or another, the madu will certainly welcome his words of wisdom. The dawah life of the Prophet of Islam is replete with examples of such conviction and confidence. In spite of apparent antagonism, his conviction

he always prayed for them. For instance, when Tufayl Ibn Amr Ad Dausi came to Makkah and accepted Islam, he was sent by the Prophet to his tribe to give them the call of Tawhid. Far from listening to him

This time he met six men of the Aus and Khazraj tribes of Yathrib (Madinah) whom he talked to about Islam. When they asked him about the nature of the revelation he had received, the Prophet recited some

“Abraham” to them. It took only this to melt the hearts of these men from Madinah, and they accepted Islam. It was nighttime and their voices were overheard by Abbas ibn Abd al Muttalib as he passed nearby

will be understandable to them. No one followed this pattern more completely than the Prophet of Islam. Night and day, he was busy preaching the word of God. But his preaching was far from a bland repetition

congregation in formulating his message. On one occasion, in the early days in Makkah, the Prophet preached Islam to Abu Sufyan and his wife Hind. This is how he framed his address: Abu Sufyan ibn Barb, Hind bint

the fact that no matter how huge, or wonderful in configuration, what we see of them amounts to only one tenth of their enormous bulk. What lies below the surface of the ocean, spreading far and beyond the

walls, furniture, a few material objects and some human occupants. To all outward appearances, that is what the room adds up to. But the moment we switch on the TV set, we are introduced to a hitherto unsuspected

switch can be turned on to make us understand what it is really like. Only death can do this for us. And when we reopen our eyes after death we find that what had formerly been impalpable and quite beyond

orchard was a sizeable one with six hundred date palms and, at the time he donated it to the cause of Islam, his wife, Umm ad-Dahdah, was staying in it with her children. Nevertheless, having made his pledge

that Umm ad-Dahdah worked on the date orchard. There are many such incidents in the early phase of Islam (the exemplary phase) which show that certainly women were not confined indoors. They certainly went

women’s equality with men in the outside world. WOMEN’S POSITION The honorable position accorded by Islam to woman is symbolically demonstrated by the performance of the rite of sa’i, as an important part

seldom address ourselves to the biggest questions in life: “What is the Truth?”, “Who is the Creator?”, “What is the purpose of life?” and “What happens before and after death?” Man continues to be lost

in the world of appearances, without even giving a thought to the real world. We should understand what God wants from us by understanding His divine signs and then lead our lives accordingly. We should

beings, with our freedom of will, must choose deliberately, and of our own accord, to live in this way. What we need to do, as the Quran says, is colour ourselves ‘in the dye of God.’

method of reasoning being validated by modern scientific discoveries is highly significant from the Islamic viewpoint. Fifty years ago, it was not possible to prove religious beliefs on the basis of scientific

scientific. Now with this new development, we can formulate an effective theology (al-Kalam) in favour of Islam. The intellectual framework of the time of Averroes (1126-1198) was based on the Aristotleian system

eternal. Innumerable truths of a similar nature have provided us with very firm grounds for presenting Islamic beliefs on a strong rational basis. This had been a great, unsolved problem which engaged the

political confrontations. However, it was also formalised by various disciplines that came under the ‘Islamic sciences’. How was this constructive work made possible amid enormous political strife? The sole

focus their energies on the enormously valuable task of crystallizing these various branches of Islamic knowledge while remaining unaffected by the political tumult around them. Similarly, the Muslim

Hadith No. 11280) Acknowledgement of God’s Glory The first phase of Islam witnessed an extraordinary expansion of the Islamic Caliphate, but despite the vastness of its area, up to the time of the Umayyads

different from one another. Maarifah or the realization of God is a noble Islamic quality, whereas ecstasy is not related to Islam. Anyone may have this experience of ecstasy. But the truth is that, ecstasy