is the book of God. It has been preserved in its entirety since its revelation to the Prophet of Islam between 610 and 632 AD. It is a book that brings glad tidings to mankind, along with divine admonition

lowest of the low, except for those who believe and do good deeds—theirs shall be an unending reward! What then after this, can make you deny the Last Judgement? Is not God the greatest of the judges? (95:

this—his most vital and telling tactic—by saying: “The day I do so, I would cease to be a sportsman.” What, in Zafar Iqbal’s words, is true of sportsmen, is also true of the whole human race. Anyone who bases

have failed to reach out to their fellow beings with the message of peace and spirituality which Islam stands for. Anyone who bases his life on a policy of retaliation and harbours bitterness and malice

but it also makes it clear what the oneness of God means. This chapter presents the concept of God, purified of all human interpolation, for, prior to the advent of Islam, tampering with the sacred text

Almighty Being. The concept of One God is the actual beginning point and also the only source of Islamic teachings.AUGUST 18 ProphetA prophet is a person chosen by God as His representative. When God appoints

next world are concerned, they must remain forever invisible—beyond the reach of human perception. What the prophet does is to enlighten people so that they may overcome this human inadequacy. He tells

kind. In view of this fact, the critics hold that all faiths, including Islam, have no scientific basis. They contend that Islamic theology is not based on primary rationalism, but on secondary rationalism

science. Now there is no difference between the two in terms of scientific reasoning. Let us then see what modern scientific reasoning is all about. Scientific Argument Religion, or faith, relates to issues

opportunities as were available in other fields were to be utilized to promote the Islamic mission. The method Islam prescribes for the achievement of our goals, and the model example we find in the life

time the method adopted by Prophet Muhammad e provides a perfect example of positive status quoism. What Prophet Muhammad e did was to refrain completely from interfering with the idols and idol worship

regardless of whether others behave well or not. Islamic ethics has nothing to do with reaction. It is based rather on high moral principles. Ethics in Islam is a form of worship. It is not a reactive human

in an abnormal situation good behaviour becomes a form of superior worship. In a normal situation what is good behaviour or good manners does nothing towards the development of the human personality. But

concept of unity (vahdat) does not exist between God and man, but in Islam the concept of the nearness between God and man is valid in the perfect sense.GLORIFICATION OF GODHamd or acknowledgment entails

Quran, “All that is in the heavens and on the earth extols the glory of God.” (64:1) What does this mean? It means that what God wants from His creatures more than anything else is Hamd, that is acknowledgment

82.THE WHOLE LIFE OF THE PROPHET OF ISLAM WAS BASED ON DAWAH MISSION BUT THE ENTIRE MUSLIM WORLD IS NOT AWARE OF THIS. WHAT LED TO THE SHIFT OF EMPHASIS?I often experienced this when I spoke to several

seminaries. This is wrong thinking. The Prophet had to spread his message to his contemporaries, but what will have to be done with the generations that follow? The importance of doing dawah work was almost

82.THE WHOLE LIFE OF THE PROPHET OF ISLAM WAS BASED ON DAWAH MISSION BUT THE ENTIRE MUSLIM WORLD IS NOT AWARE OF THIS. WHAT LED TO THE SHIFT OF EMPHASIS?I often experienced this when I spoke to several

seminaries. This is wrong thinking. The Prophet had to spread his message to his contemporaries, but what will have to be done with the generations that follow? The importance of doing dawah work was almost

statements about the future. Even writers sympathetic to Islam often reveal a bias. They describe the tasbih as ‘worry beads,’ without any regard to what dhikr is and how serenity is achieved through the remembrance

remembrance of Allah. Rumi’s story presupposes a vital aspect of the Islamic ethos, the presence of a moral understanding among all the people. The trust the wife places in the King, the treatment of her

deceptive. Religion has become a ritual confined to the sabbath. What people do the rest of the week appears to have no connection with what is expressed in church. And yet national leaders insist on calling