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~ 111 ~ fully matched with the hour. Had it not been for his gifts as a seer, statesman, and administrator and, behind these, his trust in God and firm belief that God had sent him, a notable chapter in the history of mankind would have remained unwritten. It is my hope that this study of his life may contribute to a fresh appraisal and appreciation of one of the greatest of the sons of Adam. '' 51 Bosworth Smith The famous Christian historian, Reverend Bosworth Smith, in his book Muhammad and Muhammadanism, wrote: ''Head of the State as well as of the Church, he was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without 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 the right divine, it was Mohammed, for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports. '' 52 51 William Montgomery Watt. Muhammad at Madina. Oxford University Press. pp. 335 (1981) 52 Rev. Bosworth Smith. Character of Mohammad. In: MOHAMMAD AND MOHAMMADANISM. Smith, Elder & Co. , London. p. 235 (1876)