The conclusion to Muhammad at Medina is a chapter titled “The Man and His Greatness.” “Of all the world’s great men none has been so much maligned as Muhammad,”00 he says, lamenting the lingering effects of “medieval war propaganda.” Those who cast Muhammad as an impostor accuse him of being insincere, sensual, and treacherous. Watt takes up each of these accusations in turn. The idea that Muhammad deliberately fabricated revelation in order to hoodwink his followers Watt rejects as preposterous, as it fails to explain his steadfastness in adversity and hardship and the immense respect in which he was held by his followers. Indeed, the prophet’s sincerity and integrity is agolden thread running through the two volumes; as he said in Muhammad at Mecca, “To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it solves.”00 When (in Muhammad at Medina) Watt discusses the treaty of Hudaybiya, he emphasizes the material sacrifices made by Muhammad in this treaty (in particular, renouncing the lucrative raids on Meccan caravans), which for him show that the prophet was guided by a long-term strategy of winning over Meccans to Islam, not by material considerations. To refute the accusation that he was “an old lecher,” Watt emphasizes his long monogamous marriage with Khadīja during the Meccan period and explains that his multiple marriages in Medina were consistent with the traditions of the time, and often consolidated alliances with important allies. The question remains open, however, as to whether Muhammad can serve as a model only for Muslims or for all of humanity; for the latter to happen, Muslims need to refine their image of the prophet and explain and justify his singular virtue.