it is not the Islamic way to launch movements with the aim of achieving political ascendancy. On the contrary, the objective of the Islamic struggle is to inculcate in people the Islamic character and

and the true spirit of Islam. And then, if, in any given society, a large number of people were to become imbued with this true spirit, a time might come when God in His wisdom saw fit to invest them with

this, the people of Madinah accepted Islam in large numbers. They became known as the Ansar, or helpers, of Islam. It was the selfless support they offered to Islam that enabled the Prophet’s religion to

his message, and had rejected it out of hand. Yet just five years later these same people accepted Islam. The reason for this was that when they first met the Prophet they were preoccupied by military considerations;

referring to was the day of the Prophet’s death. That day, many Arabs went back on their pledge to Islam, saying that they would pray but would not pay the poordue went to Abu Bakr and advised him to be

people. He said to me, “Umar, in the old days of ignorance, (that is, prior to Islam) you were a brave man. Now, in Islamic times, you have become a coward. As for myself, I will wage war on them, by God

These verses go to prove that the mission of the Prophet of Islam, far from being the establishment of political rule, was essentially dawah. It is true no doubt that in his life there were components

affect his status as a dayee. Therefore, it would be right and proper to say that the Prophet of Islam was in actual fact a dayee. Other constituents of his life were not direct goals, but rather became

These verses go to prove that the mission of the Prophet of Islam, far from being the establishment of political rule, was essentially dawah. It is true no doubt that in his life there were components

affect his status as a dayee. Therefore, it would be right and proper to say that the Prophet of Islam was in actual fact a dayee. Other constituents of his life were not direct goals, but rather became

a by-product of the Islamic revolution, gave us modern communications. The advent of this new age made it possible for the first time in human history for the propagation of Islam to be carried out on

on a universal The advent of the modern scientific age has made possible the global propagation of Islam for the first time in world history.

delimits his freedom, drawing the line between desirable and undesirable freedom. And it is only Islam which can provide him with such an ideology. Now is the time for this ideology to be presented to

of communism (1991), the world is faced with an ideological vacuum. This vacuum can be filled by Islam alone. In the present world the developed countries have become economic or military superpowers,

but the place is vacant for an ideological superpower, and that, potentially belongs to Islam. There is only one obstacle in converting a great potential into a reality in favour of Is-lam. And that

them back to non-violent Islam, by helping them to understand that their violent version of Islam is not the true one. As soon as Muslims take to the path of non-violent Islam, they will be able to become

menfolk were so preoccupied with preaching Islam that there was little time left in which to discharge their household responsibilities. It was left to the women then to deal with both internal and external

When the Companions of the Prophet learned of this they were upset. They began to ask one another what things they were going to store then. At that time ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab was with them. ‘Umar said

translator, public speaker and former professor of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Among her books are ‘A Simple Guide to Islam’ and ‘A Study of World’s Major Religions’. She has translated