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~ 106 ~ Stanley Lane-Poole Another writer, Stanley Lane-Poole, wrote: ''He freely forgave the Koreysh all the years of sorrow and cruel scorn in which they had afflicted him, and gave an amnesty to the whole population of Mekka…It was thus that Mohammad entered again his native city. Through all the annals of conquest there is no triumphant entry comparable to this one. '' 44 H. G Wells In The Outline of History, professor H. G Wells wrote regarding a major proof of the prophethood of the Prophet Muhammad sa : ''Because those who knew Muhammad best believed in him the most… Muhammad was no impostor at any rate…there can be no denying that Islam possesses many fine and noble attributes… They created a society more free from widespread cruelty and social oppression than any society had ever been in the world before. '' 45 44 Stanley Lane‐Poole. Introduction. In: Speeches and Table Talk of the Prophet Muhammad. Macmillan & Co. , London. p xlvi (1882). 45 H. G. Wells. Part II: Muhammad and Islam. In: The Outline of History. University of Michigan Library. , MI. p 269 (1920)