Lessons from History

The substance of this book is based on the ideas published by Dr. Israr Ahmad in 1993 in the columns of the Urdu daily Nawa-e-Waqt of Lahore. The series of write-ups continued for a few months and were widely read with interest. The entire material, after slight editing, was published in a book form in October 1993 under the title Sabiqa aur Maujuda Musalman Ummatun ka Mazi, Haal, aur Mustaqbil, and has since gone through many re-prints. Dr. Ahmed Afzaal rendered these ideas into English and part of it was serialized in 1995-96 in the monthly Hikmat-e-Qur'an published by the Markazi Anjuman Khuddam-ul-Qur'an Lahore.

For putting it into a compact book, he further revised the entire material, added his own sub-titles, and made it more authentic by giving quotations from the Old and New Testaments. Indeed, he took great pains to make the citations of quite a few historical events and landmarks, particularly of early Jewish history, more authentic by giving dates and references from reliable sources. Moreover, he suggested a much more telling title for the book - Lessons from History - and the sub-title - Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of Two Muslim Communities - puts in a capsule form the whole spectrum of ideas covered in the book.

Content

• Foreword.
• Prologue
• Traveling Through Time
• The Humiliated Ummah.
• History is the Key.
• The Wrath of Almighty Allah (swt)
• Privileges & Obligations
• The Present and former Muslim Ummah.
• Common Denominators
• The difference between Us & Them..
• A backward Glance
• Early Jewish History.
• Israels Golden Age
• First Period of Decline
• Reform & Revival the Maccabees
• The second Era of Decline
• Two of a kind. 61
• The Muslim Golden Age
• First Period of Decline
• Life After Death.
• Second Period of Decline
• Back to the present
• Moving Upwards
• First stage of Revival
• Second Dimension.
• Islamic Ressurgence
• Jewish Revival
• Third of the Trinity - The christians
• ABC of Christianity.
• Five points of Convergence
• Innovations by Paul
• The Myth of Crucifixion.
• Allies of one another
• Before the Doomsday.
• The Ascendancy of Islam.
• The Ascent of Humanity.
• The way to Gods kingdom.
• Armageddon!
• Dajjalain system of Life
• The identity of Dajjal
• About Prophet Isa (as)
• From dishonor to Exhaltation.
• The state of our Affairs
• The impending Doom..
• Repentance: The only way to Salvation.