Holy Prophet Muhammad and His Teachings — Page 48
48 · and he alone is worthy to be called generous who possess riches and distributes them. The almighty God granted him victory over his tyrant enemies and he forgave them all, He grants him kingdom and by his living a humble and simple life and by his distributing the riches to the pour and the needy he proved that he did not teach others to look after the poor because he oid not possess anything but that he acted upon what he taught. He spent every. He spent every moment of his life in suffering for the sake of God, and every day suffered a new death in His path, He died at the age of 63, and even in his last illness he was anxious to safeguard his followers against reversion to any forms of associating other baing with. God. He repeatedly exclaimed May God deal with those who turned to the tombs of their prophets into places of worship. " mahing that those people pray to their prophets as if the latter possessed Divine powers. He thus meant to warn the Muslims against this form of deification. . Condemning with his last breath all that might militate against the Perfect Unity of God, he returned to his Maker, and although it is said that the Muslims worship Muhammad (on whom be peace and the blessings of God), he was the man who did more than anybody else to suppress all forms of deification and association of other beings with God. He e spent the whole of his life in preaching the Perfect Unity of God, and whatever love we find today in the world for this doctrine it is the result of his efforts and the efforts of those who followed him.