Michael H. Hast had
written a book titled “The 100 Most Influential Persons in History” and was published
in the year 1978 by Carol Publishing Group in U.S.A.
Michael Hast had
placed the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) as the number One man the most
influential person in history.
He had ranked Isaac
Newton as number two, Jesus Christ as number three, Buddha number four,
Confucius as number five, Albert Einstein as number ten, and Moses as number
sixteen.
Michael Hast starts his selection of the Noble Messenger
(s.a.w.a.s.) as: “My choice of Muhammad
to lead the list of the world’s most influential persons may surprise some
readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who
was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels.”
Inspired by the supreme leadership of the Noble Prophet
(s.a.w.a.s.) and the Divine Guidance of the Glorious Qur’an, the Muslims spread
the word of Allah from India to Atlantic
Ocean as stated by Michael Hast: “Nevertheless,
in a scant century of fighting, these Bedouin tribesmen, inspired by the word
of the Prophet, had carved out an empire stretching from the borders of India
to the Atlantic Ocean-the largest empire that the world had yet seen. The new
religion continued to spread, in the intervening centuries, far beyond the
original Muslim conquests. Currently, it has tens of millions of adherents in
Africa and Central Asia, and even more in Pakistan and Northern India, and in
Indonesia. Islam exerts an enormous influence upon the lives of its followers.
Since there are as many as twice Christians than Muslims in the world, it may
initially seem strange that Muhammad has been ranked higher than Jesus. There
are two principal reasons for this decision. First, Muhammad played a far more
important role in the development of Islam than Jesus did for the development
of Christianity. Muhammad was responsible for both the theology of Islam and
its main ethical and moral principles. It is probable that the relative
influence of Muhammad (s.a.w.a.s.) on Islam has been larger than the combined influence
of Jesus Christ and St. Paul on Christianity. In fact, as the driving force
behind the Arab conquests, he (s.a.w.a.s.) may well rank as the most influential
political leader of all time. The unparalleled combination of secular and
religious influence which I feel entitles Muhammad (s.a.w.a.s.) to be
considered the most influential single figure in human history.”
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