Muhammad in the Bible — Page 18
18 doing, and it marvelous in our eyes. (Matthew 21:33 - 44) This is the way in which the “Wonderful” one had to appear. When the son would be slain, then the other one would be sent who would prove to be the head of the corner. And he would seem “marvelous” in the eyes of Jesus and the whole world. And about his wonderful achievements we may quote Thomas Carlyle. He writes: To the Arab nation it was a birth from darkness into light; Arabia first become alive by means of it. A poor shepherd people ,roaming unnoticed in its deserts since the creation of the world, a hero - prophet was sent down to them with a word they could beli eve: see, the unnoticed becomes world - notable, the small has grown world - great,’ within one century afterward, Arabia is at Grenada on this hand, Delhi on that, glancing in valor and splendor and the light of genius, Arabia shines through long ages over a section of the world. Belief is great, long - living, The history of a nation becomes fruitful, soul - elevating, great, so soon as it believes. These Arabs, the man Mahomet and that one century - is it not as if a spark had fallen, one spark, on a world of what seemed black, unnoticeable sand, but 10, the sand proves explosive powder, blazes heaven - high from Delhi to Grenada. I said ,the great man was always a lightning out of heaven; the rest of men waited for him like fuel and then they too would flame. (Thoma s Carlyle in Heroes And Hero - worship)