The message revealed to the Prophet
Al-Risala (English), December 1992, p. 9
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
The message revealed to the Prophet
1992 12 December 9 The message revealed to the Prophet (136) Abu Nujaih Amr ibn Absah recounts how, even in the pre-Islamic period, he felt that the idolatrous religion practised in Arabia was misguided and far from the True Path. “Then I heard of the appearance in Mecca of a man who uttered inspired words. I mounted my camel and traveled to Mecca, where I found the Prophet quietly giving his message to the people, while they, for their part, went to extremes in taking liberties with him. I asked him who he was. ‘I am God’s Prophet,’ he replied. When I asked him what a Prophet was, he said, ‘One sent by God,’ ‘for what reason?’ I asked, and the Prophet replied. He has sent me to unite kinspeople, to break idols and to make people regard God as One, and without any partners.’”
(Muslim, Sahih)
