There was a similar diversion of negative feeling when caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab dismissed the Islamic General Khalid ibn al-Walid. It was a rude

the Prophet in his last days, arranged in the form still extant today.8.DOES SPIRITUALITY EXIST IN ISLAM?Yes. Our world is a dual world – a world of ‘material things’, and a world of ‘inner meanings’. When

in several volumes—provides clarification of the Holy Book. Whoever seriously wishes to understand Islam should study these books, for they are the authentic source of God’s religion. Here is a comprehensive

reflection of the feelings or the states of mind of the Prophet. The truth is that the Prophet of Islam, because of his high level of realization, used to be preoccupied by thoughts of God. On different

or a blessing. Small Thankfulness, Big Thankfulness According to one tradition, the Prophet of Islam observed: “One who is not thankful for getting small things will not be thankful for getting greater

just as the Jews and the Christians did.” During the caliphate of Uthman there entered the fold of Islam peoples whose mother tongue was not Arabic, and who were not able to speak the language with the proper

In books of hadith too, we find chapters on all subjects except da’wah. The same is true of fiqh (Islamic juris-prudence) in whose texts we do not find a chapter on da‘wah. According to the Qur’an, the

growers to adhere to their methods because “you know your world better.” 16 According to this hadith, Islam separates religious matters from scientific research. In religious affairs, there has to be strict

first two belonged to a favourite Arabic type. Wilfrid Blunt writes: And supposing the tide of Islam had not been stemmed? Nothing so delayed the advance of science in the West as the clumsiness of the

instance, the Qur’an attaches great importance to patience. In fact, patience is set above all other Islamic virtues with the exceptional promise of reward beyond measure. (39:10) Patience implies a peaceful