Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 215
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 215 Chapter 10 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Sublime Fidelity The most important building blocks of the human character are truthfulness, reliability and honesty. The truthfulness of the inner self reflects in one's character, discourse and even on the face of a truthful person. That is why God Almighty has declared fidelity a sign of truth of His Prophets and Messengers. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa addressed the Makkans with these words of the Holy Qur’ a n: "Say, If All a h had so willed, I should not have recited it to you nor would He have made it known to you. I have indeed lived among you a whole lifetime before this. Will you not then understand?" (10:17) In this verse, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's life before his proclamation of prophethood has been presented as a proof of his truthfulness with the inference that a person who had not told a lie in his childhood or youth, could never forge a lie against God, when he is nearing his old age. Surely truthfulness is the basic and cogent proof to establish the validity of a claimant of prophethood. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa fulfills this criterion perfectly. He was the one who was known as trust-