Editorial

Time is passing with its good and bad memories. On individual basis, we all need to
assess in retrospect whether our balance of noble deeds is more than bad deeds or its the
other way round. On the basis of nationhood, the Muslims all over the globe have been
subjected to desperate times due to their illiteracy and dormant attitude. It seems that we
have become intoxicated with our present dismal situation and are least bothered to
improve our general social, economic and political situation.
Muslim society has certain characteristics; the members of the society are working for
one another collective well being. This results in the uplift of the society and strengths
brotherhood among the members. Hence the strong bond of moral and ethnic values is
the basis of the Islamic society where no member thinks of cheating other members of the
society just for his or her benefit. The essence of the Islamic society is the promotion of
healthy work environment and practices, education and training of the masses, caring of
the elderly and children in the society, rule of justice without any discrimination at all
levels and provision of basic necessities to all.
Its important that Muslim should adopt characteristics of the enlightened Islamic society
of the era when Europe was in the dark ages while Muslims were ruling the world of
science and technology. Do we know what the reasons for that development were and
what are the reasons of todays dark period? In the era from 7th to 14th century, Muslims
had severe thirst to learn and discover, were spending majority of their resources for the
promotion of science and technology. This lead to the growth and development of the
society. They were practical Muslims, their personal and social lives were spent for the
welfare of the society as a whole. The religion had profound effect on their lives. They
had simple but creative living.
On the other hand, today, we want to become the champions of Islam without inculcating
any of its principles. We are aiming for the achievement of the highest standards of the
material life and for that purpose we are willing to inflict harm to anyone in the society
whether he is among our near relations or from a far off neighbourhood. This selfish
approach has insulated poison in the society. Everybody cares only for himself and in this
way society has become a symbol of jungle rule; Might is Right.
The time is running fast, sooner we will be known by the future generations as failed and
depressed states who did nothing to come out of their shameless situation. We would be
known as barbarians and astray people who were ignorant to follow the golden guiding
principles written in Holy Quran and explained and described by the teachings of the
Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him and His Family). The system of change starts
from oneself by fulfilling the oath of submitting our own self-centered wishes to the
commands of Almighty Allah. Only then there is chance of success in this world and
hereafter.
Written by Syed Ahmed Imam Bukhari

Approaches to development of spirituality; a study of Sulamis darrajat as

siddiqeen in the light of Ghazzals minhaj al abideen
Dr Musharraf Hussain Al Azhari
This is an abridgement of Darrajat as siddiqeen a monograph by Sulami (d;1021) that
explains the gradual spiritual development of a sufi, an aspirant, a sincere traveller on
path to God. From this monograph i have discerned seven stations during the spiritual
ascent these are; repentance, reliance, hope and fear, knowledge, acquiring divine
attributes, bestowing of Divine knowledge. I then compare this approach to Ghazzalis
method in minhaj al abideen.
First Station; repentance
Men of God begin their journey by practicing spiritual discipline that consists of
repentance, detachment from the world and constant watchfulness over their outward and
innermost thoughts and secrets ( Tawba, zuhd and muraqaba). They distance themselves
from all familiar things as they impose strict discipline on themselves which is displayed
as service to people and respect of mankind and preferring others over themselves and
patience at all times. They turn away from all other than God, the world, the people, even
their own wealth and possessions. They are committed to their Lord as they engage in
constant zikr, worship, night vigil, recitation and deep reflections.
Imam Ghazzali regards repentance as the second stage in spiritual development that is a
means of shedding the burden of sins, purification and preparation for Divine service.
Second Station: complete reliance
The sufis love of God develops deeper and deeper as he begins to relay completely on
God (tawakul), trusting God to provide daily bread at least and realising that God is the
only Benefactor or Malefactor. This trust in God leads to certainty (yaqin) and assumes a
strong reliance on God so much so that he entrusts all his affairs to him (Tafwid),
eventually leading to total submission (Taslim). This is manifested as patience and
confidence that results in an inward and outward contentment (Rida) with all that befalls
one. From now on he will not complain about adversity nor will he gloat over his
achievements, he has now aligned his will with the Divine will, he is in complete
harmony with destiny.
In ghazzalis view the sufi faces four hindrances on his spiritual ascent they are;
sustenance, perils, destinys decree and adversity, the way to overcome them is to cling
to lifeline of God, so they take no interest in the attachment of their fellow creatures.
Ghazzali then says the matter of sustenance and absolute trust , tawakkul is very
important indeed.
Third Station: Hope and Fear
The reliance on the Almighty and love for Him leads the aspirant to next station of
hope and fear. The ascent from second station arises out of the fear of ones weaknesses,
ignorance and lack of sincerity. The sufi is fearful as he realises how inadequate he is
before the majestic Lord and simultaneously cherishes the relationship with the loving
and merciful Lord gradually this state changes into hope, he now accepts Gods
promises of beneficence to his servants and believes that he will be cleansed of his
weaknesses. He is now confident that the Lord will protect him.
The author then explains that this is a cyclical process, i.e. as soon as one reaches the end
he has to return to the beginning; start again with repentance followed by reliance and

then fear and hope. A Sufi said i travelled the stations three times, whenever I reached
the end it was said return him to the beginning so he does not remain ignorant. This is
like a spiral education curriculum; at each key stage of their learning students will revisit
the subject, but every year at a slightly higher level than the previous. This spiritual
development is accompanied by heightened self-awareness as manifested in the ability to
discern the right and wrong; One is able to distinguish between intuition and temptation,
self-deception and certainty.
These spiritual devotions, efforts and consistent struggles create a state of stability
istiqamatliving in Gods presence characterised by stability in soul, will power,
instincts, thoughts and reflections. The following verse points to this so keep the right
course as you have been commanded, together with those who have turned to God with
you (hud;112).
Imam Ghazzali regards fear and hope as to important incentives that make the path easy
to travel in his scheme of spiritual development this is the fifth stage.. He believes that
fear is necessary for two reasons; its a powerful deterrence against sins and disobedience
and stops one from being proud of his devotions. Similarly, he teaches that hope is
essential for two reasons; it motivates one to worship the Lord as one becomes conscious
of mercy of God and intense longings for His blessings, secondly hope makes it easier to
bear hardships.
Fourth STATIO& OF K&OWLEDGE:
By this stage the aspirant, the traveller on Divine path has become purified, free from the
temptations of Shaitan and greed of the world. He is now a true sufi, the one who has
been purified of all weaknesses and evil so that his soul is now unveiled and capable of
moving in the realm of the unseen. He is blessed by the Divine light and intuition with
which he can understand and see the reality. This is what the prophet hinted to when he
said Be aware of the intuitive glance of the believer for he sees by the light of God. The
true knowledge is knowledge of the Almighty all else is false and unreal. He says it is
through the denial of all other than Him. The servant will only know the Lord. Once all
others have disappeared and only the knowledge of Him remains. This station is
described by the saying He who knows himself, knows his Lord. I.e. one cannot know
God without first knowing oneself. It also implies that one needs to know the Divine
decrees, commands and prohibitions. This is well expressed in the saying, the life of the
heart is in the knowledge of God alone.
Imam Ghazzali regards knowledge as the first stage of spiritual development. He says
all success depends on this. There are two reasons why seeking knowledge is so
important; it is through knowledge that one can have correct beliefs and then perform his
duties. Secondly, knowledge will instill the fear of God that acts as motivator.
Fifth station of sincerity
These people of true knowledge have now acquired Divine proximity and a high station
with their Lord. This is due to sincerity and genuiness in their lives, so they are
classified the righteous (siddiqeen). The Messenger praised these righteous people when
he said among the servants of Allah are people who will be envied by Prophets and
Martyrs. He can be described as one who has arrived at the truth (wasil bil haq)
through his separation from the rest.
Imam Ghazzali teaches that hypocritical ostentation is a real danger for the sufi, it
constantly threatens all his endeavours and the only way to overcome it is through

sincerity. He said you must wake up from your slumber o man! This is the toughest
hurdle that has confronted you so far . He gives details of vain conceit and ostentation
and other subtleties his advice is if you pay attention , you will see the value of
obedience to God, you will see the inadequacy of creatures, their weaknesses and their
ignorance, so you must not attach importance to them with your heart. You must be
indifferent to their praise, their commendation and their high esteem, in which there is no
benefit.
Sixth station; acquiring Divine attributes
w ho ever embarks on understanding the 99 Divine attributes and to live them in his life
will be
graced and impacted by each name in every aspect of his life...Once he has bathed
himself in the light and luminosity of these beautiful names. He is now near to God, he
Lives in his presence, breaths in his presence. This is the state described in the famous
hadith Qudsi where Allah said I become his tongue with which he speaks, his eyes with
he sees, ears with which he hears and hands with which he grasps... if he asks for
anything it will be granted to him and if he seeks protection he will be given
protection.He lives each Divine name, practices it , colours himself in it, the grace of
each blessed name shines in his character... here he reaches the outer most limits as he
subsists with God, having neither station, location, name, form, pretence, quality, desire,
vision nor a goal. the servant is as he had never been, and God is as He never ceased to
be.
SEVE&TH STATIO&; bestowing of DIVI&E K&OWLEDGE
Now the sufi has a sight and vision that enables him to see the hidden realities of life.
This is mystic knowledge, the knowledge of hidden things and secrets of Divine reality.
This is al-ilm al ladunni, knowledge from God as mentioned in the verse then they found
one of our servants to whom we had shown our mercy and had taught him knowledge
from our presence (18.66). This kind of knowledge is powerful and has an impact on the
listener like Khidr explaining the mysteries of his weird acts to Moses, Moses did not
challenge him, despite being a legislator, a man of law he conceded to these mystic
realities.
This leads to a state of witnessing of Gods glory when All else appears deprecated in
his eyes and through his perception of the defective nature of all appearances... this is
amongst the stations of illustrious and the masters. This is exemplified in the saying of
Abdullah ibn Abbas God bless Omar! it is as though he views destiny through a thin
veil. Al- Sulami then elaborates the characteristics of this state: When God has brought
his servant to the station of realised through truthful knowledge he is free of fear...Now
the Lord may reveal him to people as a model and refuge to which aspirants may turn in
their quest for him. The servant witnesses Gods glory, omnipotence and munificence.
This is the moment where permission is granted to hear the Divine discourse and to have
its meanings unveiled to him. He is honoured by the understanding of what he hears by
being addressed, and by witnessing the inner meaning hearing and cognition thereof,
increasing his proximity and intimacy. God said, Lo! Therein is verily a reminder for
him who has a heart, whoever listens attentively. (50; 37).
Imam Ghazzali although does not have an equivalent stage as sulamis bestowing of
divine knowledge however there is a corresponding seventh stage of gratitude, this is
how he explains it, your duty ... after surmounting these hurdles and achieving the goal

of this worshipful service safe from disasters is to give praise and thanks to God for this
enormous blessing and generous favour. That is incumbent upon you for two simple
reasons; to ensure that the blessings will last and in order to obtain more. There is a
similarity in the two approaches as Ghazzali points out, the gist of the matter is this;
you have found the treasures of knowledge and perceptive understanding and been
cleansed of sins and serious offences.

CO&CLUSIO&
The acquisition of these seven stages according to Sulami is is rewarded by refuge (amn)
a state of calmness and solace this is granted to them through intuition, dreams or
witnessing the unseen: God said verily the friends of Allah neither fear nor do they
grieve (10:63). This is exemplified in the Messenger giving the ten disciples good news
of paradise, or saying to Bilal i heard your footsteps in paradise or foretelling the
sanctity of Owais al Qarani. Sometimes, God may reveal these wonderful men as role
models to the community, they act as guides and Masters and are standard bearers for
humanity for the rest. In concluding Sulami says There can be no successful completion
of the journey through the spiritual stations without a sound beginning. He who has not
founded his journey upon the Quran and the practice of the prophet will in the end attain
nothing of intimate knowledge of God. The only way to attain Divine proximity (Qurb) is
through the teachings of Quran and Sunnah!

(1) Brief introduction to Sheikh Abu Adel-Rehman Sulami (d: 1021)

Abu Abdal Rahman al- Sulami was born in 937 in Nishapur a city in north eastern Iran.
He is regarded as an important early writer on matters of Sufism particularly at its
formative period. He was shafi scholar who had mastery over many fields of Islamic
learning. One reason for his substantial influence is that he had many outstanding
students and disciples like Abu Qasim Qusharyi, Abu Nuaym al Isbhani and Bayhaqi. He
was particularly interested in Tasawaff and his greatest legacy is his writings like the
stations of righteous and the stumbling of those aspiring. Both books give us an
access to the spiritual teachings and the methods of Sufi teachers as well as giving us
insights into the principles, attitudes and practices of Sufis at the time of Al- Sulami.His
contemporaries praised Sulami for his integrity. Here is a quote about him he is one of
those we have encountered who have devoted themselves completely to the precepts and
disciplines of Sufism in accordance with that upon which the founders based their path,
rightly guided by their examples, steadfast on their path, following in their footsteps;
dissociating himself from all the deranged and confused among the ignorant of these
factions; totally disclaiming them.
Sulamis student, al-Khashshab (d.456/1063), praising Sulamis ability to harmonize with
all of those around him, said He was well considered by the elect and the masses, with
those in accord (with his views), and with those against, with the sultan and with the
subjects, in his own country, and in all the Islamic countries; and thus he passed from this
world onto God.

In the &ame of Allah the Most Beneficent the Ever Merciful

&ew Confrontations between Christians and Muslims
Shaykh (Pir) Muhammad Muddassir (Silvio) Gualini Chishti Nizami
Introduction
Indeed we pray and ask Allah Almighty to give long life to the Archbishop of Antiochia
dei Siri, Raboula Antoine Beylouni. His Excellency has shocked the audience attending
the Archbishop Synod in Rome in the week starting 17th of October, 2010. We thank His
Excellency to give us the opportunity to write this humble collection of remarks
regarding the enduring confrontation between Christians and Muslims. We do not write
confrontation between Christianity and Islam because in principle both religions,
revealed by the Same God, cannot differ in their essence. God is One for all creatures in
this earth, from the Indian of the Brazilian forests to the New Zealand Maori.
Paraphrasing the verses of his Holiness Shaykh al-Akbar Mohyud-din Al-Arabi,
Rahmatullah Ahle, we can write that there is no difference in God of a Jew following the
Talmud, a Christian following the Injil, a Hindu following the Veda, a Chinese following
Taoism and a Muslim following the Holy Quran. None of them has a privilege (provided
they believe in One God, the Last Day and perform good-deeds) above the others: we are
all brothers. His Excellency has taken the opportunity to throw again on present and past
Muslims what does not belong to Islam and true Muslim: pride, aggression associated
with use of weapons, injustice towards women. His Excellency has shown the obscure
side of the clergy and the Vatican attempting to turn ignorance on Islam as a weapon
against Islam choosing the old non-sense of stating that Muslims are Terrorists. But this
is quite old-story the interesting accident is that the Official Vatican position has been
in defense of Islam, including the words of Pope Benedict XVI prompted to intensify the
dialogue between Christians and Muslims. Those words followed immediately after the
unlucky speech of the Archbishop of Antiochia dei Siri, Raboula Antoine Beylouni.
Commentary
Purpose of this humble effort is to discuss if Christians and Muslims have ground for a
common cooperation and they can reconcile under the same God, Allah Almighty. Being
formerly a practicing Catholic we share with His Excellency Beylouni sincere doubts.
We are absolutely not interested in Vatican politics but indeed we are mindful of two
important ayat of the Holy and Glorious Quran:
<<O you who believe! Do not take for close fast friends My enemies and your enemies,
you offer them love whereas they deny the Truth that has come to you>>1 [Srah 60,
Al-Mumtahinah (The Woman Tested):1]
and:
<<O you who believe! Do not take the Jews and the azarens (Christians) for friends
(and helpers). They are friends to each other and whoso befriends them, then he too is
one of them. Surely Allah does not guide a wrongdoing people.>> [Srah 5, Al-Maidah
(The Table Spread):51]

1
All our quotations regarding the Holy and Glorious Quran in this book are from the Jamal-ul-Quran
(Urdu: The Beauteous Quran) by Justice Pir Muhammad Karam Shah Al-Azhari, Radhiallaho Anho,
English Translation by Prof. Anis Ahmad Sheikh (Gold Medalist). Zia-ul-Quran Publications. Lahore
Karachi (Pakistan).

Allah Almighty has given these words for perennial memory, so we have to look with
suspicion at Vatican words and also be careful about media words. In fact Allah
Almighty has also told us in the same Holy and Glorious Quran:
<<O you who believe! If any wicked person brings you any news, check it fully lest you
may harm any people in ignorance and may later on feel sorry for what you have
done.>> [Srah 49, Al-Hujurat (The Inner Apartments):6]
Therefore we did not trust media words and visited the Vatican official website finding
the integral speech in different languages, Arabic included,2 of His Excellency
Archbishop Beylouni. We report his text here following to find that above all the wicked
persons appear to be the journalists, twisting the reality of a speech into slinging mud
on Muslims. The original speech is reported here following in Italic:
<<H. Exc. Mons. Raboula Antoine BEYLOUI, Titular Archbishop of Mardin of the
Syrians,
Curia
Bishop
of
Antioch
of
the
Syrians
(LEBAO)
For several years in Lebanon we have had a national committee for Islamic-Christian
dialogue. There was also an Episcopal commission from the Assembly of Catholic
Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon entrusted with Islamic-Christian dialogue. It was
recently suppressed to give more importance to the other committee, also because it had
not
produced
any
results.
Sometimes dialogue occurs here and there, in the Arab countries, such as in Qatar,
where the Emir himself invites, at his expense, personalities from different countries and
from the three religions: Christian, Muslim and Jewish. In Lebanon the Tllumiere and
oursat networks, and other television networks, sometimes broadcast programs on
Islamic-Christian dialogue. Often a topic is chosen, and each side explains or interprets
according to their religion. These programs are usually very instructive. With my
intervention, I wished to draw attention on the points that make these encounters difficult
and often ineffective. It should be clear that we are not discussing dogma. But even the
subjects of a practical and social order are difficult to discuss when the Koran or the
Sunnah discusses them. Here are some difficulties which we have faced:
- The Koran inculcates in the Muslim pride in being the only true and complete religion,
taught by the greatest prophet, because he was the last one. The Muslim is part of the
privileged nation, and speaks the language of God, the language of Paradise, the Arabic
language. This is why, he comes to dialogue with a sense of superiority, and with the
certitude
of
being
victorious.
The Koran, supposedly written by God Himself, from beginning to end, gives the same
value to all that is written: dogma that supercedes all law or practice. In the Koran, men
and women are not equal, not even in marriage itself where the man takes several wives
and can divorce at his pleasure; nor in the heritage where man takes double; nor in the
testifying before judges where the voice of one man is equal to the voice of two women,
etc... The Koran allows the Muslim to hide the truth from the Christian, and to speak and
act
contry
to
how
he
thinks
and
believes.
2

(http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/sinodo/documents/bollettino_24_speciale-medio-oriente2010/02_inglese/b21_02.html#_H._Exc._Mons._Raboula_Antoine_BEYLOUNI,_Titular_Archbishop_of_Mardin_of_the_Syrians,_Curia
_Bishop_of_Antioch_of_the_Syrians_(LEBANON))

In the Koran, there are contradictory verses which annul others, which gives the Muslim
the possibility of using one or the other to his advantage, and therefore he can tell the
Christian that he is humble and pious and believes in God, just as he can treat him as
impious,
apostate
and
idolatrous.
The Koran gives the Muslim the right to judge Christians and to kill them for the Jihad
(the holy war). It commands the imposition of religion through force, with the sword. The
history of invasions bears witness to this. This is why the Muslims do not recognize
religious freedom, for themselves or for others. And it isnt surprising to see all the Arab
countries and Muslims refusing the whole of the Human Rights instituted by the United
ations.
Faced with all these interdictions and other similar attitudes should one suppress
dialogue? Of course not. But the themes that can be discussed should be chosen
carefully, and capable and well-trained Christians chosen as well, as well as those who
are courageous and pious, wise and prudent... who tell the truth with clarity and
conviction... We sometimes deplore certain dialogues on TV, where the Christian speaker
isnt up to the task, and does not give the Christian religion all its beauty and spirituality,
which scandalizes the viewers. Worse yet, when sometimes there are clergyman speakers
who, in dialogue to win over Muslims call Mohammed the prophet and add the Muslim
invocation, known and constantly repeated: Salla lahou alayhi was sallam. Finally I
would like to suggest the following: Like the Koran spoke well of the Virgin Mary,
insisting on her perpetual virginity and miraculous and unique conception in giving us
Christ; just as Muslims take her greatly into consideration and ask for her intercession,
we should turn to her for all dialogue and all encounters with the Muslims. Being the
Mother of us all, she will guide us in our relations with the Muslims to show them the
true face of Her Son Jesus, the Redeemer of mankind. If it pleased God that the Feast of
the Annunciation was declared a national feast day in Lebanon for Christians and
Muslims, may it also become a national feast day in other Arab countries.>>
This speech is a masterpiece of misunderstanding Islam and should be studied very
attentively by Muslim scholars. This speech gives a practical demonstration of Catholics
ignorance of Islam and Christian fundamentalism. Not only but this speech shows how
subtle Catholics are and how they proudly think of themselves as superior. We will
attempt a critic of this speech hoping it will offer the base for a profound debate among
senior students of Al-Azhar and its noble Faculty members. Someone in Europe said that
to fight your enemy you got to know him. Do we Muslims really know Christianity?
Do Christians really know Muslim?
We have noticed that in this titanic attempt of reconciling Muslims, Christians and Jews
the worst part is that very few, exceptional personalities really know their own religion
and the religion they talk about: ignorance and bias are in reality the common facts of this
field. Involuntarily His Excellency Beylouni has offered us to show to Christians and
Muslims how strong and valid are the revealed words of Allah Almighty in His Holy and
Glorious Quran. Among all the erroneous and untrue statements the worst is that
regarding His Holiness the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa
Sallam. In this occasion His Excellency Beylouni confirms Allahs words. In fact Allah
Almighty states:
<<And never will the Jews nor will the Christians be happy with you unless you follow
their own creed. Say to them: surely the guidance of Allah alone is true guidance.

And (supposing the impossible) were you, in spite of the knowledge that has been given
to you, to follow their desires, you would have no friend or helper to protect you
against (the seizure of) Allah.>> [Srah 2, Al-Baqarah (The Cow):120]
The Archbishop clearly encouraged continuing the dialogue between Muslims and
Christians but in myopic contradiction with himself he does not want Christians attending
the dialogue to please their Muslim counterparts to send blessing to our beloved Prophet
Muhammad, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, while he encourages both side
worshipping hadhrat Maryam, Alaihi Wa Sallam, and asks Muslims to make a national
feast for her. His Excellency forgetting that in the Catholic Italy where more than 50%
of the Catholic population have the common habit to use blasphemy on Hadhrat Maryam,
but they celebrate her many names and nick-names Islam is not recognized as a
Religion and Muslims are not allowed to celebrate their Eid days and are not allowed to
erect masjids practically. His subtle intent is to try to bring Muslims towards Christianity,
a subtle attempt of corruption and a big interference with the dogma of Islam. Sunnah is
Muslims dogma and our beloved Prophet Muhammad, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa
Sallam, did never recommend this union of holidays. From one side the Archbishop
wants acknowledged by Muslims the universality of Hadhrat Maryam, Alaihi Wa Sallam,
but he is not ready to acknowledge the real and perennial universality of Muhammad,
Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, who has been sent as Mercy to mankind. His
Excellency confirms the following ayat:
<<And (the Jews) say: Become Jews and (the Christian say): Become Christians;
(only) then will you be rightly guided. Say you to them: My faith is the faith of
Abraham, the upright; who turned away from all Falsehood, and he was not of the
polytheists. >> [Srah 2, Al-Baqarah (The Cow):135]
It is true that Allah Almighty said:
<<Take it for granted, that whether it be the followers of Islam, or the Jews or the
Sabians whosoever believe in Allah and the Last Day and work righteous deeds
surely their reward is with their Lord; they shall have nothing to fear, nor shall they
grieve.>> [Srah 2, Al-Baqarah (The Cow):62]
But Allahs Mercy will be upon those Jew, Christians and Muslims who believe in Allah,
the last Day and do good-deeds. While it is quite easy accepting to believe in Allah and in
the last day it appears quite difficult to do good-deeds. What are these good-deeds? Is it
giving charity? Is it showing good sentiments towards the others? Is it being tolerant on
others religions? Our answer is Yes and o. Yes because we cannot deny that those
are good deeds, but following a religion and believing in Allah and the last day is not just
simply behaving like a good boy-scout3 - this may perhaps considered the first step
3

Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated
aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, so that they
may play constructive roles in society. Scouting began in 1907 when Robert Baden-Powell,
Lieutenant General in the British Army, held the first Scouting encampment at Brownsea Island in
England. Baden-Powell wrote the principles of Scouting in Scouting for Boys (London, 1908),
based on his earlier military books, with influence and support of Frederick Russell Burnham
(Chief of Scouts in British Africa), Ernest Thompson Seton of the Woodcraft Indians, William
Alexander Smith of the Boys' Brigade, and his publisher Pearson. During the first half of the 20th
century, the movement grew to encompass three major age groups each for boys (Cub Scout,
Boy Scout, Rover Scout) and, in 1910, a new organization, Girl Guides, was created for girls
(Brownie Guide, Girl Guide and Girl Scout, Ranger Guide).

towards a spiritual development whose duty is to make at least a good-deed per day.
In our humble opinion a true follower of religion must act logically. If a true believer and
follower of religion (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) has a logic behavior (i.e. he is coherent
with his words) he must have in mind exclusively Allah and coordinate his life and his
behavior exclusively for the pleasure of Allah. Anything different means that in reality
we are hypocrites (munafiqun) because we say by movement of tongue that we believe in
Allah but in reality we act thinking in the best of the cases that He is in the heaven and
heaven is far from here. When our beloved Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa
Sallam, pointed at the land between his hujra and the mimbar of masjid un nabi telling
that blessed land is also a piece of paradise (ryadh-ul-jannat) he, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa
Alii Wa Sallam, wanted to teach us also that Paradise and this earth are interlinked. The
first level of Paradise is an extension of earth in the sense that Terrestrial Paradise
contains earth but our eyes can only see earth except Muhammads eyes, seeing beyond
limitations through the vision acquired by his third eye, the heart eye4.
Indeed His Excellency the Archbishop did not show much eye opening in commenting
negatively an act of respect to a Prophet, rather the last of the Prophets who has been sent
by Allah as a Mercy to mankind. He did not do a good-deed continuing to hide the truth
revealed in the Gospels when Jesus (prophet Issa, Alaihi Wa Sallam) states that he born
into this world from a Virgin in order to testify the future arrival of the Comforter the
Spirit of Mercy mentioned several times in the Gospels with the Latin name of
Paracletus5. In full respect of what Allah says in the above mentioned ayat 135 of Surah
Al-Baqarah, Christians have twisted the meaning of Paracletus pretending and saying that
he is the Holy Ghost.
The Archbishop has shown complete ignorance regarding the issue of women in Islam.
We outline here following the rights and advantages given to women from the Holy and
Glorious Quran and Ahadith in order to make clear that women in Islam are considered
equal to men but owing to their intrinsic constitution almost opposite to that of men Allah
Almighty, knowing His Creatures, has given for women different approaches6 to certain
4

When a true awlya-Allah and a real Sufi with the rank of the fan-e-billahi and above passes away those
remained in this word require him to open his eyes. This is a clear example of his being firmly placed in the
station of those who have achieved angelic state and ascend or descend Hadhrat Yaqoob, Alaihi Wa
Sallam, stairs. Those fortunate have complete control of their faculties even after physical death: they open
their physical eyes at a clear demand in order to witness that their inner eye, the eye of the heart never
closes. In doing so they witness their sublime state of total submission to Allah Almighty because
ultimately they open their physical eyes after Allah grants them His Permission. Surely the grave of those
fortunate is a medium of communication with Allah since those fortunate will carry to Allah the requests of
those who visit them. We take the opportunity to confirm that we witness personally that His Holiness Pir
Karam Shah Al-Azhari, Rahmtullah Ahle, was requested to open his eyes instants before his dead body
went lifted inside his grave in Bhera Sharif the great Shaykh opened his eyes silently.
5
From
late
Latin,
it
means
Comforter,
derived
from
Ancient
Greek
(parakltos, called to help, helper) from (para, beside) + (kale, I
call). In Qassidah Burdah sharif we learn that in this universe there is none who can help us than
Muhammad, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam. What a sublime confirmation that Muhammad,
Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, is the real Parakltos.
6
Anyone of our respectable and patient male readers who has or had contacts with women may convene
with us that they seem have a brain connected in a totally different way from that of men. Hadzrat Umar
Farooq, Alaihi Wa Sallam, the third righteous Caliph surprised his Muslim brothers saying them that he
would have always asked suggestions to his wife but would have always acted the opposite
Obviously women may think just the same about men

issues. For example FBI studies have proven that women react different to men in
remembering a crime scene focusing on details rather than the global picture7.
Allah Almighty in the Holy and Glorious Quran establishes that there is spiritual
equality between women and men. In fact in Surah Al-Ahzab (Surah The Confederates N
33) we read at the verse (ayah) 35:
<<Surely Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and the believing
women, the obedient men and the obedient women, the truthful men and the truthful
women, the patient men and the patient women, the humble men and the humble
women, the charitable men and the charitable women, the fasting men and the fasting
women, the men who guard their chastity and the women who guard their chastity, the
men who remember Allah much and the women who remember Allah much for them
all Allah has kept ready forgiveness and a mighty reward>>8 [Surah 33, Al-Ahzab (The
Confederates):35]9
Another ayah of the Holy and Glorious Quran teaches Muslims the right attitude
towards women. In fact in Surah An-Nisa (Surah the Women 4) at ayah 19 we read:
<<O you who believe! It is not allowed to you to become heirs of women by force, nor
detain them with the design that you may take away some portion of what (dowry etc.)
you had given them, except in case they are guilty of open indecency. And lead your
life with your wives fairly. Then if you dislike them, (have patience) perhaps you may
detest a thing and yet Allah has placed therein for your abundant good>> [Srah 4, AlNisa (The Women:19]
As one can read women are equal to men in the spiritual world as long as they practice
the same virtues as men and they must be respected unless they have been guilty of open
lewdness. But this is not all. In Islam women have to cooperate with men and men have
to consult them in order to make consensual decisions. In fact in the Holy and Glorious
Quran we can read the following ayah. In Surah Al-Taubah (9) we read about
collaboration and consultation at ayah 71.
<<And the believing men and the believing women, are all friends to one another. They
enjoin good and forbid evil, and they establish prayer, pay the Zakah (poor-rate) and
obey Allah and His Apostle. It is these on whom Allah will surely pour His Mercy. And
verily Allah is the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.>> [Srah 4, At-Taubah (Repentance):71]
In Surah Al-Baqarah (2) we read about collaboration and consultation at ayah 233.
<<And mothers shall suckle their children for two years; this period is for him who
desires to complete the suckling period. And on him to whom the child belongs, is the
(responsibility of) feeding and clothing of those mothers in a reasonable manner. ot a
soul shall be burdened beyond as scope. o mother shall be made to suffer on account
7
This may be well the reason why in Islamic trials there must be two women witness of a crime and a
single man witness of the same crime.
8
We cannot refrain here to underline the universality of Islamic message because in the quoted ayah Allah
addresses categories of blessed men and women who not necessarily must be Muslims, otherwise why
making such a distinction?
9
In this book we will use the English translation of the Urdu version of Jamal-ul-Quran (the Beauteous
Quran) by Justice Pir Muhammad Karam Shah Al-Azhari, Radziallaho Anho. The English translation has
been made by Gold Medalist Prof. Anis Ahmad Shaykhh. Jamal-ul-Quran is available for sale at Zia-ulQuran Publications (Lahore-Karachi, Pakistan, www.zia-ul-quran.com).

of her child. And the same kind of duty falls upon the (fathers) heir. And then if they
both decide on weaning by mutual consent and consultation, there is no sin. And if you
desire that your child should be suckled by a nurse, there is no sin on you while you
handover whatever you had already settled in a reasonable manner. And keep fearing
Allah, and know that Allah is Aware of what you do.>> [Srah 2, Al-Baqarah (The
Cow):233]
There are Ahadith stating that Women can attend masjids and offer prayers there
regarding the husbands or fathers will. See Bukhari Volume 2, Book 13, Number 22
and 23, Sahih Muslim Book 004, Number 0890, 0891. See also Sunan Dawud Book 14,
Number 14.5.14. There is a Hadith (Bukhari 1, chapter 45, Book of Ablution) allowing
women to perform ablutions together with men.
Western media periodically raise hue and cry about combined marriages in many Islamic
countries and Islamic communities in the West. In reality Muslim women have the right
to propose a prospective husband for marriage. It is stated in Bukhari Volume 7Book 62,
Number 72, not only can women propose men for marriage but they also cannot be
forced to marry the man proposed by her parents. This is as reported in two Ahadith:
Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 67 and 69. In addition nobody can force a woman
against her will.
Women have the right to free will and may not be forced to take any decision against it as
explicitly narrated in a Hadith of Bukhari Sharif. In Islam women have the right to refuse
a proposal offered to them for marriage and this can be done even after the marriage. In
order to emphasize this point we wish to narrate an incident that should establish a clear
distinct precedent about Islams injunctions on the matter and the noble personality of the
Holy Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, and to show what Islam really
empowers women to do10: As narrated in Bukhari Hadith Number 206 of the Book 36
and Volume 7 <<arrated Ibn Abbas: Bariras husband was a slave called Mughith, as
if I am seeing him now, going behind Barira and weeping with his tears flowing down his
beard. The Holy Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, said to Abbas, O
Abbas! Are you not astonished at the love of Mughith for Barira and the hatred of
Barira for Mughith? The Holy Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, then said
to Barira, Why dont you return to him? She said, O Allahs Apostole! Do you order
me to do so? He said, o, I only intercede for him. She said, I am not in need of
him.>> Are we realizing that this tradition concerns a slave and his wife? A slave is one
who does not have rights and the chief of the Muslims interceded for him to his wife!
Can you imagine a modern head of state interceding for a man before his wife? On the
contrary we should ponder also why there are Muslims harassing their womenfolk and
even kill them to cite religious obligations. This is total ignorance of ones own faith!
We continue in this brief exposition of womens rights in Islam producing full evidence
that women in Islam have more rights and enjoy more rights than in other civilizations.

10

In reading this narration one should keep in mind the context that a woman directly approaching the
leader of the Muslims, head of a fearless army with demonstrated capability to win against an enemy three
times superior in number and quality of weapons (the battle of Badr) in the first battle of Badr the
Muslims had only one horseman - while in the remaining part of the world women were subjected to
men domination.

Asserting Women's Rights even after the passing away of the Holy Prophet,
Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, as Hadzrat Ibn Al-Jauzi, Rahmatullah Ahle,
narrated underlining the virtues and merits of Umar bin Al-Khattab, Alaihi Wa
Sallam, in the following words: <<Umar forbade the people from paying
excessive dowries and addressed them saying: Don't fix the dowries for women
over forty ounces. If ever that is exceeded I shall deposit the excess amount in
the public treasury. As he descended from the pulpit, a flat-nosed lady stood up
from among the women audience, and said: It is not within your right". Umar
asked: "Why should this not be of my right? she replied: Because Allah has
proclaimed: <<even if you had given one of them (wives) a whole treasure
for dowry take not the least bit back. Would you take it by false claim and a
manifest sin?>> (Al Nisa 4, 20). When he heard this, Umar said: The woman
is right and the man (Umar was meaning himself) is wrong. It seems that all
people have deeper insight and wisdom than Umar. Then he returned to the
pulpit and declared: O people, I had restricted the giving of more than four
hundred dirhams in dowry. Whosoever of you wishes to give in dowry as much
as he likes and finds satisfaction in so doing may do so.11
Men should seek advice and comfort from women. Hadzrat Aisha, Alaihi Wa
Sallam (the mother of the faithful believers), narrated that the Holy Prophet,
Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, rushed home after the first meeting he had
with Hadzrat Jibrail, Alaihi Wa Sallam, in the cave of Jabbal-Noor (the mountain
of Light): ... << Then Allah's Apostle returned with the Inspiration and with his
heart beating severely. Then he went to Khadija bint Khuwailid12 and said, Cover
me! Cover me! They covered him till his fear was over and after that he told her
everything that had happened and said, I fear that something may happen to
me. Khadija replied, Never! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You keep
good relations with your kith and kin, help the poor and the destitute, serve your
guests generously and assist the deserving calamity-afflicted ones. Khadija then
accompanied him to her cousin Waraqa bin Naufal bin Asad bin 'Abdul 'Uzza >>
... (Bukhari Volume 1, Book 1, Number 3)
Love and respect are among the characteristics of a believing man. Narrated Abu
Hurayrah: <<Allah's Messenger (the Holy Prophet), Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa
Sallam, said: a believing man should not hate a believing woman; if he dislikes
one of her characteristics, he will be pleased with another >>. (Muslim Book 8,
Number 3469)
The Holy Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, himself took care of
Womens Education. In fact Abu Said narrated: <<A woman came to Allah's
11

From the web site On the Position and Role of Women in Islam and Islamic Society by Dr.
Hassan Al-Turabi.
12
Hadzrat Khadija bint Khuwailid, Alaihi Wa Sallam, is the first wife of the Holy Prophet, Sallallaho
Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam. She was a rich and very influent lady in the Arab society of Makkah
Mukarramah. Quite interestingly she firstly proposed the Holy Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa
Sallam, for marriage and he, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, was also five years younger than her.
They were a wonderful couple and loved each other intensely.

Apostle and said, O Allah's Apostle! Men (only) benefit by your teachings, so
please devote to us from (some of) your time, a day on which we may come to
you so that you may teach us of what Allah has taught you. Allah's Apostle said,
Gather on such-and-such a day at such-and-such a place. They gathered and
Allah's Apostle came to them and taught them of what Allah had taught him>>.
(Bukhari Volume 9, Book 92, Number 413). This Hadith teaches that Muslim
women had right to access and pursue their education in the early middle age
when in Europe women were not allowed to access any form of education,
something Western women could experience 1300 years later than Islamic
women. We want to underline here that Western Christian inspired mercy seems
did not work on western women for many years. Actually for almost two centuries
Western women have been exploited in various forms. Women joining work
places triggered family instabilities and exploitations to the extent that it has
affected their way of dressing introducing provocation as a way to be noticed and
thus assumed or promoted or simply win the competition of other women. Only
recently due to modern education systems and a pretended equality between the
two sexes women have blended with the traits of men thus becoming suitable to
occupy key postings in the public and private management. While men are
experiencing the opposite: this intermixing of sexes was forecasted 1400 years
ago by the Holy Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, in some Ahadith
concerning the signs of the end of this world13.
The Holy Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, made clear statements
on how Muslims shall treat women. Here following we report two Ahadith from
two different collections14 Narrated Mu'awiyah al-Qushayri: <<I went to the
Apostle of Allah, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, and asked him: "What do
you say (command) about our wives?" He replied: "Give them food what you
have for yourself, and clothe them by which you clothe yourself, and do not beat
them, and do not revile them.>> (Sunan Abu Dawud: Book 11, Number 2139).
<<The best of you is one who is best towards his family and I am best towards
the family>>. (At-Tirmithy). <<None but a noble man treats women in an
honorable manner. And none but an ignoble treats women disgracefully>>. (AtTirmithy).

13

Quite curiously something of this type was described by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Da Ponte in
their Magic Flute when the Queen of the Night turns to be the bad character and attempts to enter the
holy Place dwelled by Sarastro, the Holy Chief of a spiritual order. It is curious to note that Mozart and Da
Ponte make the Queen of the Night to ally with Monostato (literally Single State) who betrays his master
(Sarastro) for ignorant greediness.
14
Basically there are five different collections of Ahadith (plural of Hadith). Each of these collections
belongs to a collector. These collectors of Ahadith are holy persons who sacrificed all their lives to
find as many Ahadith as they could and then classified them selecting from them the soundly true to the
less true. They founded a science the science of Ahadith based on sound, rigorous logic, in other words
if A is a true narrator of A1 Hadith and he has transmitted A1 to B who has narrated A1 in the form A2. If
B is also a true narrator, then also A2 is sound. We know four main collections of Ahadith each related to a
narrator: Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu-Dawud and Maliks Muwatta. There is also the
collection of Al-Tirmidhy who has focused on the Holy Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam.

Women have the right to not be exposed for any of the facts of their private life
therefore husbands must keep safeguarded the privacy of their wives. Narrated
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri: <<Allah's Messenger, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam,
said: the most wicked among the people in the eye of Allah on the Day of
Judgment is the man who goes to his wife and she comes to him, and then he
divulges her secret>>. (Muslim Book 8, Number 3369).
Another episode is worthy of mention from the life of Hadzrat Umar Farooq,
Alaihi Wa Sallam, he narrated that a man came to his house to complain about
his wife. On reaching the door of his house, he hears Umars wife shouting at
him and reviling him. Upon seeing this, he decided to turn back thinking that
Umar himself was in the same position and therefore could hardly suggest any
solution for his problem. Umar, Alaihi Wa Sallam noticed him turning back, so he
called him and enquired about the purpose of the visit. He said that he had come
with a complaint against his wife, but turned back on seeing the Caliph in the
same position. Umar, Alaihi Wa Sallam, told him that he tolerated the excesses
of his wife for she had certain rights against him. He said, Is it not true that she
prepares food for me, washes my clothes and suckles my children? Thus saving
me the expense of employing a cook, a washer-man and a nurse, though she is
not legally obliged in any way to do any of these things? Besides, I enjoy peace
of mind because of her and am kept away from indecent acts on account of her. I
therefore tolerate all her excesses on account of these benefits. It is right that
you should also adopt the same attitude quoted in Rahman, Role of Muslim
Women page 149.
Contrary to thousands of people trying to impress the ignorant, Islam does not
contemplate beating women. Islam forbids any form of violence and disrespect
against women, beating wives in particular. Patient behavior was the practice of
the Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, even when his wife dared to
address him harshly. Once his mother-in-law- saw her daughter strike him with
her fist on his noble chest. When the enraged mother -in-law began to reproach
her daughter, the Prophet Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, with a smile on
his face said, Leave her alone; they do worse than that. And once Abu Bakr,
Alaihi Wa Sallam, his father-in-law, was invited to settle some misunderstanding
between him and Aishah, Alaihi Wa Sallam. The Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa
Alii Wa Sallam, said to her, Will you speak, or shall I speak? Aisha, Alaihi Wa
Sallam, said, You speak, but do not say except the truth. Abu Bakr, Alaihi Wa
Sallam, was so outraged that he immediately struck her severely, forcing her to
run and seek protection behind the back of the Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii
Wa Sallam. Abu Bakr, Alaihi Wa Sallam, said, O you the enemy of herself! Does
the Messenger of Allah say but the truth? The Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii
Wa Sallam, said, "O Abu Bakr, we did not invite you for this [harsh dealing with
Aishah, Alaihi Wa Sallam], nor did we anticipate it. Quoted in: Mutual Rights and
Obligations.

Moreover and in addition to the above it is true that in a pure and authentic
Islamic society women do not inherit sharing with men the same quota but this
has to be related with the fact that in a Islamic marriage a man should have the
money in cash for the dowry, which beside cash includes also dresses and
jewels for the wife and other expenditures. On the other side women have the
right to receive from their parents the complete furniture of the house along with
special gifts for the bridegroom. The dowry issue is so important that some
Islamic countries, like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, do not allow marriages
unless the bridegroom shows owning a minimum amount requirement.
The word jihad is more used by certain Muslim commentators of the Hoy Glorious
Quran (for example Mohsin Khan uses at least 23 times the word jihad in his translation
of the Holy and Glorious Quran but it is never associated with killing of innocents. Only
in Surah Muhammad, 47, ayat 4 Allah refers to killing of non-Muslim fighters during
battle and tells specifically Muslims to hit their enemies. His Excellency Archbishop
Beylouni must relax, his life is not at risk, in fact the ayat reads:
<<Then when you meet the infidels in the battlefield smite their necks until you have
slain good many of them, then tie fast the ropes. Therefore set them free as a favor or
for ransom till the war lays down its burdens. That is the command and had Allah so
willed, He would certainly have avenged Himself upon them, but He wills to test some
of you by others. And those who have been slain in the Way of Allah, Allah will never
render their deeds vain.>> [Srah 47, Muhammad (Il Lodato):4]
The tense used by Allah Almighty (fadarba, root dwaraba) does not allow any doubt it
correspond to the English smite and not kill15, thus Allah Almighty does not invite
Muslims to kill but to inhibit the infidels (Kafirun) enemies rather making them losing
their senses and them ask ransom for them or even send them back to their families as
losers. We know from medicine that neck bones can displace quite easily against a blow
in the neck, thus to smite can produce death but as it is quite clear from the rest of the
ayat, death is Allahs Decision and the Muslims fighters have to leave it to Allah, the
immediate reward for Muslim fighters is the ransom or the satisfaction to have fought
(striven) in the path of Allah because Allah will never render their deeds vain .
Another important remark we want to underline about this ayat is that Allah defines by
Himself the rules of engagement, enemies are the Kafirun, who must be armed and find
themselves in a battlefield. It is not the Muslims who have changed so much the rules of
engagement in war along the centuries that today the death toll of enemies is far lower
respect the innocent victims made by modern armies belonging to the most rich and
culturally advances societies. Daily we learn from the media that unlucky Muslim
civilians (men, women, and old people) have been killed in place of soldiers and to the
best of our records those civilians are unarmed Muslims while it looks that NATO
soldiers are in majority Christians.

15
Many translators prone to favor physical jihad use the tense kill referred to their preferred word jihad
in this ayat (47:4) whereas Allah uses the tense smite. Anyone knowing some basics of Arab can use online translators and dictionaries to find out that the tense kill has other translations in Arabic and none of
them fits with dwaraba.

How can His Excellency trigger the media reaction against Muslim when the Holy
Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, said:
<<Faith is a restraint against all violence; let no Mumin commit violence>>
[Tradition narrated by Abu Hurayrah, Abu Dawud Sulayman bin Al Ashath asSajistaniy, A.H. 202 275]
<<Of all men, the people who have faith abstain most from killing>>
[Tradition narrated by Ibni Masud, Abu Dawud Sulayman bin Al Ashath as-Sajistaniy,
A.H. 202 275]
We deliberately have left aside the old question that Christians accuse Muslims and
consequently Allah of having made certain statements and then changed them. Moreover
His Excellency seems confusing Shiite and Sunni approach towards Truth, Sunni are not
allowed to speak falsehood. Rather a Muslim must speak the Truth even against himself.
Rather Allah invites Muslims to speak exclusively Truth.
Conclusions
From the above it seems that Christians and Jews want Muslims to take their habits and
for this purpose they are so determined that they do not accept Muslims being obedient to
the Holy and Glorious Quran and misunderstand Muslims attitude to obey exclusively
to Allah Almighty without conceding any possibility of reconciling with Jews and
Christians views (Allah speaks in reality of distorted truth and errors from the side of
Jews and Christians accusing them to have forgotten Hadhrat Ibrahim, Alaihi Wa Sallam,
- Abraham true teachings, see above 2:135). So Muslims should avoid this offer of
dialogue which turns to be an upsetting dialogue among deaf?
Indeed not. Muslim should take these dialogue opportunities as real jihad not to kill
humans but kill error carried by centuries of darkness especially in Christianity. To do so
Muslims should remember the character of the Holy Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii
Wa Sallam, who was so merciful that he tolerated the infidels of Makkah relieving their
call of nature inside his sacred Masjid at few meters from his hujrah forgiving their
ignorance. The Holy Prophet, Sallallaho Alaihi Wa Alii Wa Sallam, mission is to seed
Mercy of Allah in this suffering humanity, who are we to decide on human lives? Muslim
pertain humbleness and forgiveness along with patience in the meaning of sabr, which is
a reflex of Divine Mercy. Ignorance can only be fought with knowledge subservient to
love. This statement should not be taken as sentimental love, which is ephemeral but as
a reflex of the Infinite Love of Allah to whom we bow our head thanking Him of the
greatest gift a human being could have in his life: embracing Islam by the hands of a
person who could open his eyes before entering his grave. We humbly suggest those who
had the patience to read our humble effort to ponder about the fortune to be born in Islam
or have reverted into Islam.



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