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12 born who was to unite the whole known world of the east and south. ” 10. S. P. SCOTT S. P. Scott writes in, History of the Moorish Empire in Europe, p. 126: “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 fina l reckoning it is neither irreverent nor unreasonable to admit that Muhammad was indeed an Apostle of God”. 11. MONTGOMERY WATT W. Montgomery Watt, the well - known Orientalist, has said the following about his personality in general (Muhammad at Madinah, pp 335): “The more one reflects on the history of Muhammad and of early Islam, the more one is amazed at the vastness of his achievement. Circumstances presented him with an opportunity such as few men have had, but the man was fully matched with the hour. Had it n ot been for his gifts as a seer, statesman, and administrator and, behind these, his trust in God and firm belief that God had sent