ERA OF ISLAM

History of the Muslims or Islamic Millat starts from the day Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) was blessed with the revelation of ALLAH’s Message. But to comprehend it fully we also must be aware of the conditions of the world prevailing in those days. The period was of the sixth century A.D.

Man in those days was no longer in the primitive stage. He had learnt many things as to how to pass life comfortably. He had learnt cultivation and farming. He could build houses, weave cloth of different verities, and make utensils and ornaments of various metals. Villages and towns had been inhabited and societies were formed. He had also attained considerable mental faculties. But in spite of all these developments and progress spiritually or religiously man was quite backward. Forgetting the teachings of the Prophets he had missed the right path and gone astray. People would believe in God but they would Worship idols also. They had created many false gods and goddesses. Idols of stone and soil would be worshipped as if they were gods. This state of affairs prevailed not only in Arabia but in the whole world.

       The Iranians were the followers of an ancient religion which had taught the belief in One God but they would worship fire. In India, the people in spite of being cultured and advanced in knowledge had become idol worshippers. They would claim to be the followers of a religion revealed by God, and would determine ‘Vedas’ as the revealed books, yet everything, having some power and force, had become their god. So they had countless gods and goodness. Their god. So they had countless gods and goddesses. The peoples living in China and Japan were Buddhists. Buddhism, a religion started in India but exterminated from there had gained ground in the countries of Far East including China and Japan. There was no conception of idol worshipping in this religion yet Buddhists has started to worship the idol of Budha, the founder of their religion. The inhabitants of Syria, Egypt, Asia Minor, Habash and Southern and Western Europe were Christians but only by name. The world claims to the followers of Jesus Christ but had forgotten the conception of Oneness of God. They accepted the belief of Trinity which was created by some misguided priests. They determined Jesus Christ as the “Son of God” and would worship the idols and pictures of Christ and his mother Mary.

       Like the Christians, the Jews too had a religion revealed by God. But they also had altered the true faith preached by Moses. They would claim to be the followers of Moses but actually had no connection with the religion of Moses. They completely changed the face and spirit of the religion. They were the people who had even tried to execute Jesus Christ. The Jews had no home to their own. They were, however, settled in the coastal areas around the Mediterranean Sea. In some areas of Arabia to the Jews, like the Christians had their settlements.