You may be an atheist or an agnostic; or you may belong to 
anyone of the religious denominations that exist in the world 
today. You may be a Communist or a believer in democracy and 
freedom- No matter what you are, and no matter what your 
religious and political beliefs, personal and social habits 
happen to be - YOU MUST STILL KNOW THIS MAN! 
He was by far the most remarkable man that ever set foot on this 
earth. He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, 
laid down a moral code, initiated numberless social and 
political reforms, established a dynamic and powerful society to 
practice and represent his teachings, and completely 
revolutionized the worlds of human thought and action for alltimes to come. 
HIS NAME WAS MUHAMMAD, peace and blessings of Almighty God be 
upon him-and he accomplished all these wonders in the 
unbelievably short span of twenty-three years. 
Muhammad was born in Arabia on 20th August, in the year 570 of 
the Christian era, and when he died after 63 years, the whole of 
the Arabian Peninsula had changed from paganism and idol-worship 
to the worship of One God; from tribal quarrels and wars to 
national solidarity and cohesion; from drunkenness and 
debauchery to sobriety and piety; from lawlessness and anarchy 
to disciplined living; from utter moral bankruptcy to the 
highest standards of moral excellence. Human history has never 
known such a complete transformation of a people or a placebefore or since! 
The Encyclopedia Britannica calls him 'the most successful of 
all religious personalities of the world".
Bernard Shaw said 
about him that if Muhammad were alive today he would succeed in 
solving all those problems which threaten to destroy human 
civilization in our times. Thomas Carlysle was simply amazed as 
to how one man, single-handedly, could weld warring tribes and 
wandering Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in 
less than two decades. Napoleon and Gandhi never tired of 
dreaming of a society along the lines established by this man in 
Arabia thirteen centuries ago. 
Indeed no other human being ever accomplished so much, in such 
diverse fields of human thought and behavior, in so limited a 
space of time, as did Muhammad, peace and blessings of God 
Almighty be upon him. He was a religious teacher, a social 
reformer, a moral guide, a political thinker, a military genius, 
an administrative colossus, a faithful friend, a wonderful 
companion, a devoted husband, a loving father -all in one. No 
other man in history ever excelled or equaled him in any of 
these difficult departments of life. 
The world has had its share of great personalities. But these 
were one-sided figures who distinguished themselves in but one 
or two fields such as religious thought or military leadership. 
None of the other great leaders of the world ever combined in 
himself so many different qualities to such an amazing level of 
perfection as did Muhammad, peace and blessings of God Almightybe upon him. 
The lives and teachings of other great personalities of the 
world are shrouded in the mist of time. There is so much 
speculation about the time and the place of their birth, the 
mode and style of their life, the nature and detail of their 
teachings and the degree and measure of their success or failure 
that it is impossible for humanity today to reconstruct 
accurately and precisely the lives and teachings of those men.
Not so this man Muhammad, peace and blessings of God Almighty be 
upon him. Not only was he born in the fullest blaze of recorded 
history, but every detail of his private and public life, of his 
actions and utterances, has been accurately documented and 
faithfully preserved to our day. The authenticity of the 
information so preserved is vouched for not only by faithful 
followers but also by unbiased critics and open-minded scholars. 
At the level of ideas there is no system of thought and belief- 
secular or religious, social or political - which could surpass 
or equal ISLAM - the system which Muhammad propounded. 
In a 
fast changing world, while other systems have undergone profound 
transformations, Islam alone has remained above all change and 
mutation, and retained its original form for the past 1400 
years. What is more, the positive changes that are taking place 
in the world of human thought and behavior, truly and 
consistently reflect the healthy influence of Islam in theseareas. 
Further, it is not given to the best of thinkers to put their 
ideas completely into practice, and to see the seeds of their 
labors grow and bear fruit, in their own lifetime. Except of 
course, Muhammad, peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon 
him, who not only preached the most wonderful ideas but also 
successfully translated each one of them into practice in his 
own lifetime. At the time of his death his teachings were not 
mere precepts and ideas straining for fulfillment, but had 
become the very core of the life of tens of thousands of 
perfectly trained individuals, each one of whom was a marvelous 
personification of everything that Muhammad taught and stood 
for. At what other time or place and in relation to what other 
political, social, religious system, philosophy or ideology-did 
the world ever witness such a perfectly amazing phenomenon? 
Indeed no other system or ideology secular or religious, social 
or political, ancient or modern - could ever claim the 
distinction of having been put into practice in its fullness and 
entirety EVEN ONCE in this world, either before or after the 
death of its founder. Except of course ISLAM, the ideology 
preached by Muhammad which- was established as a complete way of 
life by the teacher himself, before he departed from this world. 
History bears testimony to this fact and the greatest skeptics 
have no option but to concede this point. 
In spite of these amazing achievements and in spite of the 
countless absolutely convincing and authentic miracles performed 
by him and the phenomenal success which crowned his efforts, he 
did not for a moment claim to be God or God's incarnation or 
Son-but only a human being who was chosen and ordained by God to 
be a teacher of truth to mankind and a complete model and 
pattern for their actions. 
He was nothing more or less than a human being. But he was a man 
with a noble and exalted mission-and his unique mission was to 
unite humanity on the worship of ONE AND ONLY GOD and to teach 
them the way to honest and upright living in accordance with the 
laws and commands of God. He always described himself as A 
MESSENGER AND SERVANT OF GOD, and so indeed every single action 
and movement of his proclaimed him to be. 
A world which has not hesitated to raise to Divinity individuals 
whose very lives and missions have been lost in legend and who 
historically speaking did not accomplish half as much-or even 
one tenth -as was accomplished by Muhammad, peace and blessings 
of God Almighty be upon him, should stop to take serious note of 
this remarkable man's claim to be God's messenger to mankind. 
Today after the lapse of some 1400 years the life and teachings 
of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon 
him, have survived without the slightest loss, alteration or 
interpolation. Today they offer the same undying hope for 
treating mankind's many ills which they did when Prophet 
Muhammad, peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon him, was 
alive. This is our honest claim and this is the inescapable 
conclusion forced upon us by a critical and unbiased study ofhistory. 
The least YOU should do as a thinking, sensitive, concerned 
human being is to stop for one brief moment and ask yourself: 
Could it be that these statements, extraordinary and 
revolutionary as they sound, are really true? Supposing they 
really are true, and you did not know this man Muhammad or hear 
about his teachings? Or did not know him well and intimately 
enough to be able to benefit from his guidance and example? 
Isn't it time you responded to this tremendous challenge and 
made some effort to know him? It will not cost you anything but 
it may well prove to be the beginning of a completely new era inyour live. 
Come, let us make a new discovery of the life of this wonderful 
man Muhammad, the like of whom never walked on this earth, and 
whose example and teachings can change YOUR LIFE and OUR WORLD 
for the better. May God shower His choicest blessings upon him!