The Universal Message Of Islam

universal and global mindset that considered the whole world their homeland and all humanity their family. Before Islam, they were cut off from the world. After Islam, they became companions and partners of the whole world. Before Islam, the people of Arabia lived in a tribal age. When the revolutionary shift in thought based on Islam occurred, it transformed them into a global community. Before that Islam, their thinking was confined to limited goals. After Islam, their vision expanded so greatly that it crossed land and sea, reaching the entire world. Subsequently, no mountain was insurmountable enough to block their view, and no sea was vast enough to hinder their journey. When Islam fostered universality among the Arabs, their status evolved such that individuals who once took pride in leading tribes became leaders of the world. Among them were scholars like Ibn Sina (Avicenna) and Al-Razi (Rhazes), whose medical texts were translated into Latin and incorporated into European medical curricula. There was also a geographer like Al-Idrisi, who created the first world map for King Roger II of Sicily. Additionally, they were skilled in minting coins, to such an extent that the King of England, Offa Rex, invited a coin-maker from Baghdad to produce gold coins in his realm. They made so much progress in navigation that a person like Ahmad bin Majid was born among them, who guided