The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 297
The Holy Prophetsa 297 teaching for the Muslims had been perfected and all that had to be revealed in that context had been revealed. Not only this, but it was announced that the support of God Almighty had also been perfected and that people in large numbers had accepted Islām. It was also revealed that God had filled their hearts with faith and righteous- ness and had made them averse to disobedience and vice. They had acquired good morals and a great change had taken place in their morals, conduct and souls. Then was revealed the Surah al-Nasr, the purport of which is that all the purposes of Prophethood had been fulfilled and Islām had achieved a victory over peoples' hearts. The Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allah be on him] announced that this Sūrah indicated the ap- proach of his death. He then performed the Pilgrimage and called it the Farewell Pilgrimage, in which he deliv- ered a long address from the back of a camel and called upon the people to bear witness that he had conveyed to them all the commandments which he had been commis- sioned to convey to them. Everyone confirmed in a loud voice that he had conveyed everything to them. The Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allah be on him] then pointed to heaven and said three times: Bear witness, O Allah. He then said that he had admonished them at length as he might not be with them in the following year. He then returned to Medina and died the following year. Send down on him Thy blessings and peace, O Allah. All these indications are given in the Qur'an and are con- firmed by the history of Islām. Can any Christian, Jew or Āryā put forward the instance of any of their Reformers whose advent was at the time of great need, and whose departing was after the fulfilment