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2muhammad Pbuh - Mercy To Mankind
2muhammad Pbuh - Mercy To Mankind
Mercy to Mankind
Outline
Introduction
Messenger of Mercy
– Equality
– Kindness
– For animals
– For environment
His Message
Introduction
Who is he ?
*1,126,325,000
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
* THE 100: A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IN HISTORY, New York, 1978, p. 33)
LAMAR TINE,
The renowned historian, speaking on the essentials of
human greatness wonders:
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 than MUHAMMAD?
…He did it
To lay down:
– Framework of belief
– Mode of worship
– Moral code
– Rules of culture and civilization
In fact to prescribe whole system of thought and
action (Al-Deen), which includes all aspects of life.
Mission of a Prophet
– Servant of God
– Makes people to obey God and worship Him and
not himself, by conveying, No Force !!
– Just a human being. No share in divinity (4 areas
mentioned above, entity, attributes, rights, and
powers)
– Not a superhuman. So, Islam has saved its
followers from any exaggeration in this belief.
What Distinguishes Muhammad
(pbuh) from Others ??
– Last Prophet
– Revived the faith conveyed by all prophets
– Pure message retransmitted thru him
– No messenger after him
– Book is preserved
– Sunnah (practice, sayings, approvals) is recorded in
details (No better compilation of any person in history is
present)
Why follow Muhammad
(pbuh)
– For instruction, we turn to Muhammad (pbuh),
not because of prejudice, but because
– Last Prophet latest guidance
– Word of God in pure divine, living language
– Historical record of his Sunnah is preserved
Muhammad's (pbuh)
Mission - Universal
– Quran confirms it
– Logical consequence of finality
– Complete code supports finality
– No man in the last 1400 yrs like him
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
* THE 100: A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IN HISTORY, New York, 1978, p. 33)
Appearance
[Sahih Bukhari]
Messenger of Mercy
We have sent you except as a mercy for the
worlds (al-Qur’an)
Extremely kind and merciful for believers
Even for his enemies - After Makkah’s victory
Kindness to Animals
– A UNIQUE BOOK
– Memorized in Full by hundreds of thousands
– TOP in being read daily by millions all over the world
(Encyclopedia Britannic, 11th edition)
– Preserved in its ORIGINAL form for the last 14 centuries
Center, The KAABA in
Makkah
– Built by Prophets ABRAHAM and ISHMAEL 3000 years
ago
– Muslims throughout the world face towards it while
praying
– 1.5 MILLION Muslims in Hajj; 1.5 in Umrah
– Where everybody (males) dress the same and race,
wealth, status, etc., all are removed.
The FASTEST Growing
Religion in the world:
– Not by Sword or Money ! “Today it is 'perhaps' the
fastest growing religion in US” (Maston Speight,
Director of the office of Christian Muslim relations of the
national council of churches of Christ of the USA)
– 'World's fastest growing religion' (Robert Morey,
Director of research and education foundation, Austin, TX)
in spite of the Muslims powerlessness and decadence in
the past 2 centuries.
– 'In modern times it has made great gains in Africa'
(The 1990 Almanac, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston) .
The FASTEST Growing
Religion in the world:
1. Psalms of David
2. Torah: The old testament
3. Bible: The new testament
4. Quran: The final testament
Famous Prophets of Islam
– ADAM
– NOAH
– ABRAHAM
– MOSES
– JESUS
– MOHAMMED
– (Peace be on them all)
Basic Sources of Islam
– Oneness of God
– Oneness of mankind: No one can claim that he
is better than others. It is only God Who knows
who is better. It depends on piety and
righteousness.
SOME ISLAMIC
PRINCIPLES
– Oneness of Messengers and the Message:
– Muslims believe that God sent different
messengers throughout the history of mankind.
– All came with the same message and the same
teachings.
– Muslims believe in Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Ismail,
Jacob, Moses, David, Jesus, and Muhammad.
They are all the Prophets of Islam.
Equality in Islam
(POLICY)