these words: “... during the Middle Ages, the trend was almost entirely from East to West ...when Islam acted as the teacher of the West.”25 Another orientalist, the French Baron Carra de Vaux, underlines

points develops and perfects.”26 Montgomery Watt, however, in his book entitled The Majesty That Was Islam, states that there is a tendency to belittle the work of the Arabs and to regard them as no more than

was sacrilegious. But, in Islam, such unreal concepts had never gained currency. That is why no religious opposition presented itself when scientific research began in Islamic Spain. GREEK SCIENCES The

enjoyed total freedom of thought in all these new Islamic states. Here we shall quote some instances from Professor Arnold’s book, The Preaching of Islam. First, there is an excerpt from a statement made

situation, then strive to find the verse or verses revealed in a similar situation in the first phase of Islam. And when that injunction is found, it should be applied to the present situation. That is, the purpose

should take into account the four different stages of the period of prophethood of the Prophet of Islam: The first half of the Makkan period; The second half of the Makkan period; The first half of the

history of Islam. In this situation he adopted almost the same kind of policy as that known as non-interference in modern times. He declared that every religious group would enjoy full freedom in religious

and this opened the door for a “clear victory” in the words of the Quran (48:24). The principle of Islamic activism has been briefly alluded to in the Quran: Therefore bear up patiently as did the steadfast

why the prophet of Islam was to discharge the duties of his mission just as the other Prophets had done. According to Quranic observations, only that concept of Prophet Muhammad’s mission could be appropriate

history of most of the prophets mentioned in the Quran. Similarly, if it were said that the Prophet of Islam did not accept any office under a non-Muslim political system, because accepting such an offer would

With the conquests of Islam, Arabic no longer belonged to one people alone; it became the language of several nations and races. When the “ajamis’8 of Asia and Africa accepted Islam, they gradually adopted

solved only by polygamy, whether we choose to consider it legal or not.THE ISLAMIC WAYThe solution to this problem in the Islamic shari’ah is the giving of permission to men, under special conditions, to

opportunities proved to be a wise one: many people, profoundly influenced by the Quran, embraced Islam, and this without there having been any disruption of Makkah’s peaceful atmosphere. This gave an added

on you His mighty help. (48:1-3) These Quranic verses have a historical background. The Prophet of Islam started a mission in Arabia, which was completely peaceful. But at that time people did not have the