of this world—earth, rivers, mountains, sun, moon or stars—were objects of worship for man. Only Islam was able to displace them from the pedestal of worship. Only then could that new intellectual departure

Human BrotherhoodAccording to Islam, all human beings have been created by one and the same God, and for this reason belong to one great brotherhood. So far as their earthly origin is concerned, they

produced a diversity of skin colorings, languages and other racial characteristics. The teaching of Islam in this regard is that despite differences of colour, language, etc., people should harbor no ill-will

adopts the Islamic principle of i‘rad or avoidance mentioned in the Quran (7:199). That is, on such occasions, meeting those who have a mature outlook towards life and telling them about Islam avoiding those

Human BrotherhoodAccording to Islam, all human beings have been created by one and the same God, and for this reason belong to one great brotherhood. So far as their earthly origin is concerned, they are

produced a diversity of skin colorings, languages and other racial characteristics. The teaching of Islam in this regard is that despite differences of colour, language, etc., people should harbor no ill-will

uncleanness (rujz) in the Quran (74:5). Only those people can avail of modern opportunities for Islam’s second emergence who are fully free from negative thinking, who are positive thinkers of a high degree

can perform it. These are the people who by discovering the modern age to be an age supportive to Islam will realize this possibility through re-planning. Planning, Re-planning When hard work is coupled

instance. The method of re-planning is applicable to every matter. Similarly, in the matter of Islamic action, this method is of great

a Christian he has set forth what he considers a valid argument. He points out that in his view all the great religions of the world—Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and Communism—were all untrue

prophethood, the Makkan leaders gathered at the house of Abu Talib, the Prophet’s uncle, to ask the Prophet what it was that he aspired to, he replied with complete determination: I want only one word from you,

twenty-three years of the commencement of his mission, the whole of Arabia was brought into the fold of Islam, while in the next two decades the Roman and the Sassanid empires,—the two great empires of the world

deprived; it is a question of they themselves having failed to come up to the required mark. Still, what is even more important is that, even along with all these losses, there is still one thing that no

have lost worldly wealth, but they are still possessors of great spiritual wealth. The religion of Islam is still with them, fully intact. They still have the final divine scripture, preserved in its original

his cause, and in the first twelve years of his Prophethood there, it appeared that the history of Islam would end at its starting-point in Makkah. Then, quite unlooked for opportunities were created for

the Prophet, aided by his companions, was zealous in following the injunction: “Apostle, proclaim what is revealed to you from your Lord” and in heeding the admonition: “... if you do not, you will surely

rather than the launching of political movements, will be to strive to bring people back to the true Islamic faith and good actions. The general gift of God, received by all the people to a greater or lesser

denied the favours of Allah. Therefore, He afflicted them with famine and fear as a punishment for what they did.” (16:112)APRIL 2 Unlimited RewardSay: ‘My servants who believe, fear your Lord. Those who