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“You are a condemned person, we reject you.” This poet once came to see the Prophet and uttered these words, but the Prophet was not enraged. He did not ask his Companions to beat the poet or kill him. Rather, his reaction was totally different. Ibn Ishaq writes: the Quraysh had named him ‘condemned’(muzammam) and they abused him by this name. The Prophet would counter it by saying: “Aren’t you surprised by how God has saved me from the abuses of the Quraysh? For they abuse a person called ‘Muzammam’, while my name is ‘Muhammad’ (meaning ‘The praised one’). o SPIRIT OF ISLAM T o w a r d s G l o b a l P e a c e & S p i r i t ual L iv ing A revamped Spirit of Islam website has been launched with excellent user-friendly features. Kindly visit: https://spiritofislam.co.in/spiritnew/ November-December 2024 Issue can be downloaded from: www.cpsglobal.org