In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad

In fIN hNI/IItpJ 0/ fbt Jlrophtf a rest and calm down. God WIll not let you suffer anr humIliation. because )'OU are kind to rou ...

31 ship: " I-Ie who taught by means of the pen, taught humankind that which they did not know." Between the Creator and humankin ...

32 In 1« FfJIJIlftp1 of the Prophet Faith, Morality, and Persecutio n To the essential leaching of Islam that knowledge exists o ...

33 that particular moment worry and distress prc\'aiJed over the awareness of his election and mission. Silence, Doubt The sirua ...

34 In ibe fW/Jf(P5 of lIN P1'Oplxl Hereafter will be bener for rou than the prescm. And soon will yow: Lord give you that with w ...

35 fo Uawing the path of sp iritual initiation. In this respect, Khadijah is a sign of God's presence at the heart of Muhammad's ...

36 III the FootJI'PS of the Pmphtt persona and sometimes as a human being. At other times, Muhammad would hear a beU-like sound ...

CHAPTER FIVE 5 The rvlcssage and Adversity After recovering from the distress caused by the initial experience of Revela- tion, ...

38 in tIM Footstep! of the Proph" The number o f conversions nevertheless remained small dwing the first few months. Tradition r ...

The Mmll~ Illld Ad1Jmj~,^39 me to admonish my near es t kinsmen. [ have no power to protect you from anything in this life, nor ...

40 111 fbi FootJItPJ 0/ tbe Propb!t Quran, prayer, and life after death. The Erst Muslims were called to a pro...- found ani rad ...

Thr Mustl)!,t tlnd Adt'llnity [of justice] in order that you may not transgress [due] balance. So establish weight with justice ...

(^42) T" lIN FoolJltPJ of the PropINf Enshrouded One), one of the rust revealed, contains me warning "Soon We shall send d own [ ...

43 between His inflnite Kindness and the heart of each being. T his deep and intense spiritual training determined the most sign ...

44 attention \--as turned toward the priority of this other life: "And verily the Hereafter will be better for you than the pres ...

TM Mwagr and Ad~'mi!J^45 became increasingly aware of the danger the new religion posed: this was a straightforward rebellion ag ...

46 In lIN FooIJltpr oj fhl Prophll Rumors spread that Muhammad was actually a sorcc=rcr, that he broke up families, separated pa ...

47 in that way again; at the same time, he announced that he himself had become a Muslim and that he would now personally take o ...

48 became irritated by the insistence: of this old man, who \vas preventing him from presenting his case to Wahd, The chief, ful ...

TIx Mmflge and A dvmi!J^49 powerless individual is worth a thousand times more in the sight of God than the assiduously courted, ...