AL-AZHAR
CAIRO-EGYPT ApprovalNumber: М1, 80 D.ated 8/8/1409 А.Н
15/3/1989 А.D
ТО NQN-МUSLfМ АЕАОЕАЭ:
Before уоиstart reading this book, lhopethat уоиwill Ьеobjectivebyreading the text carefully andwith апорепrnind.
ТНЕ РАОРНЕТЗ (тауреасе Ье uропthеm)
Afterthecreation of Аоагп.апоEve,(3.odsent many\Prophetsto the реор'вto teachfhem about GodandJo)instruct them тоworship theOp,'yTrue God(Allafi).
Th~reason.that.. родэеп!ProphetS'N~S>to ~f>readthegoqdn7~s,toteach people а,~s~t(Э.Qd,a,.ndto tell themabout Рагаейэе.ТЬе.mes$~ge)oft~ePrqphetswasalso togivepeople warnif1g~,>Fortf1isre~son,peoplehaveпоexcusebefor~(3QdontheJudgement Dауаftегhаviпgreceived tho$~manyProphets.
Тhemessage of the Prophetswas alsoto teach f1pf11anity to ... Iivеtоgеthегiпp.eaceandharmony. eecaus~peop\ledon't.know·wh.atisrightand what ~s'tVrong,.Sodhasэеп!manyProphetsthroughout hi~tq7togu1dethe people.
~Qrex~mpl~,зотеof the Prophet~th?t§~d~entVIl~re:!Acfam,.Noah, Abraharn, ....lsa~R,>~acot:),Ishmeal, ... Оау1д,Sоlоmоп,Моэез~J7~PS.,..•. ~f1d
Myh~f11m~d~. . >
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.••........... Th\elastPrOpi1et was MUhamrn~d~.Je~~Sisпо!the эопofGod. Jesusis .•• ~.PrqptJ~tljkeМиЬаттаа,АЬгаНаm,.Moses~angpa"icj.
AII Prophets~reMusHms.,.~oIsfami~pstanewreHgion.Jthase~Istedsincethetimeqffcf~rn·Godооевnotsencfpeopleto.Hell withoutfirstre~~i~ir1g
~.•• P~ophet·or'a·.rnessage;however, \thosep~oplewhq.p.aver~eiveda.Prophet.wiHпауеnOexcu.s~in
frQntof'Godonthe[)ay of Judgement.
Godsaid: (to th. Prophet Muhammad ~)
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We have sent thee Inspiration, as We sent it to Noah and the Messengers after him: We sent Inspiration to Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, to Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and toDavid We gave the Psalms.
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Ofsome apostles We have already told thee thestory, of others we have not, and to Moses God spoke direct.
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Apostles who gave goOO news as well as warning, that mankind, after(the coming) ofthe apostles, should have поplea againstGod: ForGod isExaltedin Power, Wise.
(Quran IV. 163,164,165)
NOTES:
"We" means God.
"We" is plural for majesty.
"We" is reserved only for royalty.
W~at?ifY1a(leme:select and .~~mp.i.I;•.}·tl1i~.~~1.;:~*0fTM(thesavi;n9Saf)ddOi09.S of:~"eerQPl)etMtJbaP'1mad; .••..~..).was·that ··lwa$.$h.;t.I:($d.••~rtqsitl·rpri$ed~;./dtlringаd'iSСU$$iо_.i·"ithi;;SОФ~
Christi.ans who сопsidеrthеРflQ.рl1еtl\IIuhаmПi1а(l.•~.amanwhohasprovidt~·r1gn~heavenlyttilchings.
'fbeycompare. the· P.opbet··MlJbamA"1ad:1.~.... toB·uclcll)·ilan(l;:GonfuciuSa$well asto teachers ofNfNDUSa"d••·SI·KH.
'fhis iSbecau$e they do по!know at),o.tIttt1t teachtf\8s c>fthe ..Prophet.Muhammad ...;•..~:.~.boi$thetiSeal(thelast)Qfall prophets аПd'~;р()$tl~$.These/tw()::-.hundred HADI'f~arejyst'aye~ysmallpartof.apout half·a mJllion H~DtTIi~
Iselected and соmрilеdthеsе•. ~А()'l'..Нп;fрr
i.. Оknowaboutt. Ь.е.
sayi.ngs,teachings and the life oftheProphet Muhammad ~orhisgreatmiracle,the Holy
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·QLJRAN. ТЬеgreat QURAN is the miracleof the
Prop.het Muhammad
~through.all.ages. This bQok still has аgreat inf.l·uепсеоnаИMustimsand non..Muslims who rea.dit.
For. thi§ reason, апуопеwho readsthe Holy QURANandsomeoffheHADITH will know why the influence of the Prophet Muhamm.d:~:Onhis:people,the.МЦ5lirns, was>:anosfillisigreatand strong. TheHoly QURAN:was]sentoown апоrevealed byGodto thePrQPl1et!NlоЬаmmао~. Theinfluen!ceof tt1e Prop!hetMuhammad ~опhis peoplethe MU$lims,'Wasa"o 5till is more than thatofany other регвопwhether thatperson.was a<Prophet likeABRAHAM, MOSES"ORJEStJS{rnaypeace beuponthem),orteachers of othersectsand teachings such as BUDDHISM, CONFUCIUSM, HINDUISM, апоSIKH опtheir people.
porthis.teason, апуопеwhoreads tbe:Holy Quranant:J::the HADITH, will certainly know why theiProphetMuhammad ~wasthe person whohasihao thegreatest influence onthe hi5torY6fmankind.
ABDUL ААН1М[ALFAHIM
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Please read carefully the biography of the Prophet Muhammad • which is included in this bOok.
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Pleaseread ТНЕ100 ЬуMichael Н.Hart,wherehe lists the 100 most influential people in history апд..ranksthe Prophet Muhammad ~first.
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В.·UMMARY OF:'THE'S.OQ······
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QJ;:;rИЕ.,РRоР!НЕt'мuН•..... "'.' (~~аn~lэlеssiпgsоfAllаft·lэеi:up~~·fI~rQJ!i'·..
Th.ePr()p~~t,Mu~?rn!mad.~!.. wasbQrnilJ!!~~1~'[),".~1:1Nlak~ah.•...WtJicf:1tqqayis Jocated in Sвиp;АгаЫа.·.
"::-,,>' .:,';>i,},i' <: ." ,.:::/ '" ..,.'.,", ':.',,>-<" .,-.
t-I~.~~:t)оff'I~~гl~s~~fоrhis.fa.ther,~bdu"atJ.,tJ~ddied W~e:f'jt(l$ifRotherw8§tw()monthf:) рrеgпапtwitt1hjщ,.: .
Wh~nheWa$$ixyearsold. his mother,AJnina BintWahab, di~d:>Jе?"i["1g,~цtJ?rnrnаd.' ~.."" i апorpha9·J'fisg~andfath~r(onf)~!f?tt:'J~~'f:).:sicje)Qecamehjs guardian·• Hisgrandf8ther h(lq~.sp~CiF\If:)~?tu~:andinfluence. 'пMakkah,andhe,VV~slо()~~cjцроt1G1$!?~gлifiеdsheikbythemembersofl"ti$trib~,theQuaraY$h~,!~t.;tl"tfilttime,.the Quaraysh wer~preeminent
arnongall.theother АгаЬtribes.
Th~Pf()~I"t~t.~uf)filmmad~gaineci Феаttеrttiоп,10v~aPd~ffe€tionofl"tisgrandfather,Ьщ'! didnQt.lastlongfor his granei~ther.passedawaywhen Muhamrnad.;! ,~::wF\sonlyeight уеагэold. Afterthe death of his grапdfаthег,hisцлсlе,Abu "falib,becamehis'guardian.
When.·Muhammad·•... :~.wa~,i~~IVeYear;!!~'~ti~~."entonа.business trip!."ithh:isunclejAqulqljb,·~cii!~J.~~ham(Syria).['. Thqtwqstt)efirsttime. М'Цf)?rnfR?Р.;homelanp,;M~ka~·Wn~n!.tJ~'ЛIаэ~~nty~fi~~~!;t"teAI-Sham (&yria).on anothertrip,this timeonbJJ.sj~~~sKhadija.·Bint Khouailed, arich .and nobJeworn~n'entrustecjt:1irnvv~hf)er:imOne~j.aft~r..~~.~.. h?q .~~~f9.t~bQut~i.sdepef'lpabil'ity·'F\J:'Jci.trfJthfUlnef;)~..!.j.•... AfJ~rMy~at1lrn~!~·Jеtщпtrom~Jfil.g..~I,.~t)!~rn~&Yfia)if:)~.d.hit1l.!t~.rrtfilrry.her. When:tw.e·~f()PI':\~~.MuhammF\9..-: . .m?rr~j.. KJ'.\?dija!he wasjtw~J:'JtI;~"eY~?f~o!d;:anp··~~~.·W?s:to~,..
Before 9~,~c~~~,a·pr(}ph~t,atth~~ge{)t'~~1~
~..~а&З~J,lrdt'Тt1~,..rч~tW(}rthуttЬrСС1узе:~~,'' -.впювт. moralandffl1stWorthy personamongJ:theJPeoplel<, Hewas kl1own\,pt,:tq~,fQllowing,qualiti~~:. ·tgl~.а~н~.й~tiепсе,justice, modesty, chastity, generosity, andbravery...
Beforetlis niis~iont()b~()meaprdphe~wasa.l1noUn~~,
Muhammad'. wasknownforhishatredofpaganidols.
Тhis,~a.tr~clwassb.great th~tM~ham~~d,.~,пемег... attertd~9a'1yofthecerernoni~s'·thatvv~reh~,I(jinhdnbrTbfthe idols.' Afso;theProphet Muhammad ~··:'·····пеVеГdrаПk
liquorinhis Нfe.-.
АНbf,t~~ргеv~RusIУ-:nепtiо~ed.сhагасtеristiс~:~еГ~()~lураrtOf!h~,~i~pt~bestowedЬу~pduponHi~propre~~othattheyg~n~~pomer~adyt()r~~ive.revelation:.. F()r.prop~ts~гe.'a.~ys'i~fa.lli~I~.·VVhich .·mea.nsp~oRhetsdonot<sin beforeprophethood" погёоthey sin atterwards.
TheJe,ws~,ndChristians!henHvi~gопth~.. АгаЫапPef1instl'~,a~.well.asthesurrounding C()untries1, ,Vliere antiqipatedtheappearanceofthelast pr(}phet'in.th~world.аswаsmепtiопеdintheir diviпеЬоoks;thеOld'and New
TestamentS. '
'" 610 A'[)"Jwhen the Prophet Muhamrnad .~.wasJorty
years(}ld;reyelationfrom Godwas эеп!downto:him through
th~!\r1QeIGa9riel ..,Gabriel inspiredthe,ProphetMlJhammad
•..,~~rth8,fkstchapter ..ofthe Hofy~oran~Thus,the
Prqp~~t'M'~~~rnmad:.~·was рrodаimеdвргорhеtwhепhew~t)fortyl.. ~"
Afte,rtfiatcta.t~,.theНо'х·Koranwas '.~эvе~fеdt~t~e:Prophet
f\i11iharnfТ1a(j••..~..а!re~ufariпtегvвls.чvеrthЭТf1ехt
tWen~..trteeyears~.·Тhis·геvеlаtiоп.wа,sgiу~~асq()гdiпgtо
ci.rcumstances впо... ()ccasionsthat .,:1'J1~etge.re~~f~tion
necessary. ТНеHolyKoran 'эtheworoof арс!inspired to
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the... Proph~trvtLlhamm~<i•.....throug~~~9~i~I;·~~~h~rProphetMuhammad ~погGabriel· h~:.,~fjJ1~ingtoарwith this ЬооКother than its сопvеуаПСЕ3/tоhumапitY:
Gabriel recitedthe Holy КогаптоJhe PrOp~~!MtJ~~rnГh.acJ11 who then memorized it ancJdefiv~redittQ~~~t?~r?le:ТheProphetfv1uhammad .~.... ·oгaey~athos~>~~vyereentrusted with·keeping агесога(hisCOrn~afli()n~)·towritedOyvn t.h~.Holy. Кorап,be?ause the ~rophet>Muf1~mrn~(j
.~./.was Шitегаtе.... It is worth mепtiопiп~thа't:.~flof theH9fy Коганwas кер!in recordsduring thetimeofthe РгорНе!Mu~mmad.. ~.
BeforethePrbphet .Muhammfid's missiоп;thе>АгаЫаn
Репiпsufа·wаsshrouded iпigпогапсеапdtyranhy,>for the peopleworshipped paganidols. EachtrjbE3~~ditsowng9q, w!Jich was.. rE3pres;entecJ as. аpagan Jdol that the ... tr~beworshipped, SiЛ9еthегеwere 360 tribes at.that time, there were· 360differehtpagan idofs.
Strongpeople took~dvantageof the weak, апd.~?rsЬroКеout Ьессщsеof trivialmatters.
This репоаal50 .withessed iппurnегаЫ~aets ofstealihg, plunder, апdthe highway гоЬЬегуof caravans.Sfavery, usury~adultery,drinking,gambIing, апdth.е.Ьuriаlof newborngirls dueto the family's fear of disgr~ceorpovetty pr~vaif~dduringthattime. The \ДIоm~п'Ssta't.I~.insocietydimini.shed.. For~xample,аwоmапdidпо!have}fJe·riQhtto inherit herfamily's estate, апаshe was consideredtobe аpossession, fike аpiece of fLI.гпituгеогапапimаl.
WhentfieprophetMuhammad ~appeare~,heu§her~diп'апеwеrа9уintгоduciпgthеl~.lаmiс.refigiof1;;.• Не·'ca'led цpo~,Hepeopf~tqworship theQпеGоdапdtо()Ьsеrvеthепеw{iЗ\f\f~апdргiпСiрlеsthat.wer~t.hen.uпfаmШаг.tо.the реорr,~.Тhепеwla\ДI~.caHeq foranend ~/h()micide, roЬЬеуУ;/цэиуУ,adultery, gambling, alcoholism,.slavery,
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