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God and His Creation Plan
the message of Islam to them in the most peaceful way.
As a result of following this wisdom, the crème-de-la-
crème of Arabia became a part of the prophetic mission
within a span of thirteen years. Khalid ibn al-Walid who
accepted Islam after the Treaty of Hudaybiyah said before
embracing Islam:

The best people have entered the fold of
Islam, now we do not find any man of taste
in Makkah. (Al-Bidayah wal-Nihayah, vol.
4, p. 237)

In the entire history of mankind, no thinker ever made
mention of the policy of de-linking. This was because
people undoubtedly had only limited knowledge of
things. It must be understood that problems of this
world are sometimes so many and so grave that support
in the form of wisdom and guidance comes from God.
The Quran says that

It gives man divine wisdom. (Quran 2:269)

In the above case, a conflict would have ensued between
the people of Makkah and the Prophet had the Prophet
made efforts to remove the idols in the initial period
of his preaching in Makkah. Moreover, for obtaining
the audience that he was getting in Makkah due to the
presence of the Kabah, the Prophet would have had to
travel across Arabia to meet those people and convey the
message to them. This wisdom of the Prophet is nowhere
mentioned in words and can be derived by inferring from
the method adopted by the Prophet during his years in
Makkah.

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