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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------