Reflect ye,
that that illustrious Personage [Prophet Muhammad] was born in the Sahara of
Arabia among the ignorant tent dwellers, affiliating and associating with them
until he grew to manhood and maturity; never studying the sciences and arts;
nay, even he was apparently illiterate and uninstructed. Notwithstanding all
this, he brought forth such a nation, established such a religion and uttered
such explanations regarding scientific questions with great perspicuity, and
raised such a community from the nadir of ignorance and barbarism to the zenith
of civilization and prosperity! Through
his influence, science, literature, philosophy, crafts and trades made
wonderful progress during the medieval ages in Andalusia and Baghdád.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet to Ella Goodall Cooper; Star of the West, vol. 2, no. 15,
December 12, 1911) (To read the entire Tablet please visit Tablets of
‘Abdu’l-Baha in Star of the West)
