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1 8 Islam
and surroundings ; also, it is probably wise,
that until we know and are able to sympathize
with the Arabic character, we of the
West should say
little in way of condemnation,
all the more that condemnation of
the is
Prophet not the method to win men
from his
allegiance.
Personal There is a far more important quesr^i
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tion which may not be passed over. Did
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Muhammad realize the personal claim involved
in his
religious message Was
his soul so pre-occupied with the grand
Idea that his own relation to it was
not at first
apparent For,
it cannot
be forgotten
that from the beginning the
second Article of the Muslim Creed was
inherent in the first. God is known as
God to the Muslim only because the
Apostle of God has proclaimed Him to be
God. Muhammad is the Revealer of God,
and God is God. This is the true and
inevitable
order.
This claim, as a foundation of belief, was