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Creator and the obligation of every creature to Him. The logic of
Al-Islam begins with the first premise: "I bear witness that there is
no god except Allah, and Muhammad is His Servant and Mes-
senger."
Al-Islam is a universal religion for reforming the whole world.
We can see this when we study the history of Europe and the Mid-
dle East. The light of Al-Islam changed Arabia into the most thriv-
ing and advanced civilization of its day so quickly that historians
H.iy they do not know of any more rapid and thorough reform ever
taking place in the lives of a people. The Arabs of Prophet Mu-
hammad's st time led lives that were extreme in their spiritual cor-
ruption. They were polytheists who worshipped over 365 different
gods, and they practiced idolatry. But through the light of Al-
lslam they became a nation of people dedicated to simplicity, clari-
ty, knowledge, science and spiritual purity. Within a span of
I wenty-three years they were converted from belief that there ex-
isted nothing but this material life to a belief in The One God
Al-Islam begins with the first premise: "I bear witness that there is
no god except Allah, and Muhammad is His Servant and Mes-
senger."
Al-Islam is a universal religion for reforming the whole world.
We can see this when we study the history of Europe and the Mid-
dle East. The light of Al-Islam changed Arabia into the most thriv-
ing and advanced civilization of its day so quickly that historians
H.iy they do not know of any more rapid and thorough reform ever
taking place in the lives of a people. The Arabs of Prophet Mu-
hammad's st time led lives that were extreme in their spiritual cor-
ruption. They were polytheists who worshipped over 365 different
gods, and they practiced idolatry. But through the light of Al-
lslam they became a nation of people dedicated to simplicity, clari-
ty, knowledge, science and spiritual purity. Within a span of
I wenty-three years they were converted from belief that there ex-
isted nothing but this material life to a belief in The One God