Introduction to Islam

And Most Certainly,  thou (O Muhammad) are of most sublime  and exalted character.  (The Holy Quran, 68:4) 

We sent thee not, but as a Mercy for all creatures. (The Holy Quran, 021.107)

God and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O you who believe! Send blessings on him, and salute him with all respect.
(The Holy Quran, 033.056 )

Special: Islam and Muhammad

Islam is the religion, the way of life of Muslims of the world. There are over one billion Muslims spread across the globe in all nationalities, languages and ethnic backgrounds. Islam was the religion of the first couple, Adam and Eve. It was also the religion of messengers of God like Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus. The essence of their message was the same:

             Believe and obey the One true God and obey His messengers.

Jesus (peace be on him) was the second-last prophet of God. He foretold the coming of the last Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him). While the message of the earlier messengers, including Jesus was limited, prophet Muhammad's message and mission is universal and will remain so till the end of this world. Belief in Islam means

1. Belief in One God
2. belief in all of God's messengers
3. belief in all the books sent down to His prophets. These books include Torah and Gospel (not the Bible)
4. belief in the existence of angels
5. belief in the Day of Judgement and Life after Death, heaven and hell

Muslims are those who declare that there is no deity except Allah (arabic for God) and that Muhammad is His messenger. They submit fully in obedience to Allah and mould their lives according to the teachings of the Holy Quran and prophet Muhammad.

To learn more about Islam and the Holy Quran, please visit http://www.islam101.com/

To learn more about Prophet Muhammad, please read the articles on this site.

You may be an atheist or an agnostic or you may belong to any of the religious denominations that exist in the world today. You may have been a Communist or a believer in democracy and freedom. No matter what you are, and no matter what your religious and political beliefs, personal and social habits happen to be— YOU STILL  MUST KNOW THIS MAN!

Muhammad  was forty years old, and it was the fifth consecutive year since his annual retreats, when one night towards the end of the month of Ramadan, an angel came to visit him, and announced that God had chosen him as His messenger to all mankind.

• "My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level."
  Michael H. Hart, THE 100: A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IN HISTORY, New York: Hart Publishing Company, Inc., 1978, p. 33.
  

• "Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images; the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammad. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than he?" Lamartine, HISTOIRE DE LA TURQUIE, Paris, 1854, Vol. II, pp. 276-277.
  
• Prophet Muhammad  was born in Makkah, present-day Saudi Arabia around 570 C.E. He is the model for humanity of all walks of life to follow until the Last Hour. God sent him as a mercy for the worlds.