The universality of the message of Muhammad.
It has already been alluded to the fallacy of the argument that the prophet
Muhammad took inspiration from the scripture of the Christians and the Jews, the
prophet brought with a teaching of purity no extremism nor over exaggeration, he
also brought upright laws and rectified many of the wrongs of the Jews and
Christians before him.
His teaching was a teaching of the highest order, and will remain so until the Day of
Judgment.
UNIVERSAL MESSENGER
These are not mere platitudes; beautiful sentiments bereft of action. Muhammad
(pbuh) practiced what he preached. Among his first Sahabas (companions) and
converts, beside the Arabs can be counted Bilal the Abyssinian, Salman the Persian
and Abdullah Bin-Salaam the Jew. The skeptics may say that his outreach was
simply incidental but what can they say about the historical fact that before his
demise, he sent out five epistles, one to each of the five surrounding countries,
inviting them to accept the religion of Islam.
- The Emperor of Persia
- The King of Egypt
- The Negus of Abyssinia
- The Emperor Heraclius at Constantinople, and