The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only.

Thomas Carlyle
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The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only. There is a difference between knowing things and telling people about them. The person who first told Muhammad the truth about the Qur'an and his relationship to it was a man called Abu Bakr, who was Muhammad's first follower. The first people who were called Muslims were those who believed what they heard from Abu Bakr and also those who heard what he said from Muhammad himself.

Source: On Heroes, Hero Worship And The Heroic In History

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