Why Did They Become Muslims

accomplishes. A religion, (i.e. Islam), which has carried so heavy a
burden, which has spread to such distances, and which has
maintained its full power for such a long time, cannot be a lie. It
has to be genuine and convincing. Muhammad’s ‘alaihis-salâm’
life; his efforts; his courage in attacking and destroying the
superstitions and idols in his country; his bravery and valor in
standing against the fury of a fire-worshipping nation; his thirteen
year endurance to the various attacks, insults and persecutions
inflicted on him in Mekka, among his own citizens; his migration
to Medina; his incessant encouragements, preaches and
admonitions; the holy wars he fought against overwhelmingly
superior enemy forces; his spirit for victory; the superhuman
confidence he felt at times of greatest afflictions; the patience and
trust he displayed even in victory; the determination he showed in
convincing others; his endless devotion in worships; his sacred
communings with Allâhu ta’âlâ; his death, and the continuation of
his fame, honour and victories after his death; all these factual
events (and many others untold) indicate that he was by no means
a liar, but, on the contrary, an owner of great belief ‘sall-Allâhu
ta’âlâ alaihi wa sallam’.
“It was this belief and this trust in his Creator that made him
put forward a two-staged credo: The first stage consisted of the
belief that ‘there is one eternal being, who is Allah;’ and the
second stage inculcated that ‘idols are not gods.’ In the first stage
he informed the Arabs about the existence of Allâhu ta’âlâ, who is
one and whom they had not known until that time; and in the
second stage he shook from their hands the idols which they had
looked on as gods until that time. In short, at a single stroke with
the sword he broke the false gods and idols and replaced them with
the belief in ‘One Allah’.
“This is Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’, the philosopher, the
orator, the Prophet, the law-giver, the warrior, the enchanter of
human thoughts, the maker of new principles of belief, the great
man who established twenty gigantic world empires and one great
Islamic empire and civilization ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ alaihi wa sallam’.
“Let all the criteria used by humanity for the judgement and
evaluation of greatness be applied. Will anyone be found superior
to him? Impossible.” ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ alaihi wa sallam’.
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