The Excellent Exemplar - Muhammad — Page 14
THE EXCELLENT EXEMPLAR — MUHAMMAD 14 ready for the heavy responsibility that the Divine Will had decreed should be placed on him. In the Quran we read God’s word concerning Moses: “I wrapped thee with love from Me, and this I did that thou mightest be reared before My eye …. We proved thee in various ways. . . . Then thou camest up to the standard, O Moses, and I chose thee for Myse lf” (20:40 - 42) As with Moses, so with Muhammad. Muhammad is reminded of this in the Quran: “Did He not find thee an orphan and take thee under His protection? He found thee perplexed in search of Him and guided thee unto Himself. He found thee in want and provided thee with abundance” (93:7 - 9).