Servitude of Prophet Muhammad
Prophet Muhammad performed his religious acts in the most perfect manner and taught people how to perform these acts. When we look at the Holy Quran in terms of the religious acts and worship of Prophet Muhammad, we find the following issues...
read more 0 05.03.2010, FridayThe Prophet : Not Offending and Not Being Offended
The Quran refers to the kindness of Prophet Muhammad towards all creatures and his compassion and grace for humans: "There had come unto you a Messenger, one of yourselves, unto whom whatever that you are overburdened is grievous, full of concern for you, for the believers full of pity, merciful."
read more 8 05.03.2010, FridayWas Muhammad Illiterate?
Muhammad was born in the full light of day and the biography of no other prophet is based upon so much historical evidence as that of the Prophet of Islam. We can not, therefore, establish whether the Prophet was literate or illiterate without the support of history. There has been no dearth of scholars, even in the West, who have reached the conclusion that the Prophet did not know how to read and write.
read more 7 05.03.2010, FridayShamail
The Arabic word shamail is the plural form of shimal, a word that acts as a root for words of many different meanings, some which are even antonymous. Some of these meanings are temper, nature, character, mood and action, behavior and attitude.
read more 1 05.03.2010, FridayThe Hilya in Islamic Calligraphy
The Islamic faith discourages the making of depictions of a person who could be idolized. Instead of having an image of the Prophet, as exists for Christ within the Christian world, Muslims learn about the characteristics of the Prophet from the hilyah.
read more 1 05.03.2010, Friday