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17 17 17 17 17 B ASICS OF R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION - F IFTH E DITION (Adapted from Distinctive Features of Islam , by Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IV rh ) Islam presents itself as a universal religion with the remarkable and unique features mentioned in the Holy Qur’an as follows: ♦ Its God is the Lord, Who is ‘ the Sustainer of all the worlds’, and ‘ the Lord of mankind’. (1:2, 114:2) ♦ Its Message, the Holy Qur’an, is ‘ a Message for all the worlds’. (81:28) ♦ Its prophet is the ‘ Messenger for the whole humanity ’. (7:159) All other religions had always presented their God, their Messenger and their Message to be only applicable to their specific regions or tribes. It is only the religion of Islam, which has claimed to be applicable to the whole of mankind. The Holy Qur’an says that all the prophets were true, because they were sent by the same God to different races and people: And there is no people to whom a Warner has not been sent. (35:25) The Holy Qur’an reaffirms the original truth of other revealed Books and the Muslims are admonished to believe in all other prophets in the same manner as they believe in their own Prophet. This is not the case with other religions, who believe in the truth of their own prophets only. Distincti Distincti Distincti Distincti Distinctiv v v v ve F e F e F e F e Fea ea ea ea eatur tur tur tur tures of es of es of es of es of Islam Islam Islam Islam Islam Islam — a Universal Religion 1. 5 1. 5 1. 5 1. 5 1. 5 I I I I I S L A M S L A M S L A M S L A M S L A M — D — D — D — D — D I S T I N C T I V E I S T I N C T I V E I S T I N C T I V E I S T I N C T I V E I S T I N C T I V E F F F F F E A E A E A E A E AT U R E S T U R E S T U R E S T U R E S T U R E S O F O F O F O F O F I I I I I S L A M S L A M S L A M S L A M S L A M Islam advocates the Truth of all the Prophets and their Books