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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Prophethood Conclusion Truth of The Holy Prophet Now that I have explained all necessary conditions of prophet-hood, it will not be out of place to give in short sentences some proofs of the Divine origin of the prophethood of the Holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.). First Proof: Everybody knows that Mustafa (s.a.w.) claimed to be the Prophet from Allah; and he showed miracles in support of that claim. It proves that his claim was right.

Now this proof can be multiplied by 4000, mentioning each Mu-jiza separately. Therefore, this one proof is potentially 4000 proofs. Second Proof: Previous prophets had prophesied that the last prophet would appear in Arabia; and he will testify to the truth of the previous prophets; and' many of the prophecies mentioned his personal qualities and attributes and gave details of his family life. Mustafa (s.a.w.) claimed to be that prophet; and all the details fitted him perfectly.

It proves that his claim was right. This proof can be multiplied by, say 100, giving each prophecy separately. Therefore, this one proof contains potentially about 100 proofs. Thirdly Proof: Mustafa (s.a.w.) was born in a country whose people were nomads of desert, who spent their lives in tribal warfare, plunder and killing. They did not know what knowledge was; the only discipline they observed was the discipline of self-preservation.

In such a country, and in such a people, an orphaned child is born and is cared for by his grandfather and then by his uncle; does not know what a book is and nobody teaches him how to write even the alphabets. He spends more than half of his life in trade and commerce. And then, all of a sudden, that son of desert claims that he has brought an everlasting universal law of the whole mankind for all the days to come.

And that law proves to be so perfect, so admirable and so much before his time that the world, even after fourteen hundred years is gasping to catch with it. The history of Law and Shariah in the last 14 centuries can be described in one sentence: "Islam leads and the world trails behind." Is not that perfection of the Shariah , with its built-in capacity to adjust according to time, the greatest miracle of the Holy Prophet?

A Muslim thinker of the last century has written that a Christian priest asked him the proof of the truth of the Holy Prophet. He enumerated some of the proofs.