SLEEP A REMINDER OF DEATHLearning from Daily Phenomena THE Prophet of Islam likened death to sleep and life to the state of wakefulness after sleep. When he woke up every morning, he would say: “All praise

purpose and for this, one needs to adopt the concept of high thinking and simple living. The Prophet of Islam used to lead a very simple life and he laid great stress on simplicity even for believers. Once he

LACK OF GENTLENESSThe Prophet of Islam said, “He who is deprived of gentleness is deprived of every good.” (Sunan Abu Dawud, Hadith No. 4809) This tradition explains a comprehensive moral principle: observing

unnecessary problems both inside and outside the house.THE IMPORTANCE OF SIMPLICITYThe Prophet of Islam said that simplicity is a part of faith. Simplicity is the way of a purposeful person. (Sunan Abu

any armed encounter. The Makkan idolaters had formerly put up severe resistance to the Prophet of Islam. They had even planned to kill him. They had contrived to involve him in many battles and had many

people had been put to death, this punishment would have been fully justified. But the Prophet of Islam, thanks to his sublime character, did not take any action against them. He did not even reproach them

Makkah, they would all be slaughtered on account of their unpardonable crimes. But the Prophet of Islam forgave all of them

release again posed a severe threat to Islam. In this respect arriving at a decision to set them free was undoubtedly taking a great risk. But the Prophet of Islam did take this risk and liberated the prisoners

they might comfortably travel to their homes. Again, the same miracle happened. They converted to Islam en masse. The truth is that the extraordinary magnanimity of the Prophet rid them entirely of their

kindly to the emergence of a new power on their doorstep. In their attempt to arrest the rise of Islam, they waged war against the Muslims. In so doing, they forced the Muslims to fight back. This gave

extended to the farthest reaches of the known world. There is no doubting the fact that the conquests of Islam were not wars of aggression against others; rather they were a response to aggression from others

for such wars. Over and above the political significance of these events was the fact that the Islamic revolution opened out hitherto unexplored opportunities for humanity. It made God’s revealed religion

overshadowed everything else. Recitation of the Quran was, in those days, a common method of preaching Islam. When Mus’ab ibn Zubayr was sent to Madinah as a preacher, he used to “talk to people, and recite

that produce the reaction that Islamic preaching evokes. However untiring the efforts of the preacher, and no matter how accurately he presents the true message of Islam, it is more the disposition of

and We will certainly preserve it.”4 It was God’s will that, with the mission of the Prophet of Islam, polytheism should be vanquished and monotheism reign supreme in the world.5 Only He can bring about

groundwork for the Islamic revolution had been laid. It was for the Prophet Muhammad to work on this foundation and bring about the domination of monotheism over polytheism. The Islamic revolution of the

perform the annual worship of Hajj required of a believer once in a lifetime. Hajj is a symbol of Islamic unity. It is through Hajj that interaction takes place between Muslims on an international scale

sacrifice. On the pilgrimage they also witness the historical places associated with the Prophet of Islam. In this way they return with a long-lasting inspiration, which continues to activate them to adhere

of jihad is to strive or to struggle. In the present world, most of the time one has to work for Islam in adverse circumstances. In such circumstances, working for religion through struggle and sacrifice