Makkah. So wise and diplomatic was his strategy that Makkah was conquered with next to no bloodshed: God has promised you many gains, which you will acquire, and thus He has given you this beforehand, and

were too shortsighted to realize the secrets between Muhammad and his Lord. People are impatient but God is not. He lets matters take their course, until they reach the stage that he intends.” It is realism

pride was visible as he strode off with the sword in his hand. “Such strutting cannot be pleasing to God,” said the Prophet, “But the occasion excuses it.” Abu Dujanah tied a red cloth around his head, signalling

emergency situation. Animals did not invent these above-cited methods of protection by themselves. It was God who taught these to them. These methods have divine sanction. They are not a form or expression of

they imagine they have boosted their community’s prestige. This is an entirely un-Islamic approach. God and His Prophet certainly do not prescribe this. It is only their own egos that instigate some Muslims

these are desires. The other way can be leading a life whereby these desires are wilfully managed. God has given us free will and our test is to rightfully use this freedom and thereby control our desires

message of the Quran is a divine mission. According to the Quran, it is akin to providing support to God. Due to this speciality, the Prophet of Islam informed that fasting is preparing oneself for the sake

accordance with their nature. Their delicate emotional constitution should always be borne in mind. God has created them that way, and He has done so for good reason. They should be treated kindly. If they

kindness and equity. If you take a dislike to them, it may well be that you dislike a thing which God has meant for your own abundant good.47 45. The Quran, 4:21. 46. Ibn Majah, Sunan, Kitab

this special role, Islam has chosen man. Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because God has made some of them to excel others, and because they support them from their means.106 Making man