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Posted by Stuart on 04/18/07 09:09
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> Islam Is The True Religion
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> THE RELIGION OF ISLAM
> The first thing that one should know and clearly understand about
> Islam is what the word "Islam" itself means. The religion of Islam is
> not named after a person as in the case of Christianity which was
> named after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gotama Buddha, Confucianism
> after Confucius, and Marxism after Karl Marx. Nor was it named after a
> tribe like Judaism after the tribe of Judah and Hinduism after the
> Hindus. Islam is the true religion of "Allah" and as such, its name
> represents the central principle of Allah's "God's" religion; the
> total submission to the will of Allah "God". The Arabic word "Islam"
> means the submission or surrender of one's will to the only true god
> worthy of worship "Allah" and anyone who does so is termed a "Muslim",
> The word also implies "peace" which is the natural consequence of
> total submission to the will of Allah. Hence, it was not a new
> religion brought by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) I in Arabia in the seventh
> century, but only the true religion of Allah re-expressed in its final
> form.
> Islam is the religion which was given to Adam, the first man and the
> first prophet of Allah, and it was the religion of all the prophets
> sent by Allah to mankind. The name of God's religion lslam was not
> decided upon by later generations of man. It was chosen by Allah
> Himself and clearly mentioned in His final revelation to man. In the
> final book of divine revelation, the Qur'aan, Allah states the
> following:
> "This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour
> upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion". (Soorah Al-
> Maa'idah 5:3)
> "If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah
> (God) never will It be accepted of Him" (Soorah Aal'imraan 3:85)
> "Abraham was not a Jew nor Christian; but an upright Muslim." (Soorah
> Aal'imraan 3:67)
> Nowhere in the Bible will you find Allah saying to Prophet Moses'
> people or their descendants that their religion is Judaism, nor to the
> followers of Christ that their religion is Christianity. In fact,
> Christ was not even his name, nor was it Jesus! The name "Christ"
> comes from the Greek word Christos which means the annointed. That is,
> Christ is a Greek translation of the Hebrew title "Messiah". The name
> "Jesus" on the other hand, is a latinized version of the Hebrew name
> Esau.
> For simplicity's sake, I will however continue to refer to Prophet
> Esau (PBUH) as Jesus. As for his religion, it was what he called his
> followers to. Like the prophets before him, he called the people to
> surrender their will to the will of Allah; (which is Islam) and he
> warned them to stay away from the false gods of human imagination.
> According to the New Testament, he taught his followers to pray as
> follows: "Yours will be done on earth as it is in Heaven".
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>
> THE MESSAGE OF ISLAM
> Since the total submission of one's will to Allah represents the
> essence of worship, the basic message of Allah's divine religion,
> Islam is the worship of Allah alone and the avoidance of worship
> directed to any person, place or thing other than Allah.Since
> everything other than Allah, the Creator of all things, is Allah's
> creation; it may be said that Islam, in essence calls man away from
> the worship of creation and invites him to worship only its Creator.
> He is the only one deserving man's worship as it is only by His will
> that prayers are answered. If man prays to a tree and his prayers are
> answered, it was not the tree which answered his prayers but Allah who
> allowed the circumstances prayed for to take place. One might say,
> "That is obvious," however, to tree-worshippers it might not be.
> Similarly, prayers to Jesus, Buddha, or Krishna, to Saint Christopher,
> or Saint Jude or even to Muhammad, are not answered by them but are
> answered by Allah. Jesus did nottell his followers to worship him but
> to worship Allah. As the Qur'aan states:
> "And behold Allah will say: "O Jesus the son of Mary Did you say to
> men, Worship me and my mother as gods besides Allah He will say-"Glory
> to you I could never say what I had no right (to say')" (Soorah Al-
> Maa'idah- 5:116)
> Nor did he worship himself when he worshipped but rather he worshipped
> Allah. This basic principle is enshrined in the opening chapter of the
> Qur'aan, known as Soorah Al-Faatihah, verse 4:
> "You alone do we worship and from you alone do we seek help".
> Elsewhere, in the final book of revelation, the Qur'aan, Allah also
> said:
> "And your Lord says:"Call on Me and I will answer
> your(prayer)."(Soorsh Mu'min 40:60)
> it is worth noting that the basic message of Islam is that Allah and
> His creation are distinctly different entities. Neither is Allah His
> creation or a part of it, nor is His creation Him or a part of Him.
> This might seem obvious, but, man's worship of creation instead of the
> Creator is to a large degree based on ignorance of this concept. It is
> the belief that the essence of Allah is everywhere in His creation or
> that His divine being is or was present in some aspects of His
> creation, which has provided justification for the worship of creation
> though such worship maybecalled the worship of Allah through his
> creation. How ever, the message of Islam as brought by the prophets of
> Allah is to worship only Allah and to avoid the worship of his
> creation either directly or indirectly. In the Our'aan Allah
> clearlystates:
> "For We assuredly sent amongst every people a prophet,(with the
> command) worship meand avoid false gods " (Soorsh Al-Nahl 16:36)
> When the idol worshipper is questioned as to why he or she bows down
> to idols created by men, the invariable reply is that they are not
> actually worshipping the stone image, but Allah who is present within
> it. They claim that the stone idol is only a focal point for Allah's
> essence and is not in itself Allah! One who has accepted the concept
> of the presence of God's being within His creation in any way will be
> obliged to accept this argument of idolatry. Whereas, one who
> understands the basic message of Islam and its implications would
> never concede to idolatry no matter how it is rationalized. Those who
> have claimed divinity for themselves down through the ages have often
> based their claims on the mistaken belief that Allah is present in
> man. They merely had to assert that although Allah according to their
> false beliefs, is in all of us, He is more present in them than in the
> rest of us. Hence, they claim, we should submit our will to them and
> worship them as they are either God in person or God concentrated
> within the person.
> Similarly, those who have asserted the godhood of others after their
> passing have found fertile ground among those who accept the false
> belief of God's presence in man. One who has grasped the basic message
> of Islam and its implications could never agree to worship another
> human being under any circumstances. God's religion in essence is a
> clear call to the worship of the Creator and the rejection of creation-
> worship in any form. This is the meaning of the motto of Islam:
> "Laa Elaaha lllallaah" (There is no god but Allah)
> Its repetition automatically brings one within the fold of Islam and
> sincere belief in it guarantees one Paradise.
> Thus, the final Prophet of Islam is reported to have said, "Any one
> who says: There is no god but Allah and dies holding that (belief)
> will enter paradise".(Reported by Abu Dharr and collected by Al-
> Bukhaaree and Muslim).
> It consists in the submission to Allah as one God, yielding to Him by
> obeying His commandments, and the
> denial of polytheism and polytheists.
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>
>
> THE MESSAGE OF FALSE RELIGION
> There are so many sects, cults, religions, philosophies, and movements
> in the world, all of which claim to be the right way or the only true
> path to Allah. How can one determine which one is correct or if, in
> fact, all are correct? The method by which the answer can be found is
> to clear away the superficial differences in the teachings of the
> various claimants to the ultimate truth, and identify the central
> object of worship to which they call, directly or indirectly. False
> religions all have in common one basic concept with regards to Allah.
> They either claim that all men are gods or that specific men were
> Allah or that nature is Allah or that Allah is a figment of man's
> imagination.
> Thus, it may be stated that the basic message of false religion is
> that Allah may be worshipped in the form of His creation. False
> religion invites man to the worship of creation by calling the
> creation or some aspect of it God. For example, prophet Jesus invited
> his followers to worship Allah but those who claim to be his followers
> today call people to worship Jesus, claiming that he was Allah!
> Buddha was a reformer who introduced a number of humanistic principles
> to the religion of India. He did not claim to be God nor did he
> suggest to his followers that he be an object of worship. Yet, today
> most Buddhists who are to be found outside of India have taken him to
> be God and prostrate to idols made in their perception of his
> likeness.
> By using the principle of identifying the object of worship, false
> religion becomes very obvious and the contrived nature of their origin
> clear. As God said in the Our'aan:
> That which you worship besides Him are only names you and your
> forefathers have invented for which Allah has sent down no authority:
> The command belongs only to Allah:
> He has commanded that you only worship Him; that is the right
> religion, but most men do not understand ". (Soorah Yoosuf 12:40)
> It may be argued that all religions teach good things so why should it
> matter which one we follow. The reply is that all false religions
> teach the greatest evil, the worship of creation. Creation-worship is
> the greatest sin that man can commit because it contradicts the very
> purpose of his creation. Man was created to worship Allah alone as
> Allah has explicitly stated in the Our'aan:
> "I have only created Jlnns and men, that they may worship me"(Soorah
> Zaareeyaat 51:56)
> Consequently, the worship of creation, which is the essence of
> idolatry, is the only unforgivable sin. One who dies in this state of
> idolatry has sealed his fate in the next life. This is not an opinion,
> but a revealed fact stated by Allah in his final revelation to man:
> "Verily Allah will not forgive the joining of partners with Him, but
> He may forgive (sins) less than that for whom so ever He
> wishes"(Soorah An- Nisaa 4:48 and 116)
>
>
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> THE UNIVERSALITY OF ISLAM
> Since the consequences of false religion are so grave, the true
> religion of Allah must be universally understandable and attainable,
> not confined to any people, place or time. There can not be conditions
> like baptism, belief in a man, as a saviour etc., for a believer to
> enter paradise. Within the central principle of Islam and in its
> definition, (the surrender of one's will to God) lies the roots of
> lslam's universality. Whenever man comes to the realization that Allah
> is one and distinct from His creation, and submits himself to Allah,
> he becomes a Muslim in body and spirit and is eligible for paradise.
> Thus, anyone at anytime in the most remote region of the world can
> become a Muslim, a follower of God's religion, Islam, by merely
> rejecting the worship of creation and by turning to Allah (God) alone-
> It should be noted however, that the recognition of and submission to
> Allah requires that one chooses between right and wrong and such a
> choice implies accountability. Man will be held responsible for his
> choices, and, as such, he should try his utmost to do good and avoid
> evil. The ultimate good being the worship of Allah alone and the
> ultimate evil being the worship of His creation along with or instead
> of Allah. This fact is expressed in the final revelation as follows:
> "Verily those who believe, those who follow the Jewish (Scriptures),
> the Christians and the Sabians any who believe In Allah and the last
> day, and work righteousness *hall have their reward with their
> Lord;They will not be overcome by fear nor grief (Soorah Al-Baqarah
> 2:62).
> If only they had stood by the law, the Gospel, and all the revelation
> that was sent to them from their Lord, they would have enjoyed
> happiness from every side. There Is from among them a party on the
> right course; but many of them follow a course that Is evil.". (Soorah
> Al-.Maa'idah 5:66)
>
>
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> RECOGNITION OF ALLAH
> The question which arises here is, "How can all people be expected to
> believe in Allah given their varying- backgrounds, societies and
> cultures? For people to be responsible for worshipping Allah they all
> have to have access to knowledge of Allah. The final revelation
> teaches that all mankind have the recognition of Allah imprinted on
> their souls, a part of their very nature with which they are created.
> In Soorah Al-A'raaf, Verses 172-173; Allah explained that when He
> created Adam, He caused all of Adam's descendants to come into
> existence and took a pledge from them saying, Am I not your Lord? To
> which they all replied, " Yes, we testify to It:'
> Allah then explained why He had all of mankind bear witness that He is
> their creator and only true God worthy of worship. He said, "That was
> In case you (mankind) should say on the day of Resurrection, "Verily
> we were unaware of all this." That is to say, we had no idea that You
> Allah, were our God. No one told us that we were only supposed to
> worship You alone. Allah went on to explain That it was also In case
> you should say, "Certainly It was our ancestors who made partners
> (With Allah) and we are only their descendants; will You then destroy
> us for what those liars did?" Thus, every child is born with a natural
> belief in Allah and an inborn inclination to worship Him alone called
> in Arabic the "Fitrah".
> If the child were left alone, he would worship Allah in his own way,
> but all children are affected by those things around them, seen or
> unseen.
> The Prophet (PBUH) reported that Allah said, "I created my servants in
> the right religion but devils made them go astray". The Prophet (PBUH)
> also said, "Each child is born in a state of "Fitrah", then his
> parents make him a Jew, Christian or a Zoroastrian, the way an animal
> gives birth to a normal offspring. Have you noticed any that were born
> mutilated?" (Collected by Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim).
> So, just as the child submits to the physical laws which Allah has put
> in nature, his soul also submits naturally to the fact that Allah is
> his Lord and Creator. But, his parents try to make him follow their
> own way and the child is not strong enough in the early stages of his
> life to resist or oppose the will of his parents. The religion which
> the child follows at this stage is one of custom and upbringing and
> Allah does not hold him to account or punish him for this religion.
> Throughout people's lives from childhood until the time they die,
> signs are shown to them in all regions of the earth and in their own
> souls, until it becomes clear that there is only one true God (Allah).
> If the people are honest with themselves, reject their false gods and
> seek Allah, the way will be made easy for them but if they continually
> reject Allah's signs and continue to worship creation, the more
> difficult it will be for them to escape. For example, in the South
> Eastern region of the Amazon jungle in Brazil, South America, a
> primitive tribe erected a new hut to house their main idol Skwatch,
> representing the supreme God of all creation. The homage to the God,
> and while he was in prostration to what he had been taught was his
> Creator and Sustainer, a mangy old flea-ridden dog walked into the
> hut, The young man looked up in time to see the dog lift its hind leg
> and pass urine on the idol. Outraged, the youth chased the dog out of
> the temple, but when his rage died down he realized that the idol
> could not be the Lordof the universe. Allah must be elsewhere. he now
> had a choice to act on his knowledge and seek Allah, or to dishonestly
> go along with the false beliefs of his tribe. As strange as it may
> seem, that was a sign from Allah for that young man. It contained
> within it divine guidance that what he was worshipping was false.
> Prophets were sent, as was earlier mentioned, to every nation and
> tribe to support man's natural belief in Allah and man's inborn
> inclination to worship Him as well as to reinforce the divine truth in
> the daily signs revealed by Allah. Although, in most cases, much of
> the prophets' teachings became distorted, portions remained which
> point out right and wrong. For example, the ten commandments of the
> Torah, their confirmation in the Gospels and the existence of laws
> against murder, stealing and adultery in most societies. Consequently,
> every soul will be held to account for its belief in Allah and its
> acceptance of the religion of Islam; the total submission to the will
> of Allah.
> We pray to Allah, the exalted, to keep us on the right path to which
> He has guided us, and to bestow on us a blessing from Him, He is
> indeed the Most Merciful. Praise and gratitude be to Allah,the Lord of
> the worlds, and peace and blessings be on prophet Muhammed, his
> Family, his companions, and those who rightly follow them
>
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