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Islam
Islam (الإسلام, al-ʾIslām) is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion articulated by the Qur'an, a religious text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God (Allāh), and, for the vast majority of adherents, by the teachings and normative example (called the sunnah, composed of accounts called hadith) of Muhammad (c. 570–8 June 632 CE), considered by most of them to be the last prophet of God. An adherent of Islam is called a Muslim (sometimes spelled "Moslem"). Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable and that the purpose of existence is to worship God.
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remember that trying is eighty percent of doing something. So try and don't give up, because not giving up is the other twenty percent.
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― A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories
― A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories
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...But the Mahommedan religion increases, instead of lessening, the fury of intolerance. It was originally propagated by the sword, and ever since, its votaries have been subject, above the people of all other creeds, to this form of madness. In a moment the fruits of patient toil, the prospects of material prosperity, the fear of death itself, are flung aside. The more emotional Pathans are powerless to resist. All rational considerations are forgotten. Seizing their weapons, they become Ghazis
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― The Story of the Malakand Field Force
― The Story of the Malakand Field Force
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