As for the more moderate (1) and sensible among them, they saw that what Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—had brought contained such goodness and benefit that it could not (2) be faulted. Indeed, the most astute among them acknowledged the statement (3) made by Ibn Sīnā and others that no law better than the law of Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—had ever come to the world. This conclusion was dictated by their reason and philosophy: they considered the Greek lawgivers and saw that the law brought by Moses and Jesus was vastly superior to the laws of those men. Thus, when the law of Jesus son of Mary [peace be upon him] (4) reached the Romans, they turned from Greek philosophy to the religion of the Messiah.
Aristotle lived some three hundred years before the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary—peace be upon him—and served as minister to Alexander, son of Philip the Macedonian (5), who conquered the Persians. He is the Alexander from whom the Roman era still used today is reckoned, and by whom the Jews and Christians date. This Alexander was not Dhū al-Qarnayn (the Two-Horned One) (6), who is mentioned in the Quran, as is thought