thoughts in his pilgrimages and wanderings had been in this man ‘What am I?’ ‘What is Life?’ ‘What is Death?’ ‘What am I to believe?’ ‘What am I to do?’ The grim rocks of Mount Hira, or Mount Sinai, the

silently overhead with its blue glancing stars, answered not. There was no answer. The man’s own soul and what of God’s inspirations dwelt there, had to answer!” These two fundamental principles, whose profession

book called “La propaganda chretienne et ses adversaires Mussalmans” has written the following: “Islam is a religion that is essentially rationalistic in the widest sense of this term, considered etymologically

kind that is accessible to anyone with a scientific background. The traditions of the Prophet of Islam have predicted such occurrences. 1. According to a Hadith, “When the Qiyamah approaches, the sun

17439) As a result of this, great heat will be generated on earth. This hadith tells us precisely what we have been told in the report. The sun coming closer does not mean that the distance between the

heat becoming more intense, thereby raising the temperature, thus, predicting global warming. 2. What will happen to man when the sun’s heat increases? It has been expressed thus in the hadith:

Unilateral Action for PeaceIrrespective of what people might think are the causes of communal riots in India, the fact is that this violence can be ended only when Muslims end their role in it. If they

for the Muslims to take this step. As shown in the previous chapter, at Hudaybiyah the Prophet of Islam agreed to unilateral action and thereby put an end to the violence of the Quraysh. In the same way

hand, they wait for other communities to first stop their violence, they can keep waiting forever. What should Muslims do to stop communal violence? There is only one answer—and that is, they must not get

SIGNIFICANCE OF IFTARTrue Perspective IFTAR is an Arabic word, which literally means ‘to break’. In the Islamic context, it means to break the fast, to eat and drink in the evening after the daylong fast. Iftar

spiritual and physical food. According to Islamic teachings, there are five pillars of Islam. One of these pillars is fasting during Ramazan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Fasting begins from

not only gives physical energy, but also becomes a source of spiritual development. According to Islamic teachings, iftar should be a simple meal and not a lavish affair. Simplicity saves us from distraction

themselves ‘Muslims’, Islam is currently widely perceived to be a religion of violence, with objectives that appear to be achievable only through terrorism. This, however, is untrue. Islam is not the name given

given to the behaviour or the actions of a particular group of people who call themselves ‘Muslims’. Islam is a system of beliefs and ethics, and people who say that they hold those beliefs and value those

It follows, then, that the behaviour of Muslims must be judged by the principles of Islam and not vice versa. Islam cannot be evaluated based on the actions of Muslims. If individuals calling themselves

the twentieth century, in the name of fighting ‘political degeneration’, self-styled ‘champions of Islam’ launched a movement against the country’s ruler, King Farouk (1920–1965). In 1952, with the help

house arrest in 1954. Following this, Gamal Abdul Nasser became Egypt’s President, but self-styled ‘Islamic’ leaders continued to oppose him. He died in 1970, at the age of 52 while in office. He was succeeded

from ‘Islamist’ forces, with vast numbers of people being killed in the violence that rocked Egypt in the confrontation between Mubarak and his allies, on the one hand, and self-styled Islamists, on the

its applied form, so that we may have an idea of what kind of individual, what kind of society and what kind of State would respectively emerge, if Islam were consciously accepted and practised in letter

aspect of the peace-loving nature of Islam is that it makes a distinction between an enemy or opponent, on the one hand, and an attacker, on the other. According to Islam, if a group launches a one-sided or

a necessary evil, war can be fought for the sake of defense. But as far as an enemy is concerned, Islam does not permit launching war simply because of existing enmity. In this regard, the following verse

the Quran gives clear instruction to Muslims: Good and evil deeds are not equal. Repel evil with what is better; then you will see that one who was once your enemy has become your dearest friend. (41:34)

human greatness, they felt that they ought to enter the religious fold of the Prophet of Islam. And this is exactly what happened. All the insolent Makkans surrendered and joined him in his mission as his companions

between two hills. The tribe of Hawazin of Taif lived on the upper slopes. They had not yet accepted Islam. The Prophet was quietly going along this path and the Muslims were still between the two hills, when

people to God or dawah work is the most important mission of Islam. There are two phases of dawah from the beginning of the advent of Islam to the emergence of science and after the emergence of science

dawah work has to be based on scientific evidence in respect of arguments. This scientific evidence is what has been referred to in the Quran as signs in the universe and in the creation of man (41:53). The