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of Man" - Ahmad - is "he will chastise the world for sin"
(John xvi. 8, 9). No other worshiper of Allah, whether a
king like David and Solomon or a prophet like Abraham
and Moses, did carry on this chastisement for sin to the
extreme end, with resolution, fervor, and courage as
Prophet Muhammad did. Every breach of the law is a sin, but
idolatry is its mother and source. We sin against God
when we love an object more than Him, but the worship
of any other object or being besides God is idolatry, the
evil and the total negligence of the Good - in short, sin in
general. All the men of God chastised their neighbors
and people for sin, but not "the world," as Prophet Muhammad did.
He not only rooted out idolatry in the peninsula of Arabia
in his lifetime, but also he sent envoys to the Chosroes
(John xvi. 8, 9). No other worshiper of Allah, whether a
king like David and Solomon or a prophet like Abraham
and Moses, did carry on this chastisement for sin to the
extreme end, with resolution, fervor, and courage as
Prophet Muhammad did. Every breach of the law is a sin, but
idolatry is its mother and source. We sin against God
when we love an object more than Him, but the worship
of any other object or being besides God is idolatry, the
evil and the total negligence of the Good - in short, sin in
general. All the men of God chastised their neighbors
and people for sin, but not "the world," as Prophet Muhammad did.
He not only rooted out idolatry in the peninsula of Arabia
in his lifetime, but also he sent envoys to the Chosroes