A Comprehensive Islamic View In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful O You who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and die not except in a state of Islam. (Al-i-‘Imran 3:102) And I created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me. (Az-Zariyat 51:56) Thus We have made … Read more
A Seminar at Warner Pacific College INTRODUCTION All grace is due to Allah, Creator and Sustainer of the universe, and I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant, messenger and the seal of all the prophets and messengers in history. May Allah’s peace and lessing be upon them … Read more
CHAPTER 1 : CHRISTIAN MUSLIM RESPONSES DEBATE ON TV At the end of the debate – “Christianity and Islam” – which appeared on the SABC-TV program “CROSS (+) QUESTIONS” on Sunday 5th June 1983, the Chairman, Mr.Bill Chalmers commented: “I think it can be said from this discussion that there is ,at present, somewhat more … Read more
1. Global Domination of Western Thought The present age can rightly be described as the age of the predominance of Western philosophical thought and learning. The Western ideas about the nature of man and the universe are strongly upheld all around the world. Having taken shape roughly two hundred years ago, these ideas were continuously … Read more
“Those who follow the Apostle, the unlettered Prophet, Whom they find mentioned in their own Scriptures, in the Torah and the Gospel… ” [Qur’an VII – 157; Trans: Yusuf Ali] BIBLE PROPHECIES ABOUT THE ADVENT OF MUHAMMAD Abraham is widely regarded as the common father of the Jews, Christians and Muslims. Through His second son, … Read more
The long standing political and moral decline of the Muslim Ummah has reslted, among other things, in a serious distortion of our very concept of Islam itself. We have grown accustomed to viewing Islam as a mere “religion,” instead of using the original Qur’anic term “Deen.” This apparently minor change in semantics is actually a … Read more
In one of my books – “Who Moved the Stone?” I had promised to deal with the anomaly, where believers were reading simple English, yet were so conditioned that they were understanding exactly the OPPOSITE of what they were reading. The following story from real life will not only illustrate the point but will also … Read more
FOREWORD Muhammad (PBUH) the Greatest To every Muslim on this planet, irrespective of cultural, geographical and political differences, Muhammad (PBUH) is Allah’s greatest creation and was sent as a mercy for all mankind. A thousand million Muslims however, do not require any surveys, lists or research to arrive at this conclusion. It is a non-negotiable … Read more
Note: This compilation was done at the Islamic Propagation Centre, Durban, South Africa. Islam is the only religion which teaches the existence of a PERFECT God. A perfect God means that there is no sharer in His Nature and His Attributes: “Say: He is God, the One and Only; God, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth … Read more
(This paper was originally presented by Dr. Israr Ahmad in the fifth session of the second annual “Quran Conference” held on March 26, 1975, at Jinnah Hall, Lahore.) We Muslims believe that the best of all human beings — Muhammad, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him — was much more than just one … Read more