Mohammad: The Prophet of Revolution Vol

and forgive those who wrong me; and that my silence should be meditation; and my words remembrance of God; and my vision keen observation. Razin These were not just glib words; they were a reflection of the Prophet’s very life. Poignant and wondrously effective words of this nature could not emanate from an empty soul; they themselves indicate the status of the speaker; they are an outpouring of his inner being, and unquenchable spirit revealed in verbal form. Even before the dawn of his prophethood, the Prophet’s life had followed the same pattern. The motivation, however, had been subconscious; now it came on to the level of consciousness. Actions which had previously been based on instinctive impulses now became the well-conceived results of profound thinking. This is the state of one who reduces material needs to a minimum; whose life assumes a different pattern from that of others; who in body lives in this world, but in spirit dwells on another plane. The Prophet once said: A discerning person should have some special moments: a moment of communion with God; a moment of self-examination; a moment of reflection over the mysteries of creation; and a moment which he puts aside for eating and drinking. (Ibn Hibban) In other words, this is how God’s faithful servant passes the day. Sometimes the yearning of his soul brings him so close to God that he finds something in communion with the Lord. Sometimes fear of the day when he will be brought before the Lord for reckoning makes him reckon with himself. Sometimes he is so overawed by the marvels of God’s creation that he starts seeing the splendours of the Creator reflected therein. Thus, he spends his time encountering the Lord, his own self, and the world around him, also finding some time to cater for his physical needs. These words are not a description of some remote being; they are a reflection of the Prophet’s own personality, a flash from the light of faith that illuminated his own heart. These “moments” were a part and parcel of the Prophet’s life. One who has not experienced these states can never describe them in such a lofty manner. The