be prosecuted with equal ease, for neither is the law-maker. The law-maker is God and all human beings are equal before God’s law. For centuries, jurists have been searching for just, equitable principles

were not given prime importance because everything had literally been subordinated to the will of God and His prophets. Ummah can be formed only when all relations and acquaintances take on secondary importance

cutting his tongue off, he said ‘Do whatever you will, but spare my tongue to enable me to utter God’s name till my last breath.’ Yet the Prophet had foretold that Ali’s murderer would be one of the most

the entire world. Man considered the moon a deity, just as he held all other inanimate objects as gods. With its brilliant silvery light, the moon inspired man to bow before it rather than try to conquer

unveiling of nature’s hidden resources. All this was required to make global dawah work possible. Since God has granted man freedom, all the events in this world are governed by the laws of cause and effect

spiritual purification and personality development for him. Thinking of eternity makes him very grateful to God, while the concept of accountability in the Hereafter becomes a source of reform for him. The Creator

them.’ But the Prophet did not curse them. Instead he raised his hands and prayed in these words: ‘O God, give them guidance.’ (Seerah Ibn Hisham Vol. 1, p. 394) After praying for them, the Prophet asked

mind at rest. “By God, I will never hand you over to anyone,” he told him.39 When all else failed, the Quraysh decided, in the seventh year of the Prophet’s mission, to ostracize the Banu Hashim. Abu

used to call God ‘rahamnan’. The Meccans considered the word foreign when it appeared in the Quran in an Arabicized form. They enquired what ‘rahman’ meant, being unaware of its linguistic background.

this vacuum with the Divine Being, we are following the principle of monotheism. But if we abandon God and look to some other for support, we descend into polytheism. In every period of history, man has

it in the grave. When they do this the first time, they say Minha khalaqnakum (‘From the earth We [God] have created you’). The second time, they say Wa fiha nuidukum (‘And We return you to it’). And the