Religion is a matter of faith. Faith in one unseen, invisible, and omnipotent God or
it many be a faith in many gods and goddesses having a particular shape and gender
placed in a particular clean and pious place, capable of being moved from one place
to another. History shows that polytheism and idol worship had been in practice
since time immemorial. Pre-Islamic Arabian Peninsula was a citadel of idolatry.
Besides idolatry, girl child killing, slavery in most abhorrent form, degraded position
of women, tribal superiority, adoption of fair and fouls means and methods in trade
and business pushed the Arabs into complete darkness and ignorance. Into this
darkness of ignorance, there appeared a light which was destined to be ‘Infinite
Light’ in terms of its effects. This light was the divine message through the Last
Messenger Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, which
illuminated the dark Arabia with wisdom and enlightenment that finally spread in
the entire World. The Last Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him,
brought a message of absolute monotheism and unconditional morality. This paper
attempts to highlight the significance of monotheism and the exemplary struggles of
the Last Prophet towards reforming the Arabian Peninsula. It also brings out the
essence of peace in this terror-torn world.
Source: Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture
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