Islam As It Is
The Five Pillars of Islam
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and rejection—all in the attempt to preach the
Faith. But no matter how adverse the
circumstances in which he found himself, he never
failed to evince this perfection of character.
Conversely, when he rose from the level of an
ordinary man to become a judge and a ruler,
having ultimately set up the pillars of Islam, this
excellence of disposition never left him for an
instant. Indeed, his entire life was marked by such
divine characteristics that it has become a model
for mankind for all eternity.
When we go to meet our Lord, we earnestly pray
that we shall find favour in His eyes, hoping to
live in the Hereafter in the Gardens of everlasting
delight. But if we are to merit this fate, we must
ascertain from the Quran what God commands,
and must observe from the life of the Prophet how
God’s commands are to be carried out. We must
then mould our lives on the divine injunctions re-
corded in the Quran and on the supreme example
of the Prophet’s life. This is the true path for great
and small alike. Any other course will lead to
perdition.
