1. ISLAM: CREATOR OF THE MODERN AGE

~ 20 ~ his call. The Qur’an clearly states that besides human beings, God’s angels would also help him in accomplishing his mission. This commandment of God was, indeed, realized through the Prophet, so that a whole new era could be ushered in. THE NEGATIVE ROLE OF POLYTHEISM According to the Qur’an, Adam was the first human being to exist on earth. God told him that his religion and that of subsequent generations would be monotheism. In this lay goodness in this world as well as in the Hereafter. For some generations people followed the true path, but soon the perversion set in. It was now that God began to send prophets to the world (2:213). Noah was born in Iraq about three thousand years before Christ. He was chosen as God’s messenger and entrusted with the task of reforming his people by showing them the right path. Then from Noah to the Messiah, the apostles were sent in succession. They made every effort to make people understand