Religious Studies: Islam 159
Prophet hood. He said: "O Muhammad (Sm.), you are Allah's
Rasul (messenger). From that time on the Quran, the charter of
salvation, the guidebook of mankind started to be revealed on
him.
There after, at Allah's command the Prophet (Sm.) started to call
people to Islam, the ever beautiful, the ever lasting, the
complete code of life of mankind.
He said: Everybody has to obey Allah alone. He is One and He
has no partner. He also said: "Leave the way of sin and false
hood and follow the way of truth. Serve the helpless. Your
falsely made gods and goddesses have no power. They have no
power to do any good or bad to anybody. Allah is the owner of
the moon, the sun and of all the stars and planets. Only He is
your sustainer. Only He has got the power to give life and death.
So, obey Him only.
Again he said: Stealing, robbery, snatching away of others
goods, gambling, and adultery, deceiving, all these are acts of
sins. Therefore, give up all these bad practice. Speak the truth
and walk on the path of truth. Do justice. Don't kill anybody
unlawfully. Do not grab anybody's wealth illegally. Come back
to the path of truth and fairness. All of you are brothers to one
another.
The Prophet (Sm.) also made them understand that this life is
not the end. There is another life after death. That is the eternal
life. All have to be present before Allah in that life and give
accounts of their works in this world. People, who would obey
Allah and His rasul and do the virtuous deeds, would get