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Discovering Islam
Discovering Islam
Islam
The Religion of GOD for Humanity
Religion and its origin
EveryReligion has been named after
Its founder/particular people
Community or nation/country/place
Knowledge of GOD?
His Attributes?
His Law?
Day of Judgment?
Knowing The GOD
Through Manifestations of GOD’s design
around US and in Ourselves
But we are deviated in thoughts of GOD
Believing in two Gods
Belief in trinity
Polytheism
Nature worshiping
Different gods for different
bounties and calamities.
Knowing The GOD
We have different beliefs about life after
death and living life here
We become dust and will not be
raised
Continuous regeneration in this
world
Varying code of living life in the
world with collapses and
reformations
THE GUIDANCE: ???
We need a Guidance from the Creator
If not we will be in dire confusion and wrong
notions of GOD
The GOD has Guided Humanity in All Ages
through his Guidance
Prophets and His Revelations
For different people different prophets and
revelations throughout the ages with different
traditions BUT with the same message of pure
Monotheism.(the core of religion)
THE GUIDANCE: THE PROPHETS
[2:213]
Mankind were one community and Allah sent
Prophets with glad tidings and warnings, and with
them He sent the Scripture in truth to judge
between people in matters wherein they differed.
And only those to whom (the Scripture) was given
differed concerning it after clear proofs had come
unto them through hatred, one to another. Then
Allah by His Leave guided those who believed to
the truth of that wherein they differed. And Allah
guides whom He wills to a Straight Path.
Uniform Message of the Prophets
[21:25]
And We did not send any Messenger
before you (O Muhammad SAW) but We
inspired him (saying): La ilaha illa Ana
[none has the right to be worshipped but I
(Allah)], so worship Me (Alone and none
else)."
THE GUIDANCE: THE QURAN
[2:2]
This is the Book (the Quran), whereof
there is no doubt, a guidance to those who
are Al-Muttaqun [the pious and righteous
persons who fear Allah much (abstain
from all kinds of sins and evil deeds
which He has forbidden) and love Allah
much (perform all kinds of good deeds
which He has ordained)].
Articles of Faith: Al-Tawhid
Tawhid: Oneness of GOD
La ilaha illallah –there is no God worthy
of worship but Allah(THE GOD)
[3:18]
God bears witness that there is no god but
He
The word ALLAH = AL+Ilah = The+God
Is an exclusive name of GOD.
Tawhid: Islamic Monotheism
Tawhid is the fundamental belief of GOD
Tawhid means the Unification of GOD
Tawhid is the affirmation of One GOD
Tawhid is Rejection of other deities than The GOD
Tawhid is disassociating others with GOD
Tawhid is accepting THE GOD as
Creator,sustainer, controller of all
Tawhid is Believing in GOD’s names and attributes
as he has described.
Tawhid is worshiping GOD alone
Tawhid: Deep Understanding
Tawhid: Deep Understanding
Tawhid: Ar-Rububiyah
This is the Affirmation and Action of
Man to Testify the Lordship of Allah in
all affairs of life and existence.
Allah is the Sovereign in all affairs.
Allah is the Creator and Sustainer.
Tawhid: Ar-Rububiyah
Tawhid: Al-Asma was-Sifat
5 Aspects of Asma was Sifat
Describing Allah’s name as it is Described by
GOD himself.
We should not Invoke God by any name other than
the Names authenticated in Quran and Sunnah.
Not Giving God the attributes of His creation in
real or metaphorical ways
Creatures AND Man can’t be given the attributes
of Allah by any means
Naming with the Name of Allah requires certain
ways.
Tawhid: Al-Asma was-Sifat
Tawhid: Al-Ibadah
We can not worship anything beside
Allah.
All forms of Worship should be directed
to ALLAH alone without any association
of other deities.
There is no need of Intermediaries or
intercessors between Man and Allah
We must strive to implement the Divine
Law[Shariah] on Earth.
Tawhid: Al-Ibadah
Tawhid: The Formula to Attribute GOD
Shirk: The Gravest Sin
Shirk: The Gravest Sin
Shirk: In Ar-Rububiyah
Shirk: In Ar-Rububiyah
Shirk: In Al-Asma was-Sifat
Shirk: In Al-Asma was-Sifat
Shirk: In Al-Ibadah
Shirk: In Al-Ibadah
The Gateways to Shirk
Using Charms/Amulets and the likes for attaining benefits out of it.
Believing in Omens that it will guide you in your affairs or regarding an event
as a potent of good or evil.
Use of fortunetelling in any means.
Using astrology and horoscopes for fortunetelling
Use of Magic in different forms.
Limiting the Transcendence of Allah with the concept of Immanence and other
unauthenticated attribution to Him.
Seeing Allah and the Image of God.
Saint Worship and the concept of Fana: Union of Man with God
The Spirit of Allah and its wrong concepts
Grave worship
EMAAN
Reason (certainty of Revelation
Faith)
Human
Quran
Intellect
Reason and Revelation
The English word Fatih or Belief is not
The substitute or synonymous word to
Arabic word “EMAAN”
The Words Faith or Belief carry within
them an implication of untruth,
probability, doubt or suspicion.
The term and meaning of EMAAN is the
complete opposite to THE MEANING OF
words Faith or Belief.
EMAAN
EMAAN the Arabic word deriving from
“amn” means security,
So the correct and relevant definition of
EMAAN means that the propositions it
covers are in fact true , and that their truth has
been appropriated (understood and accepted )
by Mind/Reason.
EMAAN is hence a “conviction”, absolutely
free of doubt of probability, of guessing and
uncertainty.
EMAAN: Emotion or Intelligence
We admire faith based on our upbringing
most of the time
Only few people choose their religion on
their Reason.
In Islamic System Every child is born on
the same religion of GOD that is Islam.
But it is the Environmental influence that
make people diverted to other Worldly
religions.
EMAAN: The test of VALIDITY
Any idea or thing that can be proved scientifically is
accepted
BUT how can we prove that GOD is One or There is any
GOD exists?
The Basic principle is that anything which cant be sensed
has no existence is the biggest myth on the earth.
The astronauts has discovered some space in the
Universe we can now believe for sure. BUT if you ask
him about some further possibility of new SPACES will
he deny ???
No He will not deny the possibility!!!! Even though he is
not confirmed.
Possibility: That GOD exists
The percentage of Atheists in the world are
far less than the Theists.
This indicates Man always believed in GOD
but their Understanding of GOD has been
different.
When people can’t find the solution to HIS
problem in life in a religion he Denies the
whole of it and become Atheist or just hang
with it like a thread which is ready to cut off.
Possibility: That GOD exists
[2:164]---ACCEPTANCE BY Observation/reason
Verily! In the creation of the heavens and the earth,
and in the alternation of night and day, and the ships
which sail through the sea with that which is of use to
mankind, and the water (rain) which Allah sends
down from the sky and makes the earth alive
therewith after its death, and the moving (living)
creatures of all kinds that He has scattered therein,
and in the veering of winds and clouds which are held
between the sky and the earth, are indeed Ayat
(proofs, evidences, signs, etc.) for people of
understanding.
Possibility: That GOD exists
[2:132]—acceptance by Uniformity of
GOD’S message
And this (submission to Allah, Islam) was
enjoined by Ibrahim (Abraham) upon his
sons and by Ya'qub (Jacob), (saying), "O my
sons! Allah has chosen for you the (true)
religion, then die not except in the Faith of
Islam (as Muslims - Islamic Monotheism).“
2:136,3:67,3:102
Possibility: That GOD exists
Acceptance by Miracle(Linguistic)
“Were all mankind to come together and
wish to produce the like of the Qur’an,
they would never succeed, however much
they aided each other”. (17:88)
Possibility: That GOD exists
[23:44] ---acceptance by Geographical proofs
Then We sent Our Messengers in succession, every
time there came to a nation their Messenger, they
denied him, so We made them follow one another (to
destruction), and We made them as Ahadith (the true
stories for mankind to learn a lesson from them). So
away with a people who believe not.
[6:11]
Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Travel in the land and
see what was the end of those who rejected truth."
Possibility: That GOD exists
[21:30]---acceptance by Scientific proof
Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the
earth were joined together as one united piece, then We parted
them? And We have made from water every living thing. Will they
not then believe?
THE CONCEPT OF BIG BANG theory 1400 Years ago
Mentioned in the QURAN . Who could have mentioned the
Mystery of Universe.
Prophet Muhammad was unlettered
Also for those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet
[7:157]-
Quran has got 1000+ scientific verses which are 100% correct
and some are unseen we believe in it because it is the TEST for
the Believer.
Validity: QURAN
[4:82] --acceptance by Falsification test
Do they not ponder on the Quran? If it
had been from anyone other than God,
they would have found much
inconsistency in it.
Reliability: Survival Test
[3:19]
Truly, the religion with Allah is Islam. Those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) did
not differ except, out of mutual jealousy, after knowledge had come to them. And whoever
disbelieves in the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allah, then surely, Allah
is Swift in calling to account.
[3:85]
And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam,[submission to One True GOD] it will never be
accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers.
[2:136]
Say (O Muslims), "We believe in Allah and that which has been sent down to us and that which has
been sent down to Ibrahim (Abraham), Isma'il (Ishmael), Ishaque (Isaac), Ya'qub (Jacob), and to Al-
Asbat [the twelve sons of Ya'qub (Jacob)], and that which has been given to Musa (Moses) and 'Iesa
(Jesus), and that which has been given to the Prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction
between any of them, and to Him we have submitted (in Islam).“
[3:64]
Say (O Muhammad SAW): "O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians): Come to a word that is
just between us and you, that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partners with Him,
and that none of us shall take others as lords besides Allah. Then, if they turn away, say: "Bear
witness that we are Muslims.“
THE CONVERTS TO ISLAM ARE WITNESS TO THE RELIABILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY
OF THIS RELIGION OF GOD even in this 21 st Century.
CONFUSION
IF YOU WANT TO JUDGE ANY
RELIGION DON’T GO BY THEIR
PEOPLE BUT GO FOR THEIR
SCRIPTURES
IF YOU FIND ANY COTRADICTION
IN ISLAM THEN YOU MUST ASK
WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE IN
THE PARTICULAR AREA OF ISLAM.
When Will You Submit ???
[41:53]
In time We shall make them fully understand Our
messages [through what they perceive] in the utmost
horizons [of the universe] and within themselves, so
that it will become clear unto them that this
[revelation/QURAN] is indeed the truth. [Still,] is it
not enough [for them to know] that thy Sustainer is
witness unto everything?
N.B: Plural We/Our in the Quran is the particular
Arabic linguistic pattern Allah used . It is Royal Plural
as Pronoun . For more details consult with the Expert
in Islamic Authority.
Link to Download Translation of the
Quran and Islamic Learning Website
http://islamtomorrow.com/downloads/Quran_Khan.pdf ( With
Arabic Text)
http://www.kalamullah.com/Books/Quran%20-%20Saheeh%20In
ternational%20Translation%20.pdf
(Quran Only English Text)