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The Message and Meaning of Hajj.

THE significance and message of the pilgrimage is for man to turn towards Allah, making Allah the central focus of his life. Although the Hajj lasts for just a few days, the lessons it provides have a much broader significance. Hajj is a comprehensive guide for the whole of one's life. When we take leave of our homes and families and set off for Hajj, we feel that we are journeying towards Allah. It is as if we have left our world and are entering the world of Allah. We feel we are heading towards the House of Allah, to the abode and place of experience of Allah's Prophet and his companions - to the historically significant places of people who had devoted their entire lives for the sake of Allah, and who gave their lives in Allah's path. With this, the pilgrim also realizes the fact that he is setting off for that place which Allah specially chose to reveal his final guidance to humankind. In this manner, Hajj leads to the pilgrim becoming a God-oriented person. He re...
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Positive Thinking and its importance in Islam.

ABOUT 4000 years ago, Prophet Abraham (pbuh)  had to leave his wife Hajira (may Allah be pleased with her)and his son Ismael (pbuh) in the deserts of Arabia and returned to Al-Sham in present day Syria. When Ismael (pbuh) grew up, he married a woman from the tribe of Jurham. After some time, Prophet Abraham (pbuh) visited this place where he met his son Ismael's wife. She complained to him of the severe conditions of life. While leaving, Prophet Abraham (pbuh) told her to pass on a message to Ismael (pbuh) when he returned- "to change the 'threshold' of his house". On his return, Ismail (pbuh) divorced his wife and married another woman. A few years later, Prophet Abraham (pbuh) returned once again to visit his son's family. When he met Ismael's wife, she did not complain about anything, and, instead, expressed gratitude at the conditions. On hearing this, Prophet Abraham (pbuh) told her that when Ismael (pbuh) returned she should give this message to him:...
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Message of Prophet Abraham(pbuh) and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

The Prophet Abraham(pbuh) was born about 2000 years before Christ, in the Sumerian city-state of Ur, which is located in present-day Iraq. He lived for more than 175 years. Ur was the capital city and the centre of Mesopotamia. Those were the times when polytheism was the predominant thought. Whatever appeared great to human observation was considered either as God or was attributed as something divine. This culture was prevalent everywhere, from individual homes to political fields. The old world order was established on these false assumptions, known in religious terms as polytheism and in rational language as superstition. The negative fall-out of these assumptions was that nature became a subject of holiness and worship. All the prophets, including Prophet Abraham(pbuh) and Prophet Muhammad(pbuh), came with the sole mission of conveying the message of the worship of the one God to humankind. As far as nature was concerned instead of making it an object of worship one should make...
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