Islam in Concept

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Islam in Concept

8. WILFRIED HOFMAN:
(Now Murad Hofman). Ph.D.
(Law) Harvard. German. Social Scientist and Diplomat.
Presently German Ambassador in
Al
geria
"For   some   time   now,   striving   for   more   and   more
precision and brevity, I have tried to put on paper, in a
systematic way, all philosophical truths, which, in my
view, can be ascertained beyond reasonable doubt. In the
course of this effort it dawned o
n me that the typical
attitude of an agnostic is not an intelligent one; that man
simply   cannot   escape   a   decision   to   believe;   that   the
createdness of what exists around us is obvious; that
'Islam undoubtedly finds itself in the greatest harmony
with overal
l reality. Thus I realize, not without shock,
that   step   by   step,   in   spite   of   myself   and   almost
unconsciously, in feeling and thinking I have grown into
a Muslim. Only one last step remained to be taken: to
formalize my conversion. As of today, I am a Musli
m, I
have arrived."
Present address:
Embassy of the Federal Republic of
Germany, BP 664, Alger
-
gare, Algeria.
9.   CASSIUS   CLAY:
(Now   Muhammad   Ali   Clay);
American    boxer.    (Three    times    world    Heavyweight
Champion),
formerly
Christian.   (Embraced   Islam   in
1965)
.
"I have had many nice moments in my life. But the
feeling I had while standing on Mount Arafat on the day
of 'Hajj' (Muslims' pilgrimage), was the most unique. I
felt   exalted   by the indescribable spiritual atmosphere
there as over a million and a half p
ilgrims invoked God
to forgive them of their sins and bestow on them His
choicest blessings. It was an exhilarating experience to
see to people belonging to different colors; races and
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76
nationalities, kings, heads of states and ordinary men
from very poor c
ountries all clad in two simple white
sheets praying to God without any sense of either pride
or inferiority. It was a practical manifestation of the
concept of equality in Islam." (Speaking to the daily "Al
-
Madinah" Jeddah, 15 July 1989).
Present address
:
1200E, 49 St., Chicago, ILL 60615.
These were the impressions of a few persons who had
themselves been struck by the SWORD OF TRUTH.
As for the propaganda that it was the sword of steel (i.e.
the   force)   which   was   instrumental   in   the   universal
expansion
of Islam, we give below remarks of some
prominent non
-
Muslims refuting this baseless claim:
1. M. K. GANDHI:
"
I became more than ever convinced
that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in
those   days   in   the   scheme   of   life.   It   was   the   rigid
sim
plicity, the utter self
-
effacement of the prophet, the
scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense devotion to
his     friends     and     followers,     his     intrepidity,     his
fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own
mission.
These   and   not the sword carrie
d everything
before them and surmounted every trouble
" Young India,
1924.
2.    EDWARD    GIBBON:
"
The    greatest    success    of
Mohammed's   life   was
affected
by   sheer   moral   force
without the stroke of a sword.
" History of the Saracen
Empire, London. 1870.
3.   A.S.TRI
TON:
"The   picture   of   the   Muslim   soldier
advancing with a sword in one hand and the Quran in the
other is
quite false.
"
Islam, London, 1951
-
page 21.
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77
4. DE LACY O'LEARY:
"History makes it clear however,
that the legend of fanatical Muslims, sweeping through
the world and forcing Islam at the point of sword upon
conquered
races is one of the most fantastically absurd
myths   that   historians   have   ever   repeated
"Islam   at
Crossroads, London, 1923
-
page 8
5. K. S. RAMAKRISHNA RAO:
"
My problem to write
this monograp
h is easier because we are not generally
fed now on that (distorted) kind of history and much time
need not be spent on pointing out our misrepresentations
of Islam.
The theory of Islam and sword
,
for instance is
not   heard   now   in   any   quarter   worth   the   name
.
The
principle   of   Islam   that,   'there   is   no   compulsion   in
religion'   is   well   known"   Muhammad   the   Prophet   of
Islam, Riyadh 1989
-
page 4.
6. JAMES A. MICHENER:
"No other religion in history
spread   so   rapidly   as   Islam   ...   The   West   has   widely
believed that th
is surge of religion was made possible by
the sword.
But no modern scholar accepts that idea,
and
the   Quran   is   explicit   in   support   of   the   freedom   of
conscience"    Islam
-
The    Misunders
tood    Religion,
Readers Digest (
American Edition) May 1955.
7. LAWRENCE E.
BROWNE:
"
Incidentally these well
-
established facts
dispose of the idea
so widely fostered in
Christian writings that the
Muslims
,
wherever they went
forced people to accept Islam at the point of the sword
."
The Prospects of Islam, London 1944.
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78
W
HO IS
PROPHET OF ISLAM
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
confirms:
"
a mass of detail in the early sources shows that he was
an honest and upright man who had gained the respect
and
loyalty   of   others   who   were   like
wise   honest   and
upright men."
(Vol.12)
BERNARD SHAW
said
about him:
"He must be called the savior of Humanity. I believe that
if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the
modern world, he would succeed in solving its problems
in a way that would bring it much needed peace and
happiness." (The Genuine
Islam, Singapore. Vol.1, No.
8, 1936)
He was by far the most remarkable man that ever
set foot on this earth. He preached a religion, founded
state, built a nation, laid down a moral code, initiated
numerous    social    and    political    reforms,    established
powe
rful and dynamic society to practice and represent
his teachings and completely revolutionized the worlds
of human thought and behavior for all times to come.
H
is
N
ame
I
s
MUHAMMAD
(sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
During   this   short   period   of   23   years   of   his
pr
ophethood, he changed the complete Arabian peninsula
from paganism and idolatry to worship of One God from
tribal   quarrels   and   wars   to   national   solidarity   and
cohesion, from drunkenness and debauchery to sobriety
and piety, from lawlessness and anarchy to
disciplined
living,   from   utter   bankruptcy   to   highest   standard   of
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79
moral excellence. Human history has never known such a
complete transformation of a people or a place before or
since
-
and IMAGINE all these unbelievable wonders in
JUST OVER TWO DECADES.
L
amartine
, the renowned historian speaking on essentials
of Human Greatness wonders:
"If greatness of purpose,
smallness of means and rounding results are the three
criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any
great man
of
modern history with Muh
ammad? The most
famous men created arms, laws and empires only. They
founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers
which often crumbled away before their eyes. This man
moved not only armies, legislation, empires
,
peoples and
dynasties, but mil
lions of men in one
-
third of the then
inhabited world; and more than that, he moved the altars,
the gods
,
the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and souls..
his   forbearance   in   victory,   his   ambition,   which   was
entirely devoted to one idea and in no manner st
riving
for    an    empire;    his    endless    prayers,    his    mystic
conversations with God, his death and his triumph after
death; all these attest not to an impostor but to a firm
conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma.
This dogma was two
-
fold. the unit
y of God and the
immateriality of God; the former telling what God is, the
latter telling what God is not; the one overthrowing false
gods with the sword, the other starting an idea with the
words. Philosopher, orator, apostle. legislator, warrior,
conquer
or of ideas, restore of rational dogmas, of a cult
without images, the founder of twenty terrestrial empires
and of one spiritual empire
-
that is MUHAMMAD.
As
regards all the standards by which Human Greatness may
be
m
easured, we may well ask, IS THERE AN
Y MAN
GREATER   THAN   HE?"   (Lamartine.   Historie   de   la
Turquie. Paris, 1854, Vol. II. pp. 276
-
277).
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81
The world has had its share of great personalities.
But   these   were   one
-
sided   figures   who   distinguished
them
-
selves in but one or two fields, such as
religious
thought or military leadership. The lives and teachings of
this great personalities of the world are shrouded in the
mist of time. There is so much speculation about the time
and place of their birth, the mode and style of their life,
the nature
and detail of their teachings and the degree
and   measure   of   their   success   or   failure   that   it   is
impossible for humanity to reconstruct accurately the
lives   and   teachings   of   these   men.   Not   so   this   man.
Muhammad
(sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
accomplished so
m
uch   in   such   diverse   fields   of   human   thought   and
behavior in the fullest blaze of human history. Every
detail of his private life and public utterances has been
accurately documented and faithfully preserved to our
day. The authenticity of the records so pr
eserved are
vouched for not only by the faithful followers but even
by his prejudiced critics.
Muhammad
(sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
was a religious
teacher,
a social reformer,
an administrative colossus
,
a
moral guide, a faithful friend, a wonderful comp
anion a
devoted husband, a loving father
-
all in one. No other
man in history ever excelled or equaled him in any of
these different aspects of life
-
but it was only for the
selfless   personality   of   Muhammad
(sallallahu   alaihi
wasallam)
to achieve such in
-
credible perfection.
Mahatma    Gandhi,    speaking    on    the    character    or
Muhammad
(sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
says in 'Young
India';
"I wanted to know the best of one who holds
today undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of
mankind ... I became more than
convinced that it was not
the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the
scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity.
The
utter self
-
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80
effacement of the prophet, the scrupulous regard for his
pledges.
His
intense    devotion    to    his    friends    and
follow
ers, 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."
Thomas Carlyle in his 'Heroes and Hero
-
worship' was
simply amazed as to:
"how
one man single handedly,
could weld warring tribes and wandering Bedouins into a
most   powerful   and   civilized   nation   in   less   than   two
decades
.
"
Diwan Chand Sha
rm
a wrote:
"Muhammad was the soul
of   kindness   and   his   influence   was   felt   and   never
forgotten   by   t
hose   around   him"   (D.C.   Sharma.   'The
Prophets of the East', Calcutta, 1935.pp. 12)
Edward   Gibbon   and   Simon   Ockley   speaking   on   the
profession of ISLAM write:
"I BELIEVE IN ONE GOD,
AND MUHAMMAD, APOSTLE OF GOD"
is the simple
and   invariable   profession   of   Isl
am.
"The   intellectual
image of the Deity has never been degraded by any
visible   idol;   the   honor   of   the   Prophet   have   never
transgressed the measure of human virtues; and his living
precepts have restrained the gratitude of his disciples
within the bounds of
reason and religion"
(History of the
Saracen Empires, London, 1870, p.54).
Muhammad
(sallallahu    alaihi    wasallam)
was
nothing more or less than a human being. But he was a
man with a noble mission, which was ONLY ONE GOD
and to teach them the way to hones
t and upright living
based on the commands of God. He always described
himself   as   Servant   and   Messenger   of   God,"   and   so
indeed every action of his proclaimed to be.
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82
Speaking on the aspect of equality before God in
Islam ,
the famous poetess of In
dia, Sarojini Naidu says:
"It was the first religion that preached and practiced
democracy for, in the mosque.
When
the call for prayer
is sounded and worshippers are gathered together.
The
democracy of Islam is embodied five times a day when
the peasant a
nd king kneel side by side and proclaim":
"God Alone is Great."
"I have been struck over and over again by this
indivisible unity of Islam that makes man instinctively a
brother." (S. Naidu, Ideals of Islam, vide
speeches
&
Writings, Madras, 1918, P.169).
In the words of
Prof. Hurgronje:
"the league of
nations founded by the prophet of Islam put the principle
of international unity and human brotherhood on such
universal foundations as to show candle to other nations"
He continues:
"the fact is that no nat
ions of the world
can show a parallel to what Islam has done towards the
realization of the idea of the League of Nations."
The world has not hesitated to raise to divinity,
individuals whose lives and missions have been lost in
legend.   Historica
lly   speaking   none   of   these   legends
achieved even a fraction of what Muhammad
(sallallahu
alaihi wasallam)
accomplished. And all his striving was
for the sole purpose of uniting mankind for the worship
of    One    God    on    the    codes    of    moral    excellence.
Muhammad
(
sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
or his followers
never at any time claimed that he was a Son of God or
the God
-
incarnate or a man with divinity
-
but he always
was and is even today considered as only a Messenger
chosen by God.
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83
Micheal H. Hart
in his recently
published book on
rating of men who contributed towards the benefit and
upliftment of mankind writes:" 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, but he was the
only man in history who was
supremely successful on both the religious and secular
levels." (M.H. Hart, The 100: A ranking of the most
influential persons in History ' , New York, 1987, pp.33).
Today after a lapse of fourteen centuries, the lif
e
and teaching of Muhammad
(sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
have survived without the slightest loss, alteration or
interpolation.   They   offer   the   same   undying   hope   for
treating mankind's many ills, which they did when he
was alive. This is not a claim of Muham
mad's
(sallallahu
alaihi   wasallam)
followers   but   also   the   inescapable
conclusion   forced   upon   by   a   critical   and   unbiased
history.
“The
least   YOU   could   do   as
a
thinking
and
concerned human being is to stop
for a moment and ask
yourself:
Could      these      statemen
ts      sounding      so
extraordinary   and   revolutionary   be   really   true?   And
supposing they really are true and you did not know this
man MUHAMMAD
(sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
or hear
about him
, isn't it time you respond to this tremendous
challenge and put
-
in some
efforts to know him?
It will cost you nothing but it may prove to be the
beginning of a completely new era in your life.
We   invite   you   to   make   a   discovery   of   this
w
onderful     man,     'MUHAMMAD
(sallallahu     alaihi
wasallam)
'
,
the like of whom never walked on th
e face of
this earth.
Islam in Concept
84
Further Reading on Islam:
-
T.B. Irving, et al. : The Quran: Basic Teachings
-
Hamuda Abdalati : Islam in Focus
-
M. Qutb : Islam: The Misunderstood Religion
-
Maudoodi : Towards Understanding Islam
-
Maurice Bucaille : The Bible, The Qu
ran and Science
-
Suzanne Haneef : What Everyone Should know About
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