Summary
Essad Bey: Muhammad
The Birth and Rise of Islam
Muhammad himself now stood in the courtyard of the Kaaba. Countless idols stared at him, mute, bejeweled, standing around him. Priests, merchants, camels, the whole city of Mecca, the whole great, sober, unbelieving country stood against him. He was alone, he was the messenger of an unknown God whom he had to announce. His weapon against three hundred and sixty idols, against the power and strength of his adversaries, against the ridicule and shame that had to pierce him, was only one vision, the memory of stern, unquenchable eyes, and one short, unforgettable verse that was to shake the world: Say that God is one, forever above all, neither begat Him, nor who begat Him.
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