The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was an orphan, couldn’t read and write, went against his family & the whole World, lived amongst his enemies, and refused money, women, and power for his Message. He was so honest that even his enemies had trust in him. He changed the Political system, Economical system, and Legal system. He preached to end Racism and Tribalism. Who brought the change not only in Macro-level, but also in Micro-level.
He changed the people’s way of eating, way of sleeping, way of dealing with their families, way of scheduling their days, way of speaking with each other, way of doing business, way of going to the bathroom, way of dress, etc. He changed a lot of things and all of it was coming from Allah & It all happened in only a period of 23 years.
So, a man who couldn’t read and write, brought a change in a very short period of time which no one has ever brought! Can you think of a single person who has done this much? He is only Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
There are only 3 possible options:
1. He was a liar
2. He was deluded
3. He was speaking the truth
If options 1 and 2 are wrong then automatically option 3 would become true.
Was he a liar?
People including his enemies trusted Muhammad ﷺ and was called “al-Ameen”, meaning “the Trustworthy”. Non-muslims used to make him judge for their personal issues because they used to trust him. People lie because of money, status, power, luxury life, or women but Muhammad ﷺ was offered all of these things but he rejected it for one Message i.e “There is none worthy of worship except Allah”.
He was tortured, threatened, injured. He and families starved for days, but he endured all of this for one Message i.e “There is none worthy of worship except Allah”.
Was he deluded?
His teachings were “Don’t lie, help the poor, do charity, be just, free slaves, end racism and tribalism. These can’t be the teachings of a deluded person. How could a deluded person rule over a nation, lead an army, and change the economic & legal system?
This shows he was not deluded. So as we have seen he was neither a liar nor a deluded person, therefore this proves that Muhammad ﷺ was speaking the truth.
His coming was foretold in the Tawraat(Torah) and Injeel(Gospel), and some of the people of the book saw that these prophecies applied in totality to the Prophet ﷺ, which led them to embrace Islam. There are still passages in the Bible, in both the Old and New testaments, in the versions that are accepted by the people of the book, that clearly refer to the Prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ , for example in the Gospel of Barnabas, which is considered by Christians to be the most authentic Gospel.
Allah supported the Prophet ﷺ with physical miracles, with which he challenged his people. Among the most important of these were the splitting of the Moon and the night journey to Bayt al-Maqdis(Jerusalem).
They were unable to match these miracles, and so they were a decisive, divine testimony to the truth of his Prophethood.
Allah chose him even though he had grown up as an orphan and was illiterate, knowing neither how to read or write. All good qualities and virtues were perfected in him, to the point of ultimate perfection. All these good qualities were combined and firmly established in him, something which no one else can attain except the Prophets whom Allah protected and guided.
When Allah sent Muhammad ﷺ with the same Message as the Prophets who had come before him, the Qur’an came to confirm their books and their Prophethood, and to call people to believe in them. So when the people of the book disbelieved in him and his book, it meant that they were disbelieving in their own books and messengers. As the Qur’an contained the same principles as their books, and confirmed them, this meant that it was the least likely to be fabricated or to have come from a source other than Allah, because all of them came from Allah, may he be exalted.
