islam is the only truly universal religion

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Islam Is The Only Truly Universal Religion

Islam is thereligion taught in its fundamentals by all the prophets. It is the religionwhich the first human being was instructed to follow. It is the religion of Noah,Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad and all other prophets (peace be upon

them all) throughout the existence of human beings.

From the world view of Islam, most of the world's major religions originated in thepure religion of Islam itself and only through the teachings being lost, forgotten orwilfully corrupted have these religions changed. Judaism claims special status for theJews as the chosen people - a status which cannot be acquired except through birth[1] and which makes a Jew superior to any non-Jew (goyim) whatever their beliefs.Christianity insists that you must believe in various doctrines which form thefoundations of what is distinctively 'Christian' belief in order to be 'saved' (i.e. thatJesus (peace be upon him) died to atone for the sins of Mankind, that Allah is a trinityetc.). This doctrine, the (Catholic) church itself admits [2], didn't develop until several

hundred years after Christ and so cannot possibly have applied to those beforeJesus nor to his early followers. In contrast to this, Islam has at its core, a simplemessage which applies to all human beings before Muhammad (pbuh) and all afterhis time:

"...And they say: "None shall enter paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian." Those are their (vain)

desires. Say: "Produce your proof if you are truthful." Nay whoever submits his whole self to Allah andis a doer of good, he will get his reward with his Lord; on such shall be no fear nor shall they grieve."

Qur'an 2:111-112

The word used in this verse for 'submits' is 'aslama'. It is from this verb that the word'Islam' comes as 'the submitting'. Islam is a word that doesn't have any connectionwith an area or a particular character from history, it is the one and only trulyuniversal religion and fittingly it has a truly universal name:

The word "Islam" means voluntary submission to the will of Allah

Rationality requires belief in God

It is a common perception in the (post?) Christian world that 'faith' or 'belief' isirrational; that a matter of faith is one for which there is little or no evidence. To theMuslim this seems quite absurd. In Islam people who disbelieve in Allah and in theprophethood of Muhammad can only do so out of ignorance or out of wilful denial ofwhat is evident to them as clear as seeing:

Say thou: "This is my way: I do invite unto Allah on evidence clear as the seeing withone's eyes, I and whoever follows me: Glory to Allah! and never will I join gods withAllah!"

Qur'an Surah 12 Verse 108
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Being rational means being a moral thinker.Being a moral thinker means believing in Allah.Only the irrational disbelieve.

Islam Is The Natural Religion

Islam is known not only as a rational and moral way of life prescribed for all ofmankind, it is known by the term 'Din ul-Fitra' or 'the natural religion'. Islam is thereligion designed by the Creator of mankind for the benefit of mankind and thereforefits human nature perfectly. Being Muslim is living in harmony with your humannature.

Natural desires are considered as coming from Allah and put into people for goodreason. They don't need to be repressed but rather simply channelled into the rightways of being fulfilled. So, for example, in Islam getting married is considered 'half ofthe religion' and each act of making love between a husband and his wife is an act of

worship.

When a person is born he/she is purely natural, free of sin and Muslim. Humans, weare told in the Qur'an, are made in the best of forms and start life with a huge plus. Itis only in later life that their environments may lead them to take beliefs or adoptpractices that contradict Islam.

Because of our nature, deep down we all need to find our purpose in life; we all knowwe have moral responsibilities and we all know that, if anything ought to be, thenAllah must exist.

This being part of human nature, no one can claim that their disbelief was the resultof ignorance alone. Disbelief is always, at some level, a conscious and sinful act.

On the day of judgement the conscience of the disbeliever will be his or her owndamning evidence.

There is no god except Allah and Muhammad is a messenger of Allah

This is the statement that qualifies someone as a Muslim. If you are convinced of thisat some point then you are a Muslim.

Formally someone becomes a Muslim by saying - in front of witnesses - "I witnessthat there is no god except Allah and that Muhammad is a messenger of Allah."

To understand this statement fully some explanation is needed of the word 'god'. Agod is understood to mean anything or anyone who you use to set your values in life;to determine how you judge a matter as good or bad and how therefore you live yourlife. A god is also someone or something that people try to keep happy so that it maybe able to change their lives and make those people happy. Since every humanbeing by nature forms value judgements everyone has at least one god.

What is your god? Is it your desires? - Is it your work? - Is it fashion? - Is it yourfamily? - Is it your nation? - Is it your church?


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Whatever your gods may be, becoming a Muslim frees you from the service of themand brings you to the service of Allah and only Allah.

Believing that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah flows frombelieving in theQur'an.

Disbelieving the Qur'an is irrational

Firstly what is the Qur'an? The word Qur'an means a recitation or a proclamation. Itclaims to be the exact word of God as revealed to Muhammad. These words form anessential part of the prayers of Muslims and reading the Qur'an for Muslims is often amatter of recalling directly from memory rather than reading the text from the book. Itis essential to keep this in mind when reading the book. It is not a text book to beread once but a book to be returned to time and time again for moral guidance andinspiration.

To disbelieve in the Qur'an is to deny that it is revelation sent by Allah to Mankind. Tofind out why no other explanation is rational read the section on theAmazing Qur'anof the online book calledIslam for the Western Mind.
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