There is a tradition in the Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: "From Adam to me Allah sent a hundred and twenty-four thousand Prophets of whom three hundred and fifteen were entrusted with a Book." The names of all these Prophets to whom scriptures were revealed are no...

Pluralism amounts to positive and purposeful coexistence of diverse streams of people. This phenomenon may be described as ‘Unity in diversity’ and a ‘group of heterogeneous persons behaving like a homogeneous whole.’ The diversity may be on account of varied factors including language, dialect, civilisation, history and rel...

Madinah was the focal point where the contours of Islamic civilisation took shape and its basic ingredients consolidated. The march of civilisation did not stop there and it moved onwards. In the course of history many places including Basra, Kufah, Musal, Damascus, Constantine, Cairo, Cordoba and Delhi became other hubs of this onward movement of ...

Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him), after his appointment as a Messsenger by Allah, stayed for about thirteen years in Makkah and ten years in Madinah. Broadly the history of the mission of the Prophet in these two cities may be described under different stages. MAKKAH PERIODThe history of the mission of the Holy Prophet at Makk...

ASPECTS OF ISLAMIC HISTORYEver since the first man and woman stepped on earth, the history of human civilisation started rolling. In a broader sense that was also the beginning of the “Islamic history”. The first man Adam (alayhissalam) was a “Muslim”, an obedient servant of Allah who wholeheartedly submitted to the will of ...