those people had not fled but had simply withdrawn in order to advance again at some future date, God willing. (Seerat ibn Hisham, 3/438) This saying of the Prophet teaches us that the right step is that

have sent forth you as a witness, as a bearer of good news and a warner. As one who calls people to God by His leave, and guides them like a shining light.’ (The Quran, 33:45-46)

prophets, the Quran says to the Prophet of Islam: ‘Those [the previous prophets] were the people whom God guided. Follow their guidance’ (The Quran, 6:90)

all such issues, confined himself totally to the sphere of the peaceful propagation of ‘the word of God’. It was as a result of this policy that dawah work in this period could be effectively performed.

confrontation is absolutely forbidden for Muslims. That is why the Quran clearly states: Fight in the cause of God those who fight against you, but do not transgress (The Quran, 2:190). 2. Islam allows only a defensive

the Vedas existed only as oral tradition. According to Islam, the Quran is the revelation from God that came down to the Prophet Muhammad by means of the angel Gabriel. Whenever the Prophet received

required to realize here that, though we seem to have power, we are in fact helpless before the will of God; though we seem to have possessions and attachments, everything belongs to Him. It is only those who

Prophet of Islam, because of his high level of realization, used to be preoccupied by thoughts of God. On different occasions this inner feeling found expression in words. Today, those who study books

same is true of the creation plan. The creation plan is perfect. We cannot think of a better one. God created a human being in the most superior form, then He placed him temporarily on our present earth

the greatest such point of reference. One who is aware of this can sincerely take the great name of God in prayer. What is death? Death is not the end of life. It is rather the end of one’s stay on our present