social boycott and even physical assault by his own people.
Muhammad stood like a mountain in the face of all opposition and conspiracies to eliminate him
Muhammad was but a human being. He was a man with a mission, which was to unite humanity on the worship of One and Only One God and to teach them the way to honest and upright living based on the commands of God. He always described himself as, “A Servant and Messenger of God”.
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This article presents what Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Carlyle, Diwan Chand Sharma and Encyclopedia Britannica said about the Prophet Muhammad
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 –1948) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of mass civil disobedience, a philosophy firmly founded upon total nonviolence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is commonly known around the world as Mahatma Gandhi or “Great Soul”. He is officially honored in India as the Father of the Nation; his birthday, 2 October, is commemorated there as Gandhi a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence.
Speaking on the character of Muhammad, Mahatma Gandhi says in (Young India):
“I wanted to know the best of one who holds today’s undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind….I became more than convinced that it was not the sword that won a 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 his pledges, his intense