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Mahmoud Murad
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Tebleof
Table of Contents
Contents
Introduction
Introduction 55
Who isis Allah?
Who Allah? 77
Whatisis Al..Qur'an?
What Al-Qur'an? . 99
Authenticityof
Authenticity of AI..Qur'an
Al-Qur'an 10
10
Miraculosityof
Miraculosity of AI-Qur'an
Al-Qur'an 11
11
ComprehensiveLegislation
Comprehensive Legislation 12
12
Scienceand
Science and AI-Qur'an
Al-Qur'an 14
t4
The creation
The creationof thethe heavens
heavensand
and the
the earth
earth l6
16
Humanreproduction
Human reproduction 19
19
Who is
Who is Muhammad?
Muhammad? 2l
21
What is
What is Islam?
Islam? .. 22
22
The pillars of Islam
The pillars Islam 25
25
The articles
The articlesof faith
faith 28
28
Suggestedmaterials
Suggested materials for reading
reading 3311

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 Introduction
Introduction

This isis aa message

This message for every
for everyfreefree thinking
thinkingand and broad-
broad-
minded human
minded human being. being.It It is
is for
for every
everyseeker
seekerof of the
the truth
truth
who might
who mighthave,have,once
oncewondered,
wondered,what what the religionof
the religion
Islamisis all
Islam all about.
about,who who Allah
Atlah is,is, what
what isis the
the ultimate
ultimate
goalof
goal of man's
man'sexistence,
existence,or or what
what happens
happensafterafter death,
death,
for these
for questionsand
thesequestions and many
many others
othersareare prompted
promptedat at
certainoccasions,
certain occasions, butbrushed
but brushedasideasidebyby various
variousfactors.
factors.
Islamis
Islam is indeed
indeedaa misunderstood
misunderstood and
and misrepresented
misrepresented
religionin in the
the West.
West.«This misconception
religion "This misconception is
is hardly
hardlysur-
sur-
prising",remarks
prising», remarksthe the French
FrenchDr. Dr. Maurice
MauriceBucaille,
Bucaille,in
1
his book,
his book, TheThe Bible,
Bible, The The Qur'an
Qurtan andand Science.
Science.'«when .rwhen
we consider
we considerthe the way
way so so many
many generations
generationsis the West
is the West
were instructed
were instructed in the the religious
religiousproblems
problems facing human-
facinghuman-
ity and
ity and thethe ignorance
ignorancein in which
which they
they were
were kept kept about
about
anything related to
anything related Islam». Islam".HenceHence Islamic
Islamic ideals
ideals remains
remains
obscure from
obscure from the the vast
vast majority
majority of non-Muslims.
non-Muslims.
This booklet does not claim
This booklet does not claim to answer answer all the questions
all the questions
you would
you would like like to be answered.
be answered. However, However. this this booklet
booklet
will open
open before
before youyou a new new dimension
dimension of thinking,
thinking, and and
will enable
enable you you to realize
realize thethe importance
importance of your your role
role
as
as a human
human being being in thisthis universe,
universe, to help
help you you under-
under-
stand
stand the
the relationship
relationship between
between you you and
and your
your Creator,
Creator.

l.
1. The
The Book
Book was was originally
originally written
written in in French,
French, entitled'La
entitled 'La Bible,
Bible, le
Ie Coran
Coran et
et la
la
Science'.
Science' . Its
Its English
English version is published
version is published by
by American Trustpublication
AmericanTrust publication,,!979.
1979.

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God Almighty
God Almighty Allah.
Allah. ItIt presents
presents Islam to you
Islam to in aa nut-
you in nut-
sheU, and
shell, and provides
provides straightfonvard answers to
straightforward answers to many
many
questions about
questions about Islam
Islam and
and its
its credibility.
credibility.
In this
In this booklet,
booklet, youyou will
will also
also be
be able know Allah,
to know
able to Allah,
last of
the last of His Scriptures,
Scriptures, thethe last of His
last of Prophets and
His Prophets and
Messengers, what
Messengers, what Islam
Islam is, the role of
the role man in
of man this life
in this life
and other related
and related issues.
issues.
Lest one
Lest one maymay think that there English version
there is an English version
Qur'an, II would like to drawthe reader's
of the Qur'an, reader's attention
attention
the fact
to the fact that language of
the only language
that Arabic is the of the Qur'an.
Qur'an.
Although the Qur'anic
Although Qur'anic quotations
quotations and Prophetic tradit-
and Prophetic
tions cited
tions cited in this
this booklet
booklet are preceded with <Allah
are preceded «Allah
says»,
says>>, only the meaning
only the such quotations
meaning of such are quoted.
quotations are quoted.

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M.Murad
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 WhoIs
Who fs Allah?
Allah?
Allah isis the
Allah the proper
proper name
nameapplied
appliedto to the
the only
only true
true
God Who
God who exists necessarily
existsnecessarily by Himself~
by Himself,comprising
comprisingall all
theexcellent
the excellent Divinenames
Divine namesand andattirbutes
attirbutesof of perfection.
perfection.
AllahisisOne
Allah one andandUnique;
unique;He He hashasnono partner
partneror or equal.
equal.
He is
He is thethe sole
soleCreator
Creatorand and sustainer
sustainerof of the
the universe.
universe.
Everycreature
Every creaturebears
bearswitness
witnessto to His
His Oneness.
oneness.Divinity,
Divinity,
Lordship
Lordship and and the
the uniqueness
uniquenessof His His attributes
attiibutes andand
names. Allah's essence
names. Allah's essence doesnot
does not resemble
resembleother other es-es-
sences; ..There
sences; «There is is none
nonelikelike unto
untoHim».
Him". He He is is the
the One,
one,
the sole,
the Sale. thethe Indivisible.
Indivisihle.He He is
is the
rheGod
God without
withoutWhomwhom
no affairs are accomplished,
no affairs are accomplished, and and toto Whom
whom LordshipLordship
ultimately pertains. He neither
ultimately pertains. He neither begets begetsnor nor is is begotten.
begotten.
He does
He doesnot not inhere
inherein in anything,
anything,nor nor doesanythingin-
does anything in-
herein
here in Him.
Him. All creatures
creatures standin
stand in need Him. but
need of Him, but
He stands
He standsin in need
needof none.
none.
Allah is
Allah is the
the Omnipotent,
Omnipotent,the the Omniscient,
Omniscient. Whose Whose
knowledgecomprehends
knowledge comprehends in the the most
most perfect
perfect manner
manner allall
things,hidden
things. hidden or manifested.
manifested. But But He is is far
far greater
greater than
than
to be
be encompassed
encompassed by by the
the knowledge
knowledge of His His creatures.
creatures.
Allah
Allah the Supreme is
the Supreme is the
the Creator
Creator of everything,
everything. for He
has
has a free
free hand
hand in the
the disposal
disposal of all affairs.
affairs. He is the the
most
most Merciful,
Merciful, whose
Whose unhounded
unbounded mercymercy encompasses
encompasses
everything.He
everything. He is is far
far removed
removed from from injustice
injustice andand
tyranny. Allah's justice
tyranny. Allah's justice ensures
ensures order
order in in the
the universe,
universe,
which
which hashas no defect.
defect. There
There is is no
no one
one toto share
share HisHis do-
do-
main.
main. nor
nor does
does HeHe take
take aid
aid or
or support
support fromfrom HisHis crea-
crea-

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tures.
tures. HeHe is
is the
the God
God ofof the
the worlds. Yet, He
worlds. Yet, is nearer
He is nearer
.to
·to man
man than man's jugular
than man's jugular vein. Whenever aa believer
vein. Whenever believer
'calls
in need
need or distress
distress calls on Him, He
on Him, responds. He
He responds- He isis
above the
above the Seven
Seven Heavens mounting His
Heavens mounting throne is
His throne is the
the
manner which
manner suits His grahdure.
which suits grandure.
Allah has
has revealed
revealed His final
final Scripture, al-Qur'an to
Scripture, al-Qur'an to
the last
the Muhammad, peace
Messengers, Muhammad,
last of His Messengers, be on
peace be
him, to convey
him, convey the
the Message mankind. He
Islam to mankind.
Message of Islam
is the
is the Exalted Allah; Glory
Exalted Allah; Glory bebe to Him
Him.

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 Whatis
What is the
the Qur'an?
Qur'an?
The word
The <<Qur'an'is
word «Qur'an» is understood
understoodin in its
its general
generalcon- con-
notationto
notation to mean
mean the speechof
the speech of Allah
Allah which
which is is neither
neither
created. The
created. The Qur'an Qur'an is is the
the real
real word
word of of Allah,
Allah, whichwhich
was delivered
was delivered by by the"
the angel
angel Gabriel
Gabriel to to Muhammad,
Muhammad,
peace be on him.
peace be on him. Prophet Prophet Muhammad,
Muhammad, peace peace be be on
on
him, memorized
him, memorized the theverses
verseshe he received
receivedand andrecited
recitedthem them
to his
to his companions,
companions,who who happened
happenedto be be with him.
him. He
then ordered
then ordered them them to to immediately
immediately write write thethe verses
verses
down. He himself
down. himself used
used to to keep
keep aa copy
copy of the revealed
the revealed
portionsin
portions in his
his house.
house.The The Qur'an
Qur'an is the last of Allah's
is the last Allah's
Scriptureswhich
Scriptures which Allah revealed
revealedin instalments
instalmentsover over a
period of twenty-three
period twenty-threeyears.years.It [t is
is divided
divided into 114 surahs
114surafts
(chapters)of unequal
(chapters) unequallength
length. . It is
is one
one of the the fundamen-
fundamen,
tal sources
tal sourcesof the the Islamic
Islamic teachings.
teachings.Some Some of its surahs
its surafis
and verses
and verses werewere revealed
revealed at Makkah, Makkah, and and the the rest
rest
thereof were
thereof were revealed
revealedat at Madinah.
Madinah. The Makkan Makkan surahs surahs
and verses are
and verses are concerned
concerned mainly with the issues issues of of
tawhid, or the
tawhid, the belief
belief in the
the oneness
Oneness of Allah, the signs signs
of the existence
existenceof of Allah, Resurrection,
Resurrection, and and life after
death.
death. The creed creed of the
the oneness
Oneness of of Allah was was the focalfocal
point ofof the messages
messages with which all the Prophets and prophets
Messengers
Messengers were were sent
sent to mankind, beginning beginning with
Adam and ending
and ending with Muhammad,
Muhammad, peace peace be on them them
all. The surahs
surahsrevealed
revealed at Madinah at a latter latter period
period
of
of the life of
of the Messenger
Messenger of of Allah,
Allah, peace
peace be be on on him,
him,
are concerned
are concerned with legislations,
legislations, rites rites ofof worship,
worship, and and
transactions related
transactions related to allto all aspects
aspects of of life.
life.

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 Authenticity of the
Authenticity the Qur'an
Our'sn

There has
There has been
been no nation
nation which
which cared about, holified
cared about, holified
and preserved
and preserved its its Divine Scripture as
Divine Scripture the Muslim
as the Muslim
Ummah (nation)
Ilmmah (nation) cared
cared about,
about, holified and preserved
holified and preserved
the Qur'an.
the Qur'an. Unlike the the Divine Scriptures which pre-
Scriptures which pre-
ceded it, the
ceded the Qur'an
Qur'an is is not
not kept
kept in the hands of a particu-
the hands particu-
group or clan
lar group Muslims so
clan of Muslims one may
so that one may suspect
suspect
be tampered
it to be tampered with with or alterated; rather, it was
alterated; rather, was within
within
the reach
the Muslims. The
reach of all Muslims. Muslims are
The Muslims are commanded
commanded
to recite their prayer
recite it in their prayer and refer to it in all
and refer all their
their
disputes
disputesfor aa final judgment.
final judgment. The Qur'an was
The Qur'an was compiled
compiled
at
at aa time
time when
whenthose
thosewho who committed memory were
committedit to memory were
still alive.
still alive. Allah haspromised
has promised to preserve
preserve the
the Qur'an,
Qur'an,
and it will
and will be
be preserved
preservedtill the the Day Judgment. The
Day of Judgment. The
Muslims
Muslimstoday today read
read and recite Qur'anic texts that
the Qur'anic
and recite the texts that
were
werereadreadand recitedduring
andrecited duringthe lifetime of the Prophet
the lifetime the Prophet
Muhammad,
Muhammad, peace
peace be
be on
on him,
him, andhis
and companions:No
hiscompanions:
letter
letterhashasbeen
beenadded
addedto the the Qur'an
Qur'anor deleted from it.
deletedfrom
After examining
examiningthe the Qur'an,
Qur'an, Dr. Maurice as-
Bucailleas-
MauriceBucaille
certains: ..Thanksto
certains:«Thanks its undisputed
to its authenticity,the
undisputedauthenticity, the
text
textof thetheQur'an holdsaa unique
Qur'anholds placeamong
uniqueplace amongthe the books
books
of revelation»l. '.
revelationt

1.l. Dr.
Dr. Maurice Bucailleisisaa surgeon
MauriceBucaille whohas
surgeonwho greatinterest
takengreat
hastaken in the
interestin scientific
thescientific
aspectsof
aspects of the
the Qur'an.
Qur'an. He He learnt Arabic and
learntArabic and managed
managedto to study the Qur'an
studythe in
Qur'an in
its
iu original
originaltext. He was
tcxt. He wasamazed with its
amazedwith preciscscientific
its precise As a result
data.As a result of
scicntificdata. of
this
thisstudy.
study.Dr. Bucailleconverted
Dr. Bucaille convertedto Islam.
to Islam.

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 Miracufosity
Miraculosity of the
of theQur'an
Qur'an
Allah,the
Allah, theExalted
Exaltedhas
haschallenged
challenged the
theArabs
Arabsand andnon-
non-
Arabs to produce a qur'an
Arabs to produce a qur'an similarsimilartoto the
the Divine
Divineone.
one.
The challenge was then reduced
The challenge was then reduced to to ten
tensurahs,
surahs, and
andyet
yet
theyfailed
they failedtoto do
do so.
so.Finally,
Finally,Allah
Allah challenged
challenged them
themto to
produceaa single
produce singlesurah
surahcomparable
comparableto any of His.
to any of His. Al- Al-
though they
though they were
were masters
mastersof of eloquence
eloquenceand and rhetoric
rhetoric
during that
during that period,
period, the
the Arabs
Arabs were
were still incapable
still incapableof of
taking up
taking up the
the challenge.
challenge.They
They realized
realizedthatrhat itit could
could
neverbe
never be from
from anyone
anyoneother
other than
than Allah,
Allah, the the Lord of
Lord
the worlds.
the worlds.
Thedifference
The differencebetween
betweenmiracles
miraclesof thetheprevious
previousMes-Mes-
sengers,which
sengers, which proved
provedtheir
their veracity,
veracity,andand those
thoseof thethe
Messenger
Messenger Allah, peace
of Allah, peacebebe on
on him,
him, isis that
that their
their pre-
pre-
vious miracles
vious miracles werewere effective
effective during
during the lifetime of
the lifetime
everyone them, whereas
everyone of them, whereasthethe miracle
miracleof the the eur'an
Our'an
remains effective,
remains effective, everlasting
everlasting and
and unchallenged
unchallenged until
the Day of
the Day Judgment.
Judgment.

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 Comprehensive Legislation
Comprehensive Legislation

Besides the
Besides the finesse
finesse of of its
its rhetoric,
rhetoric, the Qur'an consti-
the Qur'an consti-
tutes the most comprehensive
tutes comprehensive concept concept of Islam on
of Islam on the
the
practical level,
practical leveL the shari'ah,
shari'ah, or laws and legislation.
or the laws legislation.
Our'an is comprehensive
The Qur'an comprehensive because because itit includes
includes law,
moral principles
moral principles and
and the
the creed
creed which every Muslim sub-
which every sub-
scribes. The Islamic 'ah suitable not only for the
shari'ah is suitable
scribes. Islamic shari
mankind at all times.
Muslims, but for all mankind
Muslims, times. The Islamic
Islamic
governs all
law governs all human
human acts, public or private-duties
acts, public private-duties
towards Allah and
towards and duties
duties towards
towards manman.
Man-made laws
Man-made laws areare subject alteration and
subject to alteration and are
are
based on theories;
based theories; whenever
whenever a new new body legislators
body of legislators
assumes
assumesauthority
authority in a non-Muslim country or a new
non-Muslim country new
theory
theory appears
appearsand and appeals
appealsto its government,the
its government, laws
the laws
are
are changed accordingly.The
changedaccordingly. The Divine laws,on
Divine laws, on the other
the other
hand,
hand, areare unalterable
unalterableand perpetual because
and perpetual becausethe One
the One
Who
Who made
madethem
them is is Everliving
Everlivingand EverlastingGod.
and Everlasting God. He
is
is the
the Creator
Creator Who created
createdmankind
mankind and ordained for
and ordained
them
themwhat
whatsuits
suitsthem
themtill theend
till the time.. For
endof time reason.
thisreason,
For this
the
the Our'an,
Qur'an, being
being thethe lastlast revealed
revealed to to the last of
the last
Prophets
Prophetsand and Messengers.
Messengers. abrogates
abrogatesall previousScrip-
all previous Scrip-
tures.
tures.
Many
Many prophesies
prophesiesin in the
the Our'an
Qur'an are fulfilled to
are fulfilled the
to the
letter.
letter. Allah
Allah promised
promisedthose thosewho believeand
who believe and did good
did good
deeds
deedsthat
thatHe
He will
will surely
surelymake makethem
themsuccessors
successors onearth.
on earth.
The
The early
earlyMuslims
Muslimsruled
ruledaa vastvastland
landencompassing
encompassing many
many
countries
countriesin in the
the world.
world.The The Our'an foretoldthe
Qur'anforetold victory
the victory

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of the
of the Romans
Romansover over the
the Persians
Persianst. • Allah
Allah says:
says:«The
<The
Romans havebeen
Romans have beendefeated,
defeated,in in the
the land
landnearby,
nearby,and
and
they aftertheir
they after theirdefeat,
defeat,will
will be
be victorious».
victoriouso.
A personwho
A person who reads
readsthe
the Qur'an objectivelyshall
Qur'an objectively shall
realize that the
realize that prophesies
the prophesies in itit are
in far removed
are far removedfromfrom
conjuncture
conjuncture or speculations.
or speculations. Thisisisdue
This duetoto the
thefact
factthat
that
who revealedthem
Who revealed them isis the
the One
one who who predecreed
predecreedall all
events until the
events until the Day
Day of Judgment.
Judgment.

2. The reference
Z. to this prophesy
reference to prophesy is found in surah #30 entitled 'Arrum'
surah #30 'Arrum' or
or the
Romans. This refers to
Romans. to the battle
battle which
which took
took place
place between
between the Persian
Persian and
Roman in 614
the Roman 614 A.D.
A.D. when
when the Roman
Roman were
were defeated.
defeated. Eight years
years after that.
the Roman
the Roman defeated
defeated the
the Persians,
Persians, and the prophesy
and the prophesy to
to the Our'an was
the Qur'an was fulfilled
fulfilled
to
to the
the letter.
letter.

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 Science and
Science the Our'an
and the Our'an

Along with
Along with the
the fact
fact the Muhammad, peace
the Muhammad, peace be be on
on
him, was
him, was illiterate;
illiterate; he could neither
he could read nor write,
neither read nor write, he he
grew up in Makkah where there were
grew up in Makkah where there were no schools, and
no schools, and
he was
he was far
far away
away from
from thethe scientific circles which
scientific circles which existed
existed
in Syria,
Syria, Alexandria,
Alexandria, AthensAthens and and Rome. Moreover, the
Rome. Moreover, the
scientific facts
scientific facts mentioned
mentioned in in the Qur'an were
the Qur'an not known
were not known
in the
the seventh
seventh century. Having studied
century. Having and examined
studied and examined
the Arabic
the Arabic text text of the
the Qur'an, Bucaille marvels:
Qur'an, Dr. Bucaille marvels:
«I could
..I could not find find a single error in the
single error Qur'an. II
the Qur'an.
had to stop
had stop and
and ask myself: if
ask myself: man was
if a man the author
was the author
of the Qur'an, how
the Qur'an, could he
how could have written
he have facts in
written facts
the
the Seventh centuryA.D. that
Seventhcentury today are
that today shown to
are shown
be
be in keeping
keepingwith modern scientificknowledge?
modern scientific knowledge?
I had
hadtoo too acknowledge
acknowledge the evidencein front
the evidence me:
front of me:
the
the Qur'an
Qur'an did did not
not contain statementthat
singlestatement
containaa single that
was
was assailable
assailablefrom from aa modern point of
scientificpoint
modern scientific
view.
view. I repeated
repeatedthe sametest
the same the Old
for the
test for Testa-
Old Testa-
ment
mentand andthethe Gospels,
Gospels,always preserving
alwayspreserving the same
the same
objective
objectiveoutlook.
outlook. In the former,
In the did not
former, 1I did even
not even
haveto
have to go
gobeyond
beyondthe thefirst Genesis,to
book,Genesis,
first book, find
tb find
statements
statements totally
totallyoutout of keepingwith
of keeping with the cast-iron
thecast-iron
factsof
facts of modern science>>.
modernscience».
Dr.
Dr. Bucaille
Bucaillestudied
studiedmany manyof scientificfacts
thescientific
of the that
factsthat
are
arementioned
mentionedin the Qur'an,
in the Qur'an,such suchas creationof
the creation
asthe of
the
theuniverse,
universe,and othertopics
andother astronomy,ani-
includingastronomy,
topicsincluding ani-
mal
maland
andplant
plantkingdoms,
kingdoms,human reproductionand
humanreproduction other
andother

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 relatedissues.
related issues. Forthe
For thesake"of
sake'ofbrevity,
brevity,two
twoofofthe
theabove
above
issues
issues will be
will be discussed
discussed in order
in orderto draw the re-ader's
to draw the reader's
attentionto
attention to one
oneof
of the
theobjectives
objectivesof
of this
thisbooklet.
booklet.

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The Creation
The of the
Creation of Heavens and
the Heavens the Earth
and the Earth

knowledge of
HMan's knowledge
"Man's of the of the
origin of
the origin universe is
the universe is
considerably limited. The
considerably limited. have proposed
scientists have
The scientists proposed
hypotheses and
hypotheses theories of
and theories evolution that
of evolution are centred
that are centred
around one
around one theme:
theme: the radiation era,
the radiation the premordial
era. the premordial
fireball and
fireball and the premordial matter
the premordial matter and antimatter. The
and antimatter. The
theories state
theories state that
that the universe consisted
the universe mainly of
consisted mainly of
strongly interacting particles.
strongly interacting matter and
Premordial matter
particles. Premordial and
antimatter. according
antimatter, Encyclopaedia Britannica'
according to Encyclopaedia Britannica.
eventually annihilated each
eventually annihilated and the
other; and
each other; the remaining
remaining
particles formed
particles formed the universe"~. The
present universe"'.
the present The Qur'an
Qur'an
presents the
presents development of the
the development the universe
universe in relatively
relatively
simple terms. Allah
iimpte terms. Allah says, directing His
says. directing His Messenger
Messenger
Muhammad,
Muirammad,peace peacebe be on him, to
on him, ask the
to ask unbelievers:
the unbelievers:
"Say:
"Say: Is
Is it that
that ye denyHim
ye deny Him Who createdthe
Who created earth
the earth
in
in two Days?And do
two Days? do ye join equals
ye join Him?
with Him?
equalswith
He
He is
is The
The Lord
Lord of (all) (all) The Worlds.He
The Worlds. seton
He set the
on the
(earth)
(earth)Mountains
MountainsStanding Standingfirm, firm, high aboveit,
high above and
it, and
bestowed
bestowed blessings
blessings on
on the earth,and
theearth. measured
andmeasured therein
therein
its
itssustenance
sustenance in
in four Days,alike
four Days, for (all)
alikefor ask'
who ask.
(all)who
Then
ThenHe He turned
turnedto the sky.
to the been(as)
had been
and itit had
sky,and (as)
smoke
smoke: :He
Hesaid
saidto toitit and
andto earth:"come
theearth:
tothe H come ye yetogether,
together,
willingly
willinglyoror unwillingly".
unwillingly".
They said:"we
They said: Hwe do docome (together),in
come(together), in willing obedi-
willingobedi-
ence".
gnce".

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16l 6
 So He
So completed them
He completed them aS firmaments in
seven firmaments
as seven in two
two
Days~ and
Days, and He assigned to
He assigned to each heaven its
each heaven duty and
its duty and
command. and
command. and We adorned the
We adorned the lower heaven with
lower heaven with
lights~ and
lights, and (provided
(provided it) with guard.
it) with guard.
Such is
Such is the
the Decree
Decree of of (Him)
(Him) The Exalted in
The Exalted in Might,
Might,
Knowledge"-l.
Full of Knowledge"*.
~~Do
"Do not the Unbelievers see
the Unbelievers that the
see that heavens and
the heavens and
the earth
the were joined
earth were together (as
joined together unit of Creation),
one unit
(as one Creation).
before
before We clove them
clove them asunder?
asunder?
We made
made fromfrom water
water every living thing.
every living thing.
Will they
they not
not then
then believe?"''.
believe?":;.
"The concept
"The rending of one
concept of rending unit into
one unit two or more,
into two more.
colestial {<Smoke}>
the colestial
the «smoke» aS referred to in the
as referred above verses
the above verses
are
arefact
fact to which
which corresponds
corresponds the
the factual scientificdata.
factualscientific data.
«Smoke»,
<Smokerr,the the English physicistand
English physicist astronomerSir
and astronomer Sir
James
JamesJeans
Jeanswrote:
wrote: We We have that, as
found that.
have found as Newton
Newton
first
first conjectured,
conjectured,aa chaotic
chaoticmassmassof gas gasof approximately
approximately
uniform
uniform density
density and and of very great extent
very great would be
extent would be
dynamically
dynamically unstable:
unstable:nuclei, wouldtend
nuclei,would tendto Formin
to Form it,
in it,
around
aroundwhich
whichthe thewhole wouldultimately
matterwould
wholeof matter ultimatelycon- con-
dense".
dense".On On the the basis
basisof this theoryNewton
this theory proposed
Newtonproposed
that
that all
all celestial
celestial objects originatedby
objectsoriginated process
by aa process of frag-
frag-
mentation.
mentation.
Needless
Needlessto to say
saythe
the space programhelped
spaceprogram discover
helpeddiscover
the
the homogeniety
homogeniety of
of the
thesubstances
substances of whichthe
of which moon,
the moon,
the
the earth
earthandand other planetsare
otherplanets formed'«Such
are formed. state-
"Suchstate-

4.4 . Our'an
Qu r'a n41:: 9,9,to,
41 10,11,
11,12.
12.
5.5. Our'an
Qur'an212l ::30.
30.

17
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mentsin
ments the Our'an
in the concerningthe
Qur'an concerning the creation
creationwhich
whichap-
ap-
peared nearly fourteencenturies
peared nearly fourteen centuriesago»,
agon,Dr.
Dr. Bucaille
Bucaillecon-
con-
cluded, .robviouslydo
cluded,«obviously do not
not lend themselves to a human
lend themselvesto a human
6
explanationnu.
explanation» •

6.
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Macropedia. Vol.
Vol. 18.
18. p.
p. lfXf8.
1008.

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 Human Reproduction
Human Reproduction

The complexities
The complexities of human reproduction were
human reproduction were de-
de-
coded and
coded and understood
understood only only after
after the invention of the
the invention the
microscope which
microscope which was hundreds of years
was hundreds years after the death
after the death
of Muhammad,
Muhammad. peace peace be
be on
on him. However. the
him. However. the Qur'an
Qur'an
refers to the
refers the stages development that
stages of development human embryo
that human embryo
undergoes. Allah
undergoes. Allah says:
says:
"Man
HMan We We did
did create
create from quintessence (of clay);
from a quintessence clay);
Then
Then we we placed
placed him as (adrop
him as (adrop of) spermsperm in a placeplace
of rest,
rest,Firmly
Firmly fixed;
fixed;
Then
Then we we made
made the the sperm
sperminto clot of congealed
into a clot congealed
blood;
blood;thenthenof thatthat clot
clot We made a
We made a (foetus)
(foetus) lump;
lump; then
then
We madeout
We made out of that
that lump hones and
lump hones clothed the
and clothed the bones
bones
with
with flesh;
flesh;then
thenwe we developed
developedout anothercreature.
out of it another creature.
So
So blessed
blessed he Allah,The
be Allah. The Best
Bestto to create!,,7.
create!"'.
As
As it hashas been
been scientifically proven, the
scientificallyproven, the stages
stagesof
human
humanreporduction
reporductionare: are: «"l- Fertilizationof an
1- Fertilization ovule
an ovule
which
whichtakes placein
takesplace in the
the Fallopian tubes.The
Fallopiantubes. The fertilizing
fertilizing
agentis
agent is the male sperm.
the male sperm.2- implantationof the
The implantation
2- The the
fertilized
fertilizedegg takespla~e
whichtakes
eggwhich placeat at aa precise spotin
precisespot in the
the
female
femalereporductive
reporductive system:itit descends
system: descends into the uterus
into the uterus
and
and lodges
lodgesin in the bodyof the
the body the uterus.
uterus.
Once
Oncethe beginsto
emhryobegins
theembryo beobservable
to be observable to naked
thenaked
to the
eye,
eye,itit looks
lookslike smallmass
like aa small massof flesh. growsthere
flesh.It grows there
in
in progressive
progressive whichare
stageswhich
stages arevery well known
verywell today;
knowntoday;

1. Qur'an 23 : 12. 13. 14.

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19
they leadto
theylead thebone
tothe bonestructure,
structure,thethemuscles,
muscles, the
thenervous
nervous
system,the
system. thecirculation.
circulation,and the viscera,etcrr*.
and the viscera. etc» R.

In conclusion,
In conclusion, Dr. Bucaille
Dr. Bucailleascertains:
ascertains: ,.Morethan
«More thanaa
thousand
thousand yearsbefore
years beforeour
ourtime.
time,at ataaperiod
periodwhen
whenwhim-
whim-
sicaldoctrines
sical doctrinesstill prevailed,men
still prevailed, men had a knowledgeof
had a knowledge
theQur'an.
the Thestatements
Qur'an.The statements itit contains
contains express
express in
in simple
simple
termstruths
terms truthsof premordialimportance
of premordial importancewhichwhich rnanhas
man has
takencenturies
taken centuries to discover».
to discovertr.

L8. The Bible,

Bible, the Qur'an
Our'an and Science. p.
and Science, p. 199.
199.

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 Who is Muhammad?
Who Muhammad?

Muhammad, peace
Muhammad, peace be be on him,
him, is the last
is the last of Allah's
Allah's
Messengers and
Messengers and Prophets.
Prophets. His name is
His name Muhammad son
is Muhammad son
Abdullah. He was
of Abdullah. born in Makkah
was born Makkah 570 570 A.D. Due Due
the fine
to the fine reputation
reputation he among his
enjoyed among
he enjoyed his people,
people,
they nicknamed
they nicknamed him 'the Trustworthy'. At the
him 'the Trustworthy'. age of
the age
40, he
40, he was endowed with
was endowed with the prophethood when
the prophethood when Allah
Allah
the Exalted,
the him, through
revealed to him,
Exalted, revealed through the the angel
angel Gabriel
Gabriel
the first
the first Qur'anic
Qur'anic verses, Muhammad, peace
verses, Muhammad, peace be on him,
be on him,
asked to preach
was asked
was the belief
preach the belief in the Oneness of Allah
the Oneness
and warn people
and warn againstpolytheism.
people against polytheism.
The Makkan polytheists
The Makkan Muhammad,peace
opposedMuhammad,
polytheists opposed peace
be on
be on him,
him.,and
and his
his few
few followers
followersharshly, but that
harshly,,but that did
did
not
not shake
shakehis hisfaith
faith nor waiverhis
nor waiver hissteadfastness,
steadfastness, nor did
nor did
it stop
stop more peoplefrom
more people from responding
respondingto to his preaching.
his preaching.
Finally, when
Finally, when the the majority
majority of the
the people
people Madinah
of Madinah
embraced
embracedIslam, Islam, the
the Makkan
Makkan Muslims
Muslimstook took flight to
flight to
Madinah,
Madinah, Later oD, the
Later on, the Messenger
Messengerof Allah himself
Allah himself
migrated
migratedto Madinahto
to Madinah to establish
establish the IslarnicState.
theIslamic State.FewFew
years
yearslater
later the polytheistsof Makkah
the polytheists Makkah and and their allies
their allies
succumbed
succumbed to
to the growingpower
the growing powerof the Muslims,and
the Muslims, and
Makkah
Makkah was was conquered.
conquered.Some Somethirty yearsafter
thirty years after the
the
death
deathof the the Prophet Muhammad,peace
ProphetMuhammad, peacebe be on him,
on him,
Islam
Islamhad had already spreadthroughout
alreadyspread throughoutthe world sweep-
the world sweep-
ing
ing the
the two greatestempires
two greatest empiresin in existence;
existence; the Persian
the Persian
and
andthe the Roman.
Roman.

2l
21
 Whatis
What is Islam?
lslam?
The Arabic
The Arabic term 'Islam', meaning
term 'Islam', ..submissionn,
meaning«submission»,
pointsto
points to the
thefundamental
fundamental religiouscreed
religious whichdictates
creedwhich dictates
that aa Muslim
that Muslimsubmit
submitto to the
the will
will of Allah,
Allah, conforming
conforming
inwardlyand
inwardly andoutwardly
outwardlyto to His
His laws.
laws.
The religion
The religion of Islm
Islm lays greatemphasis
laysgreat emphasison on uncom-
uncom-
promisingmonotheism
promising monotheismand and strict adherence
strict adherence to
to certain
certain
creedsand
creeds andacts
actsof worship.
worship.It enjoins
enjoinssubmitting
submittingto to the
the
will of Allah
will Allah and
and following
followingthe the exemplary
exemplaryway way of thethe
life of Muhammad,
life Muhammad,the lastof the
thelast the Prophets
Prophetsand andMessen-
Messen-
gers.,may
gers, peacebe
may peace be on
on them
them all. all.
Allah, the
Allah, the Exalted
Exaltedcreated
createdthe the universe
universeand what is
and what is
in it that
in that He
He bebe recognized
recognized as the
as the One
One and only God.
and only God.
He created
He createdman and jinn only
man and only to celebrate
celebrateHis praise
His praise
and worship
and worship Him.
Him. His words signify:
His words signify: "I"f have
have only
only
createdlinns
created Jinnsandand men,
men, that
that they
they may
may Serve
ServeMe"\).
Me"o.
The ways
The waysand and acts
actsof worship
worshipare not left
are not left to man's
man's
option or choice.
option choice.Allah
Allah is is the
the One
One WhoWho ordains
ordainsandand
decreesall
decrees all acts
actsof worship
worshipand and the
the means
meansin whichthey
in which they
must
must be be observed. Since
observed. Since Islam
Islam deals everyaspectof
deals in every aspect
life.'spiritualand
life, spiritual and physical,
physical, itsits jurisprudence
jurisprudence is is based
based onon
creeds,
creeds, acts
acts of worship
worship and
and ordinances
ordinances regarding
regarding social,
social,
economical
economical and and political
political transactions.
transactions.
Because
Because Islam is a perfect
Islam is perfect wayway of life, it enjoins
enjoins main-
main-
taining
taining a refined
refined code
code of manners.
manners. The The Messenger
Messenger of

9. 51 : 56.
Qur'an 51
9. Qur'an 56.

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22
Allah
Allah said: "Verily, I have
said:HVerily, havebeenbeensent
sentto to accomplish
accomplish the
the
fine
fine manners
manners".Allah Allah has
H. praisedthe
haspraised the fine mannersof
fine manners
His Messenger
His Messengersaying: saying: "And
..And surely
surelythou hastsublime
thou hast sublime
mora)s"w.
morals""'.A'ishah,
A'ishah.the wifeof the
thewife the Messenger
Messenger of Allah.
Allah,
peacebe on him, was askedabout his manners.She
peace be on him, was asked about his manners. She
said:
said: "His
HHis mannerswere al-Qur'an".A'ishahmeant
manners were al-Qur'an". A'ishah meant
thatthe
that theProphet, peacebe
Prophet,peace on him,
be on him, clung
clungto the Qur'an,
to the Qur'an,
rules discipline.
it rules of discipline. its commands.
its commands. itsprohibitions,
its prohihitions, and
and
the excellent.,
the beautifuland
excellent,beautiful graciousthings
and gracious thingscomprised
comprised
in it.
in For this
it. For reasonAllah
thisreason Allah commands
commands the helievers
the believers to
to
follow the
follow the exemplary
exemplarylife life of His
His Messenger,
Messenger, peace
peace be be
him. saying:
on him.
on saying:"Ye have haveindeed
indeedin in the Messenger
the Messenger of
Allah an
Allah an excellent
excellent exempler"".
exempler"I'.
Islamen.loins
Islam enjoinsgoodgoodmanners
mannersfor for every occasion:
everyoccasion: seek-
seek-
ing permission,
ingpermission, greeting,sitting,
greeting., sitting,eating, learning,teach-
eating.learning, teach-
sporting.travelling.
ing. sporting.
ing. travelling.dressing. visiting.sleeping.
dressing.visiting. sleeping.
marriage,treating
marriage, treating people., particularlyrelatives
people, particularly relativesandand
neighbours
neighhours with kindness,
with kindness. Codesof all
etc.Codes
etc. all such great
suchgreat
mannersare
manners arefound
foundinin both
boththe the Qur'an
Qur'anand andthe Prophetic
the Prophetic
traditions
traditions theMessenger
of the Messenger peacehe
Allah.peace
of Allah. heon
on him.
him.
The family
The familyenjoys highstatus
enjoysaa high statusin Islam.It is
in Islam. is the core
the core
society;aa healthy
of society; family means
healthyfamily healthvsociety.
meansaa healthy societv.
henceAllah.,
hence Allah, the
the Exalted commands
Exaltedcommands themwith
treatthem
to treat \\!ith
gentleness
gentleness and suhmissiveness
and submissiveness saying:
saying:
"Thy Lord hath
HThy Lord hath decreed
decreedthat ye worship
that ye worship none none butbut
Him, and
Him, and that ye he
that ye he kind
kind to parents.
to parents.

10.Qur'an
10. 68 : 4.
Qur'an68 4.
11.Qur'an
11. Qur'ant3
33 :21.
: 21.

23
23
 Whether
Whether oneone or both of them
them attain
attain old age
age in thy
life.
life, say not to them
saynot them aword
aword of contempt.
contempt,nor repel
repel them
them
but address
addressthem,
them, in terms
terms of honour.
honour.
And.
And, outout of kindness,
kindness.lower
lower to them
them the
the wing
wing of
humility,
humility, and
and say:
say:
"My Lord! bestow
"My bestowon on them
them thy Mercy
Mercy even
even as
as they
they
cherished
cherishedme me in childhood"
childhood"''.
12.

Next
Next to family
family comes
comesthe
the kindred.
kindred.The The Messenger
Messengerof
peacebe
Allah, peace be on
on him,
him, said
said that
that Allah has
has promised
promised
to he
he kind
kind to him
him who
who hehaves
hehaveskindly
kindly to his
his kindred.
kindred,
and to sever
and sever him who
who severs
severshis his kindred
kindred by
bv unkind
unkind
hehaviour.
behaviour.

12. Qur'an 17 : 23. 24.

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24
 The Pillars of lslam
The Pillars Islam

Messenger of Allah, peace

The Messenger said:" Islam
peace be on him, said: Islam
is built on five
is five pillars:
pillars:

'1,ash-Shahaadah (the
1. which must
profession of faith) which
(the profession must
. ash-Shahaadafr
be recited
be recited by anyone
anyone embracing Islam.. (La ilaha
embracing Islam iJaha illallah,
iJ/alJah.
Muhammad Rasoolullah)
Muhammad RasoolulJah) meaning: «There is
meaning: "There is no true
true
god except
god except Allah, Muhammad
Muhammad is Messenger of
is the Messenger
Allah». This
Allah". This means
means that that there
there is god worthy
is no god worthy of being
being
worshipped but Allah, and
worshipped and that
that He must be worshipped
must be worshipped
only
only according
according to the the teaching
teaching of HisHis Messenger
Messenger
Muhammad. peace
M u h a m m a d ,p bee on
e a c eb o n him.
him.

2. (prayer).which
Salat(prayer).
2. Salat which must
must be performedfive
be performed five times
times
day. The
aa day. The first is Fajr prayer
first is [two rak
prayer.. [two (units)];~
'aat (units)]
rak'aat
which
which maymay be he performed
performed hetween
hetween dawn dawn and sunrise.
and sunrise.
The second. Dhuhr.
The second. just afternoon.
Dhuhr, just afternoon.[four[four rak'aat]. The
rak'aatf.The
third Asr.
Asr. in the
the later afternoon.
afternoon, [four
[four rak'aat]. The
rak'aatl. The
fourth . Maghrib.
fourth. [three rak
Maghrib, [three 'aat] immediately
rak'aatJ immediatelyafter sun-
after sun-
set. The
set. The fifth. Isha '. [four
fifth.Isha', ffour rak 'aat]. after
rak'aat), after the
the sun's red-
sun'sred-
ness
ness disappears
disappearsfromfrom thethe horizon.
horizon. Prayer, however,
Prayer, however,
must
must he he preceded
precededhy by ahlution which is
ahlution which washinghands.
is washing hands.
face,
face.,wiping
wiping over
over the
the head,
head, washing
washingthe forearmsand
the forearms and
the
t h e feet.
feet.
Prayeris
Prayer is one
one of the greatestpillars
the greatest is the
Islam. It is
pillarsof Islam. the
first act of worship
first act worshipahout
about which
which manman shall be asked
shallhe askedon on
the
the Day
Day of Reckoning.
Reckoning.If it is is accepted
acceptedby by Allah, then
Allah, then

25
25
the
the rest man's good
rest of man's good deeds
deeds are
are accepted too 13 •
accepted too''.

Zakat (the
3. Zakaf
3. (the poor-due)
poor-due) is
is one the greatest
one of the greatest financial
financial
institutions of Islam,
institutions Islam, literally meaning 'purification', in-
literally meaning'purification', in-
dicating that
dicating sucha
that such payment makes
a payment makes the rest of the
the rest the Mus-
Mus-
lim's wealth
lim's wealth pure Zakat is
pure.. Zakat is levied annually on
levied annually on certain
-certain
food grain,
types of food
types grain, cattle
cattle and cash possessed
and cash possessed for one
one
calendar year
lunar calendar
lunar be given
year to be given out the poor,
out to the poor, the
the
needy and other
needy and other specified classes of people.
specifiedclasses people.

4.
4. Sawm (fasting)to
Sawm(fasting) to be observedduring
be observed duringthe month
the month
Ramadan(the
of Ramadan (theninth
ninthmonth theMuslim
monthof the lunarcalen-
Muslimlunar calen-
dar). It
dar). tt begins at daybreak
begins at (dawn),and
daybreak(dawn), andends
endsatat sunset.
sunset.
Eating, drinkingl~ and
Eating, drinking't and sexual with one's
activitieswith
sexualactivities wife
one'swife
are forhidden.
are forbidden.
Besideshealth
Besides healthbenefits whichone
benefitswhich gainsthrough
onegains throughfast-
fast-
ing,
ing,itit is
is an
an act
actof worship
worshipwhich
whichhelps
helpsone
one who
who observes
observes
it attain
attain piety,
piety, humbleness
humblenessandand share
sharethe
the feelings
feelingsof the
the
beret
beret andand hungry
hungry in the
the community.
community.Fasting
Fastingalso
alsoallows
allows
one
one to be more benevolent
be more benevolent and
and charitable.
charitable.

5.
5. Hali (pilgrimage)to Makkah,
Hajj (pilgrimage) prescribedfor those
Makkah, prescribed those
Muslims who can afford the
Muslimswho can afford the trip financiallyl5 and health
financially''and health

13.
13.Man
Man shall
shall bebe held
held accountable
accountablefor for every
every minute
minute and
and thing he does,
thing he and shall
does, and shall
stand all
stand all by himself
himself on
on the
the Day of Judgment
Judgment or Reckoning
Reckoning to be
be questioned
questioned by
by
the
the Almighty Allah. Everyone
Almighty Allah. Every one shall
shall he
he held
held accountahle
accountablefor
for his
his own
own deeds.
deeds.
The
The life
life in
in the
the Hereafter
Hereafteris is either
eithereverlasting
everlastinghappiness
happiness or everlasting
everlastingtorment.
torment.
14.
14.Drinking,
Drinking, refers
refers to
to water, juices and
water, fruit juices and other
other non-alcholic
non-alcholicand
and soft drinks;
soft drinks;
liquour
liquour and
and smoking
smokingare prohihitedin
are prohihited in Islam.
Islam.
15.
15.This
This means
meansthat that one
one must
must have
have enough
enough provisions
provisionsfor
for his journey and
his journey for his
and for his
family
family during
during hishis absence.
absence.

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wise, once in a lifetime.
wise, once Hajj rites
lifetime. The Hajj take place
rites take place during
during
the Islamic
the Islamic or lunar months
months of Shawwal,
Shawwal, Dthul-Qi'dah
and the
and the first
first ten
ten days is a precon-
only. It is
days of Dthu-Hijjah only. precon-
the pilgrim to enter
dition for the enter the
the state Ihram J6 at a
state of lhratn'o
certain point
certain point before
before entering
entering the
the boundries Makkah.
boundries of Makkah.

16. Ihram is
16. Ihram is the
the intention to perform Hajj
Hajj or Umrah hy wrapping piece of cloth
wrapping aa piece cloth
covering
covering his
his hody
hody from the
the chest
chestdown.
down. Another piece
pieceof cloth
cloth covers
coversthe
the upper
upper
hody:
hody: excluding
excludingthe
the head. Ihram makes
head. Ihram makesit unlawful
unlawfulfor the
the pilgrim
pilgrim to wear
wearsewed
sewed
garments.
garmcnts.shoes.
shoes.to have
have sexual
sexualactivities
activitieswith his
his wife.
wife. to hunt
hunt and
and the
the like.
like.
Under normal
normal circumstances.
circumstances. once
once aa Muslim
Muslim enters
entersthe
the state
stateof Ihram.
lhram. hehe may
may
not break
break it until he
he has
hascompleted
completed allall Hajj or Umrah rituals.
rituals. But if one
one is
is held
held
hack
back from completingHajj or Umrah.
from completing Umrah. for health
health reason.
reason.fear
fear of enemy great
enemyor great
danger.
danger. hehe may
may then
then quit
quit his lhram and
his Thram and sacrifice
sacrificeaa sheep.
sheep.goat.
goat. cow
cow or camel
camel
as
as an
an expiation.
expiation.

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 The
The Articles
Articles of Faith
Faith

There
There areare also articles of faith which
also articles which include
include beside
beside
believing in the
believing Oneness of Allah:
the Oneness Allah:
1. Believing
1. Believing in the angels. Allah has
the angels. created them
has created them
and tasked
and tasked them
them to undertake numerous duties
undertake numerous duties beside
beside
praising
praising Him. They His obedient
are His
They are obedient salves. stand
salves. "They stand
in awe and reverence
awe and reverence of His His [glory]"17.
[gloryJ"".
Beliveingin Allah's
2. Beliveing
2. Allah's Scriptures,
Scriptures,thatthat they werefree
they were free
from
from anyany imperfection
imperfectionor errorserrors at at the time of their
the time their
revelation.
revelation.AllAll Scriptures that preceded
Scripturesthat preceded thethe Qur'an have
Qur'anhave
been tampered
been tamperedwith distortedby
with or distorted their people,
by their while
people, while
the Qur'an
the Qur'anis is protected
protected by from change
by Allah from tamper-
changeor tamper-
ing. Allah
ing. Allah sent down Scriptures
sent down Scripturesto Abraham, Isma'il,
Abraham, Isma'il,
Is'haq,
Is'haq, Ya'oob (Jacob)and
Ya'oob (Jacob) and his twelve sons,
his twelve Moses,
sons,Moses,
Jesus,
Jesus,andand Muhammad,
Muhammad.
3.
3. Believingin Allah's
Believing Messengers.
Allah's Messengers. Among whomthe
Among whom the
most prominent and steadfastare Noah, Abraham,
most prominent and steadfast are Noah, Abraham,
Moses,Jesus
Moses, andMuhammad,
Jesusand Muhammad,peace peacebe be on
on them. They
them.They
are
are human
humanand and slaves EveryProphet
Allah. Every
slavesof Allah. Prophetor Mes-
Mes-
sengerbefore
senger Muhammad,peace
beforeMuhammad, peacebe be on
on him,
him, was
wassent
sent
to
to his
his own people,but
own people, but Muhammad,
Muhammad,peace peacebe be on
on him.
him.
was sent to all
was sent all mankind.
mankind. Allah
Allah says: "Blessedis
says:"Blessed is He
He
Who
Who Sent down the
Sentdown CriterionTo His
the Criterion His Servant, that it
Servant,that
May
May be be an
an admonition
admonitionto all Creatures;-"l~.
to all Creatures;-"'*.

17. Qur'an 21 : 28.

1R. Our' an 25 : 1.

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 None
None of Allah's
Allah's Messengers
Messengers or Prophets
Prophetsclaimed
claimedto
be
be aa god part-god.Allah
god or part-god. Allah says:
says:"No son son did
did Allah
beget,
beget,nor nor is
is there
there any
any godgod along with Him:
alongwith Him: (if there
there
were many
were gods),behold,
manygods), behold,eacheachgodgod would
would have
havetaken
taken
away
awaywhatwhathe hehad
hadcreated,
created,andandsome wouldhave
somewould haveLorded
Lorded
over others!
it over others!Glory Glory toto Allah! (He is
Allah! (He is free)
free) from
from the
the
(sortof)
(sort of) things
thingstheythey attribute
attributeto to Him!,,'9.
Him!"'n.
4. Believing
4. Believingin theLast
in the D"y, the
LastDay, the Day Resurrection.
Day of Resurrection.
Allah
Allah has predecreed
haspredecreed aa term for each
term for creature,and
eachcreature, and a a
term
term forfor the life of this
the life this world.
world. The world's termination
The world's termination
will be
will markedby
be marked by the
the sounding
souhdingof the the Trumpet,
Trumpet, then
then
the trumpet
the trumpetwill will sound againand
soundagain mankindshall
and mankind shallbe
be re-
re-
surrected
surrectedto standbefore
to stand beforethe the Lord
Lord of the worldsto be
the worlds be
questionedabout
questioned deedsin
their deeds
abouttheir in this
this world. Thosewho
world. Those who
believedin
believed Allah and
in Allah wereobedient
and were obedientwill go to
will go Jannah
to Jannah
(Paradise),
or (Paradise), and those
and thosewhowho disbelieved
disbelieved up in
end up
will end
Hell-Fire.
Hell-Fire.
S. Believingin
5. Believing predestination.
in predestination. hascreated
Allah has
Allah createdev-
ev-
erything
erything in
in accordance
accordance with
with His
His decree,
decree, predestination,
predestination,
desireand
desire will, and
andwill, andinin due
due proportion.
proportion.His determinat-
His determinat-
tion of the
tion nature of things
the nature was established
things was fifty-
establishedfifty-
thousandyears
thousand yearsbefore
beforeHe He created
createdthethe Heavens
Heavensand and the
the
20
eaffhr".
earth Nothing occurs
• Nothing takes shape
occurs or takes within the
shape within the
heavensor the
heavens the earth
earth but with His
but with His knowledge
knowledgeand and by
by
order.
His order.
His
1 9 Qur'an
19. 2n 3 : 991.
. Q u r ' a23 1.
20. Abdullah Bin Amr reported
20.Abdullah reported that
that the
the Messenger
Messengerof Allah, peace
peace be
be on him,
him.
said: "Allah had
said: "Allah predecreedthe
had predecreed the creation
creationfifty
fifty thousand
thousandyears
yearshefore he hrought
hefore he hrought
the heavens
the heavensand and the
the earth
earth into
into existence", (lmam Muslim,
existence".(Imam Muslim, Ahmad and at-Tir-
and at-Tir-
midrhi).
midthi).

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 that you
Now that you read
read this
this booklet,
booklet, the decision is yours.
the decision yours.
Everyone is
Everyone is heading
heading for the
the same
same end,
end, but may
may choose
choose
any other
any other route.
route. Allah is
is so
so merciful;
merciful; Allah is far re-
moved from
moved from injustice;
injustice; He says: "Nor would
says: "Nor would we
we punish
punish
until. We had
until. had sent
sent AA messenger
messenger (to give
give warning)"t'.
warning) ,,21.
concern for you,
Out of our concern you, w€
we have
have prepared
prepared this
this
message.
message.

21.0ur'an
2 1 .Q u r ' a n17
1 7:: 1Itl.
6.

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Suggestedbooks
Suggested books for
for reading:
reading:

-- The
TheHoly
HolyQur'an, (Englishtranslation
Qur'an,(English translation of the
themeaning)
meaning)
hy T.
by Al-Hilali.
T. Al-Hilali.
-- Sahih
Sahih al-Bukharri,
al-Bukharri, aa collection
collection of the
the authentic
authentic
Prophetictraditions.
Prophetic traditions.
--Sahih Muslim,aa collection
Sahih Muslim, collectionof the
the authentic
authenticProphetic
Prophetic
traditions:
traditions:
** The
The book
book of Prayer
Prayerbyby A. Saqib.
Saqib.
** General
GeneralPrescripts Islam.
Prescripts of Islam.
** Fasting.
Fasting.
** Exegesis
Exegesis the opening
of the openingchapter
chapterof the
the Qur'an.
Qur'an.
** The
The Fundamentals
Fundamentals Islam.
of Islam.
** The
The life
life and the Aqeadah
andthe Aqeadahof Ash-Sheikh.
Ash-Sheikh. Muham-
Muham-
mad Ibn
mad lhn Abdul
Abdul Wahab.
Wahab.

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