Some people argue, that if God is Love, if Allah is All Merciful, then why do people suffer? There are so many earthquakes, floods, volcanoes; there’s so much warfare, hunger and disease: Why do innocent men, women and children have to endure unspeakable hardship?
“If you travel in Southern Spain, from Gibraltar to Granada, you cover about 200 miles of Andalusia. But you also cover
nearly 800 years of Islamic history in the Iberian Peninsula. Those eight centuries were arguably the most dazzling and
beautiful period in the entire history of Europe. Not only did the Muslims of Al-Andalus create the most beautiful
architecture that seemed to defy gravity, and preserve for future generations the knowledge of the ancient Greeks and
Romans, but they also fostered a climate of diversity, of intellectual discourse and debate, of social harmony and
religious tolerance that even today, a millennium later, would be the envy of the world…”
“We like to categorise other people as friends or enemies, good people or bad people. It’s much harder to appreciate the subtle and many faceted aspects of human nature…”
We naturally feel a tremendous love, reverence and gratitude to our Holy Prophet Muhammad, sws. After all, it is he who brought us Islám, in its final and complete form. It is he who suffered humiliation and abuse from his own people, who endured exile and violence for the sake of his mission.
“Prophet Muhammad had so much respect for Christians that he once offered a delegation from Najran to do their prayers in his mosque! How many of us Muslims today will follow that Sunnah?”
“Our souls were created to soar like a majestic birds through the heavens and to find our place beside the throne of the King. Our place is with Allah, to live constantly in His Presence…2
“…today also, the message of Islam is a threat to the Pharaohs and Emperors of the modern age…Worship no one but Allah, serve your fellow human beings and care for our common living environment with love and devotion until the end of your days.”
“We should always entertain the hope, the possibility that our worst enemies today could become our beloved brothers and sisters tomorrow…”
