believe that they are the ‘chosen people’. This belief is completely alien to Islam. According to the true teachings of Islam, every man and woman is equal in the eyes of God. No one enjoys a special status

WHERE DO WE STANDRecognize the Greatness of God A GREAT Islamic figure died on September 22, 1979. Newspapers and magazines were then flooded with adulatory articles about this person. These articles eloquently

that they had expressed about their leader. He responded in silence. It is not just a matter of one Islamic movement. The fact is that today all Muslim institutions and movements are overflowing with the adulatory

because modern civilization with its grand successes has only been able to garner a small portion of what man desires. It has accumulated the requirements of the ‘body’, but has failed in garnering anything

glory of God. Now it is for man to discover this glorious God. Islam is not a new religion. In reality and in their origins, Islam and all other religions were the same. However, due to changes over

announces to humanity the decisions that He Himself will announce in the next world. But the Prophet of Islam gave such a display of divine justice that it became a world experience; it became an accepted historical

world. But we had been given a preliminary glimpse of them in this world so that we might take heed. What really emerged with the prophet hood of Muhammad was the divinity of God Himself. That is why the

the gate through which they entered Makkah and the year of their attack were also similarly named. What most leaders would have done under such adverse conditions was raise a popular movement against the

of foreign domination and revived the nationalistic instincts of their people. But the Prophet of Islam refrained completely from instigating any nationalistic freedom struggle of this nature. There were

After the Prophet had, as usual, called them to Islam and presented himself to them, in the hope that they would grant him asylum, he said: “Banu ‘Abdullah, what a beautiful name your forefather had.” But they

destroyed. It would be a mistake to think that all this was accomplished smoothly. In order to establish Islam as the ruling religion, thus ensuring the preservation of the Book of God, the Prophet and his companions

case with those who denied the prophets of old. The Prophet and his companions had themselves to do what earthquakes and volcanoes had previously been used for— punish the disbelievers. The Book of God was

Arabic was exposed to the sort of forces, which cause a language to alter radically. This was when Islam spread among various Arab tribes, who began to congregate in major Muslim cities. There was considerable

been pronouncing the words of the Quran in such a strange manner that ‘Umar was unable to make out what part of the Book of God he was reading. The Prophet once spoke to a visiting delegation of some Arab

by the world. When the famous Arab poet Labid accepted Islam, he gave up writing poetry. When someone asked why he had done this, he replied; “What? After the Quran?” If a poet today was to relinquish his

RATIONAL DECISIONS, DURING EMOTIONAL CRISESThe Battle of Uhud (A.H. 4) was the severest battle in Islamic history. All the warriors of the Quraysh, thirsty for revenge after their defeat at Badr, descended

volunteered, the Prophet did not give the sword. Then Abu Dujanah came forward, and asked the prophet what was the full worth of the sword. “That you should strike the enemy with it until it bends,” the Prophet