this reason that the Qur’an says ‘reconciliation is the best’ (4:128). Similarly the Prophet Muhammad e has observed: “God grants to gentleness (rifq) what he does not grant to violence (unf). (Sunan Abu

achieve all its aims and objectives. The Qur’an has this to say of the mission of the Prophet Muhammad e: We have not sent you forth but as a mercy to mankind. (21:107) In the Qur’an and the Hadith, there

is the greatest mission of the Muslim Ummah, for, although prophethood came to an end with Muhammad e, the mission of the Prophet has not yet come to an end. The mission continues through the Ummah, as

Prophets and messengers has been put at 1,24,000. However, with the exception of the Prophet Muhammad e, no authentic historical record is available of any other prophet. But, in principle, we have to believe

of knowledge about Islam is the sunnah, i.e., the words, deeds and sanctions of the Prophet Muhammad e. The lives of the companions of the Prophet provide another later source. Then, there is a full stop

increased further. This futile experience demands that now the Muslims must adopt the way of ‘Tauba-e-Jamee’ (The Quran, 24:31) or collective repentance. That is, taking a U-turn all together. They must

healthy. Similarly, through spiritual ‘food’, in the form of specific sublime experiences, called Rizq-e-rab in the Quran, man’s spiritual being is made healthy. It was the 16th of July 2004. There was a

Now, writers in the western world are taking up this issue. One of the more prominent is William E. Connolly, who authored Political Theory and Modernity

peaceful lines: no violent reaction would ensue from engaging in such an activity. The Prophet Muhammad e followed this principle throughout his life. His policy was that of adopting non-violent methods in

For instance, eclipses of the sun and moon had been linked with human destiny. The Prophet Muhammad e declared that eclipses had nothing to do with the lot of human beings. These were astronomical events