Nabi Muhammad ﷺ pernah bersabda, Sesungguhnya Allah memandang penduduk dunia lalu membenci orang Arab dan bukan Arab, kecuali sebahagian sisa dari Ahli Kitab. Dan Dia berfirman, 'Aku telah mengutus engkau [wahai Muhammad] untuk menguji engkau dan menguji [yang lain] melalui engkau. Dan Aku telah menurunkan kepadamu sebuah Kitab yang tidak dapat dihapuskan oleh air…23

The Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم once said, Indeed, Allah looked towards the people of the world and resented the Arabs and non-Arabs alike, except for some remnants from the People of the Book. And He said, ‘I have sent you [O Muhammad] to test you and test [others] through you. And I sent down to you a Book that cannot be washed away with water…23

Ramai pakar berpendapat bahawa abad keenam adalah zaman yang paling buruk untuk didiami. Ia bukanlah 1346-1353, ketika Maut Hitam membunuh separuh daripada Eropah, mahupun 1520, ketika cacar membunuh 60-90% penduduk asli Amerika, mahupun 1918, ketika Selesema Sepanyol menyebabkan kematian lebih daripada 50 juta orang.

Many experts believe that the sixth century was the worst in which to live. It was not 1346-1353, when the Black Death killed half of Europe, nor 1520, when smallpox killed 60-90% of the indigenous people of the Americas, nor 1918, when the Spanish Flu led to the deaths of over 50 million people.