Saturday, June 30, 2012

Surah Ikhlas – the touchstone of theology:

Surah Ikhlas (Chapter 112) of the Glorious Qur’an, is the touchstone of theology. ‘Theo’ in Greek means God and ‘logy’ means study. Thus Theology means study of God and to Muslims this four line definition of Almighty God serves as the touchstone of the study of God. Any candidate to divinity must be subjected to this ‘acid test’. Since the attributes of Allah given in this chapter are unique, false gods and pretenders to divinity can be easily dismissed using these verses.

The Most Concise Definition of God

“Say: He is Allah,
The One and Only.
“Allah, the Eternal, Absolute.
“He begets not, nor is He begotten.
And there is none like unto Him.”
[Al-Qur’an 112:1-4]
The word ‘Assamad’ is difficult to translate. It means ‘absolute existence’, which can be attributed only to Allah (swt), all other existence being temporal or conditional. It also means that Allah (swt) is not dependent on any person or thing, but all persons and things are dependent on Him.

Islam is a Semitic religion, which has over one billion adherents

all over the world. Islam means “submission to the will of God”.

Muslims accept the Qur’an, as the word of God revealed to His last

and final prophet, Muhammad (peace be upon him). Islam states

that Allah sent messengers and prophets throughout the ages with

the message of Unity of God and accountability in the Hereafter.

Islam thus makes it an article of faith to believe in all the earlier

prophets, starting with Adam, and continuing with Noah,

Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, John the

Baptist and Jesus amongst many others (may peace be on them all).

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

WHY You accept Islam 1

Yusha Evans: From Christianity to Islam | 2

WHY You accept Islam 3

Famous singers and men convert to Islam

Playboy model converts to Islam

Former Hollywood Actress Emilie Francois Convert to Islam - now Myriam Francois-Cerrah

Interview Former Rap Artist Loon Turned Muslim

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

Natural desires are considered as coming from Allah and put into people for good reason. They don't need to be repressed but rather simply channelled into the right ways of being fulfilled. So, for example, in Islam getting married is considered 'half of the 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, we are told in the Qur'an, are made in the best of forms and start life with a huge plus. It is only in later life that their environments may lead them to take beliefs or adopt practices that contradict Islam.

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

This being part of human nature, no one can claim that their disbelief was the result of 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 own damning evidence.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

What does Islam mean?

Islam, a name given by Allah to this religion (Quran 5:4), is an Arabic word which literally means submission, obedience and peace. ISLAM is derived from the word 'Aslam' and the Arabic root "SALEMA" that means peace, purity, submission and obedience. So 'Islam' would mean the path of those who are obedient to Allah and who establish peace with Him and His creatures and are fully submitting to His will. Islam follower are called Muslims. True Muslims submit to Allah with total devotion and sencerity.

Islam Means peace peace, purity, submission