a zealous Muslim political leader of the modern age, the emigration would appear as a flight, for what he would advocate in a similar situation would be a fight to the death; he would be looking no further

results of the emigration of the Prophet, one can see that it was clearly the greatest watershed in Islamic history. Patience also enables us to refrain from taking action, and permits things to take their

together in his own house. There were about thirty family members at that time. The Prophet told them what his true mission in life now was. He asked for their support, so that he would be free to discharge

called for the Prophet. He came quickly, thinking that they might be feeling some leanings towards Islam. He was

And had God so willed He would have made you all a single community, but He wanted to try you by what He had given you. Vie with each other then in good works, for to God you shall all return and he will

will resolve for you your differences. (5:48) The Shariah, or external structure of the commands of Islam, and the minhaj, or method varied from prophet to prophet, but only in a partial, not a total sense

knows that you are indeed His Messenger, and God bears witness that the hypocrites are lying. (63:1) What is meant by true religious conversion is illustrated by an incident in which some verses from the

seventy of them were so deeply moved that they abandoned their ancestral religion and converted to Islam. As the Quran puts it: When they listen to that which was revealed to the Messenger, you will see

practical value—is something which can win the world. Adopting a high code of ethics means practising what one preaches; treating the weak with the same courtesy and deference as one shows to the strong; setting

bearing even when others stoop to the depths of degradation. From this point of view, the prophet of Islam stood at the highest pinnacle of human ethics, never abandoning the lofty standards that he preached

a zealous Muslim political leader of the modern age, the emigration would appear as a flight, for what he would advocate in a similar situation would be a fight to the death; he would be looking no further

results of the emigration of the Prophet, one can see that it was clearly the greatest watershed in Islamic history. Patience also enables us to refrain from taking action, and permits things to take their

together in his own house. There were about thirty family members at that time. The Prophet told them what his true mission in life now was. He asked for their support, so that he would be free to discharge

called for the Prophet. He came quickly, thinking that they might be feeling some leanings towards Islam. He was

thrown into jail. Keeping in mind what Maulana Maududi wrote in this regard, consider what happened with me some years ago. At that time, I was a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami. It so happened that I gradually

daily to the Kabah, recited the verses of the Quran to the people gathered there and called them to Islam. This prophetic tradition clearly shows that if the people have gathered for the purpose of even idol

Wahiduddin Khan, born in 1925, in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, is an Islamic spiritual scholar who is well-versed in both classical Islamic learning and modern disciplines. The mission of his life has been

Sayyidina Imam Al Hassan Peace award for promoting peace in Muslim societies. He has been called ’Islam’s spiritual ambassador to the world’ and is recognised as one of its most influential Muslims1 . His