Muhammad in the Bible — Page 21
21 upon these Meccans would have been light in comparison to their long record of misdeeds, the Prophet announced, gently and mercifully: There shall be no retribution exacted from you, you shall all go free. (The Holy Quran 12:93) Is it the same way that the Christians treated their enemies when they came to power? Who should then be called a true Prince of Peace, Jesus or Muhammad? Jesus could not afford peace to others. His followers were able to afford it, but they did not give i t. The prophet of Islam had the power to punish his enemies but he chose to forgive. Muhammad, therefore, was the Prince of Peace of Isaiah’s prophecy. It was he again who also attained government and thus could fulfill the last part of this prophecy sayin g, “Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end. ”