he had been compelled to leave. But the state of his heart at that time was totally different from what we find in conquerors in general. Eyewitnesses relate that, at the time of his entry on camel back

their own selves who regard victory as their own achievement. But the psychology of the Prophet of Islam was totally different. For him the victory was only apparently his own achievement. For him it was

the Prophet of Islam, recorded in the books of Hadith, tell us of his inner personality. They tell us the kind of tumultuous feelings, which constantly convulsed his heart and mind, and what kinds of feelings

that he hopes for. This weeding of a field, as it were, is what every individual should do with regard to his own self. In the terminology of Islam, this is called muhasabah. As in a field, where crops grow

Closeness to God in Every SituationAccording to one of the traditions of the Prophet of Islam, “God offered to turn the whole valley of Makkah into gold for me. I said, ‘No, O My Lord! I rather want that

not. In this world, states of comfort and pain and pleasure are relative. Regardless of the state, what is actually important is whether those involved gave the desired response; whether the response they

and for the rest of the universe, and nature in its entirety serves as a model for human conduct. What Miguel de Cervantes has said about a good painter is also true of a good man. He says: Good painters

own free will and by his own intention, nature does so out of compulsion. The same principle of Islamic conduct is professed in the third chapter of the Quran: Do they seek for other than the religion

poetry, he exclaimed, “What! After the Quran?” This suggests that the Quran had made an intellectual conquest of the people of its time. Today, we are once again in need of an Islamic literature, which is

yourselves for the future, because finally what is about to fall to your lot is your future, and not your past or your present.”THE CONCEPT OF DEATHAccording to Islam man has been created as an eternal being

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

simple garments, and no pilgrim may then feel tempted to take pride of place over another. In Islam, man’s life must rotate around God. Circling the holy Kabah is but a symbolic representation of this

Similarly, running between Safa and Marwa, two hillocks of the region, gives physical expression to the Islamic precept that the true servant of God should come running at his bidding, that he should have an overwhelming

second stage of full acceptance. All other prophets came to the world and also left the world in what was a period of controversy. They were not, therefore, able to leave behind them a group of sincere

the globe. In a period of less than a century his religion, Islam, had subjugated the great empires of Asia and Africa. The Prophet of Islam emerged successful in all the challenges he faced: all his predictions