tribes accepted Islam. Once enemies of Islam, they became its followers. The noted historian Thomas Walker Arnold (1864-1930) researched this subject. In a chapter titled ‘Spread of Islam Among the Mongols’

Mongols’ in his well-known book The Preaching of Islam, he writes: Tuqluq Timur Khan (1347-1363) is said to have owed his conversion to a holy man from Bukhara, by the name Shaykh Jamal al-Din. This Shaykh

presented Islam before the world in the guise of a violent religion. For this reason the man of today shies away from Islam. He fails to study Islam objectively. If this barrier could be removed

and Islam once again brought before the world as a non-violent religion, or as a peaceful social system, then once again humanity would accept it, recognising it to be the voice of its own

should not clash with scientific realities. Today no religion but Islam can lay such positive claims to acceptance, for it is Islam and Islam alone which fulfils all these conditions. Individually, there are

God appointed and sent His messengers to inform man of His creation plan: what the Creator wants from him in this world; what is going to be his fate in the next world. This dawah work was performed by

third phase will commence with the blowing of the Trumpet by the Angel Israfil. In accordance with Islamic belief, when the time comes and the respite of action is over, and the time of judgement comes (it

Universe.” (1:2) This verse shows the importance of gratitude. The truth is that of all the acts of Islam, gratitude is the only act which a person can perform in its highest ideal form. But for various reasons

perfection can be expressed solely as a matter of gratitude. What is gratitude? Gratitude is, in fact, another name for acknowledgement. What is called acknowledgement in human matters is called gratefulness

revealed with reference to us.” He went on to explain that when God had helped the Prophet and made Islam dominant, some of the Ansar had said to one another: “Come let us remain with our properties now,

“Give for the cause of God and do not with your own hands cast yourself into destruction.” (2:194) “What, in fact, was meant by casting ourselves with our own hands into destruction was our sitting on our

not become mad with love for anyone, nor seek to destroy with your dislike.” Aslam asked Umar that what this meant. “It means that when you love

present-day publicity given to Islam has produced only a negative effect. People are now generally allergic to Islam rather than being interested in it. In previous centuries when Islam was introduced, people

used to say: “Mr. Islam welcome to you!” Now when Islam is presented to them, they say: “No thank you.” Why is there this difference? The answer is very simple. In previous centuries Islam was introduced

scriptures, as it is—without the slightest change in its original message. Whereas in modern times, Islam is being introduced through the negative practices of certain Muslims as reported by the media. There

UMMAH-NESS Islamic Brotherhood(This is the text of a speech delivered by Maulana Mohammad Yousuf three days before his death, on 30 March 1965, at Rawalpindi, Pakistan) “Listen! I am not feeling well

Prophet’s mosque was lighted by Tamim Dari, who had accepted Islam in that year. By this time, almost the whole of Arabia had entered the fold of Islam. Various nations, various languages, various tribes had

Christianity and Islam both stress the need to respect other religious groups and to show proper regard for them, irrespective of the circumstances. Just as religious co-existence is valued in Hinduism

Hinduism, so also is it valued in Christianity and Islam. If any differences arise, they do so as a matter of rationale, and not of actual practice. That is, the goal of co-existence is achieved in Hinduism

Hinduism through co-recognition, while in Christianity and Islam, it is achieved through mutual esteem. In this way, even with conflicting sets of beliefs (that is, the manyness of reality and the oneness of

observed: One of the fruits of Islam has been that stubborn durable patience which comes out of the submission to the absolute will of Allah. This observation is indeed very apt. Islam attaches great importance

indirectly, upon this virtue. In truth, patience is an attribute without which the very thought of Islam is unimaginable. The present world is designed in such a way that here one has repeatedly to face

wrangling on all such occasions, they would fail to advance along the path of human progress. That is why Islam has placed great emphasis on patience, so that by avoiding all unpleasantness, man may continue his

THE CULTURE OF PEACE Part VTeachings of Islam We often talk of peace in the context of war. But this is a very narrow and restricted notion of peace. The fact is that peace is deeply linked with the

his wise planning, win every battle without physically harming anyone. Formula for Social Peace What is the ideal formula for social peace? How can balanced conditions be established in society? In this

According to a Hadith report (Sahih Bukhari) the Prophet said that God gives in response to softness what he does not give to sternness. This is a way of expressing a law of Nature that God has established