The life of our beloved Holy Prophet Muhammad S.A.W is a source of
continuous guidance and inspiration to the Muslims and the rest of
Humanity across the globe. Every reasonable and wise person in this
world has admired his life, unmatched character and teachings. Here are
some remarks often made by non-muslims about the Prophet of Islam.
Michael
Hart in 'The 100, A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons In History,'
New York, 1978.
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 secular
and religious level. ...It is probable that the relative influence of
Muhammad on Islam has been larger than the combined influence of Jesus
Christ and St. Paul on Christianity. ...It is this unparalleled
combination of secular and religious influence which I feel entitles
Muhammad to be considered the most influential single figure in human
history.
Annie
Besant in 'The Life and Teachings of Mohammad,' Madras, 1932.
It is impossible
for anyone who studies the life and character of the great Prophet of
Arabia, who knew how he taught and how he lived, to feel anything but
reverence for that mighty Prophet, one of the great messengers of the
Supreme. And although in what I put to you I shall say many things which
may be familiar to many, yet I myself feel, whenever I reread them, a
new way of admiration, a new sense of reverence for that mighty Arabian
teacher is discovered.
Contributed
By Ahmed Ali Siddiqui
"And he has coined for us a similitude, and has forgotten the fact of his creation, saying: who will revive these bones when they have rotted away? Say: He will revive them Who produced them at first, for He is the Knower of every creation, Who has appointed for you fire from the green tree, and behold! you kindle from it. Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth, able to create the like of them? Yes, and He is indeed the Supreme Creator, the All-Knowing." Al – Quran (36:78-81)
In
the Holy Quran the words "Sea or Water" has been mentioned
32 times, and the word "Landmass" has been mentioned 13 times,
if we add them together we will get 45.
By
doing some calculations we find that the percentage of the number of the
word Sea to the total number of the words Sea and Landmass is:
(
32 / 45 ) x 100% = 71.111111%
By finding the percentage of the number of the word Landmass to the total
number of the words Sea and Landmass we have:
(
13 / 45 ) x 100% = 28.888889%
And this is what the actual ratio of water to landmass is.
Credits: Dr. Tarik Al-Suwaidan
Submitted by: Zubair Naseer
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"Islam" literally means "peace through the submission to Allah".
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"Allah" is an Arabic word that literally means "God". Muslims also believe that "Allah" is the personal name of God.
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"Muslim" literally means "anyone or anything that submits itself to the will of God".
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“Shahadat” is the declaration of faith in the oneness of Allah and that Muhammad is the last Prophet of Allah.
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Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. Approximately one out of every five people today designate their religion as Islam.
Contribution by : Uzzam Malik
A e-Publication of BITS Club, IBA September 2000 Issue www.goenlightenment.com
