Oldingi bobdagi "Ularni mevalaridan tanib olasiz" tamoyiliga tayangan holda, Muhammadning ﷺ dunyoga ko'rsatgan ijobiy ta'siri uning da'vatidan terib olingan yana bir muborak meva bo'ldi.

Building on the “you will know them by their fruits” principle from the previous chapter, Muhammad’s صلى الله عليه وسلم positive impact on the world was another blessed fruit harvested from his ministry.

Uning shaxsiy xatti-harakatlari va benuqson xulqidan tashqari, uning payg'ambarligining yana bir dalili shu savolga javobda topiladi: aynan bu odam nimalarga erishdi? Uning yutuqlari g'ayrioddiy iste'dod va fazilatni ifodalaydimi yoki uning izdoshlari tomonidan shunchaki mubolag'ali ta'riflarmi? Ibn Ḥazm (vafoti: ...)

In addition to his personal actions and impeccable character, a further proof of his prophethood is found in the answer to this question: what exactly did this man accomplish? Do his achievements represent extraordinary talent and virtue, or mere hyperbolic attributions by his followers? Ibn Ḥazm (d.

1064), Kordovalik polimat, Muhammad ﷺ dunyoni o'z davrida tarixda misli ko'rilmagan tarzda qanday o'zgartirgani haqida yozgach, shunday deydi: Muhammad ﷺ ning hayoti tarixi chuqur o'ylab ko'rgan har bir kishi uchun uning ﷺ haqiqatan ham Allohning Elchisi ekanligiga ishonish va buni tasdiqlashni zarur qiladi. Agar Muhammad ﷺ da boshqa mu'jiza bo'lmasa-da, faqat uning ﷺ hayot tarixining o'zi kifoya qilardi.122

1064), the Córdoban polymath, after illustrating how Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم transformed the world around him in a historically unparalleled way, writes, The biography of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, for anyone who deeply considers it, necessitates believing him and testifying that he is certainly the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم. If he صلى الله عليه وسلم had no other miracle but his biography, it would have sufficed.122

Payg'ambar Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم nafaqat jahon sahnasidagi siyosiy ta'siri jihatidan g'ayrioddiy bo'lgan, balki boshqa yirik dinlarning asoschilariga qaraganda dindorlik va ruhiyat hamda umumiy ijtimoiy farovonlikka ham aniq ko'rinadigan darajada kuchliroq ta'sir ko'rsatgan. U صلى الله عليه وسلم insoniyat tarixida bir vaqtning o'zida ko'plab rollarda mukammal bo'lgan yagona shaxs edi: ruhiy yetakchi, davlat rahbari, sarkarda, diplomat, oila boshlig'i va murabbiy. Iso Masih ulkan ruhiy shaxs edi, ammo sarkarda yoki davlat rahbari emas edi. Iskandar "Buyuk" va boshqa mashhur siyosiy yetakchilarning ko'pchiligi axloqiy fazilatlari yoki ruhiy ilhomi bilan emas, balki nomi bilan tanilgan. Aksincha, ko'plab buyuk podshohlar, hukmdorlar va imperatorlar shafqatsiz, mag'rur yoki hokimiyat mastligi va o'zlarini ulug'lash xayollari bilan band bo'lganlar. Ammo Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم da boshqacha bir narsa bor edi, uni kashf etganlarni hayratga soladigan narsa. Uning merosini hech bir alohida jihat belgilamagan, balki bitta insonda jamlangan son-sanoqsiz ajoyib yutuqlar uning merosini belgilagan.

The Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم was not just extraordinary in terms of his political reach on the world stage, but he was also a demonstrably greater influence on religiosity and spirituality than any other founder of the major faiths, and on social well-being at large. He صلى الله عليه وسلم was unique in human history for having excelled in numerous roles simultaneously: a spiritual leader, a head of state, a general, a diplomat, a family man, and an educator. Jesus Christ  was a tremendous spiritual figure, but not a general or head of state. Alexander “the Great” and many other iconic political leaders were not heralded for their moral virtue or spiritual motivation. On the contrary, many great kings, rulers, and emperors were ruthless, arrogant, or otherwise intoxicated by power and delusions of grandeur. But there was something different about Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم—something that leaves those who discover it awestruck. It was the fact that no single aspect established his legacy, but instead a myriad of outstanding feats that converged in one person.

Bu narsa bir ming besh yuz yildan ortiq vaqt davomida ko'plab odamlarni hayratga soldi va ularni hayron qoldirdi: Bunday inson afsonalardan tashqarida yashagan bo'lishi mumkinmidi? Buning boshqa ishonarli tushuntirishi bormi? Balki u haqiqatan ham Allohning elchisi sifatida yuborilgandir?

This is what fascinated and bewildered so many over the past millennium and a half, leaving them wondering: Could such a person have existed outside of legends? Is there any other plausible explanation for this? Perhaps he really was sent by God?

John William Draper (vafoti 1882), ingliz-amerikalik tarixchi, yozadi: "Yustinian vafotidan to'rt yil o'tib, milodiy 569-yilda Arabistonning Makka shahrida shunday bir inson tug'ildiki, u insoniyat tarixiga barchadan ko'ra kuchliroq ta'sir ko'rsatdi… U: «Yagona Xudo bor», degan e'longa: «Muhammad ﷺ uning Payg'ambaridir», deb qo'shimcha qildi. Kim bu e'lonning jasoratiga voqelik javob berganini bilmoqchi bo'lsa, zamonamizdagi dunyo xaritasini ko'zdan kechirsin. U bu yerda oddiy aldamchilikdan ko'ra ancha ulug' narsaning izlarini ko'radi."

John William Draper (d. 1882), an English-American historian, wrote, Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born at Mecca, in Arabia, the man who, of all men, has exercised the greatest influence upon the human race… To the declaration that there is but one God, he added, ‘and Mohammed is his Prophet.’ Whoever desires to know whether the event of things answered to the boldness of such an announcement, will do well to examine a map of the world in our own times. He will find the marks of something more than an imposture.

Ega bo'lish, ko'p imperiyalarning diniy rahbari bo'lish, insoniyatning uchdan bir qismining kundalik hayotiga rahbarlik qilish — bularning o'zi Xudoning elchisi unvoniga loyiq bo'lishni asoslashi mumkin.123 Bu yerda imonli sakrashga hojat yo'q. Bunday ishlarning bitta shaxs tomonidan amalga oshirilishini faqat omad bilan izohlash mumkin, deb faqat voqelikdan xabarsiz yoki xurofot bilan ko'r bo'lgan odamgina ayta oladi. Bir tomonda savodsiz, orqada qolgan va o'zaro urushlar bilan band Arabiston, atrofdagi imperiyalarning san'ati, falsafasi, siyosati, urushlari va ta'limidan ajralgan bir odam bor. Endi shu odamni tasavvur qiling: bir kecada chiqib, chuqurligi, ta'siri va barqarorligi tengi yo'q bir da'vat bilan maydonga chiqadi. Uning dinining tarqalish tezligi, uning da'vatining bugungi kunga qadar dunyo miqyosidagi ta'siri va shu yagona insonning ijobiy ta'siri insoniyat tarixida o'tgan va kelgusida ham o'zi kabi bo'lmaydi. Draper bu haqiqatni tan olgan yagona g'arbiy olim emas edi. Amerikalik olim va huquqshunos Samuel P. Skott (vafoti 1929) yozgan: «Agar dinning maqsadi axloqni singdirish, yovuzlikni kamaytirish, insoniy baxtni oshirish, inson aqlini kengaytirish bo'lsa; agar yaxshi amallar insoniyat oxirgi hisob-kitob kuniga chaqirilganda foyda keltirsa, u holda Muhammad ﷺ Xudoning haqiqiy elchisi ekanini tan olish na tahqirlash, na beasos bo'ladi».124

To be the religious head of many empires, to guide the daily life of one-third of the human race, may perhaps justify the title of a messenger of God.123 There is no leap of faith here. To say that sheer luck is responsible for all these things being accomplished by any one individual can only be claimed by someone uninformed about reality or perverted by prejudice. Consider the enigma of a man who himself was illiterate, born in a backwards and feuding Arabia, isolated from the arts, philosophies, politics, warfare, and education of the surrounding empires. Consider that this very man steps forward—overnight—with a call whose profundity, impact, and permanence remain peerless. The speed at which his religion spread, the global command of his call until today, and the positive influence of this single individual were—and will remain—unparalleled in human history. Draper was certainly not the only non-Muslim historian in the West who recognized this. Samuel P. Scott (d. 1929), an American scholar and jurist, wrote, In any event, if the object of religion be the inculcation of morals, the diminution of evil, the promotion of human happiness, the expansion of the human intellect; if the performance of good works will avail in that great day when mankind shall be summoned to its final reckoning, it is neither irreverent nor unreasonable to admit that Mohammed was indeed an Apostle of God.124

Alphonse de Lamartine (d. 1869), francuz tarixchisi mahorat bilan shunday degan edi: "Agar maqsadning ulug'vorligi, vositalarning kamligi va erishilgan natijalarning hayratlanarli darajada kattaligi insoniy dahoning uchta mezoni bo'lsa, zamonaviy tarixdagi qaysi buyuk odamni Muhammad ﷺ bilan solishtirishga jur'at etish mumkin? Eng mashhur odamlar faqat qurol, qonunlar va imperiyalar yaratgan. Ular, agar biron narsa yaratgan bo'lsalar, ko'pincha ko'z oldilarida parchalanib ketadigan moddiy kuchlardan boshqasini barpo etmadilar. Bu inson esa nafaqat qo'shinlarni, qonunchilikni, imperiyalarni, xalqlarni va sulolalarni, balki o'sha paytda yashab turgan dunyoning uchdan bir qismidagi millionlab odamlarni harakatga keltirdi; bundan ham ortig'i, u qurbongohlarni, xudolarni, dinlarni, g'oyalarni, e'tiqodlarni va qalblarni harakatga keltirdi. Har bir harfi qonunga aylangan bir Kitob asosida u har tildagi va har irqdagi xalqlarni birlashtirgan ruhiy millatni yaratdi. U bizga bu musulmon millatining o'chmas xususiyati sifatida soxta xudolarga nisbatan nafrat va Yagona, moddiy bo'lmagan Xudoga nisbatan ehtiros qoldirdi. Osmonning haqoratiga qarshi bu qasoskor vatanparvarlik Muhammad ﷺ izdoshlarining fazilatini shakllantirdi: yer yuzining uchdan bir qismini uning e'tiqodiga bo'ysundirish uning mo''jizasi edi. Afsonaviy xudolar nasabnomalarining charchoqi ichida e'lon qilingan Xudoning birligi g'oyasi o'zi shunchalik katta mo''jiza ediki, uning lablaridan yangrashi bilan qadimgi butxonalarning barchasi vayron bo'ldi va dunyoning uchdan bir qismi olovga tushdi..."

As Alphonse de Lamartine (d. 1869), a French historian, skillfully put it, If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad? The most famous men created arms, laws and empires only. They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes. This man moved not only armies, legislations, empires, peoples and dynasties, but millions of men in one-third of the then inhabited world; and more than that, he moved the altars, the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and souls. On the basis of a Book, every letter of which has become law, he created a spiritual nationality which has blended together peoples of every tongue and of every race. He has left to us as the indelible characteristic of this Muslim nationality, the hatred of false gods and the passion for the One and immaterial God. This avenging patriotism against the profanation of Heaven formed the virtue of the followers of Muhammad: the conquest of one third of the earth to his creed was his miracle. The idea of the unity of God proclaimed amidst the exhaustion of fabulous theogonies, was in itself such a miracle that upon its utterance from his lips it destroyed all the ancient temples of idols and set on fire one third of the world...

Uning hayoti, uning mulohazalari, uning yurtidagi xurofotlarga qarshi qahramonona turishi va butparastlik g'azablariga jasorat bilan qarshi chiqishi; Makkada o'n uch yil davomida ularga chidashdagi qat'iyati, xalq nafratiga va hatto o'z yurtdoshlari tomonidan qurbon bo'lishga rozi bo'lishi: bularning barchasi, nihoyat, uning to'xtovsiz da'vatlari, ozchilik bilan olib borgan urushlari, g'alabasiga bo'lgan ishonchi va baxtsizlik paytidagi ulkan xotirjamligi, g'alabadagi bardoshi, butunlay bitta g'oyaga bag'ishlangan va hech qachon imperiya uchun intilmagan orzusi; uning cheksiz ibodatlari, Xudo bilan sirli suhbatlari, vafoti va vafotidan keyingi zafari — bularning barchasi aldamchilikka emas, balki aqidani qayta tiklashga qodir qilgan qat'iy e'tiqodga guvohlik beradi. Bu aqida ikki tomonlama edi: Xudoning yagonaligi va Xudoning moddiy emasligi. Birinchisi Xudo nima ekanini, ikkinchisi esa Xudo nima emasligini bayon etadi; biri soxta xudolarni qilich bilan ag'darsa, ikkinchisi so'z bilan g'oyani yuzaga keltirdi. Faylasuf, notiq, elchi, qonunchi, jangchi, g'oyalar fotihi, aqliy aqidalarning tiklovchisi, suratsiz ibodat tizimining asoschisi, yigirmata dunyoviy imperiyaning va bitta ruhiy imperiyaning barpo etuvchisi — bu Muhammad ﷺdir. Insoniy buyuklikni o'lchaydigan barcha mezonlar bo'yicha qaraganda, undan buyukroq biror inson bormi, deb so'rashimiz mumkin.125

His life, his meditations, his heroic stance against the superstitions of his country, and his boldness in defying the furies of idolatry; his firmness in enduring them for thirteen years at Mecca, his acceptance of the role of public scorn and almost of being a victim of his fellow-countrymen: all these and, finally his incessant preaching, his wars against odds, his faith in his success and his superhuman security in misfortune, the forbearance in victory, his ambition, which was entirely devoted to one idea and in no manner striving for an empire; his endless prayers, his mystic conversations with God, his death and his triumph after death; all these attest not to an imposture but to a firm conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma. This dogma was twofold, the unity of God and the immateriality of God; the former telling what God is, the latter telling what God is not; the one overthrowing false gods with the sword, the other starting an idea with words. 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 the standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask: is there any man greater than he?125