| by Dr Rifai Naleemi
( September 22, 2012, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) Today, Muslim people are demonstrating in every country all over the world. Why Muslims people are so angry about this blasphemous film against the last prophet of Islam? To understand this angry reaction one needs to know the significance of Prophet Muhammad in human history. What type of a human revolution did Prophet Muhammad make with very little human and material resources? How did He manage to do this miraculous social revolution with the very little man power and material resources from scorching desert of Arabia? What are the achievements and accomplishments of Prophet Muhammad in His life time? Where did Prophet Muhammad get his commandments to accomplish his legacy? What is the secret of His success in His mission and vision?
What are the qualities of this Prophet? How did He manage to mobilise his man power in this scorching Arabian Desert? How did Prophet Muhammad differ from all other human revolutionists in human history? What was his mission on this Earth and for what He called the humanity? Where did He begin his mission from? Why he was so successful in His mission and what do modern historians and scholars say about His noble personality?
Away from this insulations and biased accusations we examine these
questions objectively with historical and logical evidence. Whoever tries to get some objective clarification for these questions with any prejudice will certainly come to a firm conclusion that Prophet Muhammad was an extra-ordinary and Exceptionally Perfect Human Being and yet, he was divinely inspired. Almighty Allah blessed him with His final revelation that made him different from all other human beings: It was this divine help and guidance that made him the most successful person on this earth. The divine revelation was the secret of His legacy and achievement. Yet, blind people do not want to open their hearts and minds to this noble final divine revelation:
Arabian Peninsula in pre-Islamic age:
To appreciate and gauge the enormous success of prophet Muhammad we should read the biographical account of the Prophet in a historical and social context so that we could understand the greatness of His social revolution: geographically speaking Arabic peninsula is
situated in the centre of world map and people of this region in
pre-Islamic time were not influenced by external cultural and
civilization influences. They had their own way of life away from
external social and cultural influence. During pre-Islamic time two major civilization dominated world. Roman Empire in the West and Persian Empire in the East dominated the world during the pre-Islamic age.
Yet, Arabian Peninsula was untouched with the influence of these two major civilisations of that age. Of
course, Chinese and Indian civilization dominated in some parts of the
world during the pre-Islamic time and yet, the influence of these two civilizations was limited in their own enclaves in china and Indian regions. Some Historians records that during the Persian Empire times they had some social habits and norms that are at acceptable at all in our modern time. They used to marry within one family member and fathers married their own
daughters and sisters and close blood relatives. They used to worship
fire, sun, moon and trees and they had some superficial faiths and
belief systems. As far as Roman Empire was concerned it had exploited people through taxing and financial injustice: they engaged in constant wars with neighboured countries for military domination:
People in Chinese and Indian civilizations had their own forms of
Buddhist and Hindu religious rituals of worshiping cows, trees and
statues with different cast systems among themselves.
Muslim and Non-Muslim historians tell us that Arabian Peninsula was not at all influenced by this different cultural, religious and social influence. Due to its climate and geographical position neither Roman nor no Persian Empire invaded it and remained as unpolluted with cultural onslaught. Though people of Arabian Peninsula were not influence by these cultural influences they too had some social structure and way of life. This way of life was so rudimental before the time of the Prophet Muhammad: People of Arabian Peninsula were very much uncultured and barbaric in Pre-Islamic age. They used to wage wars for trivial things some times for years and decades: They used to bury new born girls alive in disgrace. They had no remorse in burring them alive: gambling and piracy had been their way of earnings; they had a primitive and tribal way of life that made them physically rough and strong people.
Most of them were illiterate in a sense they could not read or write and yet they were intelligent people and famous for their oration and linguistic skills: they
had some noble qualities and manners: they always kept their promise;
they had good qualities hospitability to look after their guests, and they had some good qualities of courage and self determination to fight their enemies: This was the historical and social back ground of Pre-Islamic period in nutshell. It was during this time Almighty
Allah for His Divine Wisdom that chose to send His final Messenger
among these Arab People: Among these illiterate people of Arab peninsula Allah sent an illiterate Messenger with final divine revelation in Arabic Language. What is the wisdom in this divine choice/ why final Prophet was not sent in another part of world or Why this final divine message was not given in any other language other than Arabic language? We shall continue to discuss these questions in our next writing.
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