Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 949
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 949 (16) S. P. Scott (1903) in his English book, 'History of the Moorish Empire in Europe', writes: "If the object of religion be the inculcation of morals, the diminution of evil, the promotion of human happiness, the expansion of the human intellect, if the performance of good works will avail in the great day when mankind shall be summoned to its final reckoning, it is neither irreverent nor unreasonable to admit that Muhammad was indeed an apostle of God. " "The most convincing evidence of his (Prophet Mu h ammad's) honesty of purpose, his self-confidence, and his earnest devotion, is furnished by the rank and character or his first disciples, and the reverence with which his teachings were received. " 19 (17) The great scholar of Islam, Thomas W. Arnold (1896), writes: "It has been frequently asserted by European writers that from the date of Mu h ammad's migration to Medina, and from the altered circumstances of his life there, the Prophet appears in an entirely new character. He is no longer the preacher, the warner, the apostle of God to men, whom he would persuade of the