Compare and contrast Muhammad and Jesus in terms of how they serve as models and their respective faiths By Hannah. C McAllan. Class of Studies of Religion Preliminary Course June 2015 “The historicity of the world is really the biography of great men.” 1 “I am the nearest of all the people to the son of Mary, and all the Prophets are brothers and there is none between me and him.” (Quran 3:64) 2 Philosopher Thomas Carlyle, Great Man theory is a 19th-century idea according to which history 1 can be largely explained by the impact of "great men.” Prophet Muhammad Quran 3:64 pg. 147 Abdullah Y. Ali Quranic translation 2