It is a Brief Outline of the Prophet's tolerance and forgiveness according to the holy Quran and historical reports.
Despite the tortures and torments that the people of Quraysh had inflicted upon the Holy Prophet of Islam (P), the prophet (P) did not revenge himself upon them. It is reported that the people of Quraysh showed Muslims various sorts of bitterness forcing them to leave their hometown; they killed many of the prophet's companions, and ravaged all their properties in Mecca. According to the historians when Muslims conquered Mecca the disbelievers and pagans were quite sure that they will be punished severely by the Prophet of Islam. But the Prophet (P) addressed them ‘I will repeat the same wording of my brother Joseph the prophet: (Today, you are not condemned.) Go, you are released.’ [1]
Amongst the people of Mecca were Wahshi who killed Hamzah, the beloved uncle of the Holy Prophet, Hind Abu Sufyan's wife who ordered Wahshi to commit such a huge crime, and Abu Sufyan who caused many troubles for Muslims. However, the Prophet (P) forgave all of them showing us his celestial sublime moral conduct. [2]
It was due to the divine behavior and morals of the Prophet that the dispersion turned into unity, unchastity into chastity and virtue, selfishness to altruism; as a result, Muslims conquered the tow great empires of Persia and Greece whereas their weaponries and arms were incomparable to what the poor Arabs and Muslims had. It is the fact that the Holy Quran mentions:
Thus it is due to mercy from God that you deal with them gently, and had you been rough, hard-hearted, they would certainly have dispersed from around you'. [3]
Notes:
[1] Kamil, Vol. 2, p.252.
[2] Ibid., pp.248-252.
[3] A'l-Emran, 159. فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ لِنْتَ لَهُمْ وَلَوْ كُنْتَ فَظًّا غَلِيظَ الْقَلْبِ لَانْفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِكَ