mission was to spread all across the world. This development is referred to in the Hadith as shahadat-e-aʿzam, that is, ‘the greatest witness’. The Prophet of Islam had said that a time would come when it

existence presented the greatest obstacle to introducing Nizam-e-Mustafa. He had, therefore, to be eliminated. But the experiment revealed that Nizam-e-Mustafa could not find a place in the life of the nation

the Prophet Muhammad’s time, an important event took place – the drawing up of a pact known as Sulh-e-Hudaybiya. The Quran calls this a ‘clear victory’. (48:1). These events, relating respectively to two

the Quraysh who, in those days, enjoyed the position of leadership in Arabia. This peace treaty, Sulh-e-Hudaibiya, recognized the leadership of the Quraysh, and unilaterally accepting all the conditions laid

oath of allegiance (623 A.D.), when 75 peopl e of Madinah (73 men and 2 women) came to the Prophet and accepted Islam, they were told by the Prophet to appoint twelve leaders (Al-Bidayah wan- Nihayah,

organization is the formation of a political setup which, in religious terminology, is called Nasb-e- Imamat, the appointment of an Imam. According to all schools of religious thought, the establishment

to the Qur’an, is as-salam, which means peace. Moreover the Qur’an states that the Prophet Muhammad e was sent to the world as a mercy to mankind. (21:107) A perusal of the Qur’an shows that most verses

through some articles on dawah by this author on the internet, one reader sent his strong reaction by e-mail. He rejected the point of view expressed in a hard-hitting manner. By citing certain instances

that he was born in India but was made in South Africa. (Gandhi and South Africa 1914-1948, edited by E S Reddy and Gopalkrishna Gandhi) This statement is correct, but it only tells us the location of a