Hazrat
Muhammad (pbuh) is the only human and divine prophet to have reached the degree of
perfect excellence, such excellence which is agreeable to human nature and the
Creator Himself. With the revelation of the Holy Quran upon his humble self,
Allah told him to say to the people:
“If you love Allah, then follow me; Allah
will love you, forgive you your sins.” (3: 32).
The declaration of the Holy
Quran is clear. It is set with such a condition which is agreeable to the ways
of Allah, which is: Obey Allah and Obey the Prophet.
Guidelines to obeying Allah are found in
obeying the prophet and manifest the exquisite nature of being a good listener
of the divine revelations and putting those instructions into practice.
There is abundant historical evidence to prove that those who have
reformed their lives, by deciding to mould their lives according to the Holy
Prophet’s model emerged from the abyss of ignorance and barbarism and poverty
to be the teachers of arts and sciences and morals and social good, and it is
them who became the masters of the world. They did not only attain
the utmost temporal progress, but also set such an example of religious and
spiritual life of piety and righteousness and purity and chastity that Allah
(twa) Himself proclaimed in the Holy Quran:
“Allah is well pleased with them and they are well pleased with Allah.” (98:
9)
The fact is that the more
the example of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is taken into consideration and
acted upon, the more the door of divine salvation opens to let manifest the
love of Allah for such a devoted servant of Allah and true follower of the Seal
of all prophets.