The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
Studying the Prophet’s Life in the Light of his Message
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found an atmosphere of freedom in which to
advance. Subsequently, for the first time in human
history, scientific knowledge began to develop
without the intervention of religion, and gradually
reached the present stage of its development.
Today, once again, man is faced with a more serious
impasse. That is, despite extraordinary progress in
science and technology, human life is beset with all
kinds of problems, and there appears to be no sign
of getting rid of them.
This modern dilemma, in brief, is the unwillingness
to recognize that freedom should have its limits.
Modern man hailed personal liberty as the
summum bonum, but failed to set boundaries to it.
Therefore, freedom became akin to permissiveness,
which can lead only to anarchy. All the afflictions of
western society today are traceable to this. Now
man requires an ideology, which specifies distinct
areas of freedom, and draws the line between
desirable and undesirable actions. Only Islam can
provide this kind of ideology.
Today the time is ripe for people to open their
hearts to Islamic ideology. For one thing, the fall of
