to events. Political conditions have played a particularly important role in giving birth to them. What is needed, on the other hand, is a group of people intensely aware of the opportunities that God has

scheme and exploit the complete range of possibilities that God has prepared for the resurgence of Islam that he desires. One of the incidents that occurred during the Battle of Badr is related in biographies

acknowledge the worth of other People of their word, they did exactly what they said they would. They were forgiving to others, in the hope that God in turn would be forgiving to them. So constant was

here that present-day Muslims differ from the founding fathers of their religion. The Prophet of Islam brought an unprecedented revolution to the world, one that was initiated by a profound feeling of

people do not see Islam as truth we do not have the right to call them kafir. In essence, we cannot perceive them as the “other;” it is not permissible for us to view them as such. Q. What is the situation

Everything about him is established historical fact. We are just as well informed about the Prophet of Islam as we are about any contemporary person, or even more so. Apart from him, all prophets are legendary

original form. So, looking at the matter rationally, there can only be one answer to the question. “What is truth?” From a practical as well as

and this is carried on till its culmination by presenting proper evidence and requisite proofs—or what is called itmam al-hujjah. Without following this prophetic approach of dawah, it is not proper to

term was coined by jurists based on their reasoning (ijtihad), and that it is not from the original Islamic sources. And

glade your blood stream will turn into a blood storm. This is what happens when we stand in the presence of a tiger. At every moment Islam brings man to the realization not only of the Creator of the lion

end things turn out quite differently from what people had initially expected. Consider an example from Islamic history in the year 6 AH when the Treaty of Hudaybiyah was signed between the Prophet Muhammad

God that you do not practise what you preach. (61:2-3) Having double standards is anathema in this world. It is a kind of hypocrisy and hypocrisy is completely unwanted in Islam as well as in nature. A person

humanity becomes his concern and then he cannot afford to live like an irresponsible person. This is what gives us an honest society. This formula, based on belief in the Hereafter, is also fully applicable

The above Quranic principle not only addresses those who were the contemporaries of the Prophet of Islam, but is an eternal teaching, applying to the whole of creation.

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