AFFIRMATION OF PROPHETHOOD

Affirmation of Prophethood ~ 266 ~ given to him for safekeeping to their rightful owners. Nadhr ibn Harith, one of the prophet’s opponents and the most seasoned of all the Qurayshites, one day addressed his people thus: “O, Quraysh, the message of Muhammad has put you in such an awkward (difficult) position that you are left with no solution. He grew up to a mature age before your very eyes. You know very well that he was the most sincere; most honest; most trustworthy and most dear to you all. Now when his hair turned grey and he presented before you something which you have received, it was you that said, ‘this fellow is a magician, a poet, an insane person.’ By God, I have heard him, Muhammad is neither a magician, nor a poet, nor insane, I am sure some calamity is going to befall you.”5 Even Abu Jahal, the Prophet’s worst opponent and deadliest enemy, said, “Muhammad, I do not say that you are a liar, but I hold that the message you are propagating is not true.” Muhammad was a prophet sent not only to the Arabs but to all mankind. As such, he took it upon