Sainath s contention is perhaps the same. Accomplishing victories of mundane nature may ratify one s ego, but does not necessarily guarantee the permanent happiness, a pursuit every human birth longs for. Accepting God s dispensation and long for, if any, His grace will bring permanent happiness. True winners are those who accept God s will, surrender their selves to His cause, accept their roles in His play and strive for the permanent happiness. The Prophet Muhammad, who was born in the city of Mecca in AD 571, proclaimed the Islamic faith.
Mecca is in present-day Saudi Arabia.
When Muhammad was about 40, he developed the habit of going off into the hills to think and contemplate. He claimed that he realized God, whom he called Allah, and started worshipping the one true God. Muhammad could not read or write, but he dictated Allah's words, which he said were given to him by the Angel Gabriel, to his companion, a follower known as Abu Bakhar. These words formed the Qur'an, the holy book of the Islamic faith. Followers of Muhammad became known as Muslims.