‘Jesus in the Qur’an’ is someone in whose birth, life, and departure from this world, ‘appearance’ and ‘reality’ constantly and amazingly differed from each other. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him, and upon all other prophets) described his eventual return as one in which ‘appearance’ and ‘reality’ would again amazingly differ. And since his return would mark the end of …
Gog, Magog and Jerusalem
In Chapter 18 of the Qur’an (‘the Cave’), as well as in Prophetic commentary, Gog and Magog are described as two people created by Allah Most High, and endowed with awesome power. “None but I can destroy them”, said Allah. They had to be contained behind an iron barrier because they used their power for evil ends to commit FASAD …
THE ISLAMIC MODEL OF A STATE (KHILAFAT)
Will Muslim society be secularized, and constitutional democracy finally established in the Muslim world? Or, will destiny witness the restoration of the Islamic model of a State (Khilafat)?
Before we attempt to answer that absolutely fascinating question which will eventually emerge at the very heart of political discourse in contemporary international affairs, let us briefly describe the Khilafat or the (Sunni) Islamic model of polity and State.
It would surely surprise some of our readers to learn that Islam has never claimed to be a new religion. Rather it has consistently proclaimed that it is the original religion of Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus (peace and blessings of Allah be upon them all).