The Seal of Prophets - His Personality and Character — Page 15
The Seal of Prophets 15 In contrast to the attitude of Khadijah ra the opinion of all his friends was suddenly transformed after he declared himself to be a Messenger from God. Those who used to call him Al-Amin, the most trustworthy, who went to him for resolving their disputes and who trusted him entirely, started blaming him as guilty of extreme falsehood. Bosworth Smith records this contradictory attitude of the Meccans, after Prophet Muhammad’s sa pronouncement of being commissioned from God, in the following words: “People pointed the finger of scorn at him as he passed by: ‘There goeth the son of Abdallah, who hath his converse with the heavens!’ They called him a driveller, a star gazer, a maniac- poet. His uncles sneered, and the main body of the citizens treated him with that contemptuous indifference, which must have been harder to him to bear than active persecution. ” (Page 79) Then he tells us that Meccans tried persuasion and treaties, bribes and threats against Prophet Muhammad sa “Should they array against me and put the sun on my right hand, and the moon on my left,” said Mohammed, “yet while God should command me, I would not renounce my purpose. ” (Page 80) “These are not the words, nor this the course of an impostor”, writes Bosworth Smith. Prophet Muhammad sa was a humble man in every relationship