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| Malcolm X’s (al-Hajj, Malik al-Shabazz) letter to his assistants in Harlem during his pilgrimage to Makkah in April of 1964:
America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America would have been considered white - but the white attitude was removed from their minds by the religion of Islam. I have never before seen sincere and true brotherhood practiced by all colors together, irrespective of their color.” |
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The Final Prophet
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"The Messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the believers. Each one of them believes in God, His Angels , His books, and His messengers . They say: 'We make no distinction between one and another of His messengers .' And they say: 'We hear, and we obey. We seek Thy forgiveness , Our Lord, and to You is the end of all journeys.'" (Quran chapter 2, verse 285)
Throughout history the rich and powerful have oppressed the poor and weak. Men have suppressed women and the vulnerable, as corruption and oppression became the social order across the world.
However, according to the teachings of Islam, Allah created man for a more noble purpose, to worship Him alone and to lead a virtuous life based upon His guidance. But, people could not know the role and purpose of their existence unless they received clear instructions about what Allah wants them to do and not to do or about what Allah has decided is good and bad, right and wrong. Hence, the need for messengers becomes apparent.
Since the beginning of time, Allah sent prophets to mankind, chosen from among their own people. Twenty five of them are mentioned by name in the Quran. They were prophets chosen by Allah to teach their people about Allah’s guidance. Since Allah is one, His message has always been one and the same, so all prophets taught the same fundamental message, the message of Islam. Its essence is to find peace in your life through submission to the One Almighty Creator; to believe in Allah and to follow His guidance.
How could the authenticity of their prophethood be proven? prophets were given miracles - abilities beyond the capabilities of ordinary people – as a proof of their authenticity. The exact nature of the miracle was appropriate to the situation of the age.
For the Prophet Musa (Moses)  , whose contemporaries excelled in magic, his major miracle was to defeat Egypt’s best magicians. Whilst Isa’s (Jesus) contemporaries were recognized as skilled physicians, so his miracles were to raise the dead and cure incurable diseases. The Arabs who were contemporaries of the Prophet Muhammad  were renowned for their eloquence and mastery in poetry. He was illiterate with no knowledge of previous scriptures, yet was bestowed with the miraculous Quran, the like of which the entirety of Arab poets and orators could not produce.
An Outstanding characteristic of the Prophet Muhammad is that he was the best in his community both, morally and intellectually. The people of Makkah knew him only as a man of excellent character and cultured manners, calling him ‘Al-Ameen’, ‘The Trustworthy’. He never claimed to be the author of the Quran. In fact he was never challenged as its author.
From the many thousands of the Prophet’s preserved sayings it can be seen that the linguistic style of Muhammad's speech and that of the Quran are very different. No matter how hard one tries, one's style of speech cannot be completely altered consistently, and certainly not over the period of 23 years during which the Quran was revealed.
A further point worthy of note is that the Prophet Muhammad had already been prophesied in the earlier scriptures of the Bible and Torah, therefore, the Jews and Christians were anxiously awaiting him. According to the Quran, Isa (Jesus) was sent to the children of Israel; he confirmed the validity of the Torah, which was revealed to Musa (Moses) , and he also brought the glad tidings of a final messenger after him. Allah  states in the Quran:
“And when Isa son of Mariam said, ‘ children of Israel. I am indeed the messenger to you, confirming the Torah that is before me, and giving good tidings of a Messenger who shall come after me, whose name shall be the praised one...” (Quran chapter 61, verse 6)
The ‘praised one’ is the translation of ‘Ahmad’, which is one of Prophet Muhammad’s names. Unlike the previous prophets , who addressed only their respective people, the guidance that was sent to the Prophet Muhammad was a complete guidance for the whole of humanity, for all times and places.
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