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Glimpses of World Religions
were made to assassinate him; but he continued to give the message of God. He has laid emphasis mainly on 4 things (and these four duties, one who accepts whole heartedly and in speech is the Musalman) (1) Namāj, (2) Rojā, (3) Haj, (4) Jakāt.
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Through Namaj a direct contact with God is rendered possible; in it, by declaring one's own inferiority, one makes the life humble and easy. Namāj is to be offered five times in a day. The prayer is to be worded "I am nothing, a trash animal before thee." In the Koran, there are seven 'Ayatas' (Slokas). At Namāj, those 7 Ayatas are to be uttered.
He won the hearts of all by liberal and non-violent policies. The Islam Dharma began to spread. Idolatry was completely wiped out from Mecca. It is a religion giving the message of peace. The religion Islam means a holy speech, and a wide influence began to prevail. Islam has not taught violence. Nor it has preached non-vegetarian food or mutton; at the same time, it has neither told "if you don't eat meat you will be charged of committing sin." It has shown a practical path of non-violence. The prophet has told the poeple to keep brotherly feeling with each and every living being and to live with them with love.
This prophet who lived a life of loyalty and honesty breathed his last at the age of 63 years at Madeena in 632 A.D. Before death, he had distributed whatever he had as property amongst the poor. As invaluable heritage, he has left to the people an immortal motto of life, full of humanism and believing in the equality of all.
"O' God, O' Allah! forgive me and introduce me, get me, to the inhabitants of the other world...."
"for ever heaven" - "Pardon"
"Yes! the welcome companion of the other world."
