The Muslim scientific revolution, which produced the renaissance that put Muslims at the top of the civilized world for 8 centuries, was also result of contemplating the clues in the Qur’an about the physical world.
Our wealth and our material possessions are a test from Allah, and a by-product of worshipping Him. It’s really not the main agenda. Sometimes, we forget our main agenda, to worship Allah, and we worship the by-products…
Although it is true Muslim rulers and generals conquered territories but often the conquered inhabitants were allowed to retain their religion or belief.
How could Prophet Muhammad (SAW) have guessed 1400 years ago that the backbone or the “spine” as we call it today play a very essential role in the creation of humans?
If the Quran had described the earth as stationary and the heavenly bodies as revolving around it, then although the people of that time might have been satisfied with this description, the people of the later ages like you and I would have treated that statement as a proof of the ignorance of the Quran’s author.
It was indeed a great mercy and blessing from Allah (SWT) to have sent Nabi Muhammad (SAW) in the year 571 AD. At that time in history, the state of religion, society, politics and morality was indeed pathetic!
Good Deeds That Endure Forever
There is a huge difference between the rich and the poor, and the gap widens by the day. Crime, gambling and financial debt along with the breakdown of family life, drug and alcohol abuse, have become serious problems over there. Does this sound familiar?
