translation of this verse is: “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.” The Prophet of Islam said that at the beginning of everything you do you should recite this verse. So, one can say that

Alaysat nafsan (Was he not a human being?) (Sahih al-Bukhari, 1312) This example set by the Prophet of Islam shows that irrespective of religion or tradition, all men and women are equal, all are human beings

opinions about others based on suspicion.Waiting for a Better FutureOne of the important teachings of Islam is sabr, that is, patience. Patience is the key to all success. In the chapter Al-Baqarah (The Heifer)

own objectives in view. And their preoccupations become a great obstacle to seeing the true face of Islam. They are not ready to correct their thinking and, consciously or unconsciously, try to find some

references. Before the Hijrah or migration (622 AD), when the Prophet of Islam was in Makkah, this verse was revealed in the Quran: ‘For you your religion, for me mine.’ (109:6) After the Hijrah, when

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

the 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