Before 610 AD in Arabia: - Female infants were often killed or buried alive due to cultural views. - There was no central government or law, and society was disordered, with issues like drunkenness, gambling, and exploitative money lending. In 610 AD, the Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation from God and started preaching a message of monotheism, justice, equality and virtue. He established laws and a just social system through simple, moral teachings and leadership by example rather than force. Muhammad elevated the status of women and treated all people with compassion. Historians recognize him as one of the most influential people in history.

1. Arabia……..
Before the year
610.A.D

2. • The birth of a daughter was considered
to be harmful or shameful.
• The Arabs at the time, either killed
their innocent daughters or buried
them alive.

3. Arabia……..
Before the year
610.A.D

4. • “The Arabs had lived,
generation after generation,
century after century, without
a government of any kind.”
• A Restatement of History of Islam and Muslims - page 9

5. •“Since there was no
government, there was
no law and no order.”
• A Restatement of History of Islam and Muslims - page 9

6. • “Drunkenness was a
common vice of the Arabs.
With drunkenness went
their gambling. They were
compulsive drinkers and
compulsive gamblers.”
• A Restatement of History of Islam and Muslims - page 9

7. • “The most powerful class of the Arabs was
made up by the capitalists and money-
lenders. The rates of interest which they
charged on loans were exorbitant, and were
especially designed to make them richer and
richer, and the borrowers poorer and
poorer.”
• A Restatement of History of Islam and Muslims page 10

8. •BUT…….In 610 A.D.
The winds of change
started blowing in the
lands of Arabia

9. •brought by a
man of GOD,

11. What do the historians and
famous men have to say
about Muhammad?

12. • "Head of the State as well as the Church, he was Caesar and
Pope in one;
• but he was Pope without the Pope's pretensions,
• and Caesar without the legions of Caesar,
• without a standing army,
• without a bodyguard,
• without a police force,
• without a fixed revenue.
• If ever a man ruled by a right divine, it was Muhammad, for
he had all the powers without their supports.
• He cared not for the dressings of power. The simplicity of his
private life was in keeping with his public life.“
• Reverend Bosworth Smith writes in his book
'Muhammad and Muhammadanism,'
London, 1874.
•

13. "I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high
estimation
because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which
appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the
changing phase of existence which can make itself appeal to
every age. I have studied him - the wonderful man and in my
opinion far from being an anti-Christ, he must be called the
Saviour of Humanity. I believe that if a man like him were to
assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he would
succeed
in solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much
needed peace and happiness:
Sir George Bernard Shaw in 'The Genuine Islam,' Vol. 1, No.
8, 1936.

14. Sir Bernard Shaw also said about the
prophet;
• He Mohammad (as) was by far the most remarkable
man that ever set foot on this earth. He preached a
religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid down a
moral code, initiated numerous social and political
reforms, established a powerful and dynamic
society to practice and represent his teachings and
completely revolutionized the worlds of human
thought and behavior for all times to come

15. • If the object of religion be the inculcation of
morals, the diminution of evil, the promotion of
human happiness, the expansion of the human
intellect, if the performance of good works will
avail in the great day when mankind shall be
summoned to its final reckoning it is neither
irreverent nor unreasonable to admit that
Muhammad was indeed an Apostle of God.
• S. P. Scott -History of the Moorish Empire in Europe, p. 126.

16. • "The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning
zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are
disgraceful to ourselves only."
"A silent great soul, one of that who cannot but be
earnest. He was to kindle the world, the world’s
Maker had ordered so."
• Thomas Carlyle in 'Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in
History' 1840

17. • "It (Islam) replaced monkishness
by manliness. It gives hope to the
slave, brotherhood to mankind,
and recognition of the
fundamental facts of human
nature."
• Canon Taylor, Paper read before the Church Congress at Walverhamton, Oct. 7, 1887;
Quoted by Arnoud in THE PREACHING OF ISLAM, pp. 71-72.

18. • The Prophet used to eat on
the ground, and sat like a
slave. He repaired his torn
shoe and patched his clothes
with his own hands.
• Ali ibn Abi Talib- sermon 159 Nahjul Balagha
• http://www.nahjulbalagha.org

19. • “I became more than ever convinced that it was not
the sword that won a place for Islam in those days
in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the
utter self-effacement of the prophet, the
scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense
devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity,
his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his
own mission. These, and not the sword carried
everything before them and surmounted every
trouble.”
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(1869-1948) Indian thinker, statesman, and nationalist leader.

20. •“The greatest success of
Mohammad's life was
effected by sheer moral
force without the stroke of
a sword.”
• Edward Gibbon
(1737-1794) Considered the greatest British historian of his time.
Quoted in the History Of The Saracen Empire, London, 1870

21. “It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and
character of the great Prophet of Arabia, who knows
how he taught and how he lived, to feel anything but
reverence for that mighty Prophet, one of the great
messengers of the Supreme. And although in what I
put to you I shall say many things which may be
familiar to many, yet I myself feel whenever I re-read
them, a new way of admiration, a new sense of
reverence for that mighty Arabian teacher.”
Annie Besant (1847-1933) British theosophist and
nationalist leader in India & President of the Indian
National Congress in 1917.
Quoted in the Life And Teachings Of Muhammad*, Madras,
1932, p. 4

22. American jurist Justice Pierre Craibites (Chief Judge International Court of
Justice) rightfully observed when he wrote:
• "Muhammad, 1400 years ago assured the mothers, wives and
daughters of Islam a rank and dignity not yet assured to women
by any laws of the West.“
• In another article titled as “Things Muhammad did for Women”,
printed in the Magazine “Asia” USA, Justice Pierre Crabites wrote:
•
• “Mohammad was probably the greatest champion of women's
rights the world has ever seen. Islam conferred upon the Muslim
wife property rights and judicial status exactly the same as that
of her husband. She is free to dispose of and manage her
financial assets as she pleases, without let or hindrance from her
husband.”

23. • These historians cannot be all
wrong!
• It can therefore be concluded that
there is a systematic process to
slander and defame the good
name of a prophet of GOD!

24. The Prophet never lived a life of
comfort. He lived in a small mud
house and ate a simple meal.
He lived a simple life and encouraged
his followers to do the same

25. • It is reported that one day, Prophet Muhammad
was fasting and his servant, prepared milk for him.
Since Pr. Muhammad was slightly late in returning
home, his servant thought that the prophet might
have already broken the fast with someone. He
drank the milk he had prepared.

26. • When the Prophet returned, the servant
discovered that he had not broken the fast
yet. When the prophet was informed that
the servant had already drank his milk, he
made no remark and behaved as if he was
not hungry. without any food, he still
remained cheerful and still fasted the next
day.

27. • As the Arabs before the time Islam came,
believed the birth of a daughter to be harmful
or were either afraid of poverty and
destitution, they either killed their innocent
daughters or buried them alive. In some cases
even the existence of one daughter in a family
was considered shameful.

28. But Prophet Muhammad changed all that when he
revealed GOD’s commandments through the verses of
the Quran
• When the glad news of the birth of their daughter
is announced to them, their faces turn gloomy and
black with anger.
(Noble Qur'an , 16:58)
• "And do not kill your children for fear of poverty;
We give them sustenance and yourselves (too);
surely to kill them is a great wrong.“
• (Noble Qur'an 17:31)

29. • The Prophet forgave and showed patience towards
the shortcomings of others. It is well-known that
even those who mistreated the Prophet were
visited by him during their illnesses or times of grief,
including the woman who tormented the Prophet
every day on his way to prayer. He said, "Forgiving is
the best of all deeds. Pardoning is incumbent upon
you, for verily pardoning [others] only increases the
servant's honor, so pardon each others' faults, and
God will grant you honor."
• (Kitab al-Kafi)

30. • When attending gatherings or entering a room, the
Prophet did not seek out a specific place to sit and
instead sat anywhere. The Prophet Muhammad
held the status of prophecy and divine leadership,
and yet his humility and modesty in dealing with
the people and his way of life were so simple and
gentle that when he was among the people and a
newcomer wanted to speak to him, he would need
to inquire and ask, "Which one of you is the
Prophet?

31. • During journeys and trips, the Prophet would
do work just like everyone else, including
collecting firewood. He declared, "I do not
like to be treated as if I were privileged,
because God does not like any of His
creatures to consider himself privileged or to
be treated as if he were privileged over
others."

32. • The Prophet respected everyone, regardless
of their social class, profession, religion, or
race. He was patient, loving, and peaceful
with everyone he met, and through his great
conduct Islam spread throughout Arabia. The
Prophet stayed away from things that lacked
value and listened attentively to the speech
of others.

33. • The Holy Prophet said: "Anyone who is
well off with regard to wealth and
property but still remains stingy with his
wife and children, is not amongst us".
• (Mustadrak, vol. II, p. 643)

34. • We hope this small presentation will open your
eyes and heart and urge you to investigate who
the Prophet Muhammad really was and what true
Islam really is!