judged in terms of their motivations, which will be different at individual and communal levels. Islam always advises proceeding wisely and judiciously, and certainly does not favour acting on impulse

it takes root, it transforms one completely, and raises one’s level of existence. The Prophet of Islam provides us with a superlative example of this way of life. The greatest lesson imparted by his life

right, his disobedience incurred God’s displeasure, and was considered a form of transgression. Islam attaches great importance to consultation. Everyone has a right to put forward his or her point of

some people it was the threat of financial loss, which prevented them from accepting the message of Islam. The House of God at Makkah had been turned into a house of idol worship before the coming of the

The Aws delegation returned without accepting Islam. Soon afterwards the Aws and Khazraj fought a war known as Bu’ath. The enmity between the two tribes had become so strong that each wished to obliterate

‘Asakir has recorded some comments of Abu Bakr on the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. “It was the greatest Islamic victory,” he said, “though on that day people were too shortsighted to realize the secrets between

Prophet—Jesus—but did not believe in a contemporary one—Muhammad. Except for a few Christians who accepted Islam, those who had been believers

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 Qur’an, which people had written

loving each other, helping the poor and needy, etc. The same is true of the Quran. When the Prophet of Islam emigrated from Makkah to Madinah, the idolatrous tribes became aggressive towards him. But the Prophet

His reward to one group and punishment to the other. This holds true not only for the Prophet of Islam. Rather it is true of all the prophets of God. All the messengers were sent by God to bring about