aside and said to him, ‘By God, I know full well that what he says is true, but one thing stops me from believing. The Bani Qusayy say that they are the gatekeepers of the Kabah, and I agree with them

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

of the fact that their action involved much more than economic sacrifice. They knew full well that what they were doing would arouse the hostility of the most powerful factions in both Arabia and Persia

would be given priority over them. Though they had made the most extreme sacrifices in the path of Islam, they did not show the slightest disapproval of this clause. (Seerat ibn Hisham, Vol. I, p. 111)

after doing battle with them. Seeing this, those who had been thinking of apostasy became firm in Islam.” (Al-Bidayah wan- Nihayah, Vol. VI, p. 305) When the Prophet reached Madinah there were, besides

just waiting for someone who would organize and unite them. When the Prophet realized that this was what people wanted, he issued a decree in which Jews and Muslims were recognized as communities in their

period of Islam, when the Prophet first commenced his public mission in Makkah, ‘Utba ibn Rabiah once came to meet the Prophet on behalf of the Quraysh. When he returned to his people, this is what he had

accept their repentance. I am the Ever-Relenting, the Most Merciful.” (2:159-60) If God’s will is what He has expressed in His Book, the Quran, it can be concluded without doubt that if Muslims individually

Divine Court that he had warned the people of the reality of life. Is there any group in the whole Islamic world which can be said to be performing the task of warning the nations of the world? If this is

wealth, but subsequently giving a lavish dowry to enable the bride to set up her home is contrary to Islamic practice. It was certainly not the sunnah of the Prophet. Fatimah was his favorite daughter, but

she should go and ask her father to give her one of them. When Fatimah came to the Prophet, he asked what had brought her there. But, feeling too shy to ask anything of him, she merely said, “I have come

litter which his fellow Quraysh had put in the street on which he was passing, he said in dismay: ‘What bad neighbours the Banu Abd Manaf are.’ (Tahzeeb Seerat Ibn Hisham, p. 86) While the Prophet’s uncle

Prophet would have amounted to aggression against his whole tribe—the Banu Hashim. Before he accepted Islam, Umar ibn Khattab once set off with a sword in hand with the intention of killing Muhammad, on whom

accepted in the former’s case. In the sixth year of the Prophet’s mission, Umar ibn Khattab accepted Islam. Along with him, several other people converted, and the number of Muslims increased to forty. During

same reason, despite their desire to do so: “They said: ‘O Shu’ayb, we do not understand much of what you say to us. And we see you weak among us. But for your tribe, we would have stoned you. You are

He commanded us to pray, pay the poor-due and fast. (Ja‘far then listed all the commandments of Islam). So we believe in him, and follow him in the religion that has come to him from God. We started worshipping

that there was no question of his handing over the Muslims to them. From Ja‘far’s words we can tell what a momentous impact the discovery of God had made on his life, and how his faith had permeated every

merely a function of the lower, it cannot be only a means in relation to what it surpasses. Frithjof Schuon, Understanding Islam تاہم، اپنی تمام تر معقولیت کے باوجود، اس قسم کے استدلالات قیاسی استدلالات