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| What
Great Persons Say about Prophet Mohammed (saw) |
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| Washington
Irving |
| (1783-1859)
Well-known as the "first
American man of letters". |
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He
was sober and abstemious
in his diet, and a rigorous
observer of fasts. He
indulged in no magnificence
of apparel, the ostentation
of a petty mind; neither
was his simplicity in
dress affected, but the
result of a real disregard
to distinction from so
trivial a source ... In
his private dealings he
was just. He treated friends
and strangers, the rich
and poor, the powerful
and the weak, with equity,
and was beloved by the
common people for the
affability with which
he received them, and
listened to their complaints
... His military triumphs
awakened no pride nor
vain glory, as they would
have done had they been
effected for selfish purposes.
In the time of his greatest
power he maintained the
same simplicity of manners
and appearance as in the
days of his adversity.
So far from affecting
regal state, he was displeased
if, on entering a room,
any unusual testimonial
of respect were shown
to him. |
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*Life
of Mahomet*, London, 1889,
pp. 192-3, 199 |
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| Annie
Besant |
| (1847-1933)
British theosophist and
nationalist leader in India
& President of the Indian
National Congress in 1917.* |
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It
is impossible for anyone
who studies the life and
character of the great
Prophet of Arabia, who
knows how he taught and
how he lived, to feel
anything but reverence
for that mighty Prophet,
one of the great messengers
of the Supreme. And although
in what I put to you I
shall say many things
which may be familiar
to many, yet I myself
feel whenever I re-read
them, a new way of admiration,
a new sense of reverence
for that mighty Arabian
teacher. |
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*The
Life And Teachings Of
Muhammad*, Madras, 1932,
p. 4 |
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Edward
Gibbon |
(1737-1794)
Considered the greatest
British historian of his
time. |
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His
(i.e., Muhammad's) memory
was capacious and retentive,
his wit easy and social,
his imagination sublime,
his judgment clear, rapid
and decisive. He possessed
the courage of both thought
and action. |
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*History
of the Decline and Fall
of the Roman Empire*,
London, 1838, vol.5, p.335 |
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Michael
H. Hart |
Professor of astronomy,
physics and the history
of science |
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My
choice of Muhammad to
lead the list of the world's
most influential persons
may surprise some readers
and may be questioned
by others, but he was
the only man in history
who was supremely successful
on both the religious
and secular level. |
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*The
100: A Ranking Of The
Most Influential Persons
In History*, New York,
1978, p. 33 |
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William
Montgomery Watt |
Professor
(Emeritus) of Arabic and
Islamic Studies at the University
of Edinburgh. |
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His
readiness to undergo persecutions
for his beliefs, the high
moral character of the
men who believed in him
and looked up to him as
leader, and the greatness
of his ultimate achievement
- all argue his fundamental
integrity. To suppose
Muhammad an impostor raises
more problems than it
solves. Moreover, none
of the great figures of
history is so poorly appreciated
in the West as Muhammad. |
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*Mohammad
At Mecca*, Oxford, 1953,
p. 52 |
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Alphonse
de Lamartine |
(1790-1869)
French poet and statesman.
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Philosopher,
orator, apostle, legislator,
warrior, conqueror of
ideas, restorer of rational
dogmas, of a cult without
images; the founder of
twenty terrestrial empires
and of one spiritual empire,
that is Muhammad. As regards
all standards by which
human greatness may be
measured, we may well
ask, is there any man
greater than he? |
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Translated
from* Histoire De La Turquie*,
Paris, 1854, vol. II,
pp. 276-277 |
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Reverend
Bosworth Smith |
(1794-1884)
Late Fellow of Trinity College,
Oxford. |
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He
was Caesar and Pope in
one; but he was Pope without
the Pope's pretensions,
and Caesar without the
legions of Caesar. Without
a standing army, without
a bodyguard, without a
palace, without a fixed
revenue, if ever any man
had the right to say that
he ruled by a right Divine,
it was Mohammed; for he
had all the power without
its instruments and without
its supports. |
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*Mohammed
and Mohammedanism*, London,
1874, p. 235 |
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Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi |
(1869-1948)
Indian thinker, statesman,
and nationalist leader. |
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I
became more than ever
convinced that it was
not the sword that won
a place for Islam in those
days in the scheme of
life. It was the rigid
simplicity, the utter
self-effacement of the
prophet, the scrupulous
regard for his pledges,
his intense devotion to
his friends and followers,
his intrepidity, his fearlessness,
his absolute trust in
God and in his own mission.
These, and not the sword
carried everything before
them and surmounted every
trouble. |
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*Young
India* (periodical), 1928,
Volume X |
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Edward
Gibbon |
(1737-1794)
Considered the greatest
British historian of his
time. |
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The
greatest success of Mohammad's
life was effected by sheer
moral force without the
stroke of a sword. |
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*History
Of The Saracen Empire*,
London, 1870 |
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John
William Draper |
(1811-1882)
American scientist, philosopher,
and historian. |
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Four
years after the death
of Justinian, A.D. 569,
was born at Mecca, in
Arabia the man who, of
all men exercised the
greatest influence upon
the human race . . . Mohammed. |
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*A
History of the Intellectual
Development of Europe*,
London, 1875, vol.1, pp.
329-330 |
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David
George Hogarth |
(1862-1927)
English archaeologist, author,
and keeper of the Ashmolean
Museum, Oxford. |
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Serious
or trivial, his daily
behaviour has instituted
a canon which millions
observe this day with
conscious mimicry. No
one regarded by any section
of the human race as Perfect
Man has been imitated
so minutely. The conduct
of the Founder of Christianity
has not so governed the
ordinary life of His followers.
Moreover, no Founder of
a religion has been left
on so solitary an eminence
as the Muslim Apostle. |
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*Arabia*,
Oxford, 1922, p. 52 |
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