Mohammad Elshinawy – Proof of Prophethood #16 – What makes Muhammads (SAW) message uniquely profound

			The moral and intellectual greatness of the message brought by the final prophet Muhammad, peace and
blessings be upon him testifies to its own truth. How is that possible?
		

			One way to look at it is from the lens of Plato, who famously argued in his triad of transcendental
values, that truth, beauty and goodness or justice are actually inseparable, in that sense,
appreciating the inherent beauty and goodness found in the Islamic lifestyle, not only attracts us
to its message, but it serves as a testament to the legitimacy of the final Prophet, peace and
blessings be upon him that he was, in fact, in truth, a messenger of the Divine. A second way that
the message vouches for the prophethood of Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him, is the fact
that it aligns so well with the message of other previous prophets on fundamental creedal points.
		

			You know, interestingly, in the Bible, for instance, the book of Deuteronomy argues that a false
prophet is revealed by his teachings. And so if he were to call you to evil teachings, such as
worshiping other gods, then he's a false prophet. Even if he were able to perform great feats such
as predicting the future, the book says, But does he not call to goodness without that he is not a
true prophet. A third way is to marvel at the sheer volume of what's been documented of Muhammad
teachings. Despite his brief 23 year ministry not being expected to offer all of this, the Quran the
Scripture he brought from God and the Sunnah has lived in spoken example, can never be compared, for
		

			instance with the Bible, because the latter is an aggregated historical canon, that developing it
span centuries. But with the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him his brief lifetime,
his brief ministry offered so much depth, so much substance on such a wide breadth wide scope of
teachings, in defined the person's relationship with their maker, people's relationships with each
other, even codified our relationships with animals and even inanimate objects, providing all of
this timeless wisdom on the individuals and the society's well being at large, seemingly overnight.
And from there, a person may be drawn to a fourth merit of the message of Muhammad, peace and
		

			blessings be upon him. Its internal consistency. You see a system and a message that informs
theology, spiritual enlightenment, personal conduct, interpersonal behavior, civil laws, foreign
policies, with all of these intricacies should not be expected. Yet the harmonious SNESs internally
of this entire message is something that has caused many people to believe that is just beyond human
sophistication. In other words, this is a balancing act that is more indicative of God's wisdom than
any human construction. Fifth, and finally, we can appreciate the message after its
comprehensiveness through its profundity, and its resilience, its ability to survive the test of
		

			time, and the test of criticism in a way that other doctrines, other systems, other messages simply
could not in our age of technology, with the circulation of ideas through globalization, through the
ability to fact check. People feel this illusion by the teachings of Christianity and leave it for
that reason, more and more and more. But the same is not true with Islam. And not only do people
leave Islam in smaller numbers at slower speeds, but we have on the opposite end the rapid growth of
Islam, despite its many detractors, due to the veracity of the message brought by Muhammad peace and
blessings be upon him, and how it can be appreciated even in our age, in a way that other messages
		

			and systems cannot know society, let alone an individual has ever been able to devise a comparable
system that offers such equilibrium and such holistic well being to people of all walks of life.