Real Picture and the Historical Picture

Real Picture and the Historical Picture weakness, borne out by the well-known saying: “A prophet is never honoured in his land.” (Mark, 6:4). This is because individuals and groups with a special mission are seen by their contemporaries as ordinary men. But in later times, historical grandeur is attached to their names. For later generations, their names conjure up the image of historical persons or groups rather than what they were to their contemporaries. This difference between the actual person and the historical person will again emerge. Thus, people will accord great honour and greatness to the Companions of the Prophet, but they will ignore the Ikhwan-eRasool, holding them to be inferior, they being their contemporaries.