When the verse of the Quran—”Who will lend God a goodly loan; it will be doubled for him many times”5 —was revealed, Abu Dahdah of the Ansar asked the Prophet if God really wanted them to “lend Him a loan

that when the Prophet of Islam saw the new moon at the coming of the month of Shawwal, he said: “O God, make this moon a moon of peace for us.” This saying of the Prophet expresses the true spirit of Eid

full name of Eid is Eid al-Fitr, that is, Eid of breaking the fast. In the spirit of Eid al-Fitr, God and His greatness are acknowledged, His blessings for humanity are prayed for and the promise is made

abandon the worship of anything other than God, but refrained completely from any practical confrontation with the worshippers of idols placed in the House of God. Similarly, when the Prophet of Islam reached

will not be inspired by thoughts of national glory or material grandeur; it will be the greatness of God alone that they seek to establish. It was people such as these who made Islam great in the past—who

by every petty issue that arises, all we shall accomplish is the destruction of the opportunities God has created for us. We shall never then be able to convert possibilities into realities.A COMPARISONThe

here that I was able to initiate my mission of peace, which has now spread across the whole world. God creates compulsions to guide people in the right direction for people to learn and take heed. Many

be rewarded with Paradise in the Hereafter. The prayer read at the funeral of these children is: O God! Cause this child to become a means of salvation for us and cause him to become a means of reward and

mes-sengers’ appeal and about their status as true apostles of God, the Quran records how the apostles argued, “Is there any doubt about God, the Originator of the heavens and earth?” (14:10), thereby indicating

used prose instead of poetry. This in itself is proof that the Quran came from God, for in the 7th century AD who, save God—who knows the future just as He knows the past—could know that prose rather than

the age of global tourism; that it appeared in the age of the printing press and when the Book of God was available in printed and e-form for global distribution; and finally, that it appeared in an age

Turkey. In this way the people of Turkey would have a golden opportunity to convey the message of God to the whole world, while staying in their own country. ‘The greatest gift item for the tourists coming

took him to be a god or a manifestation of a god. Naturally, this mentality was not discouraged by the kings. The ancient rulers, on the contrary, encouraged such superstitious notions so that people

abandon the worship of anything other than God, but refrained completely from any practical confrontation with the worshippers of idols placed in the House of God. Similarly, when the Prophet of Islam reached