MUHAMMAD THE IDEAL CHARACTER

~ 7 ~ It was no small matter for a young man to adopt this course in the prime of his life. In effect, it meant renouncing worldly happiness and treading a path ridden with difficulty and sorrow. He had all the means and opportunities one could conceive of for a comfortable life, but his turbulent soul found no satisfaction in them. So little charm did they hold for him that he was consumed with restlessness. Not until he had discovered the reality of things and had solved the mysteries of creation would he achieve tranquility of spirit. Endlessly he sought answers to the questions irresistibly arising within him: Whence do I come? To what end am I destined? Has my life a purposive goal? Is there any ultimate reality behind all external appearances? His quest had reached a point where life itself had become an intolerable burden. But at last God, in His infinite mercy, turned towards him and threw open to him the gates of enlightenment and guidance. “And when He found thee struggling in mind (to find the right way), did He not show thee the way? (Quran, 93:7)