full support of rational argument to God’s religion, so that no other religion could compare with Islam in terms of ideological veracity. These two tasks have been performed on a large scale in modern times

violence.Success Through the Non-violent MethodAll great successes or victories in the first phase of Islam and in the succeeding period were achieved by the non- violent method. Here we refer to some of these

with the spelling of the Quraysh, so that it should conform to the accent (lehja) of the Prophet of Islam. Caliph Uthman subsequently ordered that all other copies of the Quran, which people had written on

giving zakat! It should be clear by now that the entire gamut of the detailed demands of the deen of Islam are not required to be put into practical effect in the form of laws at all times. This is only possible

one’s action has begun. Prediction of Universal Dawah According to one tradition, the Prophet of Islam observed: ‘The day will come when the word of God will enter into every home, big or small of the

other life will be pleasing in the eyes of God. SALAH Worship (salah) is the second ‘pillar’ of Islam. In its prescribed form, it entails the worshipping of God at five appointed times during the day

progress were thrown open to humanity. FREEDOM OF ENQUIRY In his well-known book, The Legacy of Islam (1931), Baron Carra de Vaux acknowledges the achievements of the Arabs but relegates them to the status

progress. Finally, however, the revolution based on monotheism, which was brought about in the wake of Islam, put an almost complete end to polytheism and superstition for the first time in history. Afterwards

ancient times, however, the science of medicine never reached the heights of progress it did in the Islamic era and later in modern times. It is believed that the beginning of the science of medicine—a beginning

where it flowered into a tree and then, via Muslim Spain, spread all over Europe. Yet, without Islam first putting an end to the concepts of polytheism and superstition, the concept of zero—like so many