Abu Ayyub al- Ansari: ''To you, I Have come O Prophet Muhammad,

Medina has never awaited anyone like this before. Not only the eyes of humans, but the eyes of clouds, hills and gardens are fixed on the road. For days the city has talked of nothing but him. When his name is whispered, the trees rustle, the well-water rises, and children hold hands and to run. Spirits who sense that history will with his entrance to the city hold their breath on the edge of tim...

The month that slows down life
Don't ask someone who is walking hastily for help with an address. No address is more important than the address that he or she is aiming to arrive at. Don't extend your hands to him; his hands are not by his side. Don't greet him. Your frequency is not picked up by his antennas. Don't try to distract him. You are not a billboard sign. You can speak after all; and he may be afraid of your lips. A...

The Prophets: Links in the Chain of Prophethood
The prophet and the believers believed in that which had been revealed unto him his Lord. Each one believed in Allah and His angels and His scriptures and His messengers - We make no distinction (they say) between any of His prophets - and they said: We heard, and we obeyed. Grant us your forgiveness, our Lord. Unto you is the journeying. (Al-Baqarah, 285)   Throughout history mankind...

The True Nature of Mankind Is Purity and Innocence
The viewpoints of the religions as to what is the true nature of mankind are important. Islam, the religion sent to mankind through the revelation of the Quran from Allah to Prophet Muhammed (pbuh), defines mankind as a caliph (vicergent) created for the earth and considers mankind a creation with free will regarding his personal thoughts, attitudes and behaviors who is also responsible for these...

The Best Summoner to Mankind
  "With Allah's mercy you treated them gently. If you had been rough and hard-hearted, undoubtedly they would have dispersed from around you..." (Surat Al-i Imran, 159). The description in the Quran of the Prophet (pbuh)'s approach to people is: "With Allah's mercy you treated them gently." Refraining from roughness and hard-heartedness and being gentle is mentioned as a manifestation and result ...

Why did some oppose Muhammad's Message?
  When Muhammad (pbuh), who was sent as a mercy to the world, conveyed the message of Allah's absolute unity and oneness and the teaching of servanthood only to Him based on the doctrine of Unity, some of the people around him violently opposed this. In the period when the Prophet was alive, people inhabiting the Hijaz region were in two categories: the Ummi and People of the Book. The Ummi were ...

Prophet of Mercy and Prophet of War
There are many striking special qualities regarding the Prophet Muhammad's attitude and behavior towards non-Muslims in both Makka and Madina. The Prophet never took a uniform approach that put everyone in the same category, but instead was rather careful to distinguish among people in his attitude towards non-Muslims. His sending a group of Muslims under the oppression of the idolaters during th...

Islam Guarantees the Freedom of Belief
Conversion or choice of belief is one of the most important decisions that a person can take. While making this important decision, it is important for a person to use their free will and to accept the responsibility of this decision. Islam invites people to the belief of the unity of Allah and His religion, which is the expression of this belief. Islam emphasizes that the person who takes such ...

The Role of Prophets in Religion
  In a classification made based on the belief in prophets, it is possible to make two categories: those religions that give a place to prophets and those that do not. In this kind of classification it can be seen that a significant number of religions, universal religions in particular, fall in the first category. Every system of belief gives a place to the belief in prophets according to its ow...

Islamic Values in the Face of Dissension
  Lighting a fire of discord in Holland, Geert Wilders received a reaction not only from Muslims all over the world, but from people everywhere. For the discord that was lit was not only aimed at annoying Muslims but, at the same time, it was aimed at sabotaging world peace which is based on people trying to understand and respect each other. Undoubtedly, since the beginning of the 21stcentury an...

Religious Symbols between Form and Essence
The relationship between religion and symbols has been a matter of debate for centuries. What is religion; the essence that provides the spirit to believe and worship, or the form that frequently expresses itself in both worship and the individual code of conduct? Or is it all of these together? Without a doubt, just as there is no meaning in forms without religious fundamental beliefs and values...

What the Abyssinian Experience in Islamic History Means Today
  When discussing the experience of different beliefs existing together at the time of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) the Medina Document, which was put into practice in the first years of the Medina period, comes to mind. This document, which was prepared under the initiative of Prophet Muhammad, established the basic rules for Muslims, Jews and the other non-Muslims who were included in the treaty liv...