إجازة الشيخ أحمد بن محمد بن أحمد لبن بقراءة الإمام عاصم

Muhammad (sws) Truly Is the Prophet of Allah

Evidence, proofs and miracles that witness to the prophecy of Muhammad (sws) and testify that he is the last of all prophets and messengers

Compiled by:

Muhammad Al-Sayed Muhammad
Table of Contents

Introduction

All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, the Originator of the darkness and the light.

I bear witness that nothing is worthy of worship but Allah, Who is Alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad (sws, salla Allahu `alaihi wa sallam: may the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) is His slave and prophet.

Oh Allah, let your peace be upon Muhammad (sws), the final prophet and messenger, his family, his companions and all those who followed him and upheld his traditions until the Day of Judgment.

Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, defends his prophets and preserves their position amongst all creation, whether in the present life or after their death.

Allah Almighty singled out His prophet, Muhammad (sws), with special protection, due to the severe oppression he suffered during his call to Islam and also due to the slander and accusations which continue to proceed from every misleading and misled group as it aims to defame Islam, the religion which Allah has elected to be the correct belief for the whole of mankind.

Allah honored His prophet, Muhammad (sws), and raised him above all mankind by distinguishing him with outstanding moral features which could not have been found in any other human being.

This research has compiled evidence, proofs, verses, signs and miracles (including the miraculous nature of the Quran) which combine to prove the prophecy of Muhammad (sws).

Many brilliant scholars have studied this evidence (some of which is scientific), and become convinced of the Message of Muhammad (sws) and the trustworthiness of the Quran and Hadith (the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad, sws).

And the search is not over.

With the progress of science, we may continue to discover more and more undeniable truths which have already been referenced in the Quran and Hadith.

Yet, the fact that the Quran offered such detailed and accurate descriptions over 1400 years ago, when no one could possibly have had such precise knowledge, has made many knowledgeable people certain that the Quran is indeed a book from God (Allah), and that Muhammad (sws), who delivered these amazingly accurate statements, is a prophet sent by God (Allah).

This research presents testimony, in the form of statements, admissions and declarations, offered by prominent scholars and scientists, all of whom witnessed that Muhammad (sws) is the prophet of Allah.

It also examines quotations from the previous Divine scriptures, the Torah and the Gospels, which prove the prophecy of Muhammad (sws).

This research provides a description of the morality of the Prophet Muhammad (sws): his character, behavior and way of thinking.

This research has been composed and collected from many Islamic sources, and it ends with a brief exhortation.

I ask Allah Almighty to accept this effort and all our good deeds. Allah says in the Quran:

بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ

This means, {Nay, we fling (send down) the truth (this Koran) against falsehood (disbelief), so it destroys it, and then falsehood is vanquished.} [Al-Anbiya 21:18]
The Message of Muhammad (sws)

It has always been Allah's Way to send His messengers when the world is in need of them, and when people have strayed from the correct path that will connect them to Allah.

Allah sends messengers when people have become corrupt, when they differ in opinion and quarrel, and when they are in need of a law to reform their beliefs and connect people with one another in harmonic and intimate unity.

Only at that point would people be properly able to thank their God for the blessings He granted them, for sending them a prophet with pure beliefs, noble morals and a straight-forward system of legislation, based on truth, virtue and justice.

Allah says:

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِداً وَمُبَشِّراً وَنَذِيراً وَدَاعِياً إِلَى اللَّهِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَسِرَاجاً مُنِيراً

It means, {O Prophet! Lo! We have sent thee as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a Warner, and as one who invites to Allah (grace) by His leave, and as a lamp spreading light.} [Al-Ahzab 33: 45-46]

And He says:

يَأْمُرُهُم بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَاهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَائِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ إِصْرَهُمْ وَالأَغْلالَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ

It means, {He will enjoin on them that which is right and forbid them that which is wrong.

He will make lawful for them all good things and prohibit for them only the foul; and he will relieve them of their burden and the fetters that they used to wear.} [Al-A`raf 7: 157]

And He also says:

كَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا فِيكُمْ رَسُولاً مِّنكُمْ يَتْلُو عَلَيْكُمْ آيَاتِنَا وَيُزَكِّيكُمْ وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَيُعَلِّمُكُم مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُواْ تَعْلَمُونَ

It means, {Even as We have sent unto you a messenger from among you, who recites unto you Our revelations and causes you to grow, and teaches you the Scripture and wisdom, and teaches you that which ye knew not.} [Al-Baqarah 2: 151]

Evidence to Prove the Prophecy of the Prophet Muhammad (sws)

The First Proof:

The Belief Prophet Muhammad (sws) Brought

To understand the importance of the belief with which the Prophet Muhammad (sws) brought, we must notice the following:

From Allah's Wisdom, the issue of belief was the first issue to be addressed from the very first day of the Prophet's message.

Prophet Muhammad (sws) began his first steps in the call by asking people to testify that there is no god but Allah.

His mission was to allow people to know their God and to worship Him alone.

The proof of this assertion may be found in the following:

A) The countries of Bilad al-Sham (Greater Syria) in the north were ruled by Arab leaders on behalf of the Byzantine Empire, and the countries of Yemen in the south were ruled by Arab leaders on behalf of the Persians, while the Arabs themselves had nothing to rule except the Hijaz and the Najd (the western and eastern-central Arabian Peninsula), which were nothing more than barren desert with fertile oases scattered here and there.

Muhammad (sws) could have stirred up feelings of Arab nationalism if his goal was just to unite Arab tribes eroded by blood-feuds and torn apart by small-scale conflicts. Muhammad (sws) was known as 'The Honest' and 'The Trustworthy' among his people.

Fifteen years earlier, the nobles of Quraysh had chosen him to judge between them concerning the matter of the Black Stone (of the Ka?ba) and they accepted his judgment.

He was from Bani Hashim, the most noble branch of the tribe of Quraysh. He could have united them and directed them to take back their extorted lands from the colonial empires (the Byzantines in the north and the Persians in the south) and raised the flag of Arab identity and nationalism.

He could have established a strong unity over the whole of the Arabian Peninsula.

Had he done that, all Arabs would (more than likely) have responded to his call, instead of suffering for 13 years in the opposite direction to reform the belief of the Arabs, then others, and ultimately, the whole of mankind.

It could be said that, after the Arabs responded to Muhammad (sws) and he had assumed the position of leader and consolidated power and glory in his hand, he would have been in a position to use this influence to establish the belief of pure Islamic monotheism with which Allah had sent him, but Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, the All-Knowing and Wise, did not direct His messenger to do that.

He instructed him to come out openly with the truth that "there is no god but Allah" and, with the few who would respond to him, to bear a great amount of suffering. But why?

It is not that Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, wanted His prophet and the believers to suffer; rather, it was that He knew that would not be the way.

The point was not just to rid the world of Byzantine or Persian rule and turn it over to the Arabs.

The world belongs to Allah, and it must be made only for Allah.

And the world will not be made only for Allah until the flag of 'La ilaha illa Allah' has been raised so that no one has power over anyone but Allah, for all power belongs to Allah and there is no law but that of Allah.

The only nationality Islam wants for people is the nationality based on the creed that declares Arab equal to Byzantine, Persian and any other ethnic or cultural group under the banner of 'La ilaha illa Allah' (There is no true god but Allah).

Take, for example, Salman al-Farisi, named thus because he was from Persia (Furs), Sohaib al-Rumi, from the Byzantine Empire (Rum), and Bilal al-Habashi from Abyssinia (Habashah; currently Ethiopia).

All of them were companions of Prophet Muhammad (sws).

B) When Muhammad (sws) was sent with the religion of Islam, Arab society was in the worst possible condition in terms of the distribution of wealth and justice.

A small proportion of the population had money and businesses, multiplying their wealth and trade through usury, while a large proportion owned nothing but austerity and hunger.

Those who possessed fortunes also possessed honor and status, while the vast majority suffered the lack of either wealth or dignity.

Muhammad (sws) could have begun his call by raising the flag of social justice, waging war against the social elite.

He could have started a movement for social reform, giving the wealth of the rich to the poor.

Had he done that, Arab society would (more than likely) have been divided into two: the vast majority with the new call, standing in the face of the tyranny of wealth and status, instead of standing as a society united in defense of 'La ilaha illa Allah' (There is no true god but Allah)—a message which was not raised high at the time, except by a few singular individuals.

It could be said that, after many people had responded to Muhammad (sws), chosen him as their leader, overcome the privileged minority and thereby made them compliant, he would have been in a position to use his influence and power to impose the belief of monotheism with which his Lord had sent him.

But Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, the All-Knowing and Wise, did not direct His messenger to do that.

He knew that would not be the way.

He knew that social justice must emanate from society through a comprehensive belief system that refers all its affairs to Allah and that is content to voluntarily accept the justice of the distribution ordained by Allah.

Only through the integration of society as a whole can satisfaction grow in the hearts of both giver and taker, making it possible to implement a system pleasing to Allah—a system which, when obeyed, would nourish hope for everything good in this world and the Next.

Hearts would no longer be filled with greed and hatred, matters would not be settled by sword or stick, intimidation or violence, and hearts would not become completely corrupt and suffocate the soul, as was the case in systems based on anything other than Allah.

C) When Muhammad (sws) was sent, the level of morality in the Arabian Peninsula was at its worst in so many ways, despite the simple virtues of the desert nomads.

Oppression was widespread, wine and gambling were basic cultural institutions and a source of pride, and prostitution in its various guises was one of the distinctive features of society.

Muhammad (sws) could have begun his mission with a call for reform - redefining a sense of morality, restoring a base of purity, cleansing souls and reestablishing a set of checks and balances.

He found (as does any moral reformer in any environment) that he could find good people being harmed by such filth, and their innate dignity and self-respect leads them to respond to the call of reform and purification.

Perhaps someone would say: if Muhammad (sws) had done that, and a good majority responded to him from the beginning, they would have reformed their morals and purified their souls and gotten closer to accepting the correct belief and supporting it rather than provoking opposition to the call of 'La ilaha illa Allah' (There is no true god but Allah) from the outset.

Yet Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, the All-Knowing and Wise, did not instruct His messenger (sws) to proceed in that direction.

Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, knew that was not the way.

He knew that morality cannot be built on a foundation other than belief—a belief that sets the standards, decides the values and establishes the power to stabilize the checks and balances.

Until such a belief has been settled, all values and the morals they are based on would remain in a state of instability, without restriction, authority or consequence.

When this belief has been established with great effort, and authority rests upon it, when people know their Lord and worship Him Alone, they are set free both from being controlled by their fellow slaves and from being controlled by their own passions.

When 'La ilaha illa Allah' has taken root in their hearts, Allah builds with it and its people everything anyone could suggest.

The earth was cleansed of the Byzantines and Persians, not to solidify the authority of the Arabs, but to establish the Authority of Allah Almighty.

Society was completed cleansed of social injustice. The Islamic system began to judge by Allah's standards, weigh with Allah's scales and raise the banner of social justice in the Name of Allah Alone.

It is called, simply: the banner of Islam; no other name is connected with it. Written on it is: 'La ilaha illa Allah' (There is no true god but Allah).

Souls and morals were purified, and hearts and minds were cleansed because the sense of being watched took root in the people's consciences.

They focused their ambitions on pleasing Allah, they hoped for reward from Him, they felt ashamed to displease Him, and they feared His anger and punishment. All of this came to pass as a result of supervision and consequences.

Humanity was elevated in social organization, in morality and in all aspects of life - elevated to towering heights that have never been reached before and which have never been reached since, except under the auspices of Islam, and the Prophet (sws) and his companions are the proof of that.

Herein above, we have made clear the importance of belief. Belief is the foundation.

Whoever has correct belief in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day and Preordination, keeps his acts of worship and interactions in accordance with Sharia, and makes his intentions purely for Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, his religion is sound and his deeds will be accepted.

Whoever lets his belief be corrupted (for that is the foundation), his religion is corrupt and his deeds will be null and void (even if they were good).

They will not be accepted, and he will not benefit from them in the Hereafter.

Let us meditate on the belief with which Muhammad (sws) came-the belief that was the cause for Muslims to rise above, for the people who accepted Islam as a religion, who embraced it, acted upon its instructions and held fast to the Book Allah sent down upon His Messenger (sws).

Prophet Muhammad (sws) called to the belief in and worship of one God. He made people get to know their God and asked them to worship Him alone.

He let people learn about their Lord Who created them, formed them out of nothingness and provided them with sustenance, and he renounced the existence of any partner or equal to Him.

He called those who denied the existence of Allah Almighty to believe in the founder of this perfectly-formed universe. He called them to believe in Allah, the Glorious and Exalted.

He called them to fight those who worship idols, for idols can neither benefit nor harm, yet despite that fact, the Arabs and others used to worship them instead of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.

He called them to combat the worship of anything other than Allah.

The Arabs and others worshipped stone, the Persians worshipped fire, and the Jews took their scribes and rabbis as lords beside Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.

They made lawful that which Allah forbade, and forbidden, that which Allah made lawful, and they followed them.

The Christians worshipped a human being: Jesus, the Messiah, a creature who eats, drinks, sleeps and does everything else other human beings do.

Yet, despite that, they worship him beside Allah.

Muhammad (sws) called to the worship of Allah alone, and he denied any flaws or characteristics of incompleteness attributed to Him by men.

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We should notice that the environment in which the Prophet (sws) lived was teeming with blasphemous lies about the Creator, may He be glorified and exalted. And the following is proof:

A) The Arabs said awful things about Allah: that He created the angels in female form and that the angels are Allah's daughters, may He be glorified and exalted above such unbefitting charges.

B) The Jews also said blasphemous things about Allah.

They said that Uzayr (Ezra, the prophet) is the son of Allah, may Allah be glorified and exalted above that which they say.

They took their rabbis as lords beside Allah.

Their rabbis fabricated lies about Him, made lawful that which He had prohibited and prohibited that which He had made lawful, and the Jews followed their rabbis in that.

They made changes to their scriptures, denied their prophets and even killed them.

They denied Allah's slave and messenger, the Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, (peace be upon him), despite the evidence of his miraculous birth, the miracle when he spoke from the cradle and the miracles Allah supported him with after that.

They cursed him and spoke badly of his honor.

They ascribed to his mother, the Virgin Mary, that which the tongue is too shy to mention, accusing her of fornication, though she was a devout worshipper, an ascetic, and a pious, virtuous young woman.

Her Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, supported her with a miracle when her son was born: as a newborn baby, the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, spoke in the cradle.

He was likewise granted other miracles thereafter, yet this dissolute nation charged Jesus with performing magic.

They claimed he was a magician, the son of a prostitute, and accused his mother of being a whore.

They accused Lot (a prophet and the cousin of a prophet, Abraham, peace be upon them both) of copulating with both of his daughters and getting them pregnant while he was drunk on alcohol.

They called Solomon (peace be upon him) a magician king and his father an annointed king.

They claimed that Joseph (peace be upon him) unfastened the waistband of his pants and the waistband of his master's wife's pants and that he sat with her as a man does with his wife, when the wall opened up and he saw his father, Jacob, biting his nails in dread.

They claim that he did not get up until the Angel Gabriel (peace be upon him) descended and said, "Oh Joseph, how can you be an adulterer and be counted before Allah as one of the prophets?" Only at this point, according to their claim, did Joseph get up and leave.

This is what they say, and there are many more examples of their blasphemous statements and false accusations.

Indeed the Jews only dared to make such blasphemous claims because of their impatience with humiliation and enslavement. They accused the Prophet Muhammad (sws) of lying, they fought him and tried to kill him, but Allah Almighty protected him and His religion.

Yet despite all these lies, they describe themselves as clusters of grapes, while the rest of mankind is the thorns surrounding these clusters.

This is merely a product of their ignorance and insolence, for to take care of grapes, thorns need only be placed at the tops of the walls for protection.

Amongst all the peoples of the world, we see that the Jews have suffered at the hands of men and have forever been humiliated by other nations.

Their position among nations is trivial, as is the way people treat thorns.

The Christians say terrible things about Allah as well. Among them, there are those who say that Jesus is Allah, there are those who say that Jesus is the son of Allah, and there are those who say that Allah is the third of three, and may Allah be glorified and exalted above that which they claim.

They say that Allah, the Glorified and Exalted, has taken a son though this is a charge of defect or incompleteness.

Indeed, it would not be befitting for Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, to take a son, for He has no need of a son.

Allah Almighty says:

وَقَالُواْ اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ وَلَدًا سُبْحَانَهُ بَل لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ كُلٌّ لَّهُ قَانِتُونَ

It means, {And they say: Allah has taken unto Himself a son. Be He glorified. Nay, but whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth is His. All are subservient unto Him.} [Al-Baqarah 2: 116]

And He says:

مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍ سُبْحَانَهُ إِذَا قَضَى أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ

It means, {It befits not (the Majesty of) Allah that He should beget a son (this refers to the slander of Christians against Allah, by saying that (Jesus) is the son of Allah).

Glorified (and Exalted be He above all that they associate with Him).

When He decrees a thing, He only says to it, "Be!" - And it is.} [Maryam 19: 35]

He also says:

وَقَالُوا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحْمَنُ وَلَدًا * لَقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْئًا إِدًّا * تَكَادُ السَّمَاوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ الأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ الْجِبَالُ هَدًّا * أَن دَعَوْا لِلرَّحْمَنِ وَلَدًا * وَمَا يَنبَغِي لِلرَّحْمَنِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا * إِن كُلُّ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ إِلاَّ آتِي الرَّحْمَنِ عَبْدًا

It means, {And they say: "The Most Beneficent (Allah) has begotten a son (or offspring or children). * Indeed you have brought forth (said) a terrible, evil thing, * whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins, * that they ascribe a son (or offspring or children) to the Most Beneficent (Allah). * But it does not befit the Most Beneficent (Allah) that He should beget a son (or offspring or children). * There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes unto the Most Beneficent (Allah) as a slave. * Verily, He knows each one of them, and has counted them a full counting * and every one of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection (without any helper, or protector or defender).} [Maryam 19: 88-95]

And He says:

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ * اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ * لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ * وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

It means, {Say (oh Muhammad, sws), "He is Allah, the One, * Allah the Self-Sufficient Master whom all creatures need. * He begets not, nor was He begotten. * And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.} [Al-Ikhlas 112: 1-4]

Anyone who would accept one defect in the God he worships - in the God he should honor and magnify, placing His acts above the actions of his fellow human beings or any other creature that Allah has formed from nothingness - would not surprisingly be found accepting other defects in his God and Creator.

In fact, he would be finding fault with the God that he himself worships.

Human beings and other creatures that Allah has brought into existence out of nothingness marry, have babies, multiply, die and are brought to justice at the reckoning.

Then, by the will of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, they either enter Heaven or Hell.

To those who accept that Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, had a human son or that He has a special relationship with them, we say to them in rebuke and denial:

a) Who's to say that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, does not have a son from among the angels or that He does not have a special relationship with them?

They are from the Heavenly Hosts and Allah Almighty created them from light, so they are more noble in creation than human beings who were created from clay.

Who's to say that He has does not also have a son from among the jinn (a parallel creation made of fire) or that He does not have a special relationship with them as well?

This is just to deny the Christians' false claims and blasphemous lies against Allah Almighty.

Jinn are also creatures of Allah Almighty; He created them even before He created human beings.

b) Who's to say that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, did not create anything besides men and jinn that we have no knowledge of?

How do we know that they have not taken third and fourth sons or that Allah Almighty does not have a third or fourth special relationship with them?

We say this merely to refute the Christians' lies and false accusations against Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.

c) Who's to say that Allah has not taken a wife or companion from mankind, the jinn, or any other creature?

We say this just to clarify the things the Christians say about Allah, as well as to censure and rebuke them.

d) What is there to prevent anyone from accepting any of the other attributes and actions that are not befitting of Allah, the Glorious and Exalted - that detract from His Glory and Majesty - when He is his God that he worships and Whom he should defend from fault and glorify above all others?

Once again, I say this merely to rebuke them and refute their blasphemous lies.

e) If Christians believe that Jesus is the son of Allah because he was born with no father, then what do they say about Adam who was created without father or mother? Do we call him a god or the son of a god?

Again, such statements are made only to prove the full impact of that which the Christians say and to rebuke them for it. Allah is far above such tragic accusations.

The evidence to prove the Majesty of Allah is so abundant as to be uncountable.

The Christians' belief in their God is unclear and impure - it is a belief that cannot be accepted by anyone of sound nature or rational mind.

Indeed, they are no different than those who worship cows or anything else. They worship a human being created by Allah Almighty and ascribe Godhead to Him (or part of it, according to their varying denominations) because of the falsehood they have immersed themselves in.

The human they worship is the Messiah, who was carried in the womb of the Virgin Mary - who was most certainly human - for the duration of her pregnancy.

Thus, to refute and censure them, we say:

a) How could the merely human Virgin Mary have carried in her womb a god or the son of God?

b) How can a lower being contain a higher being?

And what is this corrupted, muddied and unclear belief system that no sound mind could ever accept?

c) What if a man married a cow? What if the human nature met and joined with the animal nature?

Would what is born be half human and half cow? Does it make any sense for the divine nature to mix with human nature?

Surely a rational mind and a sound nature could never accept any of these claims, falsehoods and lies.

Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is the Creator who brings form out of nothingness and his attributes are unlike those of His creations.

What could make Him do that when He creates what He wills? And how could the 'son' of God be left to be crucified, killed and humiliated without protecting Himself?

How could God let His 'son' be crucified, killed and humiliated by the Jews who disbelieved and denied Him, under the claim that this would be a cause for the forgiveness of the sins of all human beings, though He Himself was not responsible for their sins?

What could possible make Him do that when He is the Creator Who holds the power to forgive and pardon without the least need for all these stories the Christians have made up?

Does it make any sense that all men and women would be held responsible for their father Adam's disobedience to his Lord, the Mighty and Majestic - the sin of eating from the forbidden tree?

Does it make any sense for the son to bear the sins of the father or even part of them when he has no relation to these sins? Is this the divine wisdom and justice that we must glorify and declare void of any unbefitting attributes?

How strange is that? What grave could hold the God of the heavens and the earth?

Indeed, a rational mind and sound nature could never accept even the least of such lies and blasphemies about Allah, the Creator, Maker, Shaper and Owner.
May Allah be exalted above all of these offensive charges.

Whoever worships cows - or any other created thing - attribute divinity to it.

Falsehood has many faces.

What the Christians say is similar to what the Jews say, similar to what the cow - worshippers say, similar to what the idol worshippers say, and so on.

All of them make partners and equals with Allah.

They are also the same as the atheists who deny the existence of Allah Almighty.

They all disparage and find fault with Him, may He be glorified in His exaltation.

Allah says:

وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَالأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِينِهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

It means, {They made not a just estimate of Allah such as is due to Him, and on the Day of Resurrection the whole of the earth will be grasped by His Hand and the heavens will be rolled up in His Right Hand.

Glorified is He, and High is He above all that they associate as partners with Him.} [Al-Zumar 39:67]

And also:

بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ أَنَّى يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُ صَاحِبَةٌ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

It means, {He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have children when He has no wife? He created all things and He is the All-Knower of everything.} [Al-An`aam 6: 101]

{و قل الحمد لله الذى لم يتخذ ولدا و لم يكن له شريك في الملك و لم يكن له ولي من الذل و كبره تكبيرا}

It means, {And say: "All the praises and thanks be to Allah, Who has not begotten a son (nor any offspring) and Who has no partner in (His) Dominion, nor is He low to have a wali (helper, protector, supporter).

And magnify Him with all the magnificence.} [Al-Israa' 17:111]

And He says:

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ * اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ * لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ * وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

It means, {Say (oh Muhammad, sws), "He is Allah, the One, * Allah the Self-Sufficient Master whom all creatures need. * He begets not, nor was He begotten. * And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.} [Al-Ikhlas 112: 1-4]

The Prophet Muhammad (sws) said, that which means, "Allah Almighty says, 'Man has lied about Me, though he mustn't do so, and he has insulted Me, though he mustn't do so.

His lie about Me was when he said, "He will not resurrected me as He created me," though the first act of creation is no more difficult for Me than bringing him back.

As for the insult to Me, it was when he said that Allah has a son, though I am the One, the Self-Sufficient Master, who begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him."'" [Related by al-Bukhari]

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The truth is one; there can be no difference over it among clear-headed, sound-minded, reasonable people, and that is the message with which the Prophet Muhammad (sws) was sent: that there is no true god but Allah.

He has never had a son, He has no partner in sovereignty, He has never been lowly and in need of a helper, and He has no supporter, minister, counselor or ally.

He is the Mighty and Majestic, who creates everything, and plans and enables everything by His Leave. He was not begotten nor does He beget and there is absolutely no one equal to Him.

Just as Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, was not begotten, for He is the Alpha—the First before all others, He has not begotten any other.

He is not in need of anyone else, for He is the Omega - the Last, after all others.

May He be glorified and exalted, for there is none like unto Him at all.

The truth is that Jesus (peace be upon him) is Allah's slave and messenger, and he came with the same message as the last and final messenger, Muhammad (sws), without excess or negligence - without the exaggerations of the Christians who ascribed divinity to him and without the neglect of the Jews who insulted and denied him, calling him a magician and the son of a whore.

So, man should use the reason Allah has bestowed him with and let that be a step towards recognizing the greatness and power of his Creator.

He should contemplate the wonders of Allah's work, glorifying and exalting Him above all others.

Jesus (sws) has miracles that witnessed his prophecy like other messengers.

The Negus, the king of Abyssinia (currently Ethiopia) was a Christian.

He embraced Islam after he understood the instructions of Islam.

When Prophet Muhammad (sws) learned that he was a just king, he asked some of the Muslims to immigrate to Abyssinia to protect themselves and their religion from the torture and persecution of Quraish (the chief tribe in Mecca at the time) because of their new faith.

Some of the companions of the Prophet (sws) fled to Abyssinia, but no sooner had Quraish learned of that, than they chose two of their most steadfast and clever men (who both later became Muslims incidentally).

They sent with them rare and curious gifts for the Negus and his counsel so that they would turn the Muslims over to them.

Indeed, Quraish were insulted that the Muslims had found a safe place to escape with their lives and their religion and they were determined to bring them back to their people and their land so that the polytheists might make an example of them.

To make a long story short, after the Negus refused to turn the Muslim immigrants over to them (for he was a just king, an excellent neighbor, and no one was mistreated in his country), the two men tried to turn him against them.

The following day, one of them, whose name was Amr ibn al-'As (he later became a Muslim), said to the Negus, "Oh king, the Muslims say a terrible thing about Jesus, son of Mary."

So the Negus summoned them and asked them what they say about the Messiah.

They were mortified, but they came together and decided to be truthful, no matter the consequences.

When the Negus entered the room and asked them, Ja`far ibn Abi Talib (the cousin of the Prophet, sws) replied, "We say about him that which our prophet (sws) has told us: Jesus is the servant of Allah, His messenger, a spirit created by Him, and His word that He bestowed upon the Virgin Mary."

So the Negus took a stick from the ground and said, "By Allah, Jesus, son of Mary is nothing more than this stick."

His counsel snorted, but he blamed them, saying, "Even if you snort, by Allah!" Then he told the Muslims, "Go, for you are safe with me - and he said the word 'safe' in the language of Abyssinia - whoever bothers you will pay, whoever bothers you will pay.

I would not like to have a mountain of gold if I harm any man among you - and he said the word 'mountain' in the Abyssinian language."

Then he told his retinue, "Give the two men back their gifts, for I have no need of them.

I swear by Allah, Allah did not take a bribe from me when He returned my kingdom to me so that I might take bribes concerning Him, and the people have not obeyed me so that I might obey them concerning Him."

Umm Salamah, who was one of the immigrants and the narrator of this story, said, "So both `Amr ibn al-`As and Abdullah ibn Rabi`ah, who were, as we mentioned, still polytheists at that time, left the Negus in shame and disgrace, having their gifts returned to them, and we stayed with him in the best home, with the best neighbor." [from the book, Al-Raheeq al-Makhtum]

Thus, the information with which Muhammad (sws) was sent concerning Jesus, son of Mary (peace be upon him) - that he was Allah's servant and His messenger, chosen by Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, to deliver a message just as other messengers were chosen - this is the path of moderation, without excess or neglect, without the exaggeration of the Christians who ascribed divinity to the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary (or at least partial divinity according to the variances between their misled and misleading denominations).

They differed in their creeds, though they should have been united by one creed. But why would this happen? The answer is that falsehood is many shades of darkness, while the truth is one. Like light, it does not differ because it is clear to the rational mind and the sound nature.

Indeed, Muhammad's message (sws) is the path of moderation, without the ingratitude of the Jews who completely denied the message of the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary. They rejected him, tried to crucify and kill him, and they attempted to disgrace his mother, the Virgin Mary, just as they have soiled the reputation of every prophet sent to them.

In general, the belief with which the last and final messenger, Muhammad (sws), was sent is the correct belief for all people, everywhere, without tormenting the thinking, forcing the mind or wearing out the imagination, for the Arabs and everyone else, be they Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, and so on—from those who worship anything beside Allah or ascribe fault or defect to Him to those who deny the existence of Allah, the Creator and Maker, may He be praised and glorified, whether atheists or anyone else.

That is the correct belief which would be acceptable to any sound mind that wants to know its God - to glorify, honor and worship Him.

Anyone of untampered nature embraces it without any preparation, complication or reason for suspicion.

The belief with which Muhammad (sws) came is a clear belief; it can be accepted and understood without any difficulty or mental gymnastics.

It is the light with which Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, illuminates the darkness and wipes away the blackness of idolatry and disbelief.

The Second Proof:

The Holy Ka? ba - The Ancient House (The Sacred Black Stone in Mecca)

The cleansing of the Ka? ba - the first house (place of worship) appointed for mankind for the worship of Allah Almighty - from the contamination of idol worship:

Allah says,

إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًا وَهُدًى لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

It means, {Verily, the first house (of worship) appointed for mankind was that at Bakkah (name for Mecca), full of blessing, and guidance for Al-'Alamîn (the worlds: mankind and jinn).} [Al-Imran 3-96]

He also says,

وَإِذْ بَوَّأْنَا لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ مَكَانَ الْبَيْتِ أَن لّا تُشْرِكْ بِي شَيْئًا وَطَهِّرْ بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّائِفِينَ وَالْقَائِمِينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ

It means, {We showed Ibrahim (Abraham) the site of the (Sacred) House (the Ka?ba at Mecca) (saying):

"Associate not anything (in worship) with Me, (La ilaha illa Allah: none has the right to be worshipped but Allah), and sanctify My House for those who circumambulate it, and those who stand up (for prayer), and those who bow (submit themselves with humility and obedience to Allah), and make prostration (in prayer)". [Al-Hajj 22: 26]

The Ka?ba was the first house ever appointed for people to worship their God alone, truly and purely.

Once, the Arabs used to go on pilgrimage to this house yearly, but later on, the devil tempted them to worship idols and stones beside Allah.

To realize how great such a house is, we have to know that it is the first one on the earth on which we live.

Let's read an excerpt of the story about the People of the Elephant (the army that came to destroy the Ka?ba):

Allah says in the Quran,

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ * أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ * وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ * تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ * فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ

It means, {Have you (oh Muhammad, sws) not seen how your Lord dealt with the owners of the elephant? Did He not make their plot go astray? And He sent against them birds, in flocks, striking them with stones of sijjîl (baked clay), and He made them like (an empty field of) stalks (of which the corn has been eaten up by cattle).} [Al-Fil 105: 1-5]

Abrahah al-Ashram set up a church in Sana'a (the capital of Yemen) to attract the Arabs to it.

He decorated it with marble, stone carved with gold and silver, with gold crosses, and then he wrote to his master in Abyssinia saying, "For you, my king, I built a church the like of which has not been built for anyone before, and my goal is to turn Arab eyes to it."

However, he did not achieve this goal, so he set his mind instead on demolishing the Ka?ba.

He prepared himself and his elephant to journey to Mecca.

He got his army ready, with the intent to demolish the Ka?ba, and then return to Yemen.

People in Mecca did not have the ability to resist Abrahah and his army.

When the elephant was pointed in the direction of the Ka?ba to go and destroy it, it refused to move.

They hit it with an iron tool on the head and jabbed a hook in its lower abdomen.

When they were tried to send it in the direction of Yemen, it moved gladly, in a trot.

It also did the same it did when they tried directing it to Syria or the East. But when they tried again to direct it to the Ka?ba, it kneeled down.

Then, Allah Almighty took revenge on the owners of the elephant.

A deadly epidemic spread amongst them when birds threw germ - infested pebbles down upon them, leaving them as an empty field of wheat stalks.

They went crazy from fear and terror and turned back in the direction from which they had come.

They searched and called for the guide they had arranged to guide them back home out of the lands of the Arabs, but he did not hear them.

They lost their way, perishing along the road, one after the other.

And Abrahah was with them, his body falling apart and his fingernails falling out, one-by-one.

Muhammad's (sws) grandfather, Abdul-Muttalib, was at that time the most noble man of Quraish, and when he heard of Abrahah's determination to attack, he took hold of the ring on the door of the Ka?ba and composed a few lines of verse, asking Allah to protect His Holy House, their beloved Ka?ba.

This incident took place in the same year that the Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad, son of Abdullah, son of Abdul - Muttalib (sws) was born, in fact on the same day.

As we have stated before, over times and places, since the building of the Ka?ba, the Devil has deceived the people, enticing them to worship things other than Allah, such as idols and stones, claiming that this will bring them closer to Allah.

And then came the Scriptures - Judaism, and then Christianity - but neither of them could purify this sacred house or cleanse its people from the filth of idol worship or bring them to the worship of Allah, the One, the Compeller.

Surely, the wisdom of Allah Almighty requires that the Ancient House be cleansed, for it is the first house constructed for people to worship only their Lord Who created them and sustains them, without any lowly partners or false gods ascribed to Him.

Allah's wisdom requires that He correct the waywardness of their belief in their God and Creator who brought them forth from nothingness, by sending a final prophet to seal the heavenly message, to teach them the instructions of their Lord, to cleanse them and purify them from idolatry and immorality, to inform them of the teachings of their Lord, to enjoin them to do good and forbid them from evil, and to make lawful that which is beneficial and prohibit that which is harmful.

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Indeed, the wisdom of Allah Almighty required that a final prophet be sent to seal the message with a sound and pure belief system which is impervious to defect or fault, with guiding rites of worship, wise instructions for social interactions, high morals and straightforward legislation, to bring people out of the darkness of disbelief and idolatry into the light of pure monotheism.

In the eighth year after the Migration (known as the Hijrah), Allah Almighty bestowed upon the Prophet Muhammad (sws) the liberation of Mecca.

He entered the sacred precinct, headed to the Ka?ba, greeted the Black Stone with a kiss and then circumambulated the Ancient House with a bow in his hand.

At that time, it was surrounded by 360 idols that were being worshipped beside Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.

So the Messenger of Allah (sws) began to stab at them with the bow and recite the Words of Allah:

æóÞõáú ÌóÇÁó ÇáúÍóÞøõ æóÒóåóÞó ÇáúÈóÇØöáõ Åöäøó ÇáúÈóÇØöáó ßóÇäó ÒóåõæÞðÇ

This means, "Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Surely! Falsehood is ever bound to vanish." [Al-Israa' 17:81]

He also recited:

Þá ÌÇÁ ÇáÍÞ æ ãÇ íÈÏìÁ ÇáÈÇØá æ ãÇ íÚíÏ

It means, {Say (oh Muhammad, sws): "The truth has come and falsehood can neither create anything nor resurrect (anything).} [Saba' 34: 49]

Among the honors Allah Almighty has bestowed on this pure and sacred place, the Holy City of Mecca, in which He placed the Ancient House, establishing it as the first house constructed for people to worship Him alone, may He be glorified and exalted, are:

A recent discovery

It has been determined that the Holy City of Mecca, "the mother of towns," as it is called, lies precisely in the middle of all dry land, meaning that if we drew a circle with Mecca as its center, that circle would encompass all dry lands.

Not just that, but the longitude of the Holy City of Mecca also lies precisely in the middle in terms of time.

Thus we see that the whole world surrounds Mecca; it is between all times and all places.

Our Lord, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, sent Muhammad (sws), as the Seal of the Prophets.

He sent him to the whole of mankind, in every time and place.

In the Holy Koran, Allah says,

æóáöÊõäÐöÑó Ãõãøó ÇáúÞõÑóì æóãóäú ÍóæúáóåóÇ

{So that you may warn the mother of towns and all those around it.} [Al-An`aam 6: 92]

Mecca is the "mother of all towns," and "all those around it" is the whole world, in every time and place, and the Prophet Muhammad (sws) is the final prophet who marks an end to the era of prophecy.

As such, it becomes clear to us that it is as though the Holy City of Mecca is the capital of the entire world.

One can easily see why, as a product of His Ultimate Wisdom, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, made it the cradle of the world and the base for His Final Message.

Among the topics related to the Holy City of Mecca and the Sacred Ka?ba:

1 - Zamzam water:

the well of Zamzam is one of the tangible, material miracles that show the wonders of the Holy City of Mecca, as well as the excellence of the Prophet Abraham, his son, the Prophet Ishmael, and Ishmael’s mother, Hagar, before the Lord of the Worlds, in that the emergence of the well of Zamzam from crystallized volcanic rock that is solid, nonporous and usually impervious is a particularly notable phenomenon.

Even more noteworthy than that is the fact that the well has flowed with cold water for over 3,000 years, though it has been covered up and dug again many times over the ages.

Some characteristics of Zamzam water:

Modern scientific studies have proven that Zamzam water is distinguished in its natural chemical composition.

It is hard, gaseous water, rich in beneficial elements and chemical compounds which are estimated to be about 2,000 mg per liter.

The percent of salts in the wells of Mecca and its neighboring valleys, on the other hand, contain no more than 260 mg per liter.

This indicates that the water which flows into the well of Zamzam comes from beyond other sources of water in the Holy City of Mecca, for the well of Zamzam surpasses them in mineral content and natural composition.

The water of Zamzam well is used to cure a lot of diseases. Glory be to Allah Who ordered this well to spring forth, for it is blessed.

Praise be to Allah Who ordered the water to flow towards it from distant places through tiny capillary fissures.

Maybe this phenomenon (the flow of water to Zamzam from distant places) is a support for those who say that the Holy City of Mecca is the center of earth's gravity.

2 - The Black Stone:

Allah's Messenger (sws) said about this stone, "The Black Stone descended from Heaven." [Related by al-Tirmidhi, who said: it is a good, sound hadith (hassan sahih)]
It has been discovered that the Black Stone is not a terrestrial stone.

Its internal composition is not like that of terrestrial rocks.

As Prophet Muhammad (sws) pointed out, it is not from the stones of the earth.

3 - Circumambulation of the Kaaba

The worship of Muslims is represented in the circumambulation of the Ancient House — the Holy Kaaba — which was legislated for them by Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, and elected as the only act of worship to coincide and be in harmony with the laws of the universe as created and formed by Him.

Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, legislated for us to perform seven circuits around the Kaaba in a counterclockwise direction, placing the Kaaba on our left.

Let us contemplate and scrutinize this amazing coherence and harmony:

1- The nucleus of an atom that makes up an element is orbited by electrons which go around the nucleus in seven levels of varying energy. This is the same as the number of circumambulations around the Kaaba.

Electrons move counterclockwise, as do Muslims around the Kaaba, glory be to Allah!

2 - The earth rotates around its axis counterclockwise, glory be to Allah!

3 - The earth revolves around the sun in a counterclockwise direction— the same direction in which Muslims circumambulate the Kaaba, glory be to Allah!

4 – A man's sperm swims around the ovum in a counterclockwise direction—the same direction as the circumambulation of the Kaaba, glory and praise be to Allah!

As in the counterclockwise circumambulation around the Kaaba —which is one of the legal requirements of this act of worship —all celestial bodies: the sun, the moon, the stars, the planets, and even subatomic particles orbit in a counterclockwise direction in glorification of Allah Almighty.

A man's sperm revolves around the ovum in a counterclockwise direction, and the ovum rotates on its axis counterclockwise.

Likewise, during the rites of pilgrimage, Muslims circumambulate the Kaaba in a counterclockwise direction.

That is like the counterclockwise revolution of electrons around the nucleus, the counterclockwise revolution of the earth around the sun and the counterclockwise revolution of the solar system around a black hole.

This shows clearly that Islamic religious texts are in synch with the order of the universe.

That indicates that the Creator of the universe is the same one who legislated the true religion, Islam.

Oh! Praise be to Allah, the Glorious and Wise, Who sent Muhammad (sws), the final messenger, with these guiding acts of worship and a pure, solid law!

The prostration in prayer:

It has been discovered that prostration towards the Sacred House (the Kaaba) protects man from a host of physical and psychological diseases, such as headache and fatigue.

That is because the human body is covered with positive electrical charges.

These charges have a negative effect on the body if they collect, so he must get rid of them.

When man prostrates in prayer, he releases the increased charges, passing them back into the ground.

The Third Proof:

The Birth of the Prophet Muhammad (sws) and His Grandfather, Abdul- Muttalib's, Promise to Sacrifice His Son, Abdullah

If we look at the story of the Prophet's (sws) grandfather's promise to sacrifice his son, Abdullah, we will see that it is similar to the story of Ibrahim and his son, Ismail.

Ibrahim intended to sacrifice his son, Ismail, because he had a dream (and, as is well-known, the dreams of prophets are true visions), in which he saw himself slaughtering him.

Out of Allah's mercy, He substituted a ram for Ismail, and instead of slaughtering Ismail, Ibrahim slaughtered the ram.

Thus Allah bestowed His favor upon his worshippers because He had no intention for His law to be that fathers sacrifice their sons.

The same situation actually occurred with the Prophet's grandfather, Abdul-Muttalib, when he intended to sacrifice his son, Abdullah, the Prophet's (sws) father.

Once Abdul-Muttalib was responsible for providing the pilgrims with water, among other tasks, and he began to think in that the hardships the pilgrims faced were due to the lack of water.

This made him remember the well of Zamzam. Zamzam had been the reason his ancestor, Ismail, was saved after his father, Ibrahim, left him and his mother, Hagar, in the barren desert. Abdul-Muttalib remembered the well of Zamzam which then attracted a host of tribes to Mecca.

He remembered his fathers and grandfathers talking about the tribe of Jurham, whose people filled in the well in revenge for being forced out of Mecca.

So he set his mind on finding the place of the blessed, buried well. When he and his only son at the time managed to find it, he got a pickax and began to dig between two idols.

Quraish objected to this, saying that it was their place of ritual sacrifice, and they forbid him from digging the well again.

He persisted, however, and dug until the stones beneath it appeared.

At that point, Quraish asked him to let them share in the well for Ismail was their forefather as well, but Abdul - Muttalib refused, arguing that, from among all of them, he was the one who had been chosen to provide water to the pilgrims.

He then became the sole guardian of the well.

Abdul - Muttalib had few children, so on that day, he vowed to God that if ten sons were born to him and they grew to maturity and were able to stand by him, he would sacrifice one of them at the Kaaba, in gratitude for the resolution of his conflict with Quraish while digging the well and their eagerness to deprive him of it.

Many years later, having been blessed with ten sons, Abdul-Muttalib, took his sons out to decide between them with divining arrows.

Each son had an arrow with his name on it, and the one whose arrow was chosen would be sacrificed.

The arrow chosen was that of Abdullah, the youngest of all his sons.

Abdul - Muttalib was just about to carry out his vow when Quraish intervened, worried that others would follow in his footsteps and this would become a regular practice.

So they decided that a divining arrow be set to choose between Abdullah and ten camels.

If it pointed to the camels, Abdullah would be saved, and if it pointed to Abdullah, Abdul - Muttalib would add another ten camels.

They did this over and over again until the arrow pointed to the camels, at which time there were 100 camels.

So this is how the camels came to be taken to the slaughter instead of Abdullah, and this is how Abdullah, the father of the Prophet (sws), was rescued from death.

Perhaps this may remind us of the story of Ibrahim and his son, Ismail (peace be upon them); for they set the foundations of the Ancient House, and thus Allah honored them with the message and prophecy.

Muhammad (sws), the son of Abdullah, was chosen by Allah to purify that Ancient House, built by Ibrahim and Ismail, from the worship of idols and false gods.

Many messengers were sent to the nation of Israel, but they were met with disbelief, lying and murder.

The Jews believed that the prophet of the end days would also come from among their own.

Yet, the wisdom of Allah Almighty required that the Seal of the Prophets would come from the descendants of their uncle, Ismail, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: from the Arabs.

The Fourth Proof:

The Lineage and Features of the Prophet Muhammad (sws) and His Condition Before and After the Call

Prophet Muhammad (sws) had the best and most notable lineage in the tribe of Quraish.

1 – Hashim, the Prophet's (sws) forefather, took over the responsibility from Bani Abd-Manaf of providing pilgrims with water during the pilgrimage.

He was a very wealthy and noble man.

He was the first to feed the pilgrims thareed, a dish of stewed meat, broth and crushed bread.

In fact, his real name was `Amr; he was only called Hashim due to the crushing (hashm) of the bread.

He was also the first one to organize Quraish's two caravans, one in winter and one in summer.

2 – Abdul-Muttalib, the Prophet's (sws) grandfather, took over the job of providing pilgrims with water in Mecca after Hashim's death.

He was treated with great honor and deference.

Quraish called him 'The Overflowing' because he was so generous.

He was one of the most prominent men in Mecca.

Allah's Messenger (sws) was known to the people of Mecca as the best of them in upbringing and the greatest in terms of character and virtue.

Everyone from of tribe of Quraish knew this, and no one could claim otherwise.

He was known to them as 'The Honest' and 'The Trustworthy,' and the members of Quraish testified absolutely to his scrupulousness and credibility.

As proof, we can read what al-Bukhari (one of those who collected and verified the records of the Prophet's (sws) speech and actions after his death) wrote.

This is an extract taken from a message sent by the Prophet (sws) to the Byzantine emperor.

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He wrote:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,

From: Muhammad (sws), the son of Abdullah and Allah's Messenger
To: Heraclius, the Emperor of Byzantium

Peace be upon those who follow the path of righteousness.

Become a Muslim and be safe. Become a Muslim, and Allah will reward you twice.

But if you will not, you will bear the sins of the population.

Oh people of the scripture, follow the right way, worship none but Allah, with no partner, and do not make gods of each other beside Allah.

Then, if you refuse, bear witness that we are Muslims.

He then chose one of his companions to deliver the message.

Bukhari mentioned: Abu Sufiyan (one of the polytheists of Mecca who incidentally later embraced Islam) was on a business trip in Syria at the time when he was summoned to Heraclius' court after the latter received the message.

Heraclius asked for his interpreter and asked, "Who is the nearest in kinship to this man who claims to be a prophet?"

Abu Sufiyan said, "I am his closest relative."

Heraclius said, "Bring him to me, and let his companions stand right behind him."

Then he said to his interpreter, "I am going to ask about this man, and if he lies, they will show us."

Abu Sufiyan, who later narrated the story admitted, "By Allah, had I not been afraid they would expose me, I would have lied about him."

Thus, he was forced to tell the truth about Muhammad (sws) that was obvious to Quraish.

The first question Heraclius asked was, "How is his lineage considered amongst you?"
Abu Sufiyan said, "He has a good lineage."

Heraclius asked, "Has anyone among you ever made the same claim before?"
Abu Sufiyan answered, "No."

Heraclius asked, "Is it the nobles who follow him or the weak?"
Abu Sufiyan replied, "It is the weak."

Heraclius asked, "Are they increasing or decreasing?"
Abu Sufiyan said, "They are increasing."
Heraclius asked, "Has any one of them apostatized in anger at the religion after he entered it?"
Abu Sufiyan replied, "No."
Heraclius asked, "Is he deceitful?"
Abu Sufiyan answered, "No, but we are currently in a period of time in which we do not know what he will do." (Abu Sufiyan commented, "I was not able to get in a negative word about him beside this.")
Heraclius asked, "Have you fought him?"
Abu Sufiyan replied, "Yes."

Heraclius asked, "And how was it?"
Abu Sufiyan said, "It had its ups and downs; sometimes we beat them and sometimes they beat us."
Heraclius asked, "What is he telling you to do?"

Abu Sufiyan replied, "He tells us to worship only Allah, with no partners, and to abandon what our forefathers said. He also tells us to pray, to be truthful, to be chaste and to maintain bonds of kinship."

Then Heraclius said,

I asked you about his lineage and you said that he has a good lineage, and that is one of the features of a messenger amongst his people.

Then I asked you if anyone has ever made the same claim before, and you said no.

So I figured that if anyone had ever made the same claim before, I would have thought he is just imitating something that has been said before.

I asked you if any of his forefathers were kings, and your answer was no.

If you had answered yes, perhaps he is just reclaiming his father's kingdom.

I asked if you had accused him of lying before this claim, and you said no. So I knew that he would not be careful to avoid lying to people only to do so about Allah.

I asked if the noble or the weak follow him, and you said the weak. Those are indeed the followers of Allah's messengers.

I asked if they are increasing or decreasing, and you replied that they are increasing, and that is how faith is: it grows until it is fulfilled.

I asked you whether anyone has apostatized from this religion after embracing it, and your answer was no.

Indeed that is the characteristic of faith when its joy mixes with hearts.

I asked if he is deceptive, and you said no.

That is how the messengers are; they are not treacherous.

I asked what he tells you to do, and you said that he orders you to worship only Allah, without any partners, to forsake the worship of idols, to perform prayers, and to be truthful and abstinent.

If what you say is right, he will take my place.

I knew that he was coming, but I did not know that he would be one of you; if I knew that I could get to him, I would be eager to meet him; and if I arrived, I would wash his feet.

He then asked for the Prophet's (sws) Book to read it, and when he had finished, voices were raised, developing into an uproar, so he ordered us to go.

Abu Sufiyan said that, after that incident, he was sure that Muhammad (sws) was the Messenger of Allah.

Let us return to the age in which the Prophet (sws) was raised.

We see that he was brought up in an age in which ignorance and misguidance prevailed, amongst an illiterate, disbelieving and idol worshipping people, who did not believe in the Last Day and lived a life of amusement.

They became fanatic over the most trivial things.

They lived in tribes that plotted against one another and clans that slaughtered one another.

They did not live under the protections of a proper state:

no government with authority, no army to defend them against aggression, no constitution to sort out their rights and duties, and no law to determine punishments.

The Prophet (sws) was brought up in such an environment, yet he still had pristine powers of perception, a tremendous personality and noble moral values.

The Position of Prophet Muhammad (sws) before and after the Message:

Let Us Judge on the Evidence

Prophet Muhammad (sws) lived forty years among his people, enjoying a good reputation and preeminent status, and he was famed for his truth and honesty.

Here we mention two incidents which should serve as sufficient proof:

The first incident:

The rebuilding of the Kaaba

The tribes were quarreling over which of them should have the honor of putting the Black Stone back in its original place.

Abu Umaya (the eldest of the chiefs) suggested that they take the advice of the first person to pass through the entrance of the sacred house.

The others agreed, and the first person to arrive was Muhammad (sws).

When they saw him, they all declared in once voice, "We agree on this honest man."

When he reached them and they told him what was going on, the Prophet (sws) put the Black Stone on a garment, and asked each tribe to hold one of its corners.

All of them complied. They carried the garment with the stone on it, until they raised it and brought it near to place, whereupon Muhammad (sws) himself placed it in position and they continued building above it.

This incident bears witness to his reputation for honesty and virtue amongst his people.

It likewise bears witness to his intelligence and brilliance, his acumen and ability to solve abstruse problems.

He was able to satisfy all of them with his sage wisdom.

He involved them all in carrying the stone and, at the same time, he gained the honor of putting it in its place.

The second incident:

Mount Safa

Ibn Abbas (a cousin of the Prophet, sws) said,
When Prophet Muhammad (sws) received the order from Allah to warn his clan, he climbed up Mount Safa and began to call the tribes until they gathered.

He asked, "If I were to tell you that there are horsemen in the valley intending to attack us, would you believe me?" They answered, "Yes, for you have always been truthful." The Prophet then said, "I have been sent to you as a plain warner of severe torture."

Abu Lahab (the Prophet's, sws, uncle) said, "Woe to you, Muhammad! Is this the matter for which you have gathered us?" For that reason, the following verse of Quran was sent down,
ÊóÈøóÊú íóÏóÇ ÃóÈöí áóåóÈò æóÊóÈøó
It means, {Perish both hands of Abu Lahab, and may he perish!} [Al-Masad 111:1]

This incident bears witness to his foresight, for he got them to admit what they think of him before surprising them with the message, and their answer was forthright: he had always been honest and trustworthy.

From these two incidents, we can conclude that honesty and trustworthiness were two integral features of the Prophet Muhammad (sws), even before the message.

Thirteen years after the message, the Prophet (sws) decided to leave Mecca.

He asked his cousin, Ali ibn Abi Talib, to return the deposits left in his trust to their owners.

This shows that Quraish entrusted him with their valuables.

At an early age, the Prophet (sws) was brought up to avoid idol worship.

Twice before the message, he wished to listen to music played to the tune of pipes, but Allah kept him from such nonsense; he fell asleep and did not wake until sunrise.

As a young man, he preferred to be alone and would worship for several nights before returning to his family.

Now we would like to ask, would such an honest and true man dare lie to people?

Why did he reject the rules of his social environment despite its control and effect over him?

He lived for forty years amongst people drowning in ignorance and lost in misguidance, yet he did not behave like them, nor was he infected by their misfortune.

He had a very hard time in his formative years.

Yet during this period in which hopes and dreams flourish, there was no indication of his message or sign of the prophecy to come.

Despite the hardships he endured — the death of his mother, though she was still young and he was only six years old, the death of his grandfather, Abdul - Muttalib, and then his uncle, Abu Talib, all the while knowing that his father had died young while he was still in his mother's womb — all of these events made it clear to him not to have high hopes for the life of this world, yet there was still no sign of his message or of the prophecy yet to come.

Then, during the period of his life when the spirit settles and hopes cool down, he began a revolution that was to become a turning point in history.

He announced that he was a messenger from Allah and that his message was not only for the Arabs, but for the whole of mankind.

It was not only for the people of his age, but for all those that will come afterwards.

And why not, when he is the Seal of the Prophets — the last and final messenger sent by Allah, the Glorious and Exalted?

Allah Almighty determined that the Prophet would be the last prophet and that his message should be for the whole of mankind in every time and place.

Allah Almighty has protected that message and His Book, the Quran, from distortion, whether through addition or removal, for that is what happened to the previous messages and books, by human hands, according to their desires.

He (sws) knew from the first moment he received the revelation that he had to work hard and be exceedingly patient to bear the difficulties until Allah Almighty rewarded him with victory.

The question here is:

what made him do all of this? What made him declare his prophecy and message?

Certainly, it is because he was, really and truly, the Messenger of Allah, who obeyed the commands of his Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, at the time that Allah decided, according to His will and wisdom.

The Call

Prophet Muhammad (sws) called the people to pure monotheism and the exclusive worship of Allah, and he bonded them to one another.

He called them to that which is good: performing prayers, enjoining virtue and forbidding vice.

He ordered messages to be sent to the kings and rulers all over the world.

He sent letters to them, calling them to Islam and its dictates and guiding principles.

He sent to the Negus, King of Abyssinia, to the Muqauqas, King of Egypt, to Chosroe, King of Persia, to Heraclius, Emperor of Rome, to the ruler of Bahrain, to the ruler of Yamamah, to the ruler of Damascus and to the king of Amman and his brother.

In this way, he spread his message to most of the kings and rulers of the world.

Some of them believed and others did not.

At the very least, even for those who refused to believe, he made them think and made them aware of his name and his religion.

So we ask:

could pure monotheism be acquired in an idol-worshipping society — a society that takes pride in noble birth, shows preference based on lineage, in which bigotry prevails, evil deeds are practiced regularly and immorality runs rampant?

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Certainly not:

Åöäú åõæó ÅöáÇøó æóÍúíñ íõæÍóì * Úóáøóãóåõ ÔóÏöíÏõ ÇáúÞõæóì
It means, {It is only a Revelation revealed.

He has been taught (this Quran) by one mighty in power (Jibril: Gabriel).} [Al-Najm 53: 4-5]

He was a messenger from Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, who was inspired by his Lord, the Blessed and Exalted.

His Illiteracy and His Call

Muhammad (sws) was illiterate, but his illiteracy is evidence of his prophecy.

Despite being illiterate, he was able to teach all sorts of people: literate and illiterate alike.

His Islamic university has graduated rulers, politicians, soldiers, leaders, jurists, mathematicians, authors, historians, teachers, preachers, religious scholars, fair judges and scientists in every field.

Despite his illiteracy, he spoke with uncanny precision of scientific facts which remained unknown for centuries until being discovered by modern science recently.

Allah says,

æóãóÇ íóäØöÞõ Úóäö Çáúåóæóì * Åöäú åõæó ÅöáÇøó æóÍúíñ íõæÍóì * Úóáøóãóåõ ÔóÏöíÏõ ÇáúÞõæóì
It means, {Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) desire * It is no less than inspiration sent down to him * He was taught by one Mighty in Power.}[Al-Najm 53: 3-5]

As we see, his illiteracy was evidence of his message and prophecy.

He truly is the Messenger of Allah, may the blessing and peace of Allah Almighty be upon him.

The Fifth Proof:

The Initiative to Practice What He Preached and His Constant Remembrance of Allah

If we return once more to the Prophet (sws), reading reports about him and studying his influence, we find the strongest evidence of his prophecy.

All reports agreed unanimously that he was always the first practice what he preached: the first to do what he enjoined and avoid what he prohibited.

Allah says in the Quran,

Þõáú ÃóÛóíúÑó Çááøóåö ÃóÊøóÎöÐõ æóáöíøðÇ ÝóÇØöÑö ÇáÓøóãóÇæóÇÊö æóÇáÃóÑúÖö æóåõæó íõØúÚöãõ æóáÇó íõØúÚóãõ Þõáú Åöäøöíó ÃõãöÑúÊõ Ãóäú Ãóßõæäó Ãóæøóáó ãóäú ÃóÓúáóãó æóáÇó Êóßõæäóäøó ãöäó ÇáúãõÔúÑößöíäó * Þõáú Åöäøöíó ÃóÎóÇÝõ Åöäú ÚóÕóíúÊõ ÑóÈøöí ÚóÐóÇÈó íóæúãò ÚóÙöíãò

It means, {Say (oh Muhammad, sws), "Shall I take as a wali (helper, protector, lord or god) any other than Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth when it is He Who feeds but is not fed?" Say: "Verily, I am commanded to be the first of those who submit themselves to Allah (as Muslims)."

And be not you (oh Muhammad, sws) of the mushrikun (polytheists, pagans, idolaters and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah). * Say: "I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the torment of a Mighty Day."} [Al-An`aam 6: 14-15]

Indeed, the Prophet (sws) responded to his Lord. He was always the first to carry out Allah's instructions. He was the leader of Muslims in every situation: in word and in deed.

Allah Almighty says,

áóÞóÏú ßóÇäó áóßõãú Ýöí ÑóÓõæáö Çááøóåö ÃõÓúæóÉñ ÍóÓóäóÉñ

It means, {Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad, sws) you have a good example to follow for him who hopes for (the Meeting with) Allah and the Last Day, and remembers Allah much.} [Al-Ahzab 33: 21]

He was the most obedient to Allah, he always mentioned Allah in his heart, and he feared Allah more than anyone.

This is not just a claim; it was a concrete fact proved to his companions and relatives in everything he did and in everything that came from him, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

According to Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), the Prophet (sws) said, "By Allah, I am the most fearful of Allah amongst you and the most pious towards Him." [Related by al-Bukhari and Muslim]

In his authentic collection, Ibn Hibban reported that `Ataa asked Aisha to tell him the most surprising thing about the Prophet (sws).

She replied, "And what about him was not surprising? One night he came to me and got under the covers with me. Then he said, 'Let me go and worship my Lord.' So he went to perform ablution and began to pray.

He wept until the tears were flowing onto his chest. Then he bowed at the waist and wept, and then prostrated his head to the ground and wept.

He raised his head and wept. He continued to do that until Bilal came to make the call to prayer.

I asked him, 'Oh Messenger of Allah, what is making you weep when Allah has forgiven you your past and future sins?' He (sws) replied, 'Shall I not then be a grateful slave? Why wouldn't I when this night He has revealed to me:

Åöäøó Ýöí ÎóáúÞö ÇáÓøóãóÇæóÇÊö æó ÇáúÃóÑúÖö æóÇÎúÊöáóÇÝö Çáøóíúáö æó ÇáúäøóåóÇÑö áóÃóíóÇÊö áöÃõæúáöì ÇáúÃóáúÈóÇÈö * ÇáøóÐöíäó íóÐúßõÑõæäó Çááåó ÞöíóÇãÇð æó ÞõÚõæÏÇð æóÚóáóì ÌõäõæÈöåöãú æóíóÊóÝóßøóÑõæäó Ýöí ÎóáúÞö ÇáÓøóãóÇæóÇÊö æóÇáúÃóÑúÖö ÑóÈøóäóÇ ãóÇ ÎóáóÞúÊó åóÐóÇ ÈóÇØöáÇð ÓõÈúÍóÇäóÇßó ÝóÞöäóÇ ÚóÐóÇÈó ÇáäøóÇÑö

It means, {Verily! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, there are indeed signs for men of understanding. * Those who remember Allah standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and think deeply about the creation of the heavens and the earth, (saying), "Our Lord! You have not created (all) this without purpose, glory be to You! Give us salvation from the torment of the Fire.} [Al-Imran 3:190-191]

Then he said, "Woe to anyone who reads these verses and does not think about them."

The Prophet (sws) never spent a moment without mentioning Allah.

He mentioned Allah in secret and openly, amongst people and when alone, in times of ease or difficulty, in good and bad situations, upon traveling and returning, day and night, in the morning and in the evening.

The Prophet (sws) sent Amr ibn al-`As to Ibn al-Jalandy, the king of Amman to call him to Islam. Al-Jalandy said, "I know that Muhammad (sws) is a prophet of Allah, because when he orders people to the good, he is the first to do so, and he does not ask anyone to avoid anything bad without being the first to do so.

He wins without being arrogant and is defeated without giving up. He fulfills his covenant and keeps his promises, and I bear witness that he is a prophet."

Then he recited verses of poetry declared his acceptance of Islam and calling everyone to embrace it.

So, this is Allah's Messenger, the Seal of the Prophets, may Allah's blessing and peace be upon him—an open book to all, both before and after his mission.

Anyone who would like to know more about his tremendous personality and blessed life history should read and peruse his biography to learn and grow certain that he truly was the Messenger of Allah.

The Sixth Proof:

The Abandonment of the Present Life and Its Attractions

We return once again to ask:

if Muhammad (sws) was not a messenger sent by Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, then what did he hope to gain from this claim which brought him all kinds of torture and oppression, from vicious verbal abuse to intense physical suffering?

As attested to by his opponents, he was sensible, judicious and wise.

So, what was his aim? What did he hope to gain? Was it power or money? Both were offered to him, first by his Lord, and then, by the unbelievers of Quraish, yet he preferred to remain virtuous, scrupulous, self - denying and content.

The unbelievers tried to bargain with the Prophet (sws), by showering him anything he could desire to stop him from continuing his call.

But those poor people couldn't realize that everything the sun shone on was not worth the wing of a mosquito to him compared to his mission, so they failed in their mission.

Abu al-Walid, who was one of the chiefs of the unbelievers of Quraish, went to the Messenger of Allah (sws) while he was sitting alone in the mosque.

Abu al-Walid wanted to speak to the Prophet (sws) about certain matters and make him an offer, hoping that he would accept some of his conditions and give up his message.

He came with the consent of Quraish who agreed because they had seen Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, the Prophet's (sws) uncle, become a Muslim and the number of people joining the Prophet (sws) was increasing.

Abu al-Walid said, "Oh son of my brother, if what you are seeking with this matter (meaning Islam and the invitation thereto) is money, we will gather our money and give it to you until you become the richest of us; if you are seeking honor and prestige, we will make you our leader until we make no decisions without your leave; and if you want power, we will make your our king."

The Prophet (sws) refused all of this for the sake of his message.

He was offered money, prestige, power and marriage to the noblest of their daughters, yet he chose modesty, asceticism, integrity and minimalism.

All of this clears the Prophet (sws) of the accusation that he was seeking benefit in the present life in all its aspects.

This was not just idle talk; it was just as much a cold, hard fact at the beginning of his call as it was at the end of his mission.

Even when his enemies and opponents finally surrendered to him, and he had amassed great wealth from the spoils of war, he spent it all on the poor, orphans and the needy, while he himself slept on a straw mat that left marks on his body.

He spent all the money on others while he lived in self-denial and simplicity.

Aisha said, "The Prophet's (sws) family did not eat their fill of barley bread two days in a row until the Messenger of Allah (sws) died." [Related by al-Bukhari and Muslim]

On the authority of Ibn Masoud, "One day I came to the Prophet (sws) when he was in a room as small as a chicken coop. He was lying on a straw mat that had left marks on his side, and upon seeing that, Ibn Masoud wept. The Prophet (sws) asked, 'What makes you weep, Abdullah?' Ibn Masoud replied, 'Oh Messenger of Allah! The Emperor of Byzantium and the King of Persia walk on all types of silk while you lie on a mat of straw which leaves marks in your side!' The Prophet (sws) said, 'Do not weep, Abdullah, for they have this world and we have the Next, and this world and I and the similitude of this world and I are merely like a traveler stopping beneath a tree, only to move on and leave it.'" [Related by al-Tabarani]

The hadiths that prove the simplicity and minimalism of his (sws) lifestyle, in terms of food, dress and housing are plentiful.

The Prophet (sws) renounced worldly pleasures and taught his women to do so as well.

He declined to give his daughter, Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her)— the daughter of his first wife, Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), who spent her money in the service of him and his call — money from the wealth Allah had bestowed upon him to satisfied her need and ensure that she live a comfortable life.

Even the money he would leave behind after his death was to be considered charity and could not be left to family members.

Because of his extreme interest in the poor and care for the weak, he sidelined himself and his own family.

He did not prefer them over anything in his life.

He did not save anything for them after his death.

He placed them all in the trust of Allah's Generosity, for He is the Lord of Tremendous Bounty.

Muhammad (sws) was a prophet who came to raise his followers from being slaves of this world and of money to being slaves of Allah alone, to be satisfied in their present life with little, and to find it sufficient to prepare provisions for the Hereafter. The Messenger of Allah (sws) was not after power, money or fame.

The hadiths related about him bear witness to his abstention from the world and his humility throughout his life, may the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him.

So, what did he want? What goal did he hope to achieve, since everyone around him bore witness to his wisdom and good judgment? He did not have any intention but to satisfy God.

He wanted nothing but to gain His love and enjoy His closeness.

Does not all of this prove that he was sincere in his mission and that he was, as they say, a prophet sent by Allah?

The Seventh Proof:

The Prophet's Call:

Could It Have Been Brought by an Illiterate Man?

Yet again we return to the claim with which the Prophet (sws) came, to take a close look and discover its nature and goals.

Through research and contemplation, it shall become clear to us that the Prophet's (sws) message was a natural, ingrained thing to call for; its theoretical principles are sound enough to satisfy any rational mind and its practical elements are appropriate for any energy level.

It is a call that suits human instincts and needs, a call that does not play mind games or stretch the imagination, a call that arouses a person's curiosity to learn more about it, to understand and grasp the evidence for it.

It is a call, built on truth and goodness, which points out the right way, in all its foundational elements and secondary branches, in its beliefs and edicts.

A wise man was once asked, "Why did you embrace Islam?" He replied, "When I studied Islam, I did not find anything it told me to do that my mind could not accept or anything it told me not to do that reason told me to do.

All its commands and prohibitions were acceptable to logic and reason and law and order."

This was the mind of a rational, perceptive man, and it was the truth, as attested to by every aspect of Islam.

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