The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 303
The Holy Prophetsa 303 and restored to the world the truth that had been lost. No. Prophet shares with him the pride that he found the whole world in darkness and by his appearance that darkness was converted into light. He did not die till the people among whom he had appeared had cast aside the garment of paganism and had put on the robe of the. Unity of God. Not only this, but also they achieved high grades of faith and performed such works of righteousness, fidelity and certainty which are not matched in any part of the world. Such success was not achieved by any. Prophet other than the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him]. . It is a strong argument in support of the truth of the Holy. Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] that he was raised in an age when the world had fallen into deep darkness and called for a grand Reformer. He departed the world at a time when hundreds of thousands of people had abandoned paganism and idol worship and had adopted the Unity of God and the straight path. Such perfect reform was particular to him that he taught a people who were at the level of animals, the ways of humanity. In other words, he converted wild beasts into men, and then turned them into educated men, and then made them men of God, and breathed spirituality into them and created a relationship between them and the. True God. They were slaughtered like sheep in the cause of God and were trodden under foot like ants, but they did not abandon their faith, and marched forward in the face of every calamity. . Doubtless, the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] was a second Adam and indeed was the true Adam for the establishment of spirituality through