Timeless Wisdom

The Prophet was an unwavering advocate of peace and non-violence. He established peace as summum bonum; and for this it was necessary to eliminate every trace of negative thinking and consider every person to be a potential friend. This is the essence of Islamic teachings.Islam upholds peace above all. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan has, through this 'TIMELESS WISDOM', try to show the true face of Islam to the world. In this world, where plurality of cultures, religions and ethnicities enrich lives, peaceful co-existence is the only way of life.However, what we see around us today is just the opposite. Lack of self-discovery and misinterpretation of religions is leading the youth wayward. Through these essays, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan endeavours to contribute towards building a harmonious and peaceful world, the most essential prerequisite for success of a society. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ContentsIntroduction —Pgs. 51. How to Achieve Peace in Kashmir? —Pgs. 152. How to Live in a Multi-Faith Society? —Pgs. 193. Islam and Hinduism —Pgs. 224. Islam and Politics —Pgs. 255. Modern-Day Sufism —Pgs. 286. Non-Violence —Pgs. 337. Peace and Mercy Gone for a Toss —Pgs. 418. What the Prophet Means to the Muslim —Pgs. 449. Secular Knowledge at Its Islamic Best —Pgs. 4710. Cleanliness in Islam —Pgs. 5011. Islam on Fanaticism —Pgs. 5312. The Mosque in Islam —Pgs. 5613. Dissent in Islam —Pgs. 5914. Islam and the Theory of Revolution —Pgs. 6215. Environmental Activism, Islam-Style —Pgs. 6516. Hajj: A pilgrimage, Not a Tour —Pgs. 6817. Islam and Social Relations —Pgs. 7118. Non-Violence and Islam —Pgs. 7419. How the Qur'an was Compiled —Pgs. 7720. The Concept of Peace in Islam —Pgs. 8021. In the Service of God and Man —Pgs. 8322. The Sacred Book of Islam —Pgs. 8623. The Concept of Jihad —Pgs. 8924. Islam and the Concept of a Single God —Pgs. 9225. Monism and Monotheism —Pgs. 9526. Innumerable Bounties of Fasting —Pgs. 9827. A Muslim's Behaviour – Part-I —Pgs. 10128. A Muslim's Behaviour – Part-II —Pgs. 10429. Islam on Conversion —Pgs. 10730. Islamic Interpretation of Life —Pgs. 11031. Common Sense in Islam —Pgs. 11332. The Political Philosophy of Islam —Pgs. 11633. The Essential Guide to Society —Pgs. 11934. What is Man's Purpose in Life? —Pgs. 12235. Towards the Right Thought —Pgs. 12536. The Concept of Fatwa —Pgs. 12737. The Concept of the State in Islam —Pgs. 13238. Missionary Maulana —Pgs. 14039. 'Hinduism is the only Tolerant Faith' —Pgs. 14440. Selfish Muslim Leaders Pushing Babri Masjid Issue to Boiling Point —Pgs. 15041. The Elusive Dialogue —Pgs. 15342. Muslims Start the Riots —Pgs. 15943. Vande Mataram and Sare Jahan se Achchha are not different —Pgs. 16544. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan at RSS Karyalaya in Bangalore —Pgs. 16945. The Greatness of Simplicity —Pgs. 17146. On Silence —Pgs. 17347. Islam in the Present Age —Pgs. 17548. Historiography —Pgs. 18049. A Message —Pgs. 18850. Tolerance: The Way of Nature —Pgs. 19051. Criticism —Pgs. 19352. Rising Above the Psychology of Reaction —Pgs. 19553. The Result of Reaction —Pgs. 19754. Islam: Creator of the Modern Age, Journey towards Progress —Pgs. 19855. Turn Your Disadvantage into an Advantage —Pgs. 20156. Transplanting Fabianism in Indian Soil, the Non-Hitlerian Approach —Pgs. 20357. National Integration —Pgs. 20958. If we Gain why not —Pgs. 21259. Good Character —Pgs. 21560. Faith and Reason —Pgs. 21661. The Making of the Indian Nation —Pgs. 22462. Man's Future —Pgs. 22763. Peace in the Quran —Pgs. 228Glossary —Pgs. 233Bibliography —Pgs. 239