Translator’s note

We talk of being logical and sensible.

In daily life, being illogical is a strong criticism as this means you are confused and

muddled. Despite this, at times we fall prey to irrationality. While often this is

inadvertent, not infrequently we are presented with arguments that appear to be

logical and rational on surface. A deeper analysis however, reveals either a lack of

full appreciation or misunderstanding of the evidence, or occasionally a wilful

intent of misguiding. The two prime examples of this are politics and religion.

Whereas the dynamics of politics are in constant flux, religion with a rock hard

foundation in the Scripture, is deeply embedded in our lives and thus a lot more

difficult to uproot. However, saturating the mind with a constant bleating of one

view so much so that the true voice is completely drowned in the cacophony can

slowly erode the face of religion. In recent times the core beliefs of our religion

have been targeted utilising a myriad of techniques. This change is being made

through an apparently logical interpretation of the fundamentals of beliefs with

quotes from the Holy Qur’an and hadith. However, the evidence presented is only

partial and adapted to draw certain conclusions; with a bit of digging it does not

take much effort to unveil the hypocrisy behind this, bringing out the true and

glorious teachings.

At its heart, the writing of this book has the devotional love for Allah and His

beloved Prophet ﷺ. But the love of Allah is the love of the Unimaginable, as truly

whatever comes to one’s mind Allah is otherwise. At the same time the love for the Prophet ﷺ has more personal relevance. We are told by the Prophet ﷺ,

‘The true belief cannot come about until I am loved more than your parents, children and all humanity’. The book begins with an attempt to conceptualize the beauty of the Prophet ﷺ. After the scene is set, I move on to highlight the glory

of the Blessed Prophet ﷺ as evidenced by the Holy Qur’an and ahadith (verbal

statement of the Prophet ﷺ describing a brief account of what he did or said)

and the different ways of the expression of love of the companions. Some of the

core beliefs including the concepts of shirk (polytheism i.e. making partners with

Allah), tawheed (belief in oneness of God) and bid’a (innovation) are discussed,

together with addressing a few other misconceptions that are raised constantly.

In doing so I have tried to preserve the reliability of religion by providing a sound

analysis based on the Qur’an and sunnah (an act of the Holy Prophet ﷺ).

The glimpses of the life of the Prophet ﷺ that I have presented in this short book

would hopefully fuel the embers of love in your heart.

Syed Arshad Saeed Kazmi