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Peace be upon you.
Peace be on all.
Reverend John Davenport (1597-1670) writes:
"
present work is an humble but earnest endea-
vour to free the history of Mohammed from
false accusations and illiberal imputations, and to
vindicate his just claim to be regarded as one of the
greatest benefactors of mankind.
The writers who, misguided by a blind zeal, have
thus assailed the fair fame of the Restorer of the
Worship of the Unity, have not only shown them-
selves to be wholly uninfluenced by the spirit of that
charity so strongly and emphatically inculcated by
the Saviour himself, but have also erred in judg-
ment, for the least reflection Avould have convinced
them that it is not from a Christian and modern
stand-point that the Prophet and his doctrines ought
to be examined and criticised, but from an Eastern
one ; in other words, Mohammed should be contem-
plated and judged as a rehgious reformer and legis-
lator living in Arabia in the seventh century after
Christ, and he must then, most undoubtedly, be
acknowledged as the very greatest man whom Asia
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can claim as her son, if not, one of the rarest
and most transcendent geniuses the world itself
ever produced."
Source / google books : Full text of "An apology for Mohammed and the Koran"
Note: One may not agree with some of his points but his effort was wonderful.
Reverend John Davenport (1597-1670) writes:
"
present work is an humble but earnest endea-
vour to free the history of Mohammed from
false accusations and illiberal imputations, and to
vindicate his just claim to be regarded as one of the
greatest benefactors of mankind.
The writers who, misguided by a blind zeal, have
thus assailed the fair fame of the Restorer of the
Worship of the Unity, have not only shown them-
selves to be wholly uninfluenced by the spirit of that
charity so strongly and emphatically inculcated by
the Saviour himself, but have also erred in judg-
ment, for the least reflection Avould have convinced
them that it is not from a Christian and modern
stand-point that the Prophet and his doctrines ought
to be examined and criticised, but from an Eastern
one ; in other words, Mohammed should be contem-
plated and judged as a rehgious reformer and legis-
lator living in Arabia in the seventh century after
Christ, and he must then, most undoubtedly, be
acknowledged as the very greatest man whom Asia
iv PREFACE.
can claim as her son, if not, one of the rarest
and most transcendent geniuses the world itself
ever produced."
Source / google books : Full text of "An apology for Mohammed and the Koran"
Note: One may not agree with some of his points but his effort was wonderful.