PROPHETHOOD

Prophethood ~ 66 ~ This is a fact accepted by reputed historians who freely admit that the Prophet’s success has never been equalled either before or after him. Even those who do not believe in him feel compelled to put the Prophet’s name at the top of any list they compile of great figures in world history. The Prophet’s unique and exceptional success is usually categorized as a human achievement, pure and simple, thus entitling him to lavish praise as a great personality. But there is obviously more to his success than this, for if it was nothing more than a ‘human achievement’ in the normal sense of the expression, why is it that no other human being has been able to equal it? There should have been nothing to prevent other figures in history from winning similar or even greater victories. The truth of the matter is that the exceptional nature of the Prophet’s success is a sign of the most tremendous significance: it is a sign of his having had God’s assistance in whatever he did. It was because he was God’s prophet, God’s representative on this earth, that the Almighty gave him His divine succour. The exceptional success he achieved proved him over and over again not only to be an