The Message Of Islam: Islam is the religion which agrees with the natural disposition of man. It urges Muslims and calls them to ask about things that are incomprehensible to them, through the consultation of competent and knowledgeable authorities. In Islam there are no obscure or mysterious things; it allows us to ask about everything. By nature, humans have many questions in their minds that require logical and clear answers, and the Qur’an provides such answers...
Some of these basic queries are as follows:
A. What is the origin of humanity? The answer to this can be found in the words of Allah:
{And indeed We created man (Adam) out of an extract of clay. Thereafter We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of rest firmly fixed. Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood; then of that clot We made a (fetus) lump; then We made out of that lump bones and clothed the bones with flesh; then We developed out of it another creature. So blessed be Allah, the Best of Creators.} [23:12-14]
B. What is the status of rank of humans in the universe? Allah (SWT) says:
{And indeed We have honored the children of Adam, and We have carried them on land and sea and have provided them with good and pure things, and have preferred them above many of those whom We have created with a marked preference.} [17:70]
C. Why did Allah create humans? Allah (SWT) says:
{And I (God) have only created the Jinn4and humanity that they may worship Me (alone). No sustenance do I require of them nor do I require that they should feed Me. Indeed Allah is the only Giver of (all) sustenance, Lord of Power, the Most Strong.} [51:56-8]
He (SWT) also says:
{Did you then think that We had created you in jest and that you would not be brought back to us (for account)? So Exalted is God, the True King: There is none who is worshipped in truth but He, the Lord of the Throne of Honor!} [23:115-6]
D. Who is the Creator? He is the only One worthy of being worshipped…God (SWT) says:
{He is Allah, other than whom there is no God, Knower of the unseen and seen. He is the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. He is Allah, other than whom there is no God, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, and the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him. He is Allah the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.} [59:22-24]
E. What should our behavior be towards those things God created in this universe? Allah (SWT) says:
{O you who believe! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided for you, and be grateful to Allah, if it is Him you worship.} [2:172]
F. What is the true religion, which one should embrace, and what is the path that leads to happiness in the Hereafter? Allah (SWT) says:
{And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers.} [3:85]
G. What is the path which leads to peace of mind and heart and mental stability? Allah (SWT) says:
{Those who believed and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah. Indeed in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest.} [13:28]
H. How about those who do not believe in Allah and His revelations?
{But whosoever turns away from My reminder (i.e. My Message), verily for him is a life of hardship, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection.} [20:124]
I. What is our final end in this life…Allah (SWT) says:
{Every soul shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. Whosoever is removed from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, they are indeed successful. The life of this world is nothing but a comfort of illusion.} [3:185]
J. Is it possible that we be recreated? Allah (SWT) says:
{And if he has coined (compared) for Us a similitude, and has forgotten the fact of his creation, saying: ’Who will
revive these bones when they have rotted away?’ Say: ’He will revive them Who produced them at the first time, for He is All-Knower of every creation’.} [36:78-79]
He (SWT) also says:
{O humankind! If you are in doubt concerning the Resurrection, then Lo! We have created you from dust, then from a drop of seed, then from a clot, then from a little lump of flesh, some formed and some unformed (miscarriage), that We may make (it) clear for you. And We cause
what We will to remain in the wombs for an appointed time, and afterward We bring you forth as infants.} [22:5]
K. What happens after death? Allah (SWT) says:
{Lo! Those who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters will abide in the Fire of Hell. They are the worst of created beings. And Lo! Those who believe and do good works are the best of created beings. Their reward is with their Lord; Gardens of Eden underneath which rivers flow, wherein they dwell forever. Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. This is (in store) for him who fears his Lord.} [98:6-8]
Dear reader I reaffirm to you that Islam has all the solutions to problems that face the world today. The world has implemented many doctrines to solve some of its greatest problems, but over and over, these doctrines prove unsuitable and incapable of resolving them… so why do people at large not implement the laws of Islam in their life to seek the betterment of human life?
C.E. Abdullah Archibald W. Hamilton said:
I feel that I must write and express my heartfelt thanks to all my Muslim brothers who, on my embracing Islam, have so kindly written or sent telegrams to me. I appreciate their good wishes more than my words can convey. After the last war, when the world waded through streams of blood, I thought that all peace and goodwill was at an end but the fact that my brethren across the seven seas are so willing to extend a hand of friendship brings a message of hope and good cheer to me. This has proved to me more than anything else, that Islam alone can bring peace to this world.
Dear reader, some Muslims today are lost and do not implement teachings of Islam in their lives; they are only Muslims by name. A true Muslim implements the commandments of the Qur’an and Sunnah in his daily life. A true Muslim is not he who chooses from Islam what suits him and then leaves all else aside!
It is not appropriate that Islam be associated with certain countries or races. Furthermore, it is not appropriate to say that all Muslims live their lives in conformity with the Islamic Legal law. In fact, many Muslims are lost and do not apply the true teachings of Islam. Islam is not as some think - mere religious rites that are practiced at set times - rather, it comprises belief, law, devotions, transactions and dealings. It is a religion as well as a governmental system. It has been said:
What a great religion, if only there were men who would put its teachings into practice, adhered to its commandments and abstained from its prohibitions.’
In his book ‘What is Islam?’ W. Montgomery Watt said:
Prejudice is only one of the difficulties to be met by the European or American student of Islam. As soon as he begins to describe Islam as ‘the religion of the Qur’an’ or the religion of the four hundred million Muslims of today’, he introduces a category which does not fit the category of ‘religion. For what does ‘religion’ now mean to the occidental? At best, for the ordinary man, it means a way of spending an hour or so on Sundays in practices which give him some support and strength in dealing with the problems of daily life, and which encourages him to be friendly towards other persons and to maintain the standards of sexual propriety; it has little or nothing to do with commercor economics or politics or industrial relationships. At worst it fosters an attitude of complacency in the more prosperous individuals and breeds smugness. The European may even look on religion as an opiate developed by exploiters of the common people in order to keep them insubjection. How different from the connotations to the Muslim of the verse: ‘The true religion with God is Islam’! The word translated as ‘religion’ is Deen, which in Arabic commonly refers to a whole way of life. It is not a private matter for individuals, touching only the periphery of their lives, but something which is both private and public, something which permeates the whole – theological dogma, forms of worship, political theory, and a detailed code of conduct, including even matters which the Europeanwould classify as hygiene or etiquette.
Islam, in its entirety, was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and is unchanged; the Muslims on the other hand, have changed. If a Muslim makes a mistake, it does not mean that Islam concurs with his action. To make this clearer: if a person is a comprehensive guide to build a dismantled vehicle, and he fails to follw the manual and thus assembles it incorrectly… does this mean that the manual is incorrect?
I ask the reader of this booklet to read it whithout preconceived notions about Islam, and that his goal should be to reach the truth, not to search for faults. Furthermore, do not be misled by your emotions. Allah (SWT) says: {And when it is said unto them: follow that which Allah has revealed, they say: ‘We follow that wherein we found our fathers’. What! Even though their fathers were wholly unintelligent and had no guidance?} [2:170]
The reason for this is that a logical man would not accept anything unless he has researched and scrutinized it, and he would only disseminate it amongst people and rectify their errors once they have attested to its veracity.
Finally, I must admit that I have not covered every aspect about Islam in this booklet due to its vastness. Islam governs man’s life in this world in every aspect, and one would need to write several books in order to discuss all its aspects. In this booklet, I have highlighted some focal points concerning the basic morals of Islam. I mention each point, and then support it with a proof from the Qur’an and Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH).
Some may say, with the aim of implying that Islamic Law was adopted from present day law systems, that some of the Islamic laws can be found and seen implemented in modern society. This dubious point can be easily put to rest when we know that Islamic Law is over fourteen hundred years old. If anything, the laws implemented by these societies may be said to have been derived from Islamic Laws. Furthermore, many Orientalists have studied Islamic Law for various nefarious reasons and objectives which seek not to clarify and explain it, but to downplay the true source by pointing at possible worldly sources.
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