MUHAMMAD

Peace and Blessings of Allah Be Upon Him

The Last Messenger of God

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Issue 1

A warm welcome to you!

To help you get a glimpse of the noble Messenger of Allah and benefit through his
Objective

model personality practical teachings exemplary life and the proven formula that will provide you peace, success and salvation.

Please read on

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Savior and Liberator

Times Before Muhammad True Concept of God- Lost

Times After Muhammad

True Concept of God- Restored Ignorance & Darkness Knowledge & Light Barbarism & ruthlessness Kindness & mercy Sexual Slavery, Nudity & Persecution of women Usury and Exploitation Fear and terror Class and Colour discrimination Womens status and rights Justice and fairness Peace and security Love and Brotherhood

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Look aroundWhere are we today?

God & religion- forgotten Idol and human worship

Wars, conflicts and killing

Terror and fear Interest dealings, corruption and exploitation Injustice, oppression and no human rights Marginalization of poor and have-nots Persecution of women and the weak Nudity and obscenity

Confusion and restlessness

We need Muhammads guidance

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Muhammad- An Introduction

Born at Makkah (Saudi Arabia) in 570 AD Trader in his twenties Recognized as Trustworthy among his people First marriage at the age of 25 to Khadija, a widow aged 40 years Personal Appearance

Handsome features, bright face, likeable temperament

captivating at a distance and very sweet and most handsome from near, talk sweet and words clear
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graceful, handsome, eyes black and large, hair long and thick, voice clear

charming to look at and well-built

Muhammad- An Introduction

Bestowed Prophethood when he began receiving revelation at 40, the first verses

Read in the name of your Lord who created, created man from clots of blood. Read! Your Lord is the most Bounteous, who has taught the use of the pen, has taught man what he did not know. (Quran- Chapter 96)

Called people to the truth, faced persecution in Makkah

Migrated to Madina where he was welcomed wholeheartedly

A new phase began where Muhammad laid the foundations of a society based on Divine guidance.
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Beginning of Divine Revelation leads to a new era

Laws and Values from Heaven, not earth Way of life as per Divine guidance, not human desires

Guidance from the Creator who knows man unlike other

For the entire world, not a region or country

Divine Revelation

Long term, not short-term

Addressing all aspects of life

Permanent guidelines and solutions, not temporary

Addressing all human beings, rich and poor, black and

white, educated and the ignorant

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Origin over 1400 years ago

Muhammad presented the guidance over 1400 years backfor all times to come

610 AD

2006

Now and the future

The best values of life we see today were given 1400 years ago

Muhammads proven cure can solve all our problems and set the human world on the right course once again

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Muhammad and Religion

With the advent of Muhammad, the notion of religion changed
BEFORE
Religion has nothing to do with practical life

AFTER
Religion guides every aspect of life. Religion betters life. Religion

Life

Religion Life

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Muhammads guidance covers all walks of life

Social life

Knowledge & learning

Politics & Governance

Ethics & Etiquettes

Commerce & Economy

Hygiene

Law & Justice

Human Rights & Relations

and more
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Total change. A Companion describes

Jafer(RA), a companion of Prophet Muhammad at the court of a Christian King in Abyssinia : Your majesty! We were ignorant people, worshipping idols, eating carrion, oppressing neighbors, brother fighting brother, the strong dominating the weak, when amidst us was raised a man (Muhammad) whose nobility, integrity and trustworthiness were already wellknown

He called us to worship God alone... he commanded us to speak the truth, to honor our promises, to be kind to our relations, to be helpful to our neighbors, to cease all forbidden acts, to abstain from bloodshed, to avoid obscenities and false witness.

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Principles of the Prophet

Practice Preach

Beliefs

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Right Actions

Results

Right Means

Right Ends

Success

Observation

He was without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue. If ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by a right divine It was Mohammad, for he had all the power without instruments and without its support. He cared not for dressing of power. The simplicity of his private life was in keeping with his public life." Bosworth Smith

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Noble Character

Simple yet elegant habits No material temptations Relished tasty food, enjoyed the beauty of flowers, the fragrance of perfumes Never scolded his young servant
10 years, said his servant, I was with the Prophet, and he never said as much as fie to me

When seated among his followers, he would not occupy special seat. Personal belongings at the time of his death= Mattress of dried palm leaves, water skin and an armor

"Circumstances Observation

changed, but the prophet of God did not. In victory or in defeat, in power or in adversity, in affluence or in indigence, he is the same man, disclosed the same character.
Prof K.S Ramakrishna Rao, Mohammed The Prophet

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Generous, Humble and Peace maker

Forgave the people of the town of Taif who wounded him and chased him out of the city Blessings on the men

Ordered kindly treatment of captives, despite these were the very men who had inflicted insults and injuries to him
After the conquest of Makkah, he proclaimed general amnesty to the people who persecuted and tortured him and his followers

of Madina, they gave us wheat bread to eat when there was little of it, contending themselves with dates- A Captive

No exhibition of ruthless power, no feelings of revenge, no plunder Victory meant humility to God
"My It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet, the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense devotion to this friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.
M.K.Gandhi

Observation

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The Light Spreads- Arabia to the World

Muhammad sent envoys to the civilian centers of that time

Persia ( Iran) Roman Emperor Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

Hauza ( Yemen)

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Lifetime of Lofty Achievements

Received Divine Revelation

Communicated to his generation

Explained the Divine message

Demonstrated the theory with practice

Established a God-fearing, prosperous, peaceful, successful and satisfied society

Left behind a lasting guidance

Trained his companions "My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, Observation but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level.
Michael H. Hart, THE 100: A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IN HISTORY

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The Message: O People.

Remember that you will indeed meet your Lord, and that He will indeed reckon your deeds. Beware of Satan for the safety of your religion. He has lost all hope that he will ever be able to lead you astray in big things, so beware of following him in small things.

The best of the ways is one trodden by the Prophets The best of the actions is that which is beneficent. The best guidance is that which is put into practice. The most valuable possession is the contentment of heart. The best provision is that of piety.

Observation

If greatness of purpose, smallness of means and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad
La Martine, Historian

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Equality and Brotherhood

All mankind is from Adam and Eve. An Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; A white has no superiority over a black, nor a black has any superiority over a white- except by piety and good action.
O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other. Verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things) (Quran- Chapter 49)
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Appointed Bilal (RA), a black and a negro slave, as the first individual to the office of Muezzin ( Call to Prayer)

The Benefactor of women

First to accord higher status to women, first to grant rights
Right to Live

Social Rights

Inheritance Maintenance Rights Ownership Rights

Education

Legal Rights

Privacy & Chastity Respect during Menstruation days Security & Protection

Observation

It was Islam that removed the bondage in which women are held from the very dawn of history and gave them a social standing and legal rights such as were not granted to them in England till many centuries later.
Lady Cabbold, Pilgrimage to Mecca

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Message for Men: O Brothers

It is true that you have certain rights in regard to your women, but they also have rights over you.

Remember that you have taken them as your wives, only under Allah's trust and with His permission. If they abide by your right then to them belongs the right to be fed and clothed in kindness.
Do treat your women well and be kind to them, for they are your partners and committed helpers. And it is your right that they do not make friends with anyone of whom you do not approve, as well as never to be unchaste.

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Revert to Islam Statements

Its only in the past 20 years that women in this country were able to open a bank account without their husband signing the cheques. Islamic women have always had those rights. If I stick to what the Quran says, its clear to me that I will have total equality.- Jan, a British revert comments on Channel 4

I started reading the Koran and it was an absolutely breathtaking. It could have been written yesterday for today.Yvonne Ridley, BBC War correspondent after embracing Islam

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Prophets Formula of Success

I offer you happiness of this world and that of the next Acknowledge There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

I call you to God, the Unique, without any associate and to His obedience and to follow mefor I am the Messenger of Allah
People! No prophet or apostle will come after me and no new faith will be born.

Adam

Noah

Abraham

Moses

Jesus

Muhammad

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The Light Spreads Further

His companions disseminated His message around the world and humanity has reaped benefits wherever and whenever Prophet Muhammads guidance has been followed
More than 1 billion followers today Established God-fearing, just, peaceful and prosperous state

The Muslim World has given many innovations that we take for granted in our daily life. How
Islamic Inventors changed the world, The Independent

Observation

Human history has never known such a complete transformation of a society or a place before or since and IMAGINE all these unbelievable wonders in JUST OVER TWO DECADES.
Michael H. Hart, THE 100: A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IN HISTORY

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