WHAT
OTHERS SAY ABOUT ISLAM, THE HOLY QURAN AND MUHAMMED (P.B.U.H)
IN A TIME WHEN MANY
RELIGIONS ARE DECREASING IN NUMBERS, ISLAM ON THE OTHER HAND IS
INCREASING. ISLAM IS THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION IN THE WORLD.
THIS PHENOMENON INDICATES THAT ISLAM IS TRULY A RELIGION FROM GOD.
IT IS UNREASONABLE TO THINK THAT SO MANY PEOPLE CONVERTED TO ISLAM
WITHOUT CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND DEEP CONTEMPLATION BEFORE
CONCLUDING THAT ISLAM IS TRUE.
This is no less than a reminder to (all) the worlds. And you shall
certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while.(38:87-88)
"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and
pillar of stability for many of our people..." HILLARY RODMAN
CLINTON, Los Angeles Times, May 31, 1996, p.3
Already more than a billion-people strong, Islam is the world's
fastest-growing religion. ABCNEWS, Abcnews.com
"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the country."
NEWSDAY, March 7, 1989, p.4
"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the United States..."
NEW YORK TIMES, Feb 21, 1989, p.1
Moslems are the world's fastest-growing group..." USA TODAY,
The populationreferance bureau, Feb. 17, 1989, p.4A
"Muhummed is the most successful of all Prophets and religious
personalities. " Encyclopedia Britannica
"There are more Muslims in North America then Jews Now." Dan
Rathers, CBSNEWS
"Islam is the fastest growing religion in North America."
TIMES MAGAZINE
"Islam continues to grow in America, and no one can doubt
that!" CNN, December 15, 1995
"The religion of Islam is growing faster than any other religion
in the world." MIKE WALLACE, 60 MINUTES
"Five to 6 million strong, Muslims in America already outnumber
Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and Mormons, and they are more
numerous than Quakers, Unitarians, Seventh-day Adventists,
Mennonites, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Christian Scientists,
combined. Many demographers say Islam has overtaken Judaism as
the country's second-most commonly practiced religion; others
say it is in the passing lane." JOHAN BLANK, USNews (7/20/98)
"In fact, religion experts say Islam is the second-largest
religion in the United States... Islam has 5 million to 6
million members, followed by Judaism, with
approximately 4.5 million..... And Islam is believed to be
fastest-growing religion in the country, with half its expansion
coming from new immigrants and the other half from
conversions." By ELSA C. ARNETT
Knight-Ridder News Service
Professor Keith Moore, one of the world's prominent
scientists of anatomy and embryology. University of Toronto,
Canada It has been a great pleasure for me to help clarify
statements in the Qur'aan about human development. It is clear
to me that these statements must have come to Muhammad from
Allah, or Allah, because almost all of this knowledge was not
discovered
until many centuries later. This proves to me that Muhammad must
have been a messenger of Allah.
"But Islam has a still further service to render to the cause of
humanity. It stands after all nearer to the real East than
Europe does, and it possesses a magnificent tradition of
inter-racial understanding and cooperation. No other society
has such a record of success uniting in an equality of status,
of opportunity, and of endeavours so many and so various races
of mankind . . . Islam has still the power to reconcile
apparently irreconcilable elements of race and tradition. If
ever the opposition of the great societies of East and West is
to be replaced by cooperation, the mediation of Islam is an
indispensable condition. In its hands lies very largely the
solution of the problem with which Europe is faced in its
relation with East. If they unite, the hope of a peaceful
issue is immeasurably enhanced. But if Europe, by rejecting the
cooperation of Islam, throws it into the arms of its rivals, the
issue can only be disastrous for both." --H.A.R. Gibb,
WHITHER ISLAM, London, 1932, p. 379.
"It (Islam) replaced monkishness by manliness. It gives hope to
the slave, brotherhood to mankind, and recognition of the
fundamental facts of human nature." --Canon Taylor,
Paper read before the Church Congress at Walverhamton, Oct. 7,
1887; Quoted by Arnoud in THE PREACHING OF ISLAM, pp.
71-72.
The founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual
empire, that is Muhammed. As regards all standards by which
human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any
man greater than he? " Lamartine, Historie de la Turquie,
Paris 1854, Vol. 11 pp. 276-2727
"If a man like Muhamed were to assume the dictatorship of the
modern world, he would succeed in solving its problems that
would bring it the much needed peace and happiness." George
Bernard Shaw
"How, for instance, can any other appeal stand against that of
the Moslem who, in approaching the pagan, says to him, however
obscure or degraded he may be 'Embrace the faith, and you are at
once equal and a brother.' Islam knows no color line." (S. S.
Leeder, VEILED MYSTERIES OF EGYPT)
Professor Siaveda , He is also one of the most famous
scientists in the world.
I think it seems to me very, very mysterious, almost
unbelievable. I really think if what you have said is true,
Professor William W. Hay is one of the best known marine
scientists in the United States. satellite photography and
emote-sensing techniques. Professor Hay replied: I find it very
interesting that this sort of information is in the ancient
scripture of the Holy Qur'aan, and I have no way of knowing
where they would come from, but I think it is extremely
interesting that they are there and that this work is going on
to discover it, the meaning of some of the passages. Professor
Hay: Well, I would think it must be the divine being!
Professor Yushudi Kusan: Director of the Tokyo
Observatory,
I can say, I am very mush impressed by finding true astronomical
facts in the Qur'aan.
Professor Alfred Kroner who is one of the world's most
famous geologists
"Thinking about many of these questions and thinking where
Muhammad came from, he was after all a bedouin. I think it is
almost impossible that he could have known about things like the
common origin of the universe, because scientists have only
found out within the last few years with very complicated and
advanced technological methods that this is the case.
Dr. T.V.N. Persaud is a Professor of Anatomy and Head of
the Department of Anatomy, and a professor of Pediatrics and
Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada. He is the author or editor of 25 books, and has
published over 181 scientific papers. In 1991, he received the
most distinguished award presented in the field of anatomy in
Canada.
"It seems to me that Muhammad was a very ordinary man. He could
not read or write. In fact, he was illiterate. We are talking
about 1400 years ago. You have someone who was illiterate making
profound pronouncement and statements and are amazingly
accurate about scientific nature. I personally cannot see how
this could be mere chance. There are too many accuracy's and,
like Dr. Moore, I have no difficulty in my mind in concerning
that this is a divine inspiration or revelation which led him to
these statements."
Joe Leigh Simpson, Professor of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at the North Western University in Chicago in the
United States of America. Professor Simpson said: It follows,
I think, that not only is there no conflict between genetics and
religion, but in fact religion can guide science by adding
revelation to some traditional scientific approaches. That there
exists statements in the Qur'aan shown by science to be valid,
which supports knowledge in the Qur'aan having been derived from
Allah.
Professor Palmer a scientist from the U.S.
We need research into the history of early Middle Eastern oral
traditions to know whether in fact such historical events have
been reported. If there is no such record, it strengthens the
belief that Allah transmitted through Muhammad bits of his
knowledge that we have only discovered for ourselves in recent
times. We look forward to a continuing dialogue on the
topic of science in the Qur'aan in the context of geology. Thank
you very much.
Professor Tagata Tagasone, formerly Head of the
Department of Anatomy and Embryology at the University of Shiang
Mai in Thailand. He is now the Dean of the College of the
Medicine at the University. From my studies and from what I
have learned throughout this conference, I believe that
everything that has been recorded in the Qur'aan 1400 years ago
must be the truth, that can be proved by the scientific means.
Since the Prophet Muhammad could neither read nor write,
Muhammad must be a messenger who relayed this truth which was
revealed to him as an enlightenment by the One Who is an
eligible Creator. This Creator must be Allah, or Allah.
Therefore, I think this is the time to say 'Laa ilaaha illallah',
that there is no Allah to worship except Allah, 'Muhammad Rasool
Allah', Muhammad is messenger of Allah...
Professor Armstrong, Scientist works at NASA, I am
impressed that how remarkably some of the ancient writings seem
to correspond to modern and recent Astronomy. There may well
have to be something beyond what we understand as ordinary human
experience to account for the writings that we have seen.
Professor Dorja Rao, It is difficult to imagine that this
type of knowledge was existing at that time, around 1400 years
back. May be some of the things they have simple idea about, but
do describe those things in great detail is very difficult. So,
this is definitely not a simple human knowledge.
"My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most
influential persons may surprise some readers and may be
questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was
supremely successful on both the religious and secular level."
--Michael H. Hart, THE 100: A RANKING OF THE MOST
INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IN HISTORY, New York: Hart Publishing
Company, Inc., 1978, p. 33.
"No other society has such a record of success in uniting in an
equality of status, of opportunity and endeavour so many and so
varied races of mankind. The great Muslim communities of Africa,
India and Indonesia, perhaps also the small community in
Japan, show that Islam has still the power to reconcile
apparently irreconcilable elements of race and tradition. If
ever the
opposition of the great societies of the East and west is to be
replaced by cooperation, the mediation of Islam is an
indispensable condition." (H.A.R. Gibb, WHITHER ISLAM, p.
379)
The nation's claim to be a Christian country is about to meet
its first challenge: the number of practising Muslims is set to
overtake Anglican Christians.... There has also been a number
of high-profile conversions to Islam from Christianity. These
include Mike Tyson, the former world champion boxer; Chris
Eubank, the British middleweight boxing champion, who has
changed his name to Hamdan; and Cat Stevens, the pop musician,
who calls himself Yousef Islam.... Prince Charles courted
controversy earlier this year when he reaffirmed his claim that
when he succeeds the throne, he does not wish to be the defender
of only the Christian faith. Rajeev Syal and Christopher
Morgan Sunday Times (London, U.K.)
"I have studied him - the wonderful man - and in my opinion far
from being an anti-Christ he must be called the saviour of
humanity. " George Bernard Shaw in "The Genuine
Islam"
"Muhammad, the inspired man who founded Islam, was born about
A.D. 570 into an Arabian tribe that worshipped idols. Orphaned
at birth, he was always particularly solicitous of the poor and
needy, the widow and the orphan, the slave and the downtrodden.
At twenty, he was already a successful businessman, and soon
became director of camel caravans for a wealthy
widow. When he reached twenty-five, his employer, recognizing
his merit, proposed marriage. Even though she was fifteen years
older, he married her, and as long as she lived, remained a
devoted husband.
"Like almost every major prophet before him, Muhammad fought shy
of serving as the transmitter of God's word, sensing his own
inadequacy. But the angel commanded 'Read.' So far as we know,
Muhammad was unable to read or write, but he began to dictate
those inspired words which would soon revolutionize a large
segment of the earth: 'There is one God.'
"In all things Muhammad was profoundly practical. When his
beloved son Ibrahim died, an eclipse occurred, and rumours of
God's personal condolence quickly arose. Whereupon Muhammad is
said to have announced, 'An eclipse is a phenomenon of nature.
It is foolish to attribute such things to the death or birth of
a human being.
"At Muhammad's own death an attempt was made to deify him, but
the man who was to become his administrative successor killed
the hysteria with one of the noblest speeches in religious
history: 'If there are any among you who worshipped Muhammad, he
is dead. But if it is God you worshipped, He lives forever."
--James A. Michener, "Islam: The Misunderstood Religion," in
READER'S DIGEST (American edition), May 1955, pp. 68-70.
"In little more than a year he was actually the spiritual,
nominal and temporal rule of Medina, with his hands on the lever
that was to shake the world." John Austin, "Muhammad the
Prophet of Allah," in T.P. 's and Cassel's Weekly for 24th
September 1927.
"Everything made so much sense. This is the beauty of the
Qur'an; it asks you to reflect and reason....When I read the
Qur'an further, it talked about prayer, kindness and charity. I
was not a Muslim yet, but I felt the only answer for me was the
Qur'an and God had sent it to me." Cat Stevens (YusufIslam),
former British pop star.
"Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born at
Mecca, in Arabia the man who, of all men exercised the
greatest influence upon the human race . . . Mohammed . . . "
John William Draper, M.D., L.L.D., A History of the
Intellectual Development of Europe, London 1875, Vol.1,
pp.329-330
"Muhammad was the soul of kindness, and his influence was felt
and never forgotten by those around him." Diwan Chand
Sharma, The Prophets of the East, Calcutta 1935, p. l 22.
"People like Pasteur and Salk are leaders in the first sense.
People like Gandhi and Confucius, on one hand, and Alexander,
Caesar and Hitler on the other, are leaders in the second and
perhaps the third sense. Jesus and Buddha belong in the third
category alone. Perhaps the greatest leader of all times was
Mohammed, who combined all three functions. To a lesser
degree, Moses did the same." Professor Jules Masserman
Ahmed Versi, editor of the weekly Muslim News, said the
growth of Islam has been constant: "The younger generation of
Muslims that I have encountered is becoming more aware of its
Muslim identity and is therefore practising its faith with
vigour."
"The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one
of the outstanding achievements of Islam and in the
contemporary world there is, as it happens, a crying need for
the propagation of this Islamic virtue..." (A.J. Toynbee,
CIVILIZATION ON TRIAL, New York, p. 205)
"Sense of justice is one of the most wonderful ideals of Islam,
because as I read in the Qur'an I find those dynamic principles
of life, not mystic but practical ethics for the daily conduct
of life suited to the whole world." --Lectures on "The Ideals
of Islam;" see SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF SAROJINI NAIDU,
Madras, 1918, p. 167.
"History makes it clear however, that the legend of fanatical
Muslims sweeping through the world and forcing Islam at the
point of the sword upon conquered races is one of the most
fantastically absurd myths that historians have ever repeated."
--De Lacy O'Leary, ISLAM AT THE CROSSROADS, London, 1923,
p. 8.
"The Muslim community is much more aware of its religion and the
use that religion plays within its community." Dr Peter
Brierley, executive director of the Christian Research
Association, a London-based charity
"I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation
because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion
which appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the
changing phase of existence which can make itself appeal to
every age. I have studied him - the wonderful man and in my
opinion for from being an anti-Christ, he must be called the
Saviour of Humanity. I believe that if a man like him were to
assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed in
solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much
needed peace and happiness: I have prophesied about the faith of
Muhammad that it would be acceptable to the Europe of tomorrow
as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today." --G.B.
Shaw, THE GENUINE ISLAM, Vol. 1, No. 81936.
"A growing number of Muslims in America, more than 40 percent
are African-American," Charles Bierbauer, from the Senior
Washington Correspondent
"The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one
of the outstanding achievements of Islam, and in the ntemporary
world there is, as it happens, a crying need for the propagation
of this Islamic virtue." --A.J. Toynbee, CIVILIZATION ON
TRIAL, New York, 1948, p. 205.
"The rise of Islam is perhaps the most amazing event in human
history. Springing from a land and a people like previously
negligible, Islam spread within a century over half the earth,
shattering great empires, overthrowing long established
religions, remoulding the souls of races, and building up a
whole new world - world of Islam.
"The closer we examine this development the more extraordinary
does it appear. The other great religions won their way slowly,
by painful struggle and finally triumphed with the aid of
powerful monarchs converted to the new faith. Christianity had
its Constantine, Buddhism its Asoka, and Zoroastrianism its
Cyrus, each lending to his chosen cult the mighty force of
secular authority. Not so Islam. Arising in a desert land
sparsely inhabited by a nomad race previously undistinguished in
human
annals, Islam sallied forth on its great adventure with the
slenderest human backing and against the heaviest material
odds. Yet Islam triumphed with seemingly miraculous ease, and a
couple of generations saw the Fiery Crescent borne victorious
from the Pyrenees to the Himalayas and from the desert of
Central Asia to the deserts of Central Africa." --A.M.L.
Stoddard, quoted in ISLAM - THE RELIGION OF ALL PROPHETS,
Begum Bawani Waqf, Karachi, Pakistan, p. 56.
"I am not a Muslim in the usual sense, though I hope I am a
"Muslim" as "one surrendered to God," but I believe that
embedded in the Quran and other expressions of the Islamic
vision are vast stores of divine truth from which I and other
occidentals have still much to learn, and 'Islam is certainly a
strong contender for the supplying of the basic framework of the
one religion of the future.'" --W. Montgomery Watt,
ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY TODAY, London, 1983, p. ix.
'I believe in One God and Mahomet the Apostle of God,' is the
simple and invariable profession of Islam. The intellectual
image of the Deity has never been degraded by any visible idol;
the honours of the prophet have never transgressed the measure
of human virtue, and his living precepts have restrained the
gratitude of his disciples within the bounds of reason and
religion." --Edward Gibbon and Simon Ocklay, HISTORY OF
THE SARACEN EMPIRE, London, 1870, p. 54.
"He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's
pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a
standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a
fixed revenue; if ever any man had the right to say that he
ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammed, for he had all the
power without its instruments and without its supports."
--Bosworth Smith, MOHAMMAD AND MOHAMMADANISM, London,
1874, p. 92.
"His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the
high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked
up to him as leader, and the greatness of his ultimate
achievement - all argue his fundamental integrity. To suppose
Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it solves.
Moreover, none of the great figures of history is so poorly
appreciated in the West as Muhammad." --W. Montgomery Watt,
MOHAMMAD AT MECCA, Oxford, 1953, p. 52.
"The doctrine of brotherhood of Islam extends to all human
beings, no matter what color, race or creed. Islam is the only
religion which has been able to realize this doctrine in ractice.
Muslims wherever on the world they are will recognize each other
as brothers." Mr. R. L. Mellema, Holland, Anthropologist,
Writer and Scholar.
"It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character
of the great Prophet of Arabia, who knows how he taught and how
he lived, to feel anything but reverence for that mighty
Prophet, one of the great messengers of the Supreme. And
although in what I put to you I shall say many things which may
be familiar to many, yet I myself feel whenever I re-read them,
a new way of admiration, a new sense of reverence for that
mighty Arabian teacher." --Annie Besant, THE LIFE AND
TEACHINGS OF MUHAMMAD, Madras, 1932, p. 4.
"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and
pillar of stability for many of our people..." HILLARY RODMAN
CLINTON, Los Angeles Times, May 31, 1996, p.3
Already more than a billion-people strong, Islam is the world's
fastest-growing religion. ABCNEWS, Abcnews.com
"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the country."
NEWSDAY, March 7, 1989, p.4
"The essential and definite element of my conversion to Islam
was the Qur'an. I began to study it before my conversion with
the critical spirit of a Western intellectual .... There are
certain verses of this book, the Qur'an, revealed more than
thirteen centuries ago, which teach exactly the same notions as
the most modern scientific researches do. This definitely
converted me."
Ali Selman Benoist, France, Doctor of Medicine.
"I have read the Sacred Scriptures of every religion; nowhere
have I found what I encountered in Islam: perfection. The Holy
Qur'an, compared to any other scripture I have read, is like the
Sun compared to that of a match. I firmly believe that anybody
who reads the Word of Allah with a mind that is not completely
closed to Truth, will become a Muslim." Saifuddin Dirk Walter
Mosig, U. S.A.
"The universal brotherhood of Islam, regardless of race,
politics, color or country, has been brought home to me most
keenly many times in my life -- and this is another feature
which drew me towards the Faith." Col. Donald S. Rockwell,
U.S.A. Poet, Critic and Author.
"Medieval Islam was technologically advanced and open to
innovation. It acheived far higher literacy rates than in
contemporary Europe;it assimilated the legacy of classical Greek
civilization to such a degree thatmany classical books are now
known to us only through Arabic copies. It invented windmills
,trigonometry, lateen sails and made major advances in
metallurgy, mechanical and chemical engineering and irrigation
methods. In the middle-ages the flow of technology was
overwhelmingly from Islam
to Europe rather from Europe to Islam. Only after the 1500's did
the net direction of flow begin to reverse." (pg 253) Jared
Diamond a world renowned UCLA sociologist, and physiologist
won the Pulitzer Prize for his book: "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
The scientists who participated in these dialogues were all
non-Muslims, most of whom were explaining some scientific facts
which they have realized only very recently and after several
years of research and study. When they were told that what they
have just discovered recently was already referred to either
directly or indirectly in the Holy Qur'aan more than 1400 years
ago, they showed a great deal of astonishment. Their comments
were varied, but almost all of them confessed that this Qur'aan
could not have come from any human or ordinary source. Indeed,
some of them were convinced and have affirmed that the Prophet
Muhammad, peace be upon him, is a messenger from Allah, to the
point that one of them even embraced Islam by declaring the
Islamic creed otherwise known as the "Shahaadah" and thus became
a Muslim.
The Qur'aan which was revealed 14 centuries ago mentioned facts
only recently discovered by proven scientists. This proves
without doubt that the Qur'aan must be the literal word of
Allah, revealed by Him to the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi
wa sallam) and it also proves that Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi
wa sallam) is truly a Messenger and Prophet sent by Allah. It
is beyond reason that anyone fourteen hundred years ago would
have known these facts discovered or proven only recently with
advanced equipment and sophisticated methods. Moreover, the
Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) reviewed the
Qur'aan with the Angel Jibreel once each year and twice in the
last year of his life. Since the Qur'aan was revealed up until
this day, there has always been a huge number of Muslims who
have memorized all of the Qur'aan, letter by letter. Some of
them have been able to memorize all of the Qur'aan by the age of
ten. Not one letter of the Qur'aan has been changed for
centuries.
After reading this, I ask the reader the
question'. Is it possible that anyone could have wrote this book
over 1400 years ago?
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