Islam As It Is
The Five Pillars of Islam
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clear description of all those qualities and
observances which our Lord requires of us. In the
Quran, God converses with us in human language,
and, if His words are as clear to us today as at the
time of their utterance, it is because of the special
care taken by the Prophet and his companions to
ensure that God’s Book would be preserved in its
original form, unmarred by interpolation, alteration
or omission.
Not only did the Prophet receive God’s Revelations,
but he also practised them to perfection throughout
his entire life. He thus provided a living example of
how Quranic teaching should be followed. It was
easy for people to see and understand the examples
he set, for he lived the life of any normal family
man, mixing freely with people in the town and
market place. Like any other ordinary individual he
had friends and enemies, and knew what it meant
to win or lose, fail or succeed. But what made him
different from the ordinary run of men was the
sublimity of his character. No matter what situation
he found himself in, he always set a shining
example. From a position of affluence and security
he was reduced to suffering poverty, hunger, pain
