Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from New Researches Into the Composition and Exegesis of the Qoran
Another favourite idea is that the prophetship of Muhammad furnishes us with a reliable image of Biblical prophetism, and allows us to peep into the inner working of their calling. This is true to a certain extent. If we place the characteristic features of both side by side, the points they have in common, as wel'l as the differences, will soon become apparent. The main point is enthusiasm, with which were combined moral courage and self-denial. The first difference is that of degree. Whilst with the prophets these qualities remained stationary during the whole of their careers, they diminished in Muhammad in proportion to his increas ing in?uence. Biblical prophets had no policy of their own, whilst Muhammad's attitude during the Medinian period of his life was largely political. Obedience to Allah and His Prophet is the watchword of all those years, but since the former was only presentin abstracto, this meant obedience to the Prophet alone. And he was very exacting in this matter. Finally, in contradiction to his predecessors he did not trouble about the nature of the means he employed, so long as they enabled him to achieve his aim, and in several cases did he not ?inch from distorting the truth.
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