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MAHATMA GANDHI:
I wanted to know the best of the life of the one who holds today an undisputed sways
over the hearts of millions of mankind… I became more than ever convinced that it
was not the sword that won the place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life.
It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous
regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity,
his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not
the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle. When
I closed the second volume (of the prophet’s biography), I was sorry there was not
more for me to read of that great life.
SIR GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (The Genuine Islam Vol.No.8, 1936):
I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of
its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears to me to possess that
assimilating capacity to the changing phase of existence which can make
itself appeal to every age. I believe if a man like him were to assume
the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in
solving its problems in a way that would bring mush
needed peace and happiness. I have
studied him – the wonderful