again wage battles against the Muslims. All these people were brought to the Kabah, the house of God. They stood there as if on the verge

was no exception. They were also human beings like the others. They were also invested with the same God-given nature as others had. And it turned out that the Prophet had rightly trusted human nature. When

God grants to non-violence what he does not grant to violence. This is no simple statement. It tells us of a very profound reality. It tells us of an eternal law of nature. By the very law of nature itself

martyr, and it is only a fortunate minority who attain the heights of martyrdom. But those who fear God will look at the matter soberly.

this year no idolator would be allowed to come on Hajj, and tawaf (circumambulation of the House of God) in a naked state would not be permitted. Then, in the third year, following the gradual elimination

has been proved from authentic traditions that the angel Gabriel, who conveyed the revelations of God to the Prophet, himself arranged these verses in their present order. Each year during the month of

of an improvement on life under the old monarchs, who had laid claim to being ‘representatives of God on earth.’ All political philosophers have been caught up in contradictions of this nature. And there

interpretation of the deen, then one would also have to accept that, like the mujaddids, there are—God forbid—‘partial prophets’, on the one hand, and ‘complete prophets’, on the other! This is because

ForewordCalling people to God or dawah work is the most important mission of Islam. There are two phases of dawah from the beginning of the advent of Islam to the emergence of science and after the emergence

ThinkingIn a general comment on human beings, the Quran (76:27) says: Those people [who are unmindful of God] aspire for immediate gains, and put behind them a Heavy Day. Man has been created as an eternal being