forgive us our faults and our extravagance in our affair...

forgive us our faults and our extravagance in our affair, and make firm our feet (on the right path) and help us against the unbelieving people." Sura Aal Imran (3:146,147) "Thus ham We made for every prophet an opponent from among the sinners and sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and Helper." Sura Furqan (25:31) The Seal of the prophets, Muhammad (s.a.w.) along with his brave cousin Imam Ali (a.s.) and his sincere companions, was always in the forefront of the struggle for the sake of truth and for making this earth a place of peace and happiness.

The glorious Qur'an testifies to the role played by the great Prophet and his faithful followers in defending justice and faith, with the spirit of self-sacrifice and redemption, in harmony with the teachings of Allah, and in pursuit of the logic of reform and divine examination: "Therefore bear up patiently as did the apostles endowed with constancy had patience, and do not seek to hasten for them (their doom).

On the day that they shall see what they are promised they shall be as if they had not tarried save an hour of the day. A clear message!

Shall then any be destroyed save the transgressing people?" Sura Ahqaf (46:35) Thus through this long and bitter historical struggle, the prophets and their followers resisted disbelief, injustice and corruption and inspired the oppressed people with the spirit of heroism and self-sacrifice and guided them in raising the banner of protest for the realization of their deprived rights, in the face of the despots and the dictators, who had enslaved mankind , and had considered themselves god-heads on this earth.

Allah, the Strong and Mighty, helps and guides the faithful who struggle in His way and will surely punish those who are disbelievers. "And (as for) those who strive hard for us, We will most certainly guide them in Our ways; and Allah is most surely with the doers of good." Sura Ankabut (29:69) "... then We gave the punishment to those who were guilty and helping the believers is ever incumbent upon Us." Sura Rum (30:47) Why we became Muslim?

In this age of reason and scientific progress, when all religions and traditional sets of beliefs have been exposed in their true colours as being nothing but superstitious .ignorance, Islam with its emphasis on rationality has made a great impact on the modem human mind.