The day the Prophet (S) of Islam, charged with the mission of salvation of mankind, announced the principle of لا اِلهَ اِلا الله (there is no god but Allah), the first to oppose him‑at first through derision and verbal attacks and later through the force of arms‑were no other than the chiefs and leaders of various tribes. It was under their influence that other people also arose against the Prophet and his spiritual allies, and once again a shameful era in human history was repeated in the thirteen years that elapsed before Hijrah. This historical fact deserves close study for any new attempt to understand Islam in general, and in particular the principle of Tawhid, which is central to Islamic teachings.
One of the most unfortunate, or rather the greatest tragedy of our times, is the distortion and misinterpretation of the message brought by all God's prophets, namely, the doctrine of Tawhid, which is the most fundamental tenet of religion; because no other concept or doctrine in the history of human ideas has its power and potential for liberation and emancipation of oppressed human beings.
As far as we know, all prophetic missions were aimed at ...
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