Mohammad—Prophet of Revolution Vol

Mohammad Prophet of Revolution There is a book, published in America, entitled “The 100.” In it are mentioned one hundred people whom the author believes to have exerted the greatest influence on human history. The author, Dr. Hart, was born into a Christian family, and received a scientific education. But at the top of his roll of honour he has placed neither Christ’s name, nor Newton’s. There is one person, he believes, whose achievements excel all others: that person is the Prophet Mohammad. No one else has had such an impact on the history of man. “He was the only man in history,” he writes, “who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels.” (Dr Michael Hart, The 100, New York, 1978) The English historian, Thomas Carlyle, has called the Prophet of Islam “the hero of the Prophets.” To the American Michael Hart, he is the outstanding figure of human history. The greatness of the Prophet Mohammad is clear for all to see. This is not just a creed, accepted blindly by his followers; it is an established historical fact. Anyone acquainted with history cannot help but accept it. If one looks up, one will see the sky encompassing one on all sides. The figure of the Prophet Mohammad encompasses human history in the same way. From whatever angle one looks at history, everbroadening reverberations of his impact will be manifest. All that is best in human values, all the important advances of human civilization, are direct or indirect results of the revolution he brought about. Religious institutions had become debased by the veneration of mere mortals; whereas Prophet Mohammad admitted of no other form of religion but that based on the worship of the immortal God. Religious beliefs had very frequently been founded on superstition; but he established them on the foundation of reality. It was he who taught men to conquer nature instead of worshipping it, thus paving the way for the scientific era. Political power had been in the hands of one hereditary monarch; he showed the way to government by the people. Learning had been based on conjecture and assumption; he taught man to learn from observation of reality. Human society had been vitiated by cruelty and oppression; he showed people how to live together in justice and peace. These are all achievements of the