The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 315
The Holy Prophetsa 315 the perfectly righteous demonstrate in the period of distress, that is to say, trusting in God and abstaining from complaining and not slackening in his work and not standing in awe of anyone, in such manner that the disbelievers believed on witnessing such steadfastness and bore witness that unless a person had full trust in God, he could not endure suffering with such steadfastness. . When the stage of victory, power and prosperity arrived the high qualities of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] his forgiveness, generosity, bravery were demonstrated so perfectly that a large number of disbelievers observing those qualities believed in him. He forgave his persecutors and gave security to those who had expelled him from Mecca and enriched their needy ones. Having obtained authority over his principal enemies, he forgave them. Many people, observing his high qualities, testified that unless a person came from God and was truly righteous, he could not possess such qualities. That is why the old rancour of his enemies was immediately removed. The Holy Qur'ān testifies to his exemplary morals in this verse: 189 قُلْ اِنَّ صَلاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلهِ رَبِّ العَلَمِينَ. This means that: Tell them that my worship and my sacrifice and my life and my death are all for God alone, that is my whole life is devoted to manifesting the glory of. God and providing comfort for His creatures so that with my death they might regain spiritual life. [Islāmi Uşūl ki Philosophy, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 10, pp. 447-448]. Greater than all honours is the honour of the Holy. Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] which 189 al-An'ām, 6:163 [Publisher]