AL - 'ILAAJ EDITORIAL BOARD, MSSN UCH, IBADAN

  "We will show them Our signs in the universe and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that this ˹Quran˺ is the truth. Is it not enough that your Lord is a Witness over all things? (Quran 41 vs 53)"   INTRODUCTION Personality in Islam is viewed as a multidimensional entity comprised of body, mind, and spirit that interact with one another and constitute an individual human being. In the Qur'an, humans are encouraged to reflect on the signs within and outside themselves so they can know their real self and their relationship with their Creator. The aim of the Prophet(SAW)’s mission and the revelation of the Holy Quran was to train individuals to develop a healthy personality by forming a constructive relationship with Allah, one’s self, society and environment. Every verse of the Quran, we read, comprehend and memorize can modify our life because the Quran contains the foundations and the basis to build a personality.   DEFINITION OF TERMS ·  ...

  In the far lands of Persia, lived this son of a wealthy man. Salmaan was so beloved to his fath er that he was not usually allowed to go outside the house. In his tribe, they were fire worshippers and Salmaan was so devoted to this religion that they made him a custodian of the fire.One day,on an errand for his father, he passed by a church and felt that Christianity was a better religion than his own. When this news reached his father, he locked Salmaan up until a day when news reached Salmaan that a caravan was going to Syria which he was told was the land from which Christianity originated from. He escaped his father’s prison and joined the caravan. On getting to Syria, he asked for the most knowledgeable person and he stayed, learning from the monk until he passed away and he kept looking for and learning from knowledgeable men as they pass away until one of these men informed him of an upcoming Prophet in the Arabian land who would possess three signs: he would not eat of ch...