Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 960
CHAPTER 42 The Greatest and the most Successful Prophet 960 have seen', said he, 'the Chosroes of Persia and the Caesar of Rome, but never did I behold a king among his subjects like Mohammad among his companions'. The devout fervour of enthusiasm acts with more energy and truth than the cold and formal servility of courts. . . . The chiefs of the Koreish were prostrate at his feet. 'What mercy can you expect from the man whom you have wronged?''We confide in the generosity of our kinsman. ''And you shall not confide in vain: be gone! you are safe, you are free'. . . . lf the slightest credit may be afforded to the traditions of his wives and companions, he maintained, in the bosom of his family, and to the last moments of his life, the dignity of an apostle, and the faith of an enthusiast;. . . The good sense of Mo h ammed despised the pomp of royalty; the apostle of God submitted to the menial offices of the family; he kindled the fire, swept the floor, milked the ewes, and mended with his own hands his shoes and his woollen garment. Disdaining the penance and merit of a hermit, he observed, without effort or vanity, the abstemious diet of an Arab and a soldier. On solemn occasions he feasted his companions with rustic