He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar.
Praise
Rev. Bosworth Smith, Mohammed and Mohammedanism, 1874
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The World in Praise
Global writers, historians and thinkers · 18th – 21st century
Wisdom
History of the Book
As translations of the Sira reached Europe, America, and South Asia, figures with no stake in the faith set down their assessments in letters, lectures, and histories. Collected here, they form an unlikely chorus in the same key as the older books.
Passages of Light
I have studied him — the wonderful man — and in my opinion far from being an anti-Christ, he must be called the Saviour of Humanity.
Witness
George Bernard Shaw, The Genuine Islam, 1936
It was the rigid simplicity of his character, the scrupulous respect he had for the rights of others, that made him the most successful of all prophets and religious personalities.
CharacterWitness
Michael H. Hart, The 100, 1978
A silent great soul; one of those who cannot but be in earnest, whom Nature herself has appointed to be sincere.
Character
Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes and Hero-Worship, 1841
I wanted to know the best of the life of one who holds today an undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind.
Witness
Mahatma Gandhi, Young India, 1924