The Messenger - The meaning of the life of Muhammad/ Tariq Ramadan - Introduction part I

There is no Turkey without ISLAM. There is no Islam without Turkey. That's why I choose this next subject. Great book of Tariq Ramadan that speaks about Muhammad the last prophet but also about whole Muslim community. Enjoy

 

 

          The Prophet Muhammad occupies a particular place in the life and conscience of Muslim today, just as he did in the past. According to them,  he received and transmitted the last revealed book, the Quran, which repeatedly insists on the eminent and singular position of the Messenger of God, all at once a prophet, a bearer of news, a model, and a guide. He was but a man, yet he acts to transform the world in the light of Revelation and inspirations he received from God, his Educator ( ar-Rabb). That this man was chosen and inspired by God but also fully accepted his own humanity is what makes Muhammad an example and a guide for the Muslim faithful.  

          Muslims do not consider the Messenger o Islam a mediator between God and people. Each individual is invited to address God directly, and although the Messenger did sometimes pray to God on behalf of his community, he often insisted on each believer's responsibility in his or her dialogue and relationship with the One. Muhammad simply reminders the faithful of God's presence: he initiates them into His knowledge and discloses the initiatory path of spirituality through which he teaches his Companions and community that they must transcend the respect and love they have for him in the worship and love they must offer to and ask of the One, who begets not and is not begotten.