06-18-2006, 04:55 AM
Bismillah:
Quote:So...who was a greater prophet? Jesus or Mohammed?
the responsibility which was given to them was different CC, but the message was always same. Jesus was given the commandment to deliver God's message to the children of Israel ONLY but Muhammad was given the same message to deliver it to the whole worlds. Muhammad pbuh responsiblity was more difficult and so was greater than that of Jesus', and he was able by God's help to accomblish his mission and spread Allah's message and that makes him greater than any other soul. he is considered to be the leader and seal of all Prophets. but Muslims are also asked to look upon all other prophets with equal reverence and respect.
one of the reasons of Muhammad's greatness is is his life which considered to be unique among the founders of all other faiths. he was a ruler, an administrative, a soldier and a stateman, a husband and father, he taught about all aspect of life and put the solutions to their problems. social, political, econimic, religous, commercial and cultural etc. such model can be found ONLY in the life of Prophet Muhammad pbuh.
<b>Lamartine</b>, in his HISTOIRE DE LA TURQUIE, Paris, 1854, Vol. II, pp. 276-277.
Quote:"Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images; the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammad. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, <b>is there any man greater than he?" </b>
Salam
Wael.