The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 317
The Holy Prophetsa لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ 100 317 He endured everything with steadfastness and when Mecca fell, he forgave his enemies, reassuring them: No blame shall lie on you this day. This was the perfection of high moral qualities which is not found in any other Prophet. Send down Thy blessings O Allah on Muhammad and his people. True Victory of the Holy Prophetsa [Malfūzāt, Vol. II, pp. 79-80] The community of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allah be on him] had developed such unity and spiri- tual oneness that through the spirit of Islamic brotherhood, they had all become like the limbs of one body. The rays of the light of Prophethood had so col- oured their daily lives and their overt and covert conduct, that they had become the reflections of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allah be on him]. This great miracle of inner change, through which rank idol wor- shippers became sincere worshippers of God and those who were sunk in the world every moment established such strong relationship with God that they shed their blood like water in His cause, was the result of their spending their lives in full sincerity in the company of the true and perfect Prophetsa. [Fath-e-Islām, Rūķānī Khazā'in, Vol. 3, pp. 21-22] The life of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Al- lah be on him] was a life of grand success. In his high moral qualities, his spiritual power, his high resolve, the excellence and perfection of his teaching, his perfect ex- 190 There is none worthy of worship except Allāh. [Publisher]