H. G. Wells (1866-1946) is known as a visionary of science has deep antagonism against the religion of Islam, but even then H. G. Wells cannot deny the unmatched and unprecedented impact of the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad.
H. G. Wells says in his book ‘Outline of History’:
“From a new angle and with a fresh vigour, Islam took up that systematic development of positive knowledge which the Greeks had begun and relinquished.
If the Greek was the father, then the Arab was the foster-father of the scientific method of dealing with reality, that is to say, by absolute frankness, the utmost simplicity of statement and explanation, exact record and exhaustive criticism.”
Islam is the Foundation of Modern World
H. G. Wells has no choice but to admit that:
“Through the Arabs it was, and not by the Latin route, that the modem world received that gift of light and power.”1
H. G. Wells says at another place:
“The Islamic teachings have left great traditions for equitable and gentle dealings and behavior, and inspire people with nobility and tolerance.
These are human teachings of the highest order and at the same time practicable.
These teachings brought into existence a society in which hard-heartedness and collective oppression and injustice were the least as compared with all other societies preceding it….Islam is replete with gentleness, courtesy, and fraternity.”
1. The Outline of History, London(1920)
P.S. The reader must keep inn mind that HG Wells is among those authors who have made many derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad.
Here we are quoting him to reiterate the fact that even the sworn enemies of Islam have no choice but to accept the greatness of Prophet Muhammad in one way or the other.
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