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318 Essence of Islam-1 ample and the acceptance of his prayers, in short, in every aspect of his life, he exhibited such bright signs that even a person of low intelligence, provided he is not inspired by unreasonable rancour and enmity, is forced to confess that he was the perfect example of reflecting Di- vine qualities and was indeed the perfect man. [al-Hakam, 10 April 1902, p. 5] Have you any notion what was the strange event that occurred in the desert country of Arabia when hundreds of thousands of the dead were revived within a brief pe- riod and those who had been misguided through generations put on Divine colour, and those who were blind obtained sight, and those who had been dumb be- gan to speak of the understanding of the Divine, and the world underwent a revolution which had never been seen or heard of before? It was the supplications during dark nights of one who had lost himself in God which raised a clamour in the world, and manifested such wonders as appeared impossible in the case of that unlearned help- less one. Send down Thy blessings and peace, O Allah, on him and his people according to the amount of pain and an- guish he felt for his Ummah, and pour down upon him the lights of Thy mercy forever. [Barakāt-ud-Duʻā, Rūņānī Khazā'in, Vol. 6, pp. 10-11] Whatever happened in the beginning of Islām was the result of the supplications of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allah be on him] which he had submitted to God Almighty with his tears in the streets of Mecca. All the grand victories which changed the entire aspect of the world were the result of his prayers. The weakness of his companions may be judged from the fact that in the battle of Badr, between them they possessed only three