uppermost in a believer’s mind is what serves the interests of Islam, not their own personal interests. Their preoccupation must be with preaching the message of Islam. If there is a clash between personal

this, those who had been thinking of apostasy became firm in Islam.”10 When the Prophet reached Madinah, there were, besides a small minority of idolators, two main communities living there—the Jews and

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

decree amounted to a political initiative which, in the most tactful and ingenious manner, introduced Islamic constitutional government to the city of Madinah. The Prophet’s departure to Madinah, instead of

Makkah, where they met the Prophet and heard the teachings of Islam from his lips. The impression that they received was that the person they needed to reign over their society was— not ‘Abdullah ibn Ubayy—but

their leader. They swore allegiance to the Prophet at ‘Aqabah, an event that proved a watershed in Islamic history. Quite apart from its far-reaching historical implications, this act of allegiance was an

nothing in return. In the 20th century we have heard some western thinkers—notably Bernard Shaw—mention what a fine leader of the western world a person like Muhammad would make. To make an offer like this in

astonished when a verse of the Quran was revealed which referred to the agreement as a ‘clear victory’. “What kind of victory is this?” one of them protested. “We have been prevented from visiting the House of

beforehand. Now that peace prevailed, the message of Islam started spreading rapidly. The Prophet also turned his attention to building up the influence of Islam in Madinah. The culmination came within only two

Wahiduddin Khan, born in 1925, in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, is an Islamic spiritual scholar who is well-versed in both classical Islamic learning and modern disciplines. The mission of his life has been

Sayyidina Imam Al Hassan Peace award for promoting peace in Muslim societies. He has been called ’Islam’s spiritual ambassador to the world’ and is recognized as one of its most influential Muslims . His

They take pride in saying that Islam teaches one complete equality but they continue to discriminate between man and man. They are the first to pronounce in public that Islam exhorts one to do good and shun

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

The picture this hadith gives us of the Prophet defines for all time what a dayee of Islam should be like. He should have two special qualities in particular: First, he should have complete trust in God;

Prophetic Guidance for the Modern AgeThe Quran tells us that the Prophet of Islam was sent as “a mercy for all mankind” (The Quran, 21:107). There is nothing mysterious about this. It is a natural reality

only scraps of knowledge to lay his hands on. Science and philosophy are two such cases in point. What is philosophy? Philosophy is an attempt to

The picture this hadith gives us of the Prophet defines for all time what a dayee of Islam should be like. He should have two special qualities in particular: First, he should have complete trust in God;

Prophetic Guidance for the Modern AgeThe Quran tells us that the Prophet of Islam was sent as “a mercy for all mankind” (The Quran, 21:107). There is nothing mysterious about this. It is a natural reality

only scraps of knowledge to lay his hands on. Science and philosophy are two such cases in point. What is philosophy? Philosophy is an attempt to