Meaning of Islam

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                Islam means to submit freely to
The Commandments and Will of The
One and Only God (Allah). This
submission should come from within,
from sound belief in and conviction
to Allah, with no doubt. It should
also come from love, trust, and
affection.

Allah is not a special god for
Muslims, but Allah is The Creator of
all creatures, including mankind.The Prophet Muhammad (Peace
on him) is the Messenger of Allah.
The Prophet Muhammad (Peace on
him) received The Word of Allah
(revelation), through the archangel
Gabriel (The Holy Spirit). This
revelation comprises the Religion of
Islam.The Qur'an is the authentic
collection of this revelation recorded
in book form. It is the exact,
unchanged Word of Allah to all
mankind.

A Muslim is any male or female
person who believes in Allah and the
Prophet Muhammad (Peace on him)
as His Messenger who then testifies
to that belief to witnesses announcing
his/her acceptance of Islam as his/her
religion. "Muslim' should not be
confused with "Arab"; A Muslim is a
person who follows the religion of
Islam and s/he can be of any race
while Arab refers to a race of people.
An Arab can choose to be of any
religion or belief system be it
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism,
Hinduism, atheism, or any faith.
Arabs make up less than 18% of the
Muslim population of the world
today, which is estimated to be over
one-fifth of the world's population,
or more than a billion people.

Islam is a simple and practical religion.
It has established, clear, and easily
understandable beliefs and laws that
any follower or student of the
religion can easily understand. Islam
affirms belief in a decent, civilized
society. Islam also does not demand
impossible goodness of its followers,
but it recognizes that all human
beings make mistakes and sin. No
one is exempt. Islam preaches peace,
mercy, justice, tolerance, equality,
love, truth, forgiveness, patience,
morality, sincerity and righteousness.
Islam is the religion that preaches the
Oneness of God, the Oneness of
mankind and the Oneness of the
Message.

Islam is the religion that preaches
the Oneness of God, the Oneness of
mankind and the Oneness of the
Message.

Basic Beliefs in Islam

Oneness of God: "Tawheed"

Muslims believe that there is ONLY One
supreme God (Allah). In Islam to
believe in Allah is not only to believe
in Allah's existence but also to believe
in all Allah's attributions, to worship
Allah alone, and to obey all Allah's
commands. Tawheed includes the
oneness of the Lordship, oneness of
Worship and oneness of Names and
Attributes: 

A) Oneness of Lordship: To believe
that Allah is The ONLY Creator,
Provider, and The Commander.

B) Oneness of Worship: To believe
that Allah is the ONLY God who should
be worshipped, and obeyed as Allah
prescribed.

C) Oneness of Allah's Names and
Attributes: To believe that Allah Is
Perfect and His Names and Attributes
are Perfect according to what Allah tells
us about Himself in the Quran,
believing that those Names and
Attributes, in their perfection, belong
only to Allah.

◊ Muslims believe that NO one shares
Allah's divinity that is neither angel nor
human. Allah says: "And Allah makes
none to share in His decision and His
rule." (Glorious Quran 18:26)

◊ Muslims do not believe that Allah
sleeps, gets tired, or dies. Those
attributes are only for Allah's creatures.
Allah has neither Weakness nor
Weariness.

◊ Muslims do not believe that human
beings are created in the image of Allah.

◊ Muslims believe that there is no
intermediary who will take any one
nearer to Allah or plead on anyone's
behalf. They believe that any individual
can directly supplicate to Allah and ask
for anything he/she wants.


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