
Testament
is printed in black ink!
This
is the candid Christian confession on what they call
the "Injeel." In actual any
confrontation with Christian
missionaries, you will find them quoting one
hundred
percent from Paul.
NO ONE FOLLOWS JESUS (PBUH)
Jesus (pbuh) said,
"If you love me, keep my commandments."
(John 14:15)
He
said further,
Whosoever therefore shall break one of
these least commandments, and shall
teach men so, he shall be called the
least in the kingdom of heaven . . ."
(matthew 5:19)
Every Christian controversialist you question,
"Do you
keep the laws and the commandments?" will
answer, "No!"
If you ask further, "Why don't you?" He
will if he is a Bible-
thumper, invariably reply, "The law is nailed
to the cross!"
Meaning the law is done away with. "We
are now living
under grace!"
Every
time you prod him with what his Lord and Master
(pbuh) had said, he will confront you with something
from
Cornithians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, etc.
If you ask,
"Who are they?" You will hear, 'Paul,
Paul, Paul!" "Who is
your master?" you question, and he will say,
"Jesus!" But he
will ever and anon contradict his own Jesus (pbuh)
by his
Paul!
No learned Christian will ever dispute the fact that
the
real founder of Christianity is St. Paul.
Therefore, Michael H.
Hart to be fair, had to place Jesus (pbuh), in
slot number
three.
WHY
PROVOKE YOUR CUSTOMER?
This placing of Christ in
the number three spot by
Michael H. Hart poses a very serious question for
us. Why
would an American publish a book of 572 pages in
America
and selling in America for $15 each, go out of his
way to
provoke his potential readers?
Who
will buy his books? Surely, not the Pakistanis
and
the Bangladeshis, neither the Arabs nor the Turks!
Except for
a
few copies here and there, the overwhelming number
of
his customers will be from the 250 million
Christians and the
6 million Jews of America. Then why did he
provoke his
customers? Did he not hear the dictum - "the
customer is
always right!" Of course he did.
Then why his daring
choice. But before I close this episode of
Hart, I will
allow him to make his one last apology for his
"temerity."
"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 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, p.33.
WHO WERE HISTORY'sS GREAT LEADERS
TIME, JULY 15, 1974
The world famous "Time"1
carried the above rubic on
its front cover. Inside the magazine were
numerous essays as
to 'What makes a great leader?' 'Throughout
history,
who qualifies?' TIME asked a variety of
historians, writers,
military men, businessmen and others for their
selections.
Each gave his candidate according to his
"light" as objec-
tively as is humanly possible, depending on one's
own
awareness and prejudice.
WHO
KNOWS DR. SALAZAR?
It is my habit and pleasurable duty to take
non-Muslims
1.
'Time" We are at loggerheads with
this magazine. Believe it or not; they have
spurned our paid advertisement as shown on page 64.
The words "FUTURE WORLD
CONSTITUTION" was referred back to us in their
correspondence as "The Future World
CONFRONTATION."
on
a guided tour1
of the largest mosque in the Southern
Hemisphere - "The Jumma Masjid"
Durban.
On
one occasion I was hosting a Portuguese couple, a
husband and wife team. At some stage during
the discussion
the Portuguese gentleman said that "Dr.
Salazar was the
greatest man in the world!" I did not
debate the point
with him as I personally knew little about Dr.
Salazar except
that he was a one time dictator of Portugal albeit
to many a
great benefactor to his nation. My poor
visitor was, however,
speaking according to his own knowledge, point of
view
and prejudice.
MUHAMMAD (PBUH) CAN NOT BE IGNORED!
Among the
contributors to the "Time," it
seems that
none could ignore Muhammad (pbuh).
WILLIAM McNEILL, a United States historian,
of the Uni-
versity of Chicago, records:
"IF YOU MEASURE LEADERSHIP BY IMPACT, THEN
YOU WOULD HAVE TO NAME JESUS, BUDDHA,
MOHAMMED, CONFUCIUS, THE GREAT PROPHETS
OF THE WORLD ..."
McNeill
does not go into details, nor does he give us
any explanation as to why he placed Jesus (pbuh)
first and
Muhammad (pbuh) number three. Perhaps it was
by force
of habit. It is very likely that McNeill is a
Christian. However,
we will not argue with him. Then comes -
JAMES
GAVIN, described as a United States army man, a
retired lieutenant general. He says -
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"AMONG
LEADERS WHO HAVE MADE THE
GREATEST IMPACT THROUGH AGES, I WOULD
CONSIDER MOHAMMED, JESUS CHRIST, MAYBE
LENIN, POSSIBLY MAO. AS FOR A LEADER WHOSE
QUALITIES WE COULD MOST USE NOW, I WOULD
CHOOSE JOHN F. KENNEDY."
The
General does not say much more, yet we have to
salute him. It calls for tremendous fortitude
to pen the name
Muhammad before that of Christ (peace be upon them
both). It surely, was no slip of the pen.
JULES
MASSERMAN,
United States psychoanalyst and
professor of the Chicago University, gives us,
unlike the
other contributors, the basis for making his
selection. He
gives us his reason for choosing his greatest LEADER
of all
times.
He wants us to find out, what we are really looking
for
in the man, the qualities that sets him apart.
We may be
looking for any sets of qualities. As in the
case of Michael H.
Hart, he was looking for a person wielding the MOST
Influence.1
However,
Masserman does not want us to depend on
our fancies or prejudices: he wants to establish
objective
standards for judging, before we confer greatness
upon
anybody.
He says that "Leaders must fulfil three
functions--"
No. 1 THE LEADER MUST
PROVIDE FOR THE
WELL-BEING OF THE LEAD ...
1.
Since Hart published his 'TOP 100' many people have
published books with the same theme. '100
GREAT GOLFERS." or "100 GREAT
BATSMEN." Many more will no doubt follow.
The
leader, whoever he is, must be interested in your
welfare. He must not be looking for milking
cows for his
own greed like the Rev. Jim Jones of
Jonestown, Guyana, of
the "Suicide Cult" fame. You will
remember him as the
man who committed suicide together with 910 of his
followers, all at the same time EN MASSE!
The United States Government was on his trail and he
was on the verge of being caught for certain
felonies. But
before they could apprehend him, he thought it wise
to
eliminate himself, together with all his followers,
so that no
one would be left to testify against him. He
laced lemonade
with cynide and inspired his devotees to drink it,
and so
they did and they all died in disgrace! In the
meantime, it
was discovered that the Rev. Jim Jones had
salted away
fifteen million dollars and stacked it in his own
account in banks
throughout the world. All his victims were his
milking cows
and he was exploiting them to satisfy his own lust
and
greed. Masserman's hero must be found to
benefit his
sheep, his flock, and not himself
No.
2 THE LEADER OR WOULD BE LEADER MUST
PROVIDE A SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN
WHICH PEOPLE FEEL RELATIVELY SECURE ...
Unlike
the Marxist, the Facist, the Nazi, the Neo-Nazi
the Ashkenazi,l
the Zionist, and their fellow-travellers,
Professor Masserman, in his brief essay in the TIME
magazine,
did not spell this out. But his beliefs and
feelings are
abundantly clear. He is in search of a Leader
who will
provide a social order free of self, and greed and
racism: for
all these "isms" carry within them the
seeds of their
own destruction.
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Europe and Eastern Europe, mostly from Russia who
are in unlawful occupation of Palestine. There
is something prophetic in the name itself - the Jews
are doing to the people of the occupied territories
exactly what the Nazis did to them. What an
irony!
There's
still with us much sorrow and sin,
Injustice, Oppression, wrong and hate.
Still does Arrogance deaden Conscience
Rob struggling souls of e'en the crumbs
Of Pity, and make, of loathsome flesh
And crumbling dust, fair-seeming Idols
For worship. Still does Ignorance blow
A mighty Horn and try to shame
True Wisdom. Still do men drive Slaves, - -
Protesting smoothly the end of Slavery!
Still does Greed devour the substance
Of helpless ones within her power.
Nay, more, - - the fine Individual Voice
Is smothered in the raucous din
Of groups and Crowds that madly shout
What they call Slogans New, - -
Old Falsehoods long discredited ...
Abdullah
Yusuf Ali
No. 3 THAT THIS LEADER MUST PROVIDE HIS
PEOPLE WITH ONE SET OF BELIEFS ...
It
is easy to talk of the Fellowship of Faith and
the
Brotherhood of Man, but in South Africa today,
there are a
thousand different sects and denominations among the
Whites (people of European descent) and three
thousand
among the Blacks (of African descent).
The
White Churches in my country are Spawning
"Black"
Bishops, fast, but in the first three hundred years
of
European conquest, they did not produce a single
Black
Bishop. Even now, the Black, the White, the
Coloured and
the Indian cannot pray together in most of the Dutch
Reformed Churches. The hatred between the
Christian sects
was aptly described by the Christian Emperor Julian,
who
said:
"NO
WILD BEASTS ARE SO HOSTILE TO MAN AS
CHRISTIAN SECTS IN GENERAL ARE TO ONE
ANOTHER."
Sayed Amir Ali in his "Spirit of lslam,"-
page 1 ii.
With
the foregoing three standards, Masserman searches
history and analyses Louis Pasteur, Salk, Gandhi,
Confucius,
Alexander the Great, Caesar, Hitler, Buddha, Jesus
and the
rest;1
finally coming to the conclusion that -
PERHAPS
THE GREATEST LEADER OF ALL TIMES
WAS MUHAMMED, WHO COMBINED ALL THREE
FUNCTIONS. (and) TO A LESSER DEGREE, MOSES
DID THE SAME
We cannot help marvelling at Masserman, that as a
Jew
he condescends to scrutinize even Adolf
Hitler, the arch-
enemy of his people. He considers Hitler
to be a great
leader. His race, the mighty German
nation of 90 million
people, was ready to march to destiny or
destruction at his
behest. Alas, he lead them to ruin.
Hitler is not the question. The question is why
would
Masserman, as an American Jew, a
paid servant of the
Government proclaim to his countrymen of over
two hun-
dred million Jews and Christians that not
Jesus, not Moses
but Muhummed 2
was "The greatest Leader of all
times!" ACCOUNT FOR THAT!
WHAT
SAY THE SCEPTICS?
Michael H. Hart put Muhammad No. 1 on his list and
his own Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (pbuh)
No. 3.
Why?
-"He was bribed!"(?)
1.
For Masserman's full essay see Appendix
"C" on page 63.
2. Blessings of God on all His
Messengers.
William
McNeill considers Muhammad as worthy of
honour in his list of the first three names of his.
Why? "He was bribed!" (?)
James Gavin puts Muhammad (pbuh) before Christ
(pbuh). Why? "He was bribed!"
(?)
James Masserman adjudges Muhammad (pbuh) No. 1
and his own hero Moses (pbuh) a close second.
Why? "He was bribed!" (?)
"ARE
WE TO SUPPOSE THAT ALL THE GLOWING
ADULATION OF MUHAMMAD (PBUH) WAS A
MISERABLE PIECE OF INTELLECTUAL LEGERDEMAIN,
HOCUS POCUS . . . I, FOR MY PART, CANNOT
FORM ANY SUCH SUPPOSITION ... ONE WOULD
BE ENTIRELY AT A LOSS WHAT TO THINK OF
MANKIND AT ALL IF QUACKERY SO GREW AND
FLOURISHED IN THE WORLD."1
Yet the scoffers bemoan anyone who has anything good
to say about Muhammad (pbuh) or Islam AS HAVING BEEN
BRIBED by the Arabs! They are giving too much credit
to my
bretheren. I repeat: "It is possible,
but it is improbable!"
During
the Second World War, Norway produced only
one "Quisling."2
He was tried for treason and executed. It
is unlikely that America and the Western world have
just
reached puberty to spawn a breed of Quislings
nurtured by
hot petrodollars from the Middle East. Please
do not
demean your honest, courageous men, who without fear
or
favour are prepared to suffer obloquy for their
convictions.
We must all admire them!
1.
With apologies to Thomas Carlyle and his -"Hero
and Hero-worship."
2. "Quisling" has
come to mean a person who is a traitor to his nation
and his country.
We
can now justifiably conclude that the God of Mercy,
Who forever recognises the sincere efforts of His
servants, is
only fulfilling His Promise to Muhammad (pbuh), His
Chosen
Messenger -
AND
HAVE WE NOT RAISED HIGH
THE ESTEEM (IN WHICH) THOU
(ARE HELD)? Hoiy Quran 94:4
Alternative
renderings: 1
(a)
Have We not exalted thy fame?
(b) And have We not raised thy name for thee?(c)
Have We not given you high renown?
Friends
and foes alike, as if by some secret
compulsion
are made to pay unsolicited tributes to this mighty
Messen-
ger of God. But the Almighty commandeers even
the devil
into His service, as He had done in the time of
Jesus (pbuh),
(Matthew 4:1 -11). Even the devil sometimes
speaks Gospel
truths.
Professor K.S. Ramakrishna Rao, a Hindu philosopher
in
his book "MUHUMMED - The Prophet of lslam",2
quotes the arch-devil himself, yes, Adolf Hitler, to
prove the
unique greatness of Muhammad (pbuh).
The Professor, like Jules Masserman who had
evaluated
the Prophet of Islam on three grounds (see
appendix "C"
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on
page 63) also saw in Hitler's "Mein
Kamp!" a three-
faceted jewel, a rare commodity which he found in
our
hero under discussion. Quoting Hitler, he
says:
"A
GREAT THEORIST IS SELDOM A GREAT LEADER.
AN AGITATOR IS FAR MORE LIKELY TO POSSESS
THESE QUALITIES. HE WILL ALWAYS BE A BETTER
LEADER. FOR, LEADERSHIP MEANS THE ABILITY TO
MOVE MASSES OF MEN. THE TALENT TO PRO-
DUCE IDEAS HAS NOTHING IN COMMON WITH
THE CAPACITY FOR LEADERSHIP." HITLER CON-
TINUES, "THE UNION OF THE THEORIST,
ORGANISER, AND LEADER IN ONE MAN IS
THE
RAREST PHENOMENON ON THIS EARTH; THEREIN
CONSISTS GREATNESS." PROFESSOR RAO CON-
CLUDES, IN HIS OWN WORDS, "IN THE PERSON
OF THE PROPHET OF ISLAM THE WORLD HAS
SEEN THIS RAREST PHENOMENON ON EARTH,
WALKING IN FLESH AND BLOOD."
SHARE
THE ANGER
Before anyone assails the
Professor of undue bias and
"bribery," let me give them a few more
names of admirers
of Muhammad (pbuh).
1.
"MUHUMMAD WAS THE SOUL OF KINDNESS,
AND HIS INFLUENCE WAS FELT AND NEVER
FORGOTTEN BY THOSE AROUND HIM."
A
Hindu scholar - Diwan Chand Sharma in his
"The Prophets of the East,"
Calcutta 1935, p. 122.
2.
"FOUR YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF JUSTINIAN,
A.D. 569, WAS BORN AT MAKKAH, IN ARABIA
THE MAN WHO, OF ALL MEN EXERCISED THE
GREATEST
INFLUENCE1
UPON THE HUMAN
RACE ... MOHAMMED ..."
John
William Draper, M.D., LLD., in his "A
History of the
lntellectual Development of Europe",-
London 1875.
3.
"I DOUBT WHETHER ANY MAN WHOSE
EXTERNAL CONDITIONS CHANGED SO MUCH
EVER CHANGED HIMSELF LESS TO MEET THEM."
R.
V. C. Bodley in
"The
Messenger,"- London 1946, p.9.
4.
"I HAVE STUDIED HIM - THE WONDERFUL
MAN - AND IN MY OPINION FAR FROM
BEING AN ANTI-CHRIST, HE MUST BE CALLED
THE SAVIOUR OF HUMANITY."
George
Bernard Shaw, in
"The Genuine Islam,- Vol. 1, No. 81936.
5.
"BY A FORTUNE ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE IN HIS-
TORY, MOHAMMED IS A THREEFOLD FOUNDER
OF A NATION, OF AN EMPIRE, AND OF A
RELIGION."
R.
Bosworth-Smith in
"Mohammed and Mohammedanism".- 1946.
6.
"MOHAMMED WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF
ALL RELIGIOUS PERSONALITIES."
Encyclopedia
Britannica, 11th Edition
1.
I wonder whether Michael H. Hart, as a
historian, had stumbled across Draper's remark
to inspire him to write his "THE 100"-
a ranking of the Most Influential Persons in
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