Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 945
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 945 degree of perfection. This was the Reformer who raised a downtrodden, wild and idolatrous people and moulded them in a united nation, who worshipped one God. He inspired them with highest moral values. " She furthers writes: "If we look into the prophecies of Muhammad or at the first Muslim conquests, it is easy to see how 'false was the accusation that Islam was imposed by the sword and that only by such means could its rapid and wide diffusion be accounted for. The Qur’ a n says: There should be no compulsion in religion. . . . Against the accusation of cruelty the answer is easy. Mu h ammad, Head of a State, defender of the life and freedom of his people, in the exercise of justice punished severely individuals guilty of crimes,. . . Mu h ammad, as a preacher of the religion of God, was gentle and merciful even towards his personal enemies. In him were blended justice and mercy, two of the noblest qualities which the human mind can conceive. . . . . Enemies of Islam have insisted in depicting Muhammad as a sensual individual and a dissolute man, trying to find in his marriages evidence of a weak character not consistent with