6). As Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Uthmani has noted in his Urdu commentary of the Quran, opponents of Islam used to say: “Muhammad has just noted down some stories from the People of the Book, or some people

things are being repeated but be aware of the fact that what is being said is from God and feel that repetition is required to instil the importance of what is being said, as one forgets things easily. This

propagate Islam, that “there was not a house belonging to the Ansar (the inhabitants of Madinah) in which there were no Muslim men and women.FEBRUARY 16 Religious HarmonyWhat the world needs today—perhaps

shall attempt to present here, in brief, the Islamic viewpoint. Let us begin with a verse of the Quran which reads: He that chooses a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him, and in

opinion of certain interpreters, this verse implies that salvation according to Islam is destined exclusively for Muslims. Islam thus appears to uphold the superiority of the Muslim community. But this is

WHAT IS TRUTHNature THE Quran states: " If truth had followed their whims and desires, heavens and earth and all that lives in them would have been brought to ruin. (23: 71). God’s scheme of creation is

universe, he can produce the same spirit of peace and harmony which the cosmos already displays. The Islamic solution to the problems of man is the same as that which has been ordained for the rest of the universe

93.WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT OFFERING PRAYER MAKES PEOPLE VIRTUOUS AND WILL TAKE THEM TO PARADISE?Worship has a certain form and a spirit. If you carry out the form alone, then

OBLIGATORY UPON MUSLIMS TO ESTABLISH AN ISLAMIC EMPIRE?No, this is a totally false concept. There is no such teaching in Islam that Muslims are duty-bound to establish an Islamic empire.

93.WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT OFFERING PRAYER MAKES PEOPLE VIRTUOUS AND WILL TAKE THEM TO PARADISE?Worship has a certain form and a spirit. If you carry out the form alone, then

OBLIGATORY UPON MUSLIMS TO ESTABLISH AN ISLAMIC EMPIRE?No, this is a totally false concept. There is no such teaching in Islam that Muslims are duty-bound to establish an Islamic empire.

Wahiduddin Khan, born in 1925, in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, is an Islamic spiritual scholar who is well-versed in both classical Islamic learning and modern disciplines. The mission of his life has been

Sayyidina Imam Al Hassan Peace award for promoting peace in Muslim societies. He has been called ’Islam’s spiritual ambassador to the world’ and is recognized as one of its most influential Muslims . His

India an international lighthouse. I believe that India is potentially a lighthouse for other nations. What is required is to turn this potential into actuality. May God help the new leaders of the country

Khanam is an author, editor, translator, public speaker and former professor of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Among her books are ‘A Simple Guide to Sufism’ and ‘A Study of World’s

period of satisfaction. Then, gradually, a time comes when he realizes that his job is not giving him what he had been in search of. Certainly, he gets his “bread”, but as Jesus Christ rightly said: “Man does

behind this living drama? What is the relationship between me and that super-artist? Then, there is the question of death, the most enigmatic question of all: Why does man die and what lies beyond? Man’s

thousands of people. And this is exactly what happened. Sacrifices like this one willingly made by the early Muslims made many territories enter the fold of Islam.

This is what is happening to the Muslims today. The number of people who pray is on the increase, but there are few who really fear God. There is no lack of people who will speak on behalf of Islam, but there

ready to display their piety in public, but few are really pious in private. Everyone wants to see Islam established in the whole world, but no one has time to establish it in the individual self. Everybody

tremble in fear of Hell. Everybody is enthusiastic about Islam when it is embellished with material grandeur, but no one is interested in the Islam which shakes one’s soul and makes one live in awareness

1. A workforce is a pre-requisite for the successful outcome of any Islamic revival campaign at the present time. The basics are the same as those needed to execute the mission entrusted to Abraham, although

launching a campaign of Islamic revival in modern times are not just ordinary Muslims, but those for whom Islam has become the ultimate answer to a great exploratory quest. What activates a person more

The same was true of the companions of the Prophet in the first phase of Islam. God’s religion came to them as a discovery: Islam as against jahiliyah (period of ignorance); monotheism as against shirk;