Islam and Christianity

secretly, too, and he does not hurt the feelings or affect the
prestige of a person by reminding him of it. Allâhu ta’âlâ
emphatically commands this to be done in this way in the Qur’ân
al-kerîm again and again.
In brief, a true Muslim is a perfect human being who has all the
traits of a good character, is fully equipped with high moral
quality, dignified, extremely pure, both physically and in soul, and
trustworthy in every respect.
The great Islamic scholar Imâm Ghazâli (rahmatullâhi ’alaih)
450 (1058)-505-(1111) classifies human beings into four groups in
his book Kimyâ-yi Se’âdet, which he published nearly nine
hundred years ago in the Persian language: “The first group are
those who know nothing except eating, drinking and enjoying
worldly pleasures; the second group consists of those who use
force, oppress people and are cruel; the third group consists of
those who deceive others by trickery; and only the fourth group
consists of the true Muslims who have the above-mentioned high
morality.”
But one thing not to be forgotten is that there is a way leading
from each person’s heart to Allâhu ta’âlâ. The question is how to
send the light of Islam to people. The person who feels light in his
heart, no matter what group he belongs to, feels penitence for his
wrongdoings and finds the right way.
If all people would accept Islam, neither evil, nor deceit, nor
war, nor oppression, nor cruelty, would remain on the earth. It is,
therefore, a duty for us all to do our best to be perfect and true
Muslims and to propagate Islam all over the world, explaining its
essence and its details. It is jihâd to do so.
Always address people with a sweet speech and with
understanding, even if they are of other religions. Allâhu ta’âlâ
commands this in the Qur’ân al-kerîm. It is written in the books of
fiqh that it is sinful to hurt a non-Muslim’s feelings or to taunt him
because he is a disbeliever. A Muslim who does so will be
punished. The aim is to teach everybody how lofty Islam is, and
this jihâd can be done only with a sweet tongue, knowledge,
patience, and îmân. He who wants to convince someone about a
fact should, first of all, believe it himself. And a Muslim never loses
his patience or else he will have difficulty in explaining his belief.
There is no other religion which is as clear and as logical as Islam.
A person who has grasped the essence of this religion can easily
prove to anyone that this religion is the only correct religion.
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