Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
9. The Prophetic Method
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I. Personal reform, so that one worships God alone,
corrects one’s moral standards and avoids all
forms of sin and wrongdoing.
2. Impressing on others the reality of their existence
and final destiny—that they are God’s servants
and will return to Him after death.
3. Remaining steadfast in the face of difficulties,
which afflict one in one’s attempt to reform both
oneself and society.
INWARD STRENGTH
The Islamic struggle is essentially a personal one,
motivated by an overpowering urge for salvation in
the next world, a longing that God should forgive us
when we come before Him. When Islam penetrates
into the depths of our consciousness, we become
concerned with one thing alone: how to earn God’s
favour and forgiveness. We immediately seek to
mould our faith, ideas, character, actions and all we do
in life in accordance with our over-riding concern to
avoid displeasing God. It is on the hereafter that we
focus all our attention. We call others to Islam, making
sure that we are first good Muslims ourselves:
