Together we make life

By: Tiaiba Imane

We use his slogan to write down the recipe of the Prophet's method of revival which can be called " “the message for revival on earth “ it lasted 23 years. This message targeted humanity.

It was a human experience based on revelation that sets the methodology through Quran. Through planning, rather than pure miracles, was the thing that guaranteed success since miracles did not change the course of events but rather raised the moral and strengthened the spirits.

The key characteristics should then be as follows:

A) Flexible and through planning: every thing in the life of the Prophet ( PBUH ) was based on planning, and so should be our lives.

B) Sacrifice and endurance: we have seen how the Prophet (PBUH) and his companions scarified for the sake of their message. Any revival needs sacrifice and endurance. No thing is offered easily in life.

C) Spiritual, intellectual, ethical, and political training that prepares sound generations: the example was illustrated in Dar Al Akramm , the training centre of Muslims. A successful person is the one who combines all the kinds of preparations in every field, and creates a balance between them in order to be well prepared for the different circumstances.

D) Fair co-existence between civilization, that guarantees our sights and leaves our Islamic beliefs intact: Muslims are open minded people, they do accept others but without forgetting their principles and identity. The biography of the Prophet (PBUH) is full of such examples of co-existing with non-Muslims ,and our role in return should be learning from this and applying it in our life especially with the current events of the world .

E) Opting for peace rather than aggression and war as an essence in Islam: the wars of the Prophet ( PBUH) were all for fair and just reasons, they were clean and human . Nevertheless, the Prophet ( PBUH ) used to make treaties of peace and respect them . Islam reached its highest levels during the intervals of peace. Our world nowadays is really in need for peace and justice.

F) Believing in the rights to citizenship: in spite of differences in beliefs, maintaining good ties with the society is very important.

G) Stressing the importance of women in the revival.

H) Using culture and art as main tools to boost the morale of the people: we are in need to create a literature that fits our identity, our beliefs and our revival.

I) Uniting Muslims in spite of differences.

J) The language of da'wa (missionary activity) should be progressive matching the current circumstances.

K) The five values essential for the revival are: truthfullness, trustworthiness, faithfulness, diligence, and maintaining hope.

L) Respecting people's freedom of speech.

M) Having a leader and a role model for the generations.

N) Having a strong belief that supports the revival since belief and success are intertwined.