[39] I mean "goodness and greatness" as a _human being_, for Muhammad never said or did anything to show that he was not a human being. The Qur'an commanded him, "Say I am a man like yourself." [Arabic: qul ʾana bašarun miṯlukum] He therefore insisted that men should attach greater importance to the nature of the message than to the character of the messenger himself. "I am," said he "no more than a man: when I order you anything with respect to religion, receive it, and when I order you about the affairs of the world then I am nothing more than a man." [40] "Ahmad" is another name of Muhammad. I have nothing to say to those mystics, who, by a reasoning peculiar to their doctrines, identify the Messenger (Prophet) with the Master (God). [41] Nor indeed is Jesus answerable for the Inquisition and _autos-da-fe_. [42] "These are parables which we have set forth for men--Q. xxix. 43. [43] [Arabic: yow-mud-dīn] = the day of the Faith = the time of Dissolution predicted by Islam as well as by Science. Sir Syed Ahmad fully explains the meaning of [Arabic: qiya mat-e-kubrā] = Universal Destruction and of [Arabic: qiya mat-e-sughrā] = individual destruction, (_i.e._, death) from the viewpoint of modern Science. [44] As regards miracles, the beliefs that are held do not matter so much as the spirit in which they are held. If the spirit is right and leads to virtuous conduct in life, any reasonable belief will quite do. Here comes in the Pragmatism of Islam. It does not object to anything which has a _practical value_ unless it is unreasonable, immoral, or inconsistent with the Islamic ideas of the unity of God and the brotherhood of man. [45] "We will soon show them our sign in all horizons (= regions) and in their own souls, until it shall become quite clear to them that it is the Truth--Qur'an xli 53. [Arabic: sa-nurīhim ʾāyātinā fī l-ʾāfāqi wa-fī ʾanfusihim ḥattā yatabayyana lahum ʾannahu l-ḥaqqu] [46] God's is the East and the West, therefore whichever side you turn, you will see the face (= presence) of God--Qur'an i. 115. [Arabic: wa-li-llāhi l-mašriqu wa-l-maġribu fa-ʾaynamā tuwallū fa-ṯamma waǧhu llāhi] [47] And He is within you (= in your mind), why don't you see Him?--Qur'an li. 21. [Arabic: wa-fī ʾanfusikum ʾa-fa-lā tubṣirūna] [48] Islam must not be confounded with what is called "Muhammadanism" which is but an ossified form of Islam, clothed in Mediæval beliefs and disfigured by pagan practices. See Mr. J.C. Molony's admirable report of the Census of the Madras Presidency for 1911, where, quoting from the poet Hali's famous _Musaddas_, he describes how far Muhammadanism in Southern India has been influenced by Hinduism. Read also Hali's excellent pamphlet called [Arabic: al-dīnu sarih] "the Simplest Religion" which describes how Islam has been "ossified," _i.e._, rendered rigid and unprogressive.