Muhammad The Great Exemplar — Page 1
1 ِ اَعُوْذُ بِہللِ مَِ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِیْم 2 ِ نَْمَدُہٗ وَنُصَلِّْ عَٰ رَسُوْلِہِ الْکَرِیْم ِ بِسْمِ ہللاِ الرَّحْٰنِ الرَّحِیْم 3 ُِ ھُوَ النَّاص دا ےک لضف اور رمح ےک اسھت خ � Muhammad sa as a Man It seems incongruous, that a person who is held up as the chief of the prophets, should also need to be presented as a human being. Yet in truth, a claim to prophethood does not elevate an individual to a point where their human qualities cannot be reflected over; rather this station is one of the many human excellences people can attain, the primary purpose of which is to exhibit the highest virtues among the general run of people. In my estimation, prophethood is like a rain which cultivates and brings out the latent excellences of human nature; assuredly the soil which God chooses to have this water descend upon is the most receptive to 1 I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the accursed. [Publishers] 2 In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. We praise Allah, the Exalted, the Greatest, and we invoke His blessings on His Holy Messenger sa. [Publishers] 3 By the grace and mercy of God Almighty — He alone is the Helper. [Publishers]