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Advent
of Islam:
All praise is due to ALLAH Who made
all things and placed in each an excellence peculiar to
itself. He designed man to be specially His own and allayed
the discontent of his soul by the gift of Himself. All His
creations are marked by strength, beauty, originality and
wisdom. He made the sun to shine and the moon to glow and
assigned to man honour, eminence and a high
dignity.
Significance
of the Two Names Ahmad and Muhammad:
And peace and blessing by upon
His unlettered Prophet, who bears the names of MUHAMMAD
and AHMAD. These were the two names first
presented to Adam when in the Beginning the names of all
things were introduced to him, because they conveyed the
ulterior purpose of the creation of the world, and thus held
with God the highest and the noblest place among all other
names. So by virtue of bearing these names the Holy Prophet
enjoys a pre-eminence over all other prophets. He was the
recipient of the highest form of prophetic knowledge and was
vouchsafed divine revelations in their fullness and
completeness. He was gifted with the closest insight into
Divine secrets and was endowed with all the blessings
bestowed upon preceding and succeeding generations. It was
for these reasons that he received the title of "The Seal of
the Prophets."
He was sent with a message alike for
the white and the black and was chosen to cure the blind,
the deaf and the mute. He was endowed with divine blessings
in a measure the like of which was not witnessed in any
previous prophet or apostle. It was by the operation of His
direct providence that God endowed him with knowledge,
understanding, insight, purity, and sense of propriety, and
designated him as one of His Elect. It, therefore, became
incumbent upon the Holy Prophet to extol the Lord, Who
Himself had provided for his wants, sheltered him under the
cloak of His protection and dispensed all his affairs by His
direct intervention, without the intermediary of teachers,
parents or patrons, and endowed him with all sorts of
bounties in their perfection. Naturally, therefore, the soul
of the Holy Prophet celebrated the praise of God with an
exuberance the depth of which it is beyond the power of any
human vision to explore. He attained the highest perfection
in the celebration of God’s praise and was lost and
effaced in His remembrance. The secret of this exuberant
praise and glorification lay in the fact that God had been
unceasingly and continuously showering His blessings upon
him; and His Succour did not leave the Holy Prophet for a
single instant dependent upon his own effort, till at length
the Divine Presence took entire possession of his heart and
made it its permanent abode and made the Holy Prophet its
beloved in all respects. As a result, the heart of the Holy
Prophet leaped up in praise of the Great Benefactor and to
extol Him became the single object of his desire. This was a
privilege never vouchsafed to any save the Holy Prophet, nay
to none of the other apostles or prophets or seers or
saints. These had deprived part of their spiritual insight
and knowledge, and other gifts through the intermediary of
learned men or their parents or other human benefactors.
But, on the contrary, the Holy Prophet received all his
gifts directly from God, the fountainhead of all blessings.
They could not, therefore, experience the same degree of
warmth in the glorification of God as did the soul of the
Holy Prophet, to whom God had proved to be the Sole
Provider. This was the reason why none of the previous
apostles or prophets had received the name of AHMAD,
which means the greatest praiser. None of them had
celebrated the unity and glory of God to the same extent as
did the Holy Prophet, for human hand had a share in the
blessings they enjoyed, and unlike the Holy Prophet, they
had not been bestowed with their spiritual gifts directly
from God. Nor did He become the immediate Dispenser of their
affairs, or helped them in all their difficulties by His
direct intervention.
It thus comes about that the Holy
Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) is alone the
perfect MAHDI (the Divinely guided) and the perfect
AHMAD (the greatest praiser). This is indeed a
mystery fathomed by none save by the hearts of the
saints.
Again, since it so happened that the
Holy Prophet’s glorification of God consisted in his
complete attachment to Him in preference to his own desires,
and in his sincere, genuine and single-minded solicitude for
Him, God as a reward returned all those praises to the Holy
Prophet himself. Such, indeed, is God’s way of dealing
with His particular devotees. He turns His praiser into the
praised. The Holy Prophet accordingly became the praised one
both on the earth and in the heavens. This incident bears a
moral for all true devotees, and a happy promise for all who
praise God, namely, that God returns to the priaser all his
praises and makes him the true subject of the same. The
priaser then becomes the praised one on the earth and his
acceptance spreads through the land. Every good soul joins
him in praise for him. This is the stage of perfection of
true devotion and the goal of all pure souls. This stage is
recognised by none except those possessed of spiritual
insight. This is the highest aim of man and his devotions.
This stage marks the end of the ambition of all saints and
the termination of the journey of all true seekers. This is
the stage wherein God brings to perfection the souls of His
elect. This is the purpose of the Law and the ultimate end
of all religious experience. This is the gist of all the
messages borne to the Holy Prophet by the Angel Gabriel. Let
us, therefore, invoke peace and blessing upon the Holy
Prophet.
The state described above is the end
for which all spiritual strivers put forth their efforts, as
well as those who detach themselves from the world for the
sake of His love, who live by God alone and die in his name,
who place their entire reliance upon Him, who submit to His
will in perfect integrity of soul and carry out His commands
with tears in their eyes and forget themselves in their
search after His pleasure, who die at His loss and live with
His countenance, who for His sake leave their nightly beds
and engage themselves in devotion, and pass their nights
standing or prostrate before Him and are never forgetful;
and who when they feel restless, remember their Friend with
weeping and tears and in the watches of the night mutter
their complaints and breathe their sighs. Nobody knows which
way these strivers are being driven and how they are being
directed. Disasters befall them and they bear them with
patience. They are cast into flames and the word
‘peace’ comes unto them and they are saved. These
are the true extollers of His praise: His near ones, and
accessories to His secrets.
Bless them! They and their associates
are the elected ones who have been privileged to intercede
and whose intercession has been accepted. This is a dignity
not granted to any except the favoured ones of God. It was
to explain this state that Islam made its advent. It came to
save men from the pit of destruction, and to lead them to
the precincts of sanctity and to the further stage of
attained blessedness. It came to warn the heedless that the
sword is ever-ready which will cut them off.
Little indeed do men know in what true
praise and glorification of God consist, and why it is held
in such a high esteem. To realise its worth it is enough to
remember that God has opened the Holy Qur’an with His
praise, so that men may know its supreme importance. This
praise can never emerge in any human heart except with the
complete melting of one’s soul and entire
self-effacement, and can never be truly realised until all
passions have been fully subdued and the cloak of
selfishness put off. Nor can this praise move any human
tongue but that the fire of love should first be kindled in
the heart. Nay, it can never take shape until the traces of
all the false gods have first been completely effaced from
the heart, and until the man has been entirely consumed in
the fire of love for the true God. The man, who casts
himself in this fire, and has his heart filled with aches
and his head absorbed in the remembrance of God is alone
privileged to utter this praise. To such alone is given in
heaven the name of AHMAD. He enjoys the Divine
nearness and is admitted into the abode of dignity and into
the lofty mansion. The latter signifies the mansion of
majesty and power and may tropically be said to be awarded
to the man who celebrates His praise. Such a man by
God’s command is praised both on the earth and in the
heaven and receives the name of MUHAMMAD.
This name signifies one who is
abundantly praised. Both of these names were specially
designed for the Holy Prophet even from the very beginning
of the world. But then by way of epithet they are also
granted to him who makes himself the reflection of the Holy
Prophet. And whoever is given the least part of the
attributes signified by these names, has his heart
illuminated by a thousand effulgence. And the prophecy had
gone forth from the lips of the Holy Prophet that during the
later days God would combine both of these attributes in one
of His chosen servants; as we may still read in the holy
tradition. Read, then, those traditions, dear reader and
reflect!.
In short, the attribute signified by
the names AHMAD and MUHAMMAD are so
comprehensive that they have been made the goal of every
true monotheist. And it is impossible for any soul to
realise the truth of the Divine Unity until and unless it
develops both of these attributes. And no true spirit can
find rest until it has completely mastered these attributes.
And no man can be saved from the snare of passions till he
has attained this supreme stage. And for those who are
strangers to this stage and have no part therein is promised
a humiliation in this world and the next. They live in the
world like straws in a flood. Darkness covers their faces
like a piece of black night. Their birth, their life and
their death are all shrouded in a pall. These are the men
whose minds refuse to offer praise to God and who spend
their time in the praise of false gods.
Blessed, then, are we the followers of
Islam, because we have been given a prophet, who possessed
both of these attributes of AHMAD and
MUHAMMAD, who received both of these names from God
so that they might prove a constant reminder to his
followers and an ever-present motive to urge them to the
goal, namely, that of perfect self-surrender to God and
complete isolation from others beside. It behooves us then
to strive for these attributes and to emulate these
qualities of the Holy Prophet. This is enjoined on us by the
Holy Qur’an, where the words are put into the mouth of
the Holy Prophet "Come, follow me that God may love you."
The promise of this reward, therefore, sets our spirits
dancing with joy and infatuate our minds intoxicating them,
as it were, with the wine of anticipated bliss. How
supremely eminent must be the rank of the Holy Prophet whose
very names serve as a powerful sermon and furnish a lesson
in the proper method of search after God and guide men in
the path of spiritual advancement and point to the highest
goal of this divine pilgrimage. May God, then, shower His
peace and blessings upon the Prophet and his descendants who
were pure and holy, and upon his companions who were mighty
workers by day and devotees by night and the resplendent
stars of the spiritual firmament. May His pleasure never
leave them!
The Purpose
of the Book:
Next, I proceed to inform my
readers that this little book is intended to give an account
of the treasures which my God Lord has entrusted to me for
distribution to mankind and of that fountain which in an age
troubled by many a mirage, has brought God’s merciful
providence suddenly gushed forth in my mind. I began it on a
Thursday and finished it by the next morning without being
the worse for the labour. My object herein has been to
produce an argument against my opponents. My sympathy for
negligence of the Muslim community also persuaded me all the
more readily to undertake this service for the sake of their
weaker members. For men or women their salvation lay in the
acceptance of my call, even though in outward piety they
might rival the sanctity of Rabia’. The book is also
intended to be a reply to those writings which have recently
been published by my opponents. I have touched therein upon
many of the deeper truths and hidden beauties of Islam. The
book indeed is an appeal to my opponents which my love
impelled me to write out in two different languages (Arabic
and Urdu). Friends added a Persian and an English
translation. These flagged not in their zeal, nor spared
themselves any pain to carry out my wish. All these are the
bounties of my Lord. There is none to thwart His purpose or
to balk His will. There is none to intercept His favours or
to avert His punishment. Had He not cared in the beginning
of this century (of the Hijra) to look after the Muslims and
out of His infinite mercy and grace come to their assistance
in this age of spiritual draught, then of sure the light of
Islam would have been extinguished forever and stars of the
religious firmament would have once more vanished out of
sight. Ye men! ye should, therefore, be grateful if ye are
true believers.
The book is specially intended for
those of my people who have denied my truth and said that
all these are the machinations of an impostor. They
disbelieved my words and considered them to be mere
fabrications. They distrusted me and decried me. The
infinite sympathy and anxiety which I feel for them
therefore prompted me to advise and admonish them and God is
fully aware of the motives which move His creatures and of
the secret designs of their hearts, for He knows full well
what transpires in this world.
Transformation
Wrought by the Holy Prophet:
I do not propose in this book
to adduce arguments at length in support of the truth of
Islam or to describe in detail the many excellencies of the
Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him),
because Islam is a faith at once sublime and simple which
contains in itself innumerable evidences of its truth, which
are striking and obvious and the Holy Prophet has been
endowed with such a fragrance as is sure to reach and
captivate every good soul. He was the embodiment of Divine
effulgence and came to us at a time when the earth was
steeped in darkness. At such a time he appeared to us in his
radiant beauty and diffused his sweet odour for the
edification of the world. He attacked falsehood and
overthrew it for all times and shone forth in his truth with
the utmost vividness. He gave guidance to a people who had
ceased to believe in the last meeting with the Lord and were
spiritually dead, who had been lost to faith and virtue and
had ceased to feel the thirst for Divine knowledge and
passed their lives in utter despair. He guided them and made
them a civilised nation and led them to the heights of
spiritual advancement. Before his advent these people were
sunk in idolatry and worshipped stocks and stones and had no
faith in the Unity of God or in the last Judgement. They had
put their trust in the idols and ascribed to them the powers
of Divinity. They believed that the bringing of rain, the
productions of fruits, the giving of children and everything
connected with life and death were due to their idols. Every
one of them entertained the belief that his own potent
guardian was the idol which he worshiped, which helped him
in difficulties and rewarded him for his works. They took
their refuge with them and prayed to them. They had rejected
light and betaken themselves to darkness and preferred to
make the night their permanent abode. They felt as happy
with their idols as the man who suddenly attains the object
of his desire, or as the hunter who finds the game
unexpectedly in his power without the trouble of a shot. It
was their deep conviction that their idols had the power to
grant them whatever they desired. They had imagined that the
Supreme Allah was too holy to undertake the trouble of
granting the prayers or of His punishing His creatures and
that He had delegated all His power and authority relating
to the Universe and Spirit and Matter to those idols and had
honoured them with the cloak of Divinity, while He Himself
enjoyed rest on His throne and would have nothing to do with
such affairs; that it was their idols that interceded for
them and relieved them from their troubles; that they were
the means to win the favours of God; and that it was those
idols which helped confounded humanity to attain their
desires. With such beliefs they combined a vile course of
life. They committed adultery and theft, oppressed the
orphans and misappropriated their properties, indulged in
murder, robbery and infanticide without the least
compunction. There was no villainy which they did not commit
and no false deity which they did not worship. They had lost
the sense of human propriety and had discarded all standards
of morality. They had been turned into veritable brutes and
ate the flesh of sons and brothers! They greedily devoured
the dead carrion and drank blood with avidity like milk!
They had transgressed all bounds in the crimes and rebellion
against God and like the beast of the forest knew no
restraint. Their poets insulted women by their obscenities
and the well-to-do among them were given up to gambling,
drinking and debauchery. When they were inclined to thrift
they ignored all claims of brothers, orphans or the poor,
and when they felt generous they squandered their wealth in
luxury, extravagance, adultery, in the satisfaction of
passions and greed and carried self-indulgence to the
extreme. They killed their offspring for fear of poverty and
want. They murdered their girls to prevent their future
husbands becoming heirs to their properties. Thus they came
to combine in their character the most degrading principles
and the most heinous conduct. And there multiplied among
them bastards, adulteresses and fornicators, and men who
disapproved of their actions and admonished them, ran the
risk of harm to their honour, their lives and their family.
In short, these Arabs were a people, who never had a chance
of listening to any admonished. They were utter strangers to
piety and to purity of character. There was none among them
truthful in word or upright in judgement. At such a time
when the Arabs were sunk in such a corruption, when all
their words and deeds were so polluted with foulness, God
raised among them a prophet. They knew not what a prophet
meant and were completely in the dark about his function.
They denied and disobeyed him and stuck to their idolatry
and follies. And the Holy Prophet bore all their
persecutions and patiently endured their excesses. He
returned their evil with good and their hate with love. He
had come to them as a friend and well-wisher, still for a
long time he had to pace the streets of Mecca like a
forsaken outcast and to bear all their inquiries with the
innate strength of his prophethood. It was his habit to rise
in the night and to resort to God praying that his country
men might be gifted with discernment and His grace and
mercy. At last his prayers were heard, and God, the Changer
of hearts, issued His decree. The influence of his mission
began to spread faster and faster. He who instils love in
human hearts and opens the seeds, now came to his help. At
His command the earth was changed and the hearts were
attached to the blessed Messenger. Every good soul now came
forward in sincerity and truth and strove to win the
pleasure of God by the sacrifice of his life and possessions
until he fully redeemed his vow of life’s consecration.
They were killed for the sake of God like goats upon the
altar. They proved with their blood the sterling quality of
their race and by their deeds the earnestness of their
solicitude for God. In the days of idolatry, their spirits
were enchained in the shackles of ignorance, now the
acceptance of Islam illuminated their hearts and changed
their vice into virtue and their wickedness into genius.
Their nightly carousals were abandoned for the sake of
vigils and prayers and their morning bouts were changed to
paeans of praise and thanksgivings. Once they were convinced
of the truth, they spared neither life nor wealth in the
service of God, and once they had discerned the right they
strove with their might and main to strike fire out of the
flint of their faith. They courted danger so that they might
carefully and rightly gauge the real nature of their faith.
This spirit of sacrifice was the secret of their heroism, of
the keenness of their swords, of the renown which they
achieved and of their ultimate triumph. It was this spirit
which made their character so attractive to the people and
like the musk under the pestle disclosed the hidden
fragrance of their souls. It was this spirit which put
valour into their hearts and gave eloquence to their
tongues, firmness to their faith and elevation to their
thought. It was this spirit which enabled them to cast
themselves into the fire of Divine love till like coal they
were kindled and consumed to ashes. They thus made ample
preparation for their journey to God. For them afflictions
were changed into peace and comfort. They became
invulnerable to heat and fire. Any one who would carefully
ponder over this remarkable change, how those wild Arabs
abandoned their former pastures and hewed through the
forests of their passions and desires to make their way to
their Lord, cannot fail to conclude that it was all due to
the sanctifying power of MUHAMMAD, the Supreme Prophet
elected by God for His everlasting grace. And one may well
wonder at the uniqueness of his power which picked up the
holy companions from the depths of the earth and led them to
the pinnacles of heaven, and step by step elevated them to
the stage of the elect. He found them like beasts devoid of
the notions of Divine Unity and piety, who knew not the
difference between virtue and vice. He taught them the rules
of human propriety and explained to them the principles of
communal and social life, instructed them in the laws of
hygiene such as the need for brushing, cleaning and picking
the teeth, for waiting in the closet until evacuation has
been complete so as not to foul the clothes, in the rules of
sex-intercourse and domestic economy, in the principles of
diet and dress, of sanitation, treatment and prevention of
disease, and in general inculcated lessons in moderation in
all matters. And when they had mastered the rules of
physical life, he led them on from physical to moral and
spiritual qualities and to lessons in principled conduct, so
as to enable them to develop a spiritual life. And, after
they had been confirmed in morals and also in the practice
of good conduct, he invited them to the heights of Divine
propinquity and union and initiated them in the Divine
mysteries, and directed them to the Supreme Lord of Power
and Majesty, so that they might henceforth freely crop the
green verdure of love in the holy precincts of God and enjoy
the privilege of His approval and acceptance.
Three
Stages of Islamic Teachings:
The fact is that the teachings
of the Holy Qur’an and the instructions of the Holy
Prophet are divided into three stages. The first is intended
to turn savages into men and to instil into them notions of
human proprieties; the second is to raise them from the
stage of natural humanity to that of moral beings; and the
third is to elevate them from the moral stage to the stage
of spiritual union with God, where they may enjoy. His
nearness, approbation and love. At this stage there is
annihilation and effacement, and all signs of a separate
existence and a separate will are completely obliterated,
and there is left only one absorbing sense of Divine
Presence, the single transcendent Presence, that is to
remain after the dissolution of the Creation. This is the
final stage of progress for every God-seeking individual, be
he man or woman, and hereto converge all the different
systems of religious exercises. Here ends the journey of the
saints. This is the stage refereed to in the term
"Istiqamat", which occurs in the opening chapter of
the Holy Quran. At this stage are finally quenched under
Divine Command all the passions and desires which are
ignited in the lower self of man. When this stage is
attained, then is the whole citadel finally conquered. The
rabble of passions and desires cease their din and the
question is asked, "To whom does the Kingdom belong today?"
and the answer comes, "To the God of Glory and Greatness."
But far otherwise is the case with the stage of morals and
good conduct. In that stage there is no security against the
enemy during the unguarded moments of spiritual strife,
because for those who have not yet passed beyond this stage
there still remains to overcome many a stronghold difficult
of conquest and they have to live in the constant fear of a
sudden overwhelming assault by their lower selves when
appetites have been made more furious by prolonged
abstention. Such men can never lead a life altogether free
from dust and impurities no can they ever be secure from the
assaults of their passions.
Miraculous
Character of the Holy Qur’an:
Such are the teachings of the
Holy Qur’an. They lead men to perfection both in
knowledge and practices. These teachings are indeed so
advanced that none of the previous Divine books were deemed
fit to propose or propound anything like them. They amount,
in fact, to miracle of wisdom and achievement on the part of
the Holy Prophet. They make the Holy Qur’an a standing
miracle of all times in the eyes of the world. The miracles
of the previous prophets are all dead and gone, but this
miracle of the Holy Qur'an will stand till the last day.
Such claims on behalf of the Holy Quran are not mere
figments of our imagination lacking a basis in actual facts.
There is the most irrefutable evidence in their support and
the most convincing and compelling arguments substantiating
their truth. Its miraculous wisdom is evident from the fact
that it contains all the principles and teachings, all the
facts and arguments required by man for his search after
God. Its teachings are perfect. It furnishes all the
arguments necessary for the establishment of truth and the
refutation of falsehood. In the manner and method of its
exposition of the higher spiritual truths it leaves nothing
to be desired. And withal it sets forth all these teachings
and commands and prohibitions in a way which is at once most
eloquent and sweet and charming. This is an achievement
which is certainly beyond the power of man. Next, as for its
miracle of achievement, as much as of wisdom, the fact is
equally plain and obvious and admits of no denial or doubt.
The Holy Qur’an has indeed surprised many of the most
intelligent thinkers by the wonderful effect and unique
change it has wrought in the lives of its followers, by the
extraordinary illumination it has caused in their minds, by
the complete eradication it has effected of long-established
evil customs. It scaled the walls of crooked and perverted
natures and made its way into the secret chamber of the
heart of the hard-hearted. It crossed the deep and wide
moats of carnal lives and reached to those who lived behind
those barriers. For it, through God’s intervention, the
most difficult works were made easy, distances were
obliterated, narrow, selfish minds were broadened and
enlarged and every obstacle was removed, till at last truth
was made manifest and its devotees gradually came to receive
clear revelations and visions and the seed of perennial
miracles was sown in their hearts. That is why when
questioned about miracles, we have no need to refer to
bygone ages for instances of them, but even from our own
place can show to the specific ever-fresh examples of such
miracles. On the other hand, there is with our adversaries
nothing but legends of the past. Such legends can never
prove the truth of any religion. The truth of a religion can
be known only by the light of signs which never cease, nor
ever get stale. Thus the miracle of the Holy Qur’an is
like a tree with two branches both of which are of great
majesty. These diffuse their fragrance all round and crowds
of people are gathered to bear testimony to their worth,
just as they gather round the Holy Temple at Mecca during
the days of the pilgrimage. Imagine for a moment what an
amount of pain the greatest philosopher will have to undergo
in order to cure the perversion of a foolish or ignorant
mind or to change the habits of a vicious life. The work
will well nigh prove impossible for him. Try, then, to
realise the greatness of the man, who in a few years
reformed thousands of men and turned them from vice to
virtue, eradicated their disbelief, adorned them with the
qualities of truthfulness and probity, till the light of
piety illuminated their hearts and the love of God was made
manifest in their faces and they were fired with zeal for
the service of their faith and traversed the earth from east
to west and from north to south inviting men to Islam and
the religion of Muhammad. Their minds were enlightened with
Divine knowledge and their intelligence was sharpened to
understand the Divine mysteries and love of God and hatred
of evil became a part and parcel for their nature. Thus
gradually they came to reach the stage of the upright and
the blessed after they had once been sunk in the greatest
idolatry. In the service of Islam they spared themselves no
pains until they carried it to the farthest corners of the
then known world of Persian, China, the Roman Empire and
Syria. In short, they reached all those lands where idolatry
had spread its sway and paganism had established its power.
They did not falter in the presence of death and did not
yield even by an inch when threatened by the sword of the
tyrant. They were staunch in battle and rushed to meet death
for the sake of God. They were a people who never fled
before an enemy. They carried their victories to the
remotest ends of human habitation. Their genius was put to
test and their fitness to rule was brought to the proof. In
every field of human enterprise they came out victorious and
they proved themselves masters in all departments of
knowledge and achievements. This fact alone amounts to a
miracle on the part of the Holy Prophet and a clear proof of
the truth of Islam. If, however, our opponents should still
feel inclined to doubt the truth of our statement, they may
well try to point out one single instance from among the
followers of Moses and Jesus or other prophets, who achieved
anything like that achieved by the Companions of the Holy
Prophet. The condition of those followers is an open secret
and the opinion expressed about them by their respective
leaders is a matter of common knowledge. These prophets, of
course, could never had uttered what was not a fact, for
they spoke from the prompting of the Holy Ghost and were not
like ordinary men who speak under the influence of
temper.
An Evidence
of the Truth of the Holy Prophet:
Another evidence of the truth
of the Holy Prophet is that he appeared just at the time
when his appearance was most needed and he did not depart
till he had perfected all the details of the religion he
preached. As for his miracles they are indeed outstanding.
Mention of many of them will be found in the literature of
Islam and the reliable and well-known oral traditions which
have come down to us. One important feature about his
miracles is that they are as much extant today as in the
past, which fact puts the whole matter altogether beyond the
region of doubt and mistake. The never-failing presence of
these signs makes the truth of the Holy Prophet perfectly
obvious, which no one can reject except those brought up in
sin and fostered in the atmosphere of evil.
Apart, however, from all these
external proofs and evidences of the truth of the religion
taught by the Holy Prophet, if we consider the intrinsic
merits of its teachings, we cannot fail to discern in their
clear and shining face the reflection of truth which
requires no extrinsic weight of arguments, And, by God,
nothing prevents men and women from the acceptance of Islam
except when they carry within their hearts the secret
maladies of pride, prejudice or bigotry or narrow sectional
preferences or hatred. They have been deprived of this
inestimable Divine Blessing only because they participated
too extensively in sins. These close their hearts and entomb
them in darkness and deprive them of moral
insight.
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