RENAISSANCE FEBRUARY 2020

Biography 47 Monthly Renaissance February 2020 closer to one’s Lord and enable one to fulfill one’s obligations towards others. It teaches correction of matters and the position of one’s relationships with clan, family, society and the nation at a correct and rational level. After emerging from this process, a human being becomes whole and prophets prepare such human beings on whom this world is dependant. These were the basic responsibilities of the Prophet (sws), that he fulfilled to the utmost and established within the ummah . Other responsibilities, such as preaching of religion, warning and giving glad tidings sprout from these and are related more with the strategy used. The Muslim ummah adopted the way taught by the Prophet (sws) and kept it alive in every age. That is why the guidance he brought is evident, much as the light of the sun, to anyone who seeks it. The ummah has protected this treasure more than their own lives and even today, every seeker can receive benefit from this treasure. When the fact is kept in mind that the Prophet (sws) is the last prophet of God and the Qur’ ā n is the last heavenly Book that shall remain until the Day of Judgement, and of which the shar ī ‘ah is embedded in the form of the Sunnah of the Prophet (sws) within the practice of the Muslim ummah , then the attitudes of the various groups of the ummah , as discussed above do not appear to be correct in any manner. They neither relate with the high status of the Prophet (sws) nor do they give the position that belongs rightly to the heavenly guidance within God’s system. ( Translated by Nikhat Sattar ) ______________