Two Sides of the Scale
I saw from your answers to the question, "Where is the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in your lives," that my question activated your hearts before your minds. I asked what first comes to your "mind' when you hear "Muhammad" and the answer came from your "hearts;" you said sincerely, "without knowing why, tears appear before the mind takes over." While yo...

Welcome to Lastprophet.Info
Lastprophet.info is a non-profit comprehensive web portal that seeks to describe Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and convey his message to an English-speaking audience, both Muslim and non-Muslim, from around the globe. It also serves Turkish and Russian speakers, and will soon be available in other languages, including German, Spanish, Chinese and Arabic. The web site has most recently been awarded t...

Colors of an Illuminated World
Dialogue... An expanding word given to us by a shrinking world... Or the magical key which in recent years has opened the doors to the worlds of members of different religions... As every plane taking off, every ticket bought and every telephone call shortens distances, more and more people know better what a kippa is, what a head cover means, what a cross signifies, and they become more familia...

From Istanbul To Abu Dhabi: The Never-Ending Echo of a Blessed B
From the birth of the first human until now millions of blessed births have echoed throughout the globe...Some have become lost among the four walls of their rooms, others have overcome the enormous towers of palaces. Whoever they are, a person's birth is a new beginning, yet every human has been injected with the seed of death. Most of the time the announcement of death from the minarets occ...

Sealed Time
Coaches presenting people with urgent prescriptions on how to live say, "We have neither the time nor opportunity to practice the trial and error method." Modern life opens living space only for individuals who endure the fast wheel of time and rise above standards. The success we gain today grows old tomorrow; no medallion or echo of applause remains the next day. A problem we solved y...

To Be An Growing Link In a Shrinking World
Impressions from ISNA During the Ramadan a fresh breeze blew through the city of Columbus. The arrival of thousands of Muslims who had settled in America, coming originally from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Somali, indeed, from every corner of the world, created this breeze. The Muslim presence, something that has existed for centuries, left a fruit in this city that was 45 years in the making. T...

How do you spend your time in front of the computer?
Years ago, we would have asked ourselves a different question, wouldn't we? How much time do you spend in front of the television? That "magic box" invaded our entire life, taking over the pleasant conversations of the family gathering, taking us on adventures, taking us to countries we had never been, introducing us to people we never met. With no shield to protect us, we learned n...

Quicunque Vult: or, My journey to Islam
PART I                         In a former church, my heart is a mihrâb,                         Urging me to repent, the erasure of old but remembered sins.                                                                                     (Sünbülzâde Vehbî) Wild talk of a new Islamic hermeneutic hatching in the Muslim communities of the West has been with us for some years, with sadly...

The First British Guest of Allah
At a time when  Britain had major political and economic interests in the Middle East, Hedley Churchward had only one concern in mind while going on a pilgrimage to Mecca; the pleasure of Allah. Hedley Churchward, later known as Mahmoud Mobarek, was the first recorded British Hajji in history. Abdulhakim Murad, a lecturer from Cambridge University Islamic Studies department, narrates for us the ...

The Sunna of Sacrificing
Eid al-Adha is called the Great Eid. It occurs at the culmination of the Hajj, and is the culmination of the first ten blessed days of Dhu al-Hijjah, days which have been described by our beloved Prophet (pbuh) as the best days of the year, exceeding even the days of Ramadan in their virtue. From the confirmed Sunnahs (practices of the Prophet) of Eid al-Adha is the sacrifice of a suitable animal...

The 'Black' Letters on the White Pages of Islam
The increased interest of African Americans in Islam has become one of the most confusing phenomena related to the spread of Islam in the United States. By and large, Islam is stereotyped by many students of religion and society as being a religion that has prejudiced black people. The voice of the advocates who negatively interpret the relationship between Islam and black people is becoming loud...

Highlights from the Lives of Converts
Betty (Batul) Bowman, US I left my home in Maryland more than 40 years ago to seek my fortune in California. My search began with the words of Prophet Jesus:             Seek and you shall find,             Ask and you shall receive,             Knock and it shall be opened unto you [Matthew 7:7] And ended with the words of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh):             Tether your camel and trust in Allah...