The Ideal Prophet

Khwaja Kamal-Ud-Din

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First published in 1925 from the Woking Muslim Mission in England, this book presents the noble character and high moral qualities of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, showing him to be the Ideal Prophet in every sense.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Religion
• Islam
• History

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• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 16 avril 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781934271308
• Langue: English

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The Ideal Prophet


The Ideal Prophet
Aspects of the life and qualities of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
by
Khwaja Kamal-ud-din
Founder of the Woking Muslim Mission, England and ‘ The Islamic Review ’
Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha‘at Islam Lahore Inc., U.S.A.
2011


APPROVAL CERTIFICATE
This book has been reviewed and approved by Al-Azhar Al-Sharif of the Islamic Research Academy, General Department for Research, Writing and Translation.


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A h madiyya Anjuman I sha ‘at Isl a m, Lahore, USA
First Published — 1925
Reprints — 1936, 1940, 1956, 1972
First USA Edition — (retypeset) 1996
E-book Edition — 2011
 
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Members of the A h madiyyah Anjuman I sha ‘at Isl a m (Lahore) believe that:
After the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), God has barred the appearance of any prophet, new or old.
Angel Gabriel cannot bring ‘prophetic revelation’ to any person as this would contradict the two complementary verses: “This day have I perfected for you your religion” (5:3); “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the prophets” (33:40). It would otherwise violate the sanctity of finality of prophethood in Isl a m.
All the Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ( as ha b ) and all the spiritual leaders ( im a ms ) are venerable.
It is incumbent to believe in the missions of all reformers ( mujaddids ).
He who believes that “there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet” ( kalimah ) cannot be regarded an unbeliever or infidel ( k a fir ).
No verse of the holy Quran has been, or shall ever be, abrogated.
 
E-book Publisher’s Note
 
“And when the books are spread” (81:10)
It gives us great pleasure to present Khwaja Kamal-ud-din’s The Ideal Prophet in this e-book format. With the increasing popularity of e-readers, e-books have, by many accounts, become a preferred means to read literature. In order to continue to have the world-renowned literary treasures written by Maulana Muhammad Ali, Khwaja Kamal-ud-din and other Lahore Ahmadiyya authors easily accessible to the general public, we have ventured to generate e-books of our standard publications.
This e-book of The Ideal Prophet is a result of this new venture. Additional titles converted to e-book format include, English Translation and Commentary of the Holy Quran, Teachings of Isl a m, Muhammad the Prophet , The Religion of Isl a m , The Manual of Hadith , The Early Caliphate , Living Thoughts of Prophet Muhammad , and others.
We would like to thank our proofreaders within the USA and abroad for their meticulous checking of the proofs of this e-book. May Almighty Allah bless and reward all who have contributed and sacrificed in this cause.
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Lahore Ahmadiyya Isl a mic Society USA
October 2011, Dublin, Ohio
 
Transliteration of Arabic Words
The transliteration system adapted for the e-book format from the standard transliteration system is given below. Due to the limitations of the e-book format in producing some of the diacritical signs, alternative diacritical signs have been used. These changes are indicated by red type.
Consonants
Arabic Letter — Sound — Represented by
hamzah — (sounds like h in hour — a sort of catch in the voice) — ’
ba — (same as b ) — b
ta — (the Italian dental, softer than t ) — t
th a — (between th in thing and s) — th
jim — (like g in gem ) — j
ha — (very sharp but smooth guttural aspirate) — h
kh a — (like ch in the Scotch word loch ) — kh
dal — (Italian dental, softer than d ) — d
dh al — (sounds between z and th in that ) — dh
ra — (same as r ) — r
za — (same as z ) — z
sin — (same as s ) — s
sh in — (same as sh in she ) — sh
sad — (strongly articulated s, like ss in hiss ) — s
dad — (aspirated d , between d and z ) — dz
ta — (strongly articulated palatal t ) — t
za — (strongly articulated palatal z ) — z
‘ain — (somewhat like a strong guttural hamzah, not a mere vowel) — ‘
gh ain — (guttural g, but soft) — gh
fa — (same as f ) — f
qaf — (strongly articulated guttural k ) — q
kaf — (same as k ) — k
lam — (same as l ) — l
mim — (same as m ) — m
nun — (same as n ) — n
ha — (same as h ) — h
waw — (same as w ) — w
ya — (same as y ) — y
Vowels
The vowels are represented as follows:
Short vowels:
— ’ — fathah, as u in tub — a
— ’ — kasrah, as i in pin — i
Long vowels:
— — long fathah, as a in father — a
— — long kasrah, as ee in deep — i
— ‘ — long dammah, as oo in moot — u
— — fathah before waw — au
— — fathah before ya — ai
Tanwin ’’ ’’ ‘’ is represented by an, in, un, respectively. The short and long vowels at the end of a word are shown as parts of the words, as qala where the final a stands for the fathah on lam , but the tanwin is shown as a separate syllable, as Muhammad-in.
Proper Names
Biblical proper names are not transliterated, but their Biblical form is adopted; other names are transliterated according to the rules of transliteration. Hence the reader will notice a change in such names as Mecca which should be written as Makkah, Medina which should be written as Madinah, Yemen which should be written as Yaman, and so on.
The following list shows the Biblical names and their Arabic equivalents:
Biblical Names— Arabic Form
Aaron — H a r u n
Abraham — Ibr a him
Adam — A dam
Amran — ‘Imr a n
Babel — B a bil
David — D a w u d
Egypt — Misr
Elias — Ily a s
Ezra — ‘Uzair
Elisha — Al-Ya sh ‘a
Gabriel — Jibr i l
Gog — Ya’j u j
Goliath — J a l u t
Gospel — Inj i l
Isaac — Is ha q
Ishmael — Ism a ‘ i l
Jacob — Ya‘q u b
Jesus — ‘ I s a
Jew — Yah u d i
Job — Ayy u b
John — Ya h y a
Jonah — Y u nus
Korah — Q a r u n
Lot — L ut
Magog — Ma’j u j
Mary — Maryam
Michael — Mik a l
Moses — M u sa
Noah — N uh
Pharaoh — Fir‘aun
Saul — T al u t
Sheba — Saba’
Soloman — Sulaim a n
Torah — Taur a t
Zacharias — Zakariyy a
 
Foreword
by the Right Hon. Lord Headley 1
The author of this valuable addition to Islamic history needs no introduction from me, since he is almost as well known in the West as he is in the East, and the fairness and moderation with which he invariably handles his subjects have been favourably commented upon by readers all over the world.
In this book, like the other ten or twelve books he has written, it will be found that one of the characteristics is accuracy — all the statements are verified and supported by references to admittedly reliable authorities. As an example of this, one has only to read his last book, The Sources of Christianity, and it is noteworthy that none of the critics — not even the Church papers — have even attempted to question the accuracy of any of the statements.
Since the appearance of the more recent works, attempts have been made to show that we Muslims are endeavouring to paint the Prophet in quite a different colour and set up a New Islam with the view of furthering our Faith by these means. Now the present volume is written mainly to refute this effort to throw discredit on our methods, and I feel sure, those who take the trouble to read the book through, will admit that the Khwaja has very handsomely succeeded in the effort.
Our critics forget one thing: the historical facts connected with Muhammad stand out too prominently and are too well established to allow of any innovations. We have got voluminous books of traditions critically sifted and well established for their truth. They supply us with any amount of material to write about Muhammad, and the Author has based all his statements on such authorities, and the Muslims are so jealous in this matter that anything written about the Prophet and not appearing in the “tradition” is discar