Page 55 - A Call for a Turkish-Islamic Union

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

The structure of Arab society began to undergo

a complete transformation with the arrival of Islam.
For instance, Arab tradition decreed the death of all
prisoners of war, whereas our Prophet (may Allah
bless him and grant him peace), guided by Allah's
revelation, ordered such prisoners to be treated well
and fed from the Muslims' own rations. Allah re-
veals these Muslim qualities in the following verse:
They give food, despite their love for it, to the
poor and orphans and captives. (Surat al-
Insan: 8)

The only thing required of such prisoners was
that if they could read and write, they had to teach
these skills to the Muslims. Perhaps for the first time
ever, Arabia was witnessing compassion, forgive-
ness, and civilization. As a result, it experienced one

of its greatest periods of cultural advancement.
As the years passed, Islam's justice and high
morality spread in waves across Arabia. The Mus-
lims' fairness, honesty, and determination attracted
many Arab tribes. The mighty Muslim army
marched on Mecca in 630. Its idolatrous Meccans
feared the vengeance that the Muslims would wreak
upon them as retribution for their past cruelty. Ac-
cording to Arab tradition, the men of the defeated

tribe were killed and the women and children en-
slaved. But our Prophet (may Allah bless him and
grant him peace) reflected Allah's mercy by an-
nouncing that no one in Mecca would suffer retri-
bution and that no one was to be forced to accept

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