I'm not sure which Qur'an or which Muhammad you guys are talking about. But if You are talking about Islam's Quran and prophet then he is not only the greatest among the prophets but everything you know including the prophets were created for his sake and his sake alone. He is the greatest man that ever lived actually Jesus (AS) said that John the Baptist is the greatest of all born of women for he was sent to herald/announce his coming but that he (Jesus) is greater for he came to announce the coming of the one after him (the comforter). So according to Jesus (AS) in the Bible not the Quran his most important task that which made him greater than the greatest at the time was announcing the coming of the next prophet. Who that prophet is that is a whole new debate but just ask if you want my points.
Muhammad (AS) was the only human being to be really given an option to live forever, he is the only creation that saw Allah (SWT) with his actually eyes. He not only walked Raf Rafu (the palace of Allah) he did that with his shoes on. That is how great he is. And yet he is the most humble of men, he is so humble all his companions are ready to die a thousand times over for him but he let himself suffer with them.
To answer the first question about imitating the sunnah I'm a muslim but let me use the voices of great non Muslims of all faiths and race
“I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of Qur'an which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.” Napoleon Bonaparte (a great man huh)
..I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the prophet, the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and his own mission. These, and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every trouble. M.K Ghandi
"Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images; the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammad. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than he?" Lamartine ( a great historian)
"He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue; if ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammed, for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports." ( Rev. Borstwith) a Reverend !!!!
"It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character of the great Prophet of Arabia, who knows how he taught and how he lived, to feel anything but reverence for that mighty Prophet, one of the great messengers of the Supreme. And although in what I put to you I shall say many things which may be familiar to many, yet I myself feel whenever I re-read them, a new way of admiration, a new sense of reverence for that mighty Arabian teacher." Annie Besant (Author)
"My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level." Michael Hart ( an honest man and a great historian too)
“It was the first religion that preached and practiced democracy; for, in the mosque, when the call for prayer is sounded and worshippers are gathered together, the democracy of Islam is embodied (S. Naidu a poet )
“…The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammed) are disgraceful to ourselves only…How one man single-handedly, could weld warring tribes and wandering Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two decades….A silent great soul, one of that who cannot but be earnest. He was to kindle the world; the world’s Maker had ordered so." T. Carlyle ( a great Brit may be the best of them ever for he was honest).
The last one and the best actually :
G.B Shaw
I believe if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring much needed peace and happiness.
I have studied him - the man and in my opinion is far from being an anti–Christ. He must be called the Savior of Humanity.
I have prophesied about the faith of Mohammad that it would be acceptable the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today.”
Comparing the prophet (SAW) with anyone is actually a sin.
Lydon I'm sorry but you seem to enthusiastic about Islam that is good but you know very little about Islam, but don't worry keep learning.
And to the Muslims in this particular thread; are you nuts.
