Jama Masjid India

(part 1 of 2) Description:  The statements of western scholars who have studied Islam about the Quran.  Part 1: Introduction and their statements. Humanity has received the Divine guidance only through two channels: firstly the word of God, secondly the Prophets who were chosen by God to communicate His will to human beings.  These two things have always been going together and attempts to know the will of God by neglecting either of these two have always been misleading.  The Hindus neglected their prophets and paid all attention to their books that proved only word puzzles which they ultimately lost.  Similarly, the Christians, in total disregard to the Book of God, attached all importance to Christ and thus not only elevated him to Divinity, but also lost the very essence of  Tawheed  (monotheism) contained in the Bible.  As a matter of fact, the main scriptures revealed before the Quran, i.e., the Old Testament and the Gospel, came...

(part 1 of 3) Description:  The statements of non-Muslim scholars who have studied Islam about the Prophet.  Part 1: Introduction. During the centuries of the Crusades, all sorts of slanders were invented against the Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him.  With the birth of the modern age, however, marked with religious tolerance and freedom of thought, there has been a great change in the approach of Western authors in their delineation of his life and character.  The views of some non-Muslim scholars regarding Prophet Muhammad, given at the end, justify this opinion. The West has still to go a step forward to discover the greatest reality about Muhammad, and that is his being the true and last Prophet of God for all of humanity.  In spite of all its objectivity and enlightenment there has been no sincere and objective attempt by the West to understand the Prophethood of Muhammad.  It is so strange that very glowing t...

(part 1 of 2): Introduction Description:  Statements of various non-Muslim scholars and intellectuals about the profoundness of the religion of Islam as a civilization.  Part 1: Introduction. The Islam that was revealed to Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, is the continuation and culmination of all the preceding revealed religions, and hence it is for all times and all peoples.  This status of Islam is sustained by glaring facts.  Firstly, there is no other revealed book extant in the same form and content as it was revealed.  Secondly, no other revealed religion has any convincing claim to provide guidance in all walks of human life for all times.  But Islam addresses humanity at large and offers basic guidance regarding all human problems.  Moreover, it has withstood the test of fourteen hundred years and has all the potentialities of establishing an ideal society as it did under the leadership of the last Prophet Mu...