Posted by ScoopeX on 03/30/06 19:00

al7yatkalima7@hotmail.com wrote:
> MUHAMMAD
> (May peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon him)
> You may be an atheist or an agnostic; or you may belong to anyone of
> the religious denominations that exist in the world today. You may be a
> Communist or a believer in democracy and freedom. No matter what you
> are, and no matter what your religious and political beliefs, personal
> and social habits happen to be - YOU MUST STILL KNOW THIS MAN!
>
> He was by far the most remarkable man that ever set foot on this earth.
> He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid down a
> moral code, initiated numberless social and political reforms,
> established a dynamic and powerful society to practice and represent
> his teachings, and completely revolutionized the worlds of human
> thought and action for all times to come.
>
> HIS NAME IS MUHAMMAD, peace and blessings of Almighty God be upon him
> and he accomplished all these wonders in the unbelievably short span of
> twenty-three years.
>
> Muhammad, peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon him was born in
> Arabia on the 20th of August, in the year 570 of the Christian era, and
> when he died after 63 years, the whole of the Arabian Peninsula had
> changed from paganism and idol-worship to the worship of One God; from
> tribal quarrels and wars to national solidarity and cohesion; from
> drunkenness and debauchery to sobriety and piety; from lawlessness and
> anarchy to disciplined living; from utter moral bankruptcy to the
> highest standards of moral excellence. Human history has never known
> such a complete transformation of a people or a place before or since!
>
> The Encyclopedia Britannica calls him "the most successful of all
> religious personalities of the world". Bernard Shaw said about him that
> if Muhammad were alive today he would succeed in solving all those
> problems which threaten to destroy human civilization in our times.
> Thomas Carlysle was simply amazed as to how one man, single-handedly,
> could weld warring tribes and wandering Bedouins into a most powerful
> and civilized nation in less than two decades. Napoleon and Gandhi
> never tired of dreaming of a society along the lines established by
> this man in Arabia fourteen centuries ago.
>
> Indeed no other human being ever accomplished so much, in such diverse
> fields of human thought and behavior, in so limited a space of time, as
> did Muhammad, peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon him. He was a
> religious teacher, a social reformer, a moral guide, a political
> thinker, a military genius, an administrative colossus, a faithful
> friend, a wonderful companion, a devoted husband, a loving father - all
> in one. No other man in history ever excelled or equaled him in any of
> these difficult departments of life.
>
> The world has had its share of great personalities. But these were one
> sided figures who distinguished themselves in but one or two fields
> such as religious thought or military leadership. None of the other
> great leaders of the world ever combined in himself so many different
> qualities to such an amazing level of perfection as did Muhammad, peace
> and blessings of God Almighty be upon him.
>
> The lives and teachings of other great personalities of the world are
> shrouded in the mist of time. There is so much speculation about the
> time and the place of their birth, the mode and style of their life,
> the nature and detail of their teachings and the degree and measure of
> their success or failure that it is impossible for humanity today to
> reconstruct accurately and precisely the lives and teachings of those
> men.
>
> Not so this man Muhammad, peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon
> him. Not only was he born in the fullest blaze of recorded history, but
> every detail of his private and public life, of his actions and
> utterances, has been accurately documented and faithfully preserved to
> our day. The authenticity of the information so preserved is vouched
> for not only by faithful followers but also by unbiased critics and
> open-minded scholars.
>
> At the level of ideas there is no system of thought and belief-secular
> or religious, social or political-which could surpass or equal ISLAAM-
> the system which Muhammad peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon
> him propounded. In a fast changing world, while other systems have
> undergone profound transformations, Islaam alone has remained above all
> change and mutation, and retained its original form for the past 1400
> years. What is more, the positive changes that are taking place in the
> world of human thought and behavior, truly and consistently reflect the
> healthy influence of Islam in these areas. Further, it is not given to
> the best of thinkers to put their ideas completely into practice, and
> to see the seeds of their labors grow and bear fruit, in their own
> lifetime. Except of course, Muhammad, peace and blessings of God
> Almighty be upon him, who not only preached the most wonderful ideas
> but also successfully translated each one of them into practice in his
> own lifetime. At the time of his death his teachings were not mere
> precepts and ideas straining for fulfillment, but had become the very
> core of the life of tens of thousands of perfectly trained individuals,
> each one of whom was a marvelous personification of everything that
> Muhammad peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon him taught and
> stood for. At what other time or place and in relation to what other
> political, social, religious system, philosophy or ideology-did the
> world ever witness such a perfectly amazing phenomenon?
>
> Indeed no other system or ideology secular or religious, social or
> political, ancient or modern - could ever claim the distinction of
> having been put into practice in its fullness and entirety EVEN ONCE in
> this world, either before or after the death of its founder. Except of
> course ISLAAM, the ideology preached by Muhammad, peace and blessings
> of God Almighty be upon him which was established as a complete way of
> life by the teacher himself, before he departed from this world.
> History bears testimony to this fact and the greatest skeptics have no
> option but to concede this point.
>
> In spite of these amazing achievements and in spite of the countless
> absolutely convincing and authentic miracles performed by him and the
> phenomenal success which crowned his efforts, he did not for a moment
> claim to be God or God's incarnation or Son - but only a human being
> who was chosen and ordained by God to be a teacher of truth to man kind
> and a complete model and pattern for their actions.
>
> He was nothing more or less than a human being. But he was a man with a
> noble and exalted mission-and his unique mission was to unite humanity
> on the worship of ONE AND ONLY GOD and to teach them the way to honest
> and upright living in accordance with the laws and commands of God. He
> always described himself as A MESSENGER AND SERVANT OF GOD, and so
> indeed every single action and movement of his proclaimed him to be.
>
> A world which has not hesitated to raise to Divinity individuals whose
> very lives and missions have been lost in legend and who historically
> speaking did not accomplish half as much-or even one tenth-as was
> accomplished by Muhammad, peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon
> him should stop to take serious note of this remarkable man's claim to
> be God's messenger to mankind.
>
> Today after the lapse of some 1400 years the life and teachings of
> Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon him, have
> survived without the slightest loss, alteration or interpolation. Today
> they offer the same undying hope for treating mankind's many ills which
> they did when Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of God Almighty be
> upon him, was alive. This is our honest claim and this is the
> inescapable conclusion forced upon us by a critical and unbiased study
> of history.
>
> The least YOU should do as a thinking, sensitive, concerned human being
> is to stop for one brief moment and ask yourself: Could it be that
> these statements, extraordinary and revolutionary as they sound, are
> really true? Supposing they really are true, and you did not know this
> man Muhammad, peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon him or hear
> about his teachings? Or did not know him well and intimately enough to
> be able to benefit from his guidance and example? Isn't it time you
> responded to this tremendous challenge and made some effort to know
> him? It will not cost you anything but it may well prove to be the
> beginning of a completely new era in your life.
>
> Come, let us make a new discovery of the life of this wonderful man
> Muhammad, peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon him the like of
> whom never walked on this earth, and whose example and teachings can
> change YOUR LIFE and OUR WORLD for the better. May God shower His
> choicest blessings upon him!
>
> Written by S.H. Pasha
> we love uoy
>

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