ERA OF ISLAM

It is generally thought that Islam is a religion preached and started by Hazrat Muhammad (PUBH) fourteen hundred years ago. But this not correct. In fact, Islam is to the religion of mankind and started on the day man came to live on this planet. Adam (Alai-his- Salam) the first man was himself the first Prophet. So Islam actually started on the day, a man started to live in this world, and it was completed on the day the Holy Quran declared: “Today I have completed your Faith.” 

According to the Holy Quran, ALLAH, The Creator of everyone and everything managed to guide mankind through His chosen messengers or Prophets. Although their exact number is not known but it is a fact that ALLAH send his prophets in every part of the world and in every nation in different ages between Adam (AS) and Hazrat Muhammad (PUBH) Some of them are known as Jonah, Noah, Hud, Jacob, Joseph, Abraham, Isac, Moses, Aron, Ismail, Jesus Christ (AS) etc...They all were truthful prophets of ALLAH, preached the same religion, and taught man the same lesson. The essence of their teaching was: “Man should bow down, and pray to ALLAH only, and to none else, and should follow the Path of ALLAH so that he may not go astray” 

If any difference among the teaching of the different Prophets is traced, they are not fundamental. Those are because of the different ages and different needs and requirements. So those differences are not in the basic teachings. The great teachers Prophets taught their respective people according to the needs and demands of their ages. So these differences had no importance. In this way, it should be said that the teachings of other Prophets from Adam to Christ were in Parts, and according to the immediate needs and requirements of their respective nation. But What Hazrat Muhammad (PUBH) preached and taught is the completed religion or code of life for mankind. It is not for a particular nation, area or age but is for the whole of mankind, for the whole world and for all times to come. And this complete code of life is named as Islam. In the presence of Islam no other religion, faith or way of life whether it was professed in the past or may claim to be professed in future, is required. 

No historian can deny the fact that Islam has bestowed upon mankind lots of virtues. Before Islam, man would be afraid of every strange, unique or powerful thing, and would bow down before that, but Islam dispelled all such notions. It taught and convinced a man that he is the best of all creatures’, so he need not be submissive to anyone except his creator. It was this concept that created in man’s mind self-confidence and self-respect. The man remained no longer afraid of nature that determined to conquer the forces of nature. Islam changed not only the religious and spiritual attitude of man but in fact, it changed the whole pattern of human life. It brought basic changes in human thought, philosophy, culture and civilization. It showed the social and economic justice. It made no difference between man and man, black and white, haves and have-nots. It declared that all men are equal and there should be no injustice to anyone but justice to all. Here we have no space enough to describe all the virtues Islam bestowed on mankind, but in short it can be claimed that no other religion faith or ideology could grant human beings as many virtues as Islam did.

This is not merely a hollow claim but history bears witness to it. History speaks well and offers a vivid picture of what Islam gave to the world during its fourteen hundred years. It also shows how Islam treated the world and how the world treated it. So those, who are interested in human history, and who want to know facts about man’s journey from Adam (AS) to this day, must study unbiased Islamic history.