The Prophet: Mohammed [Archives:2006/921/Community]

By: Nadia Ali Al-Shwafi
Faculty of English
Ibb University
As the last of Allah's prophets and messengers, he is considered the seal of the prophets and the leader of the messengers sent by Allah to all humanity. He is called the prophet of peace, mercy and forgiveness. He is the prophet of Islam and the caller of peace. Islam is the religion Allah asked Mohammed to spread to Arabs and non-Arabs. The word “Islam” is derived from salam, meaning peace.

He purified the hearts and souls of his people of aggression and hatred. He said, “Allah has no mercy on those who have no mercy for others.” In addition to that, he said, “Powerful is not he who knocks the other down, indeed powerful is he who controls himself in a fit of anger.” He taught his people how to behave well and be kind to each other. He did not ask his people to hurt or harm anyone (Arabs or non-Arabs). He asked them to be a good example for others. He encouraged them to minimize the value of life and its pleasure to increase their humanity and be able to gather all human beings under the roof of love, faithfulness and brotherhood.

Moreover, he told his people not to be conceited because, “Allah does not judge according to your bodies and appearances but He scans your hearts and looks into your deeds.” He told them not to be proud and arrogant. He told them they are equal and no one is better than another, except if they do better deeds. He told them they are from one origin and there is no priority of Arab over non-Arab, except through piousness.

So Mohammed did not call for war, but he called for peace. He called for equality and mercifulness. Then why are those evil people trying to hurt him? Are they afraid of him even after his death? Why are they afraid of him if they are doing good deeds? Do they believe their deeds are wrong? If they think so, they can reform them and Allah (forgiving and merciful) will forgive them. And if they think their bad deeds will lead them to the dark side, the time is not over. There is enough time to do good deeds. Islam removes all bad deeds that happened before Islam. But if they are trying to hurt our prophet without any reason, I can tell them that they are unreasonable. They are trying to hurt the most excellent example and the most successful personality in the history of mankind. They really must be treated because they are trying to hurt a dead man (yes, he is alive in our hearts and lives in paradise now). I want to tell them that if they are trying to hurt our feelings, they cannot because we are considering their words and deeds unreasonable. We compare their words and deeds with the words of a madman.
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