the prophet muhammad (saas) - Prophet Muhammad (SAW) for All

Say: "I am only a human being like yourselves. It is revealed to me that your god is One God. So let
him who hopes to meet his Lord act rightly and not associate anyone in the worship of his Lord." (Surat
al-Kahf: 110)
Say: "If there had been angels on the earth going about in peace, We would have sent down to
them an angel from heaven as messenger." Say: "Allah is a sufficient witness between me and you. He is
certainly aware of and sees His servants." (Surat al-Isra': 95-96)
The Prophet (saas) told his people that he was also commanded to be one of the Muslims and to obey
Allah, and that he was responsible for warning the unbelievers, but that he could not be held responsible for
their choices. The verses in question read:
"I have simply been ordered to worship the Lord of this land which He has declared sacred—
everything belongs to Him—and I have been ordered to be one of the Muslims and to recite the Qur'an."
Whoever is guided is only guided to his own good; if someone is misguided just say, "I am only a warner."
Say: "Praise be to Allah. He will show you His Signs and you will recognise them. Your Lord is not
unaware of what you do." (Surat an-Naml: 91-93)
The Prophet (saas) relieved Muslims of difficulties
Together with the traits we have already described, the Prophet (saas) lifted burdens from the faithful,
and was a guide to them in tasks that they failed to understand properly, which were otherwise had been too
difficult. People are easily prone to making their lives difficult, and to imposing rules upon themselves, by
which they falsely believe they have solved their problems. This particular human characteristic is one of the
reasons why the religion has been distorted through the years. Many societies have dreamed up rules that did
not actually exist in the religion, and then made themselves and others believe that they would only be truly
god-fearing when they adhered to them. One of the Prophet (saas)'s most important qualities was the way he
lifted such burdens that people had imposed on themselves. Allah speaks of that quality of the Prophet (saas)
in a verse:
Those who follow the Messenger, the Ummi, whom they find written down with them in the Torah
and the Gospel, commanding them to do right and forbidding them to do wrong, permitting them good
things and prohibiting them bad things, relieving them of their heavy loads and the chains which were
around them. Those who believe in him and honour him and help him, and follow the Light that has
been sent down with him, they are the ones who are successful. (Surat al-A‘raf: 157)
The "heavy loads and chains" mentioned in the verse are the difficulties people impose upon
themselves. The Prophet (saas) was both a model for people in his own lifetime, as well as one who lifted
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