Assalamu alaikum Gambia-L
Alhamdullila, I am back again to share this epistle with you.

In the name of God,Kind and most Merciful.
"Lo! Allah and His angels Shower blessing on the Prophet,
O ye who believe! Ask blessing on him and Salute him with
a worthy Salutation."

In the name of God,Kind and most Merciful.
O Lord! Bestow Your greetings on our Prophet Muhammad,
who opened what was shut, who ended what preceded him,
who has set equity by justice,who leaded humanity to Your upright
road,also to his family,greetings worthy of his merit and of his high
value.

We owe the fifth argument: to the fact that our Prophet`s miracles,
(greetings to him) is more prodigious than the other miracles
of the rest of the prophets,which prooves its superiority; he said
indeed: "The Qur àn is to the Holy Scriptures what Adam is to the
other beings".

The sixth argument: prooves that the prophet`s miracle (greeting be
to him) is the Qur àn.
This miracle, that finds its roots in words and voices,the nature of
which is accidental and not lasting like that of the other prophets
miracles, will keep on endlessly till the end of time, which is not the
case for the other miracles.

The seventh argument: God!(praise be to His name)refering to the
prophets, has said: "It is to them that God showed the good road,
so follow their track",thus ordering Muhammad to follow the steps
of his predecessors,the matter of which is connected with principles
of minor importance or Credo not with the basic principles of the
religion and its details,because the religion of Islam has abolished
the rest of religions. On another connection,God! willed to say to
Muhammad (S): "We have teached you the way of living, of the other
prophets and their conduct,chosse therefore the best of their virtues"
which implies that our Prophet gathered up virtues that none among
the prophets did acquire,so is not he necessarily superior to them??

The eighth argument is the following: The Prophet Muhammad(S) is
send to all beings, his duty was most important,and thus his merit
shows up to be greater, God!(praise be to Him) has told him indeed:
"We have sent you to all beings without exception".His merit turns
out to be greater more, and more especially as he was alone,without
any means,or companions or upholders.And while addressing the
world by saying: "Oh! world of unfaithful people!",he set all this world
at one go against himself,therefore the difficulties awaiting him were
numerous.
Besides, when Musa(A) Moses was sent to the people of Israel, he
had only Pharao and his people to fear,whereas Muhammad had to
brave the whole world. In order to understand the unparalleled effort
deployed by our Prophet,imagine a man in a country where he has
neither a friend nor a companion whom you charge with transmitting
sad news to another strong and armed man,sure he will be reluctant
to go and find his interlocutor,even if the letter is but one man.
Ask the same person to transmit sad informations to someone in a
remote countryside,it would be hard for him to do.As for Muhammad
(may the greetings of God!be to him) he was charged with walking
day night during all his life to free folks he knew not,or rather knew
only out of their hate, their harm and their scorn,and in spite of all
that he did not escape his duty,on the contrary, he hurried in front
of them so as to fulfil to the letter his duty,the matter which brought
him to endure many sufferances, while spreading the divine religion.

God! said: "The first companions of the Prophet have more merit
than those who backholded the religion afterwards". If this is said
of the companions,all the more,the greatest merit falls to the Prophet
who suffered much more than the others.

The nineth argument: is owed to the fact that the religion of Islam is
the best of religions,it is then only logical that Muhammad(S)would
be the best prophet.
By the will of God! the religion of Islam has abolished the rest of
religions, thus,is not it the best,especially that the Prophet has said:
"He who estabilished a good custom shall have rewards many as the
number of times this custom would have been practiced by others
until the day of the resurrection".
The religion of Islam having more rewards and credits than other
religions,its establisher,by means of consequence,must be more
deserving than the other prophets.

The tenth urgument: as long as the nation which believed in the
mission of Muhammad is the best,it is only natural for the Prophet to
be the best; God!(praise be His name) hasn`t He said: "You will be
the best nation the world will discover". It deserves that praise from
God!, followed the precepts of Muhammad(S) On another hand,God
said to Muhammad: "Tell them if you love God!,follow me and God!
will bless you". The merit of the follower overspreads implicitely the
followed person. Add to all those reasons that the merit of
Muhammad(S)lies also in the fact that he is sent to all the creatures,
and that the great number of freed being increases the value of the
followed person.
                                TO BE CONTINUED

"Massalam" (peace be with you all)

Allahummasalli alaa saidina Muhammadin wa alaa alli Muhammadin

Samba Goddard
(Pulo)

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