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of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring
it the much needed peace and happiness…"
Alphonse de Lamartine, the famous French poet, says, "Never has a man set for himself,
voluntarily or involuntarily, a more sublime aim, since this aim was superhuman: to
subvert superstitions which had been interposed between man and his Creator … Never
has a man accomplished in such a short time such a huge and lasting revolution in the
world…If greatness of purpose, smallness of means and astonishing results rare the three
criteria of a human genius, who would dare compare any great man in history with
Mohammad? ...He moved souls. On the basis of a book, every letter which has become
law, he created spiritual nationality which blend together peoples of every tongue and
race. …his forbearance in victory, his ambition, which was entirely devoted to one idea
and in no manner striving for an empire… As regards all the standards by which human
greatness may be measured, we may well ask: 'Is there any man greater than he?'"[10]
As Dr. Vaglieri states in Apologia dell' Islamismo (An Interpretation of Islam),
"Muhammad, as a preacher of the religion of God, was gentle and merciful even toward
his personal enemies. In him were blended justice and mercy, two of the noblest qualities
which a human mind can conceive. It is not difficult to support this with many examples
that are to be found in his biographies."[11]
Dr. Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner, a renowned orientalist, said, "I cannot conclude this address
better than by expressing a hope that the day will come when Christians will honor Christ
more by also honoring Muhammad. There is a common ground between Islam and
Christianity, and he is a better Christian who reveres the truths enunciated by the Prophet
Muhammad."[12]

[1]Despite the fact that the Jews rejected the descendants of Ishmael, the Arabs, and
stubbornly refused to accept Muhammad as a prophet even though he perfectly fit the
description of the prophesized prophet in their book, the Qur'an still does justice to them.
It states in 2/47, for instance, that Allah preferred them above all other nation of their
time. Many stories in the Qur'an speak of them and their prophets, particularly Prophet
Moses, who is mentioned by name 136 times. Prophet Muhammad also encouraged
Muslims to fast on the 10th of Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar) in
gratitude to Allah for saving Moses and the Children of Israel from the army of Pharaoh
by parting the Red Sea for them. Muslims also hold the prophets of the Children of Israel
in high esteem, and so they name their children after them.