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A collection of small books written by Sunni scholars for answering Shi'a claims.

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Fakhr ad-dîn ar-Râzî. Muhammad (’alaihi ’s-salâm) became <strong>the</strong><br />

Prophet among a community who were quite unaware <strong>of</strong> heavenly<br />

books and stranded in knowledge and science. It was such a<br />

community that, having dissented from <strong>the</strong> true way, <strong>the</strong><br />

poly<strong>the</strong>ists were worshipping idols [statues and human figures <strong>the</strong>y<br />

had made from stones or metals]; some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m had been deceived<br />

by Jews and had adopted <strong>the</strong>ir false, superstitious stories as a<br />

religion; magians, a minor group, worshipped two gods and<br />

married <strong>the</strong>ir own daughters and immediate relatives; and <strong>the</strong><br />

o<strong>the</strong>rs, Christians, believed that ’Îsâ (’alaihi ’s-salâm) was <strong>the</strong> “Son<br />

<strong>of</strong> God” and worshipped three gods. Among such deranged<br />

people, Muhammad (’alaihi ’s-salâm) became a Prophet. A book<br />

titled Qur’ân al-kerîm was revealed to him by Allâhu ta’âlâ. He<br />

sorted out <strong>the</strong> beautiful habits from <strong>the</strong> ugly ones and <strong>the</strong> good<br />

deeds leading to felicity from <strong>the</strong> bad ones leading to perdition. He<br />

taught true îmân and ’ibâdât. Those who believed him were<br />

enlightened by this îmân and ’ibâdât. He rescued humanity from<br />

distorted, concocted religions. He attained <strong>the</strong> victory promised by<br />

Allâhu ta’âlâ. All his enemies soon perished. Depraved, factious,<br />

provocative words and actions came to an end. People were<br />

rescued from dictators, usurpers and <strong>the</strong> cruel. Every place<br />

became illuminated with <strong>the</strong> sacred lights <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sun <strong>of</strong> tawhîd and<br />

<strong>the</strong> moon <strong>of</strong> tanzîh. This is what prophethood implies, for<br />

‘Prophet’ means <strong>the</strong> superior person who beautifies people’s<br />

morals and <strong>of</strong>fers medicine for illnesses <strong>of</strong> hearts and souls. Most<br />

people are <strong>the</strong> slaves <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir nafses. Their souls are sick. A<br />

specialist <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> soul and ethics is necessary to cure <strong>the</strong>m. The<br />

religion brought by Muhammad (’alaihi ’s-salâm) became a<br />

medicine for <strong>the</strong>se illnesses. It eradicated <strong>the</strong> evils and<br />

malignancies in hearts. This case absolutely demonstrates that he<br />

is Allâhu ta’âlâ’s Prophet and is <strong>the</strong> Highest <strong>of</strong> Prophets (sall-<br />

Allâhu ‘alaihi wa ‘alaihim wa ‘alâ âli wa as’hâbi kullin ajma’în).<br />

Hadrat Imâm Fakhr ad-dîn ar-Râzî explains in his book al-Matâlib<br />

al-’âliyya that this case is <strong>the</strong> most obvious evidence proving his<br />

prophethood.<br />

At <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> my book, I have explained what<br />

prophethood means and proved that it did not happen to anyone<br />

as it did to Muhammad (’alaihi ’s-salâm). Thus, it has been<br />

understood that he is superior to <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs. This superiority can<br />

also be proven by studying his mu’jizas. But this apporach is more<br />

similar to <strong>the</strong> way chosen by thinkers for proving prophethood.<br />

Their way can be summarized to mean that men need a code <strong>of</strong> law<br />

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