Why Did They Become Muslims

The following conclusion can be drawn from this passage in the
encyclopaedia: Although the historian who wrote this passage
does not seem to believe in the full sense that Islam is the religion
of Allâhu ta’âlâ, he admits that it is a perfect religion, that it
enjoined belief in one Allah, and that it made a civilized nation
from the savage Arabs, and he specially praises and lauds our
Prophet. In fact, Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’, who the entire world
acknowledges is the most perfect human being, was called
‘Muhammad-ul-emîn = Muhammad the Trustworthy’ by his arch
enemies, the most implacable unbelievers, owing to his superlative
honesty and faithfulness. He carried on this sacred task despite all
sorts of unfavourable conditions. After a short while Jebrâîl
‘alaihis-salâm’ (the Archangel) brought him the remaining
fourteen âyats of ’Alaq Sûra. Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ began to
recite to the Meccans the âyats of the Qur’ân al-kerîm that were
being revealed to him, and to invite them to the true religion,
despite their cruel reactions. The Meccans would laugh at him and
scoff at him. Whenever they saw him performing (the prayer
called) namâz, they would eye him with the same consternation
you would feel when you saw someone worshipping an invisible
idol, and they would exclaim, “You must have gone crazy!” Then
Allâhu ta’âlâ revealed to him the first four âyats of Qalam Sûra,
which purported, “Nûn. By the Pen and by the (Record) which
(men) write,–” “Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord (Allah),
mad or possessed.” “Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing;”
“And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.” (68-1,
2, 3, 4)
Then âyat-i-kerîmas were revealed to refute those who argued
that the Qur’ân al-kerîm was not the Word of Allah but it had
been prepared by Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’.
The eighty-eighth âyat of Isrâ Sûra, for one, purported, “Say: If
the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather together to
produce the like of this Qur’ân [in rhetoric, in beautiful poesy, and
in the perfection of its semantic completeness], they could not
produce the like thereof, even if they backed each other with help
and support.” (17-88)
The third and fourth âyats of Najm Sûra purported, “Nor does
he (Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm) say (aught) of (his own) desire.
[For he has been commanded to announce tawhîd (the unity of
Allah), to annihilate polytheism, and to spread the Sharî’at].” “It
is no less than revelation sent down to him.” (53-3, 4)
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