WIN A FREE UMRAH TRIP!

Here is your chance to win an amazing trip to the sacred city of Makkah and to the blessed house of Allah. Three Winners will win a free round trip airline ticket to Makkah to perform Umrah. The prize also includes accommodation at a 4/5 star hotel in Makkah for 3 nights.
Terms and Conditions
Starting from the first of Ramadhān 1428 A.H. (approx 13th September 2007) everyday one simple question will be posted on our website (http://www.mercyprophet.com/). The question will remain for one day only and therefore you will have to visit the site daily to keep yourself up to date with the questions. A new question will be posted every day until the 15th of Ramadhān (approx 27th September 2007).
After the 15th of Ramadhān, you will be given an opportunity of one week to answer all of the 15 questions and send an email with all your answers. The last day to enter the competition is Friday 5th October 2007.
Names of contestants who answer all fifteen questions correctly will then be put in a draw. The first three names picked will receive a round trip airline ticket to Makkah with three nights’ accommodation in Makkah.
Drawing will be held a few days after the entry deadline. Winner(s) will be notified by email.
Please submit your entries between 27 September 2007 and 5 October 2007. Entries should be submitted by email to info@prophet-of-mercy.com with the answers, your name, age, address, contact number, and (first choice) email address.
1. The winners will be notified within 10 days of the draw.
2. Winners' details will be made available online on 20 October 2007.
3. The winners will be required to apply for a visa to Saudi Arabia from the Saudi embassies of their own countries.
4. The Winners will make their own travel arrangements and notify the “the Global program for introducing the Prophet of Mercy” team, to make the necessary arrangements.
5. There is no cash alternative to the prize stated.
6. No responsibility is accepted for entries delayed.
7. One entry per person only. Duplicate entries will disqualify contestant.
8. The organisers will not send out questions to those who were unable to visit the website.
**Failure to follow any of these rules may lead to disqualification from the contest. **
PRIZES:
· First, Second and third Prize: a free round trip airline ticket to Makkah, including accommodation at a 4/5 star hotel in Makkah for 3 nights.
QUERIES
For further clarifications, please email us at info@prophet-of-mercy.com

Flash Design Competition

Introducing the Prophet Muhammad Flash Design Competition


Permissible Topics:

1. Evidences for the authenticity of the Prophethood of Muhammad.
Evidences from earlier scriptures (Old & New Testament)
Objective evidences from the life of Muhammad.
Testimonies from his adversaries.
Miracles in the Quran & Sunnah.

2. The Prophet Muhammad and the Environment.
The importance of preserving the Environment.
The Prophetic teachings on the preservation of the environment.
The condition of the environment in light of the prophetic teachings. (Imaginative description)

3. The relationship of Muhammad with other Prophets.
Not having true faith until one believes in all of the Prophets.
Manner and respect of the Prophet when discussing the Prophets.
Frequency of the narratives of earlier Prophets in the Quran.
The Prophet Muhammad as the seal of Prophethood and that the legislation he brought abrogated earlier legislations, since he was sent for the entire Mankind.

4. Prophet Muhammad as a man.
Prophet Muhammad as a Father.
Prophet Muhammad as a Husband.
Prophet Muhammad as a Military Leader.
Prophet Muhammad as an Imam.
Prophet Muhammad with his Companions.

RULES:
Entries must be in English.
The material must be referenced and taken from authentic sources.
The length of the flash should be maximum ten minutes.
The material must be original work, and designed by the contestant.
The design should include only permissible audio sounds. (Music is not allowed)
The Flash must be on one of the topics specified.
Entries must be sent by email to: contestcom@gmail.com
Deadline for submitting the flash is Ramadan 18, 1428/ September 30, 2007.
Entrants will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours of submission.
Waiver copyrights and distribution rights to "The Global Program of Introducing the Prophet of Mercy".

**Failure to follow any of these rules may lead to disqualification **

PRIZES:
First Prize: $1,000
Second Prize: $500
Third Prize: $250
Fourth – Twentieth Prize: $100

QUESTIONS:
For further clarifications, please email us at info@prophet-of-mercy.com

**For more information about our site please visit "The Prophet of Mercy"

Essay Compitition

RULES:

Entries must be in English.

The material must be referenced and taken from authentic sources.

Essays must not be more than 10,000 words in length.

Essays must be double-spaced and no smaller than 11pt. font and should be written in Microsoft Word.

The material must be original work, and authored by the contestant.

The essay must be on one of the topics specified.

Entries must be submitted by email to contestcom@gmail.com.

Entrants will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours of submission.
Deadline for submitting the essay:
Ramadhan 18,1428H/ September 30, 2007.

To waiver copyright and distribution rights to "The Global Program of Introducing the Prophet of Mercy".

**Failure to follow any of these rules may lead to disqualification from the contest. **

PRIZES:

First Prize: $1,000
Second Prize: $500
Third Prize: $250
Fourth – Twentieth Prize: $100

QUESTIONS:

For further clarifications, please email us at info@prophet-of-mercy.com

For a list of permisable topics visit "The Prophet of Mercy" Website.

Introducing The Prophet of Mercy

Holy mosque in Mecca

Prophet Muhammad was born and raised in Mecca until the age of 40 at which time the first revelation came to him. He used to like to go to a cave at mount Hira for solitude to worship God. During one of his stays the angel Gabriel came to him and said, "Read." He answered, "I'm not one of those who can read." Then the angel squeezed and then released him and said again, "Read." To which he replied, "I'm not one of those who can read." Then he was squeezed and released again saying, "Read." To which he replied, "I'm not one of those who reads." The angel squeezed him again for the third and fine time and when he released the prophet he said:

"Read in the name of your lord, who has created all that exists. He has created man from a clot. Read! And your lord is the most gracious, who has taught writing by the pen. He has taught man that which he knew not."{Quran 95: 1-5}

Hira Cave in the Mountain of Light

Because of the hostile situations in Mecca for the Prophet and the other Muslims, God ordered them to migrate. For further details on the subject of the Prophet's migration check out: The Prophet of Mercy .
Upon leaving Mecca the Prophet said, "By God, you are indeed the best of God's lands, and the most beloved of God's lands to God. And had I not been expelled from you, I would not have left."

The polytheists if Mecca had created a plan to kill the Prophet before he could migrate however their plan was not successful and so the polytheists pursued the

Prophet and his companion Abu Bakr. The two hide in a cave in the Mount of Thaur. The polytheists came so close to the cave that the Prophet could see them yet they were not discovered, to find out more go to: The Prophet of Mercy .

On the out skirts of Medina the Prophet stopped and stayed for 13 to 19 nights during which time he built the Quba mosque and prayed in it. He then mounted his camel and continued on to Medina.

The Prophet entered Medina on his camel, while people walked beside him, he continued on until his camel kneeled, he dismounted and said, "This God willing is the place." Meaning the place where he would build the mosque. To read more about the construction of the Prophet's mosque, visit: The Prophet of Mercy




By: Amena Jacobs