The Quranic Studies

While as the Muslims hold holy Quran in high esteem, there is much for the mankind in the Holy Quran. It is useful for comparative religion studies also. However hostile one’s attitude in tracing the history of Islam, there are certain aspects of it which will arrest one’s attention as deserving of admiration. One is this: the opposition to the Prophet from every quarter in Arabia was always distinguished by violence and bloodshed and deception and low tactics. On the other hand, the attitude displayed by the followers of the Prophet against this treatment by their opponents was one of patience and forbearance, truth and straightforward honesty and high-minded forgiveness. Patience in the hour of trial, resoluteness in meeting encounters, straight dealings in mutual transactions, and forbearance and forgiveness in moments of strength are some of those exceptional features of human history which were rarely displayed simultaneously in the life of any single personality as in that of the Prophet of Islam. There is no parallel in history to the treatment meted out to the Prophet of Islam by this own people, the Quraish of Mecca.