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"ISLAM" As A Verb(Action):
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This is understood from a verse in the Holy Quran - Allah
says:
"Inna deena
indalahil-Islam." (Certainly, the only
acceptable way which Allah will accept is Islam).
[Holy Quran 3:19]
This submission requires a fully conscious and willing
effort to submit to the one Almighty God.
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"But no, by your
Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (Muhammad,
peace be upon him) as a judge in all disputes between them, and
find no resistance against your decisions, and accept (the
decisions) with full submission."
[Holy Quran 4:65]
Total
submission is required after the surrender and some terms have
to be set forth by Allah to be understood by the Muslim. There
can be no option in the matter as Allah says in another verse,
"It is not
fitting for the believing man nor for the believing woman, that
whenever Allah and His Messenger have decided any matter, that
they should have any other opinion."
[Holy Quran 33:36]
Whatever Allah and
His Messenger have set out as being the Way of Islam is
incumbent on the believer, man or woman to follow completely.
One must consciously and conscientiously give oneself to the
service of Allah. |
"And obey
Allah and His Messenger."
[Holy Quran 3:132]
"O you who believe! Obey Allah and His
Messenger and those of you who are in authority. If you
differ in anything amongst yourselves, refer it to Allah and
His Messenger, if you believe in Allah and in the Last Day.
That is better and more suitable for final determination."
[Holy Quran 4:59]
"He who obeys
the Messenger has indeed obeyed Allah, but he who turns
away, then we have not sent you as a watcher over them."
[Holy Quran 4:80]
This means to
act on what Allah enjoins all of us to do (in the Qur'an)
and what His beloved Prophet, Muhammad (pbuh) encouraged us
to do in his Sunnah (his lifestyle and sayings personifying
the Qur'an).
After surrendering your free will to Allah and then
ratifying the terms and conditions of the surrender, it is
obligatory for the Muslim to live up to his terms of the
bargain. It is his or her responsibility to do their best to
obey the orders of Allah set forth in the Holy Quran and the
teachings of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him.
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Sincerity & Purity of Intention
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The heart must
be clean and honest. Allah is Pure and He only accepts pure.
"Verily, deeds are rewarded by
intention. And everyone will have the reward for that which
he has intended."
[A saying of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace
be upon him - Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 1 #1]
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Sincere intention is the key to the success or failure of
the Muslim. All that he or she does must be for the sake of
Allah and not for the chance to show off or call attention
to himself or herself. If there is even a speck of pride or
showing off for the people instead of doing for Allah, then
the whole of the matter will be rejected by Allah on the Day
of Judgment. This is due to the fact that Allah wants purity
of intention and purity in deed.
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"Peace" (Salam) is mentioned many times in
the Holy Quran and it is certainly the most sought after
condition for the life of every human on earth.
"The Peace" (As-Salam) is
also one of the attributes which Allah has named Himself by in
the Holy Quran:
"He is Allah beside Whom there is none worthy of
worship, The King, The Holy, The Peace, The Watcher, The All
Mighty, The Compeller, The Supreme. Glory be to Allah! He is
above all that they try to associate with Him as partners."
[Holy Quran 59:23]
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We are all
striving to achieve some sort of peace and tranquility in our
lives. And providing that the other four conditions have been
met, then this is the inevitable result of the one who is truly
seeking Allah.
So as soon as he or she has totally surrendered and submitted
and obeyed Allah, in complete sincerity and as a result has
achieved total and complete peace in this life and in the next.
It does not imply
that they will not be tested however. And this must be quickly
understood. The one whom Allah loves, He tests. The person who
will be successful in this life and the Next Life will be tested
as Allah has said:
"Do they think that they will be left alone on saying, 'We
believe and that they will not be tested'? For sure we will
test them as we have tested those who came before them, to
show (them) the truthful
of the honest and the liars in their falsehood."
[Quran 29:2-3]
Once we humble
ourselves, rid ourselves of our egoism and submit totally to
Allah, and to Him exclusively, in faith and in action, we will
surely feel peace in our hearts. Establishing peace in our
hearts will bring about peace in our external conduct as well. |
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Islam is: 1) Beliefs & 2) Actions |
Allah
- Believe God
Almighty is One, Unique, Unlike His Creation, Perfect in
every way; Not like or in His Creation [back]
Angels -
Made from light, follow Allah's orders perfectly, never
make mistakes and are never disobedient (devil is not a
fallen angel in Islam). [back]
Books -
Torah (Old Testament), Suhoof (Scriptures of prophets),
Zabur (Psalms), Enjil (Evangel or New Testament), Quran
(Recitation to Muhammad) [back]
Prophets -
Adam, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, David, Solomon,
Jesus, Muhammad, and others mentioned in Books, peace be
upon them all. [back]
Resurrection -
All people, believers and disbelievers will be
resurrected for Judgment Day in real flesh and blood
bodies to be judged. [back]
Divine Destiny -
Allah has complete control of all that happens, both
good and evil and He has full knowledge of it all.
[back]
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Shahadah - Declare The Belief That Allah is ONE
and Muhammad, peace be upon him, is His Last Messenger
[back]
5 Daily "salat" - The special form of
worship of standing, bowing, prostrating to Allah while
facing Mecca. [back]
Fast Ramadhan - Not eating or drinking
during the daylight hours for the month of Ramadhan
(Lunar calander).
[back]
Pay Alms Tax - 2 1/2% of Exess wealth
distributed annually to the poor and needy.
[back]
Hajj - Pilgrimmage to Mecca once in the
life when Allah provides a way, and it is safe to do so.
[back]
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Islam Is - A Complete And Total Way of Life
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Islam is from Allah, The Creator and Sustainer of all that
exists. As such, it is for Him Alone to command and direct
His creation and He Alone is responsible for what He will
accept and what He will not accept. It is also for Him Alone
to decree what is good and what is bad and He must be the
One to show the right path in all things.
Everything in the
life of the creations of Allah, especially for those who have
choices to make (us), must be dictated and clarified by the One
who Created everything in the fist place. We understand from
this that Islam must be a complete and total way of living,
explaining everything in the life from beginning to end and from
birth until death.
Islam is careful
to remind us that it not a religion to be paid mere lip service;
rather it is an all-encompassing way of life that must be
practiced continuously for it to be Islam.
There are other
injunctions and commandments which concern virtually all facets
of one's personal, family and civic life. These include such
matters as diet, clothing, personal hygiene, interpersonal
relations, business ethics, responsibilities towards parents,
spouse and children, marriage, divorce and inheritance, civil
and criminal law, fighting in defense of Islam, relations with
non-Muslims, and so much more.
In conclusion, we
are forced to realize that ISLAM is a complete way of life for
the human being. Everything is covered in Islam from birth to
death to live in the complete submission to the Will of the One
Who Created man in the first place. |
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"All things in moderation" is the famous
saying. Islam stresses the importance of this balance within
the human being's lives by telling us in the Quran that
Muslims are not to be in excess. Rather, we are to be in the
"middle path" neither extreme to the right nor to the left.
Allah Almighty calls us the "Balanced Nation."
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