Assalamu alaikum G-L Alhamdullila, "ALLAHU AKBARR" (God! is great) 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". 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. Eleventh argument: from the fact that Muhammad is the latest of prophets, he is necessarily their superior,because it is unusual that a less deserving succeeds to a more deserving. Twelvth argument: the scale of the prophets, merit is established on the basis of the number of prodigies they have performed, which prooves their sincerity and settles the honours owed to them. In that meaning,our Prophet has been able to performed such a number of prodigies as to be ranked on top of the three thousand prophets at least. These prodigies are of different kinds: some consist in satiating a great number of beings with a small quantity of food,in quenching their thirst with some water. Other else are intimately connected with the Prophet`s person itself, who is descended from the most noble lineage of the Arabs. In another respect, our prophet was most courageous, they recount his exploits of arms at the battle delivered by Ali(R.A) the companion of the Prophet,to Amrou ben Abd-Ouid. Mohammad asked Ali:"How did you feel Ali?He replied I felt very fine, I had the feeling that I could brave all the people of Medine!...So,get yourself ready, Ali,because in that city,a man will revolt against you and will deliver a terrible attack to you". There are also other wonders concerning the Prophet`s good education,his devotion,the books of "Hadith" are full of those numberless prodigies and their details. Thirteenth argument: Muhammad (greeting be to him) has said: "Adam and the rest will fall in under my banner on the day of the resurrection,which prooves that Muhammad is above Adam and all his sons". The Prophet also said:"Without any pretention at all,I am the best of all the sons of Adam". He said also:"Among the prophets, I shall be the first one to trample down the grass of heaven; before the others,my people too will be the first to trample it". Anas has related that the Prophet declared:"I shall be the first to ressuscitate on the day of resurrection,I shall be the orator at the time when the risen from dead shall have gathered,and their Savior when they shall have lost hope, I behold the banner of God`s blessing and I am His best servant among all the children of Adam,with no pretention". As for him,Ibn Abbas relates that some of the companions were exchanging remarks on account of the messengers of God!. One of them said:"It is paradoxical that God took Abraham for companion",the second one said:"Notting is more wonderful than to see God! speaking to Moses",the third one said:"Jesus is the spirit of God" the fourth one said:"Adam was chosen by God to be the father of all men". Having heard their remarks,Muhammad(S) turned to his companions and said:"I heard your remarks and your arguments. It is true indeed that Abraham is the companion of God,that Moses heard the word of God,that Jesus is the spirit of God,and that Adam was chosen by God,but it is equally true that I am the friend and the favourite of God,and this is without pretention. I shall hold the banner of the blessing on the day of resurrection, without pretention,and I shall be the first to bequest God`s forgiveness to mankind,also without pretention.And I shall be the first to open the gates of heaven,and to make my way in,accompanied by the humble among the Faithful and this too without pretention. And I am the most generous of alll beings,all without pretention. Fourteenth argument: El.Baiha who, on account of the merits of the Prophet`s companions, has related that Ali Ibn Abi Taleb,having appeared at a distance, Muhammad (greeting be to him) said: "Here commes the Lord of Arabs" at which,Aisha,(R:A) the Prophet`s wife,replied:"Aren`t you the Lord of the Arabs?",to what Muhammad said:"I am the Lord of God`s creatures and he is (Ali) the Lord of Arabs",this ,once more,prooves that Muhammad is above all prophets (greeting be to them). Fifteenth argument: Moujahed tells that Ibn Abbas said that the Prophet (may the blessings of God be on him) asserted that he has been granted by God five privileges never beholded before by others preceding him,and he counted up the following priviledges: I am sent by God to all the inhabitants of earth without any distinction of colour,whereas the prophets ahead of me are commissionned to their own peoples; the whole earth was offered to me as a land of predilection; God withstanded me by startling my enemy wherever I go; he provided me the free disposal of the spoils which were forbiden fruit for my predecessors,and finally I behold the pardon of God! which I keep as a privilege to those among my people who wouldn`t have casted slur on the divine unity. Beholding all these privileges,it is clear that God! has granted him more merits than the others. TO BE CONTINUED "Massalam" (peace be with you all) "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". Allahummasalli alaa saidina Muhammadin wa alaa alli Muhammadin Samba Goddard (Pulo) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------