The Honour of Prophets — Page 19
19 cognizant, God Almighty manifested such actions of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, which established that he had truly given precedence to God over everything else. Every particle of the Holy Prophet, and his every vein and fibre was so permeated with the love and greatness of God that his own being served as a mirror to reflect in full the spectacle of God’s manifestations. All the signs of perfect love of God, which can possibly be fathomed, were present entirely in the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. It is obvious that when a person loves someone, they do so on account of either the latter’s kindness or beauty, because ever since the creation of man, it has been the universal experience of mankind that kindness kindles love. Notwithstanding all the differences in human dis positions, it is a sure fact that every individual, accord ing to their temperament, is inspired by kindness, and develops a love for the one who does them good. Even the vilest, most hard hearted and ignoble class of society such as thieves, robbers and other criminals, who live on various forms of criminality, do not remain untouched by kindness. For instance, if a thief who commits burgla ry finds the opportunity to break into two houses, and if one of the houses belongs to a person who has done