The President of the Islamic Centre, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, has been given an award for his book in Urdu, Paighambar-e-Inquilab, in the International Seerat Contest held in Pakistan to commemorate the birth of the Prophet of Islam. The announcement was made in a special Radio Pakistan bulletin, broadcast on the occasion of Id Miladun Nabi, later relayed by All India Radio.

In this contest, there were one hundred and fourteen entries in ten languages, from all over the world.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan’s works have already been widely hailed internationally. One of his books, AI-Islam Yatahadda (Mazhab Aur Jadeed Challenge), is a set study in several Arab universities, including the AI-Azhar University of Cairo.

The book for which the Maulana received this award, Paighambar-e-Inquilab, is a study of the life of the Prophet Mohammad (may peace be upon him). But it does more than chronicle the events of the Prophet’s life. It presents his mission as a movement of enormous vitality, which serves as a pattern for all to follow. It explains how the Prophet scrupulously avoided all unconnected issues, and concentrated solely on his basic mission-preaching the word of God. It illustrates how he was moved, not by a spirit of vengeance, but by a deep longing to save his fellow-men from doom in the world to come. It shows, moreover, how the revolution in human thought which the Prophet brought about can be repeated in the present day.

The life of the Prophet is a model on which we should base our lives and our struggle for the faith. We hope that the recognition granted to Maulana Wahiduddin Khan’s study will serve to increase popular awareness of the realities of that exemplary life.