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Quranic Wisdom

According to this Quranic verse, the Prophet’s life was an open
book. His character was known to everyone in minute detail. No
chapter of his life’s book was hidden from his contemporaries. He
was accessible to everyone at all times. He was available to answer
people’s questions. His life was as transparent as glass. Even his
enemies could not say of him that there was any contradiction
between his private life and his public life.
This was not simply a personal matter. It had great social
value. Leading a blameless life and having sterling qualities
makes one predictable and encourages others to accept one as a
trustworthy person. It was due to such a character, the Prophet
projected such a noble image in Makkah that people gave him
the very exceptional title of al-sadiq al-amin, that is, the truthful
and trustworthy.

According to this Quranic verse, the Prophet’s life was
an open book. His character was known to everyone
in minute detail.

It was this flawless character of the Prophet that prevented
anyone in ancient Arabia from saying: “O Prophet, you are telling
a lie, we cannot believe that your claim of being a Prophet of God
is true.” When he proclaimed that God had appointed him as a
prophet, no one was able to deny his claim. This miracle of his
acceptance was wrought purely by the sublimity of his character.
Almost all those who had a close relationship with him, and were
well informed about his life, accepted him as a Prophet at the
very first instance, either publicly or privately.
Once a Makkan leader met the Prophet and told him that
the Makkans had reservations about what he had to say about
divine revelations, because they had never witnessed an angel of
God coming to him to reveal the word of God. But he added:

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