Jahiliyah (period before Islam). Attend to your prayers, give alms to the poor, and obey God and His Messenger. God only wishes to remove uncleanliness from you (members of the family), and to purify you

a life in accordance with the divine plan assigned to Abraham to prepare the generation desired by God. (Tafsir Ibn-Kathir) In this way, in that hostile, aloof environment, a new generation began to be

starlit sky. These natural phenomena gave man the message of the unity of God. They were perpetual reminders to man of God’s greatness and omniscience. These pure, divine surroundings nurtured a generation

to become an Islamic community, that is, one which could surrender itself completely to the Will of God. The nature of this community was preserved intact in its original state, hence it was fully capable

even in his pursuit of the things he loves, no matter how attractive they may be, he does not forget God. Indeed, all his attention is still given to his Creator. DON’T CORRUPT YOUR PERSONALITY One who

therefore he remained away from them. Some of those involved in these wars came to him and said: God has commanded us in the Quran to fight against fitna (persecuation). Then why do you not join with

called Divine character. The Right Approach to the Creation Plan According to this Creation Plan of God, human beings are placed in situations where they have to face hardships from time to time throughout

instead of God. So, wherever there is an issue of application of the verses of the Quran, there will be differences. Consider another example. The Quran says at one place: Fight in God’s cause against

veneration) instead of God. So, wherever there is an issue of application of the verses of the Quran, there will be differences. Consider another example. The Quran says at one place: Fight in God’s cause against

dangerous. The right word would be “Muslimophobia”. Yet Islam, in itself, is a great blessing from God for the whole of humanity. In view of the present situation, the question is, is there a silver lining

him, but repudiated him and his teaching outright. They made such insulting remarks as, “Couldn’t God find anyone but you for prophethood?” And that was not all. They incited the street urchins to jeer

people, but the hardest of these days was the day of Taif.” The Prophet continued to preach the word of God even in the face of such terrible persecution. Finally, the chiefs of all the tribes unanimously agreed

men selected by the Quraysh from different tribes to waylay him and murder him. But, by the grace of God, the Prophet was able to slip away from his house and reach Madinah in safety. The Quraysh then resolved

of what should be done with the dead body of his brother. The Quran mentions this incident. “Then God sent a raven which scratched the earth so that He might show him how to hide the corpse of his brother

hide the corpse of my brother?' And he repented." (The Quran 5: 31). Since this event took place, God has continuously been sending one creature after another to us to guide us as to how we should lead