Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 932
CHAPTER 42 The Greatest and the most Successful Prophet 932 Emphasizing the need for the book in refuting the false allegations about the Founder of Islam by Salm a n Rushd i , she writes: "It seemed important that the true story of Prophet should also be available, because he was one of the most remarkable human beings who ever lived. " "Muhammad has been seen as the antithesis of the religious spirit and as the enemy of decent civilization. Instead, perhaps, we should try to see him as a man of the spirit, who managed to bring peace and civilisation to his people. " She further writes: "He became a brilliant and charismatic political leader who not only transformed Arabia but changed the history of the world,. . . It is possible to see the egalitarian ideal of Islam as a practical way of fostering brotherly love by reducing all men to the same social and political level. . . . Indeed Muhammad himself set a high standard of ‘brothering’ in his own behaviour. . . . Over the centuries in the West, we have tended to think of Muhammad as a grim figure, a cruel warrior and a callous politician. But he was a man of great kindness and sensibility. . . . Divine aid seemed the only possible explanation for