have a blessed end. Whoever does good shall be rewarded with what is better. But those who do evil shall be requited only according to what they did. (28:83-84) As for him who rebelled, and preferred

base desires; Paradise shall be his Final Abode. (79:37-41) He that chooses a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him and in the world to come he will be one of the lost. (3:85)

took place between the Banu Hashim and the Banu Umayya. This stopped the advance of Islam for a period of ten years. What set this process in motion once again was the voluntary withdrawal of Hasan ibn Ali

practical form of non-violent activism. This peaceful move on the part of Hasan ibn Ali re-opened to Islam the locked doors of progress. 5. During the last days of the Abbasid caliphate Mongol tribes attacked

The history of Islam had apparently come to a standstill. At that moment, the spirit of dawah work was born within the Muslims. As a result, the majority of the Mongols converted to Islam. And that miracle

throughout history. That is why Islam has greatly emphasized the significance of family life being disciplined and well organized so that it may play its part in maintaining social stability. A family

begins when a male and a female decide as members of society to live together under one roof. However, Islam does not allow such a relation between a man and a woman, unless it is based on a legitimate marital

Hence, there is no room in Islam for what is known, as pre-marital or extra-marital affairs between the two sexes. And this is one of the reasons that we do not find in Islamic society, broken homes, illegitimate

predecessors must stand rejected without discussion. For all the prophets, including the Prophet of Islam, were sent to the world to fulfill one and the same mission. Chapter 42 of the Quran tells us that

Isa (Jesus) (saying): so that you should remain steadfast in religion and not become divided in it. What you call upon the polytheists to do is hard for them; God chooses for Himself whoever He pleases and

Quran, 42:13) In this verse, which refers to some steadfast prophets of the past, the Prophet of Islam has been enjoined by God to follow the same single religion and strictly refrain from following a

and women. For details see the book titled: “Women in Islam” by the author. In this matter, had man adopted the guidance given by the Prophet of Islam, he would never have suffered any lack of balance. One

One of the realities conveyed by God through the Prophet of Islam concerns the law of nature, viz. the creation of man and woman having been done in such a way that each of them has been given something

receives from the Prophet may be called the divine scheme of things. That is, the Prophet tells us what God’s scheme in life for man and the universe is. This is essential for an understanding of life on

predecessors must stand rejected without discussion. For all the prophets, including the Prophet of Islam, were sent to the world to fulfill one and the same mission. Chapter 42 of the Quran tells us that

Isa (Jesus) (saying): so that you should remain steadfast in religion and not become divided in it. What you call upon the polytheists to do is hard for them; God chooses for Himself whoever He pleases and

Quran, 42:13) In this verse, which refers to some steadfast prophets of the past, the Prophet of Islam has been enjoined by God to follow the same single religion and strictly refrain from following a

and women. For details see the book titled: “Women in Islam” by the author. In this matter, had man adopted the guidance given by the Prophet of Islam, he would never have suffered any lack of balance. One

One of the realities conveyed by God through the Prophet of Islam concerns the law of nature, viz. the creation of man and woman having been done in such a way that each of them has been given something

receives from the Prophet may be called the divine scheme of things. That is, the Prophet tells us what God’s scheme in life for man and the universe is. This is essential for an understanding of life on

In anguish they will cry out: “Would that I were dust!” (78: 40) When Umar, the second Caliph of Islam, lay on his death-bed, stricken by the dagger of Abu Lulu Firoz, his son, Abdullah Ibn Umar was resting

to face with God, the Creator of the lion? The truth is that a believer experiences in this world what an unbeliever will experience in the next world. An unbeliever will humble himself on seeing God:

mindedly and by making a realistic assessment of his situation, plans his life anew. By forgetting what is lost, he reorganizes his work.

Islam’s mission centres on tawhid, the oneness of God. The purpose of Islam is to convince human beings to worship and serve only the one God. It aims to so transform people’s minds and hearts so that

atmosphere favourable to the mission of Islam. On the contrary, violent conditions cannot but produce an atmosphere inimical to Islam. War, a State Action In Islam, war is not the duty of members of the

should not take any action on their own. On such occasions, the only thing to do is take the matter to what the Quran (4:83) refers to as ulul-amr, or those in authority—in other words, their rulers. And it

explains another part. In the light of this principle, it is clear from several verses of the Quran what appointing man as khalifa means. One of these verses (10: 14) reads: “Then We made you their successors

cultural and scientific progress. But this is a limited understanding of the term. To fully understand what ‘civilization’ means, one must see it in the context of God’s creation plan. The builders of civilization

Muslim) Three Periods of the Caliphate In the Quran, the word ‘khilafat’ is not used in the sense of ‘Islamic Caliphate’. According to the Quran (10: 14), all those people were ‘khalaif fi al-arz’ who, in different