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¿Por qué el Islam?
¿Por qué el Islam?
Vamos a hablar francamente. Casi nunca los no musulmanes estudian el Islam hasta que no hayan agotado la religión a la que han sido expuestos. Sólo después de sentirse insatisfechos con su religión, el judaísmo, el cristianismo y todos los ‘ismo’ de moda – budismo, taoísmo, hinduismo (y, como agregó una vez mi hija menor, “turismo”) – recién entonces consideran el Islam.
Es probable que otras religiones no respondan las grandes preguntas de la vida, como “¿Quién nos creó?” y “¿Por qué estamos aquí?” es probable que otras religiones no reconcilien las injusticias de la vida con un justo y razonable Creador. Es probable que encontremos hipocresía en el clérigo, principios de fe insostenibles en el canon, o corrupción en las escrituras. Cualquiera que fuese la razón, percibimos defectos en las religiones que conocemos, y miramos en otros lados. Y el último “otro lado” es el Islam.
Ahora, a los musulmanes nos les gustaría escucharme decir que el Islam es el “último otro lado”. Pero lo es. A pesar del hecho de que los musulmanes comprenden de un cuarto a un quinto de la población mundial, el medio no musulmán desprestigia al Islam con calumnias tan horribles que muy pocos no musulmanes ven esta religión de forma positiva. De ahí, que es normal que sea la última religión que investiguen.
Otro problema es que para cuando el no musulmán examina el Islam, otras religiones habrán agrandado su escepticismo: Si cada escritura “Enviada por Dios” que hemos visto es corrupta, ¿como puede ser la islámica diferente? Si los charlatanes han manipulado las religiones a su deseo, ¿Como podemos imaginar que no haya pasado lo mismo con el Islam?
La respuesta se puede formular en muy pocas líneas, pero se necesitan libros para explicarla. La respuesta corta es la siguiente: Existe un solo Dios. Él es justo y razonable, y quiere que alcancemos el Paraíso. Sin embargo, Dios nos ha colocado en esta vida como una prueba, para evidenciar lo malo de lo bueno. Y estaríamos perdidos si nos abandonaran a nuestra suerte. ¿Por qué? Porque no sabemos lo que él quiere de nosotros. No podemos manejar los giros y las vueltas de la vida sin su orientación, y por eso, Él nos ha guiado a través de revelaciones.
Seguramente, las religiones previas han sido corrompidas, es por eso que tenemos una cadena de revelaciones. Pregúntate a ti mismo: ¿Por qué Dios enviaría otra revelación si las escrituras anteriores fuesen puras? Sólo si las escrituras anteriores fuesen corrompidas Dios enviaría otra revelación, para mantener a la humanidad en el camino correcto que Él ha designado.
Por lo tanto es de esperarse que las escrituras estén corrompidas, y es de esperarse que la última revelación sea pura e inalterada, si fuese impura también debería ser remplazada, ya que no nos podemos imaginar a Dios que nos lleve por el mal camino. Lo que podemos imaginar es a Dios entregándonos una escritura, y al hombre corrompiéndola otra vez… y otra vez, y otra vez. Hasta que Dios envía una última revelación que promete que permanecerá inalterada hasta el final de los tiempos.
Los musulmanes consideran esta última revelación como el Sagrado Corán. Debe considerarse… digno de ser visto. Por lo tanto, volvamos al título de este artículo: ¿Por qué el Islam? ¿Por qué deberíamos creer que el Islam es la religión de la verdad, la religión que posee la revelación pura y final?
“Oh, solo confíen en mi.”
Ahora, ¿Cuántas veces han escuchado esa frase? Un conocido comediante solía decir que la gente de distintas ciudades decía palabrotas de los demás de diferentes maneras. En Chicago, hablaban de la gente de esa manera, pero en Nueva York sólo decían: “Confía en mí”.
Por lo tanto, no confíen en mí, confíen en el Creador. Lean el Corán, lean libros y estudien las páginas Web sobre el Islam. Pero sea lo que sea que hagan, háganlo, tómenselo como algo serio, y recen al Creador para que los guíe.
Su vida puede no depender de ello, pero su alma definitivamente si.
Copyright © 2007 Laurence B. Brown; publicado con permiso del autor.
Acerca del autor:
Laurence B. Brown, MD, es el autor de dos libros publicados. Su primer libro,The First and Final Commandment, es un análisis del pedido de continuidad de la cadena de revelación desde el judaísmo al cristianismo y finalmente al Islam. Su segundo libro, Bearing True Witness, es un breve manual islámico. Los libros venideros son novelas de suspenso históricas, The Eighth Scroll, y la segunda edición de The First and Final Commandment, rescrita y dividida en dos libros, MisGod’ed y su secuela., God’ed.
Laurence B. Brown, MD, es el autor de dos libros publicados. Su primer libro,The First and Final Commandment, es un análisis del pedido de continuidad de la cadena de revelación desde el judaísmo al cristianismo y finalmente al Islam. Su segundo libro, Bearing True Witness, es un breve manual islámico. Los libros venideros son novelas de suspenso históricas, The Eighth Scroll, y la segunda edición de The First and Final Commandment, rescrita y dividida en dos libros, MisGod’ed y su secuela., God’ed.
Why Islam?
Why Islam?
Let’s talk frankly. Almost never do non-Muslims study Islam until they have first exhausted the religions of their exposure. Only after they have grown dissatisfied with the religions familiar to them, meaning Judaism, Christianity and all the fashionable “-isms”—Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism (and, as my young daughter once added, “tourism”)—do they consider Islam.
Perhaps other religions do not answer the big questions of life, such as “Who made us?” and “Why are we here?” Perhaps other religions do not reconcile the injustices of life with a fair and just Creator. Perhaps we find hypocrisy in the clergy, untenable tenets of faith in the canon, or corruption in the scripture. Whatever the reason, we perceive shortcomings in the religions of our exposure, and look elsewhere. And the ultimate “elsewhere” is Islam.
Now, Muslims would not like to hear me say that Islam is the “ultimate elsewhere.” But it is. Despite the fact that Muslims comprise one-fourth to one-fifth of the world’s population, non-Muslim media smears Islam with such horrible slanders that few non-Muslims view the religion in a positive light. Hence, it is normally the last religion seekers investigate.
Another problem is that by the time non-Muslims examine Islam, other religions have typically heightened their skepticism: If every “God-given” scripture we have ever seen is corrupt, how can the Islamic scripture be different? If charlatans have manipulated religions to suit their desires, how can we imagine the same not to have happened with Islam?
The answer can be given in a few lines, but takes books to explain. The short answer is this: There is a God. He is fair and just, and He wants us to achieve the reward of paradise. However, God has placed us in this worldly life as a test, to weed out the worthy from the unworthy. And we will be lost if left to our own devices. Why? Because we don’t know what He wants from us. We can’t navigate the twists and turns of this life without His guidance, and hence, He has given us guidance in the form of revelation.
Sure, previous religions have been corrupted, and that is one of the reasonswhy we have a chain of revelation. Ask yourself: wouldn’t God send another revelation if the preceding scriptures were impure? If preceding scriptures were corrupted, humans would need another revelation, to keep upon the straight path of His design.
So we should expect preceding scriptures to be corrupted, and we should expect the final revelation to be pure and unadulterated,for we cannot imagine a loving God leaving us astray. What we can imagine is God giving us a scripture, and men corrupting it; God giving us another scripture, and men corrupting it again … and again, and again. Until God sends a final revelation He promises to preserve until the end of time.
Muslims consider this final revelation to be the Holy Quran. You consider it … worth looking into. So let us return to the title of this article: Why Islam? Why should we believe that Islam is the religion of truth, the religion that possesses the pure and final revelation?
“Oh, just trust me.”
Now, how many times have you heard that line? A famous comedian used to joke that people of different cities cuss one another out in different ways. In Chicago, they cuss a person out this way, in Los Angeles they cuss a person outthat way, but in New York they just say, “Trust me.”
So don’t trust me—trust our Creator. Read the Quran, read books and study good websites. But whatever you do, get started, take it seriously, and pray for our Creator to guide you.
Your life may not depend on it, but your soul most definitely does.
Copyright © 2007 Laurence B. Brown; used by permission.
About the author:
Laurence B. Brown, MD, can be contacted at BrownL38@yahoo.com. He is the author of The First and Final Commandment (Amana Publications) and Bearing True Witness (Dar-us-Salam). Forthcoming books are a historical thriller, The Eighth Scroll, and a second edition of The First and Final Commandment, rewritten and divided into MisGod'ed and its sequel, God’ed. |
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النية الصادقة مع الله
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم
قوة الإيمان
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم
قيام الليل
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم
الوتر بركعة
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم
وسائل الثبات
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم
لقد كان في قصصهم عبرة
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم
ايته المشتاقة الى الجنة
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم
يضحك بعد الموت
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم
لمن كان له قلب
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
لمن كان له قلب .
أستغفر الله الذي لا إله الا هو الحي القيوم واتوب اليه
امن يجيب المضطر
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
اقدم لكم مقطع مفيد بعنوان :
امن يجيب المضطر
سبحان الله وبحمده
النظرة الحرام
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
والصلاة والسلام على اشرف الانبياء وسيد المرسلين نبيناء محمد عليه افضل الصلاة واتم التسليم
أقدم لكم مقطع مفيد لفضيلة الشيخ : محمد الشنقيطي
بعنوان : النظرة الحرام
سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم
Islam and Terrorism
MUSLIMS ARE FUNDAMENTALISTS AND TERRORISTS
Question:
Why are most of the Muslims fundamentalists and terrorists?
Answer:
This question is often hurled at Muslims, either directly or indirectly, during any
discussion on religion or world affairs. Muslim stereotypes are perpetuated in
every form of the media accompanied by gross misinformation about Islam and
Muslims. In fact, such misinformation and false propaganda often leads to
discrimination and acts of violence against Muslims. A case in point is the anti-
Muslim campaign in the American media following the Oklahoma bomb blast,
where the press was quick to declare a ‘Middle Eastern conspiracy’ behind the
attack. The culprit was later identified as a soldier from the American Armed
Forces.
Let us analyze this allegation of ‘fundamentalism’ and ‘terrorism’:
Question:
Why are most of the Muslims fundamentalists and terrorists?
Answer:
This question is often hurled at Muslims, either directly or indirectly, during any
discussion on religion or world affairs. Muslim stereotypes are perpetuated in
every form of the media accompanied by gross misinformation about Islam and
Muslims. In fact, such misinformation and false propaganda often leads to
discrimination and acts of violence against Muslims. A case in point is the anti-
Muslim campaign in the American media following the Oklahoma bomb blast,
where the press was quick to declare a ‘Middle Eastern conspiracy’ behind the
attack. The culprit was later identified as a soldier from the American Armed
Forces.
Let us analyze this allegation of ‘fundamentalism’ and ‘terrorism’:
玛利亚之子耶稣
奉养育众世界的安拉之名
在基督教的信仰中,他们诚信上帝有一个儿子。
在伊斯兰的信仰中,他们诚信安拉没有儿子。
在伊斯兰的信仰中,他们诚信安拉没有儿子。
那么,说尔沙.本麦热彦是安拉的儿子。是不是,就是对安拉的蔑视,是有损于安拉的名誉和完美的?
到底是谁对谁错?

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让我们来假设思考一下这样的一个问题:(假设上帝有一个儿子,这事对于他来说是诋毁,诽谤,或者是缺陷呢?还是对他的赞美,或歌颂他完美的本质呢?)
然后我们在下面的回答中思考这个假设:如果说造物主会像有子嗣的被造物那样有儿子,那么他就一定要有类似于他们一样的属性。要说上帝有儿子,也就是要说上帝要像人类一样有以下必须的属性........。
1---上帝要有一个儿子,这就是说他要像做父亲一样需要一个儿子,来满足这种需求。正是这种需求使这位父亲失去了一种属性(无求,富有),为此古兰经以明文告诫说:"他们说:"真主以人为子。"光荣归于真主!他是无求的。天地万物都是他的。你们对此事并无明证,难道你们可以假借真主的名义而妄说出自己所不知道的事情吗? "尤努斯章68节。谁妄称安拉有儿子,就等于他在说安拉不是无求的,富有的。他有需求,而这种需求就会使安拉由尊大强盛的主宰成为卑贱的,试问,一个主宰又怎么能是卑贱的呢?
2--- 上帝要有一个儿子,这就是说他 不能拥有所有王权,因为他的儿子要占有一部分。既然,儿子占有了一部分,那么父亲就一定会失去一些权力。为此古兰经以明文告诫说:" 妄言真主就是麦尔彦之子麦西哈的人,确已不信道了。你说:"如果真主欲毁灭麦西哈和他的母亲麦尔彦,以及大地上的一切人,那末,谁能干涉真主-丝毫呢?"天地万物的国权,只是真主的,他创造他所欲创造的。真主对于万事是全能的。 " 筵席章17节。谁妄称安拉有儿子,就等于他在说安拉的王权是有限的,有缺损的,不是包容天地万物的。
3---上帝要有一个儿子,这就是说他
不是万能的主宰,有些事或者一部分事情他需要他儿子的帮助或者替他去完成。这样一来就失去了主宰无所不能,超绝万物的属性。谁妄称安拉有儿子,就等于他在
说安拉
不是全能的主,是唯一值得依赖,托靠的主宰。这种无能的表现就会使安拉成为卑贱无能的,那么我们会在诚信他是宇宙万物的主宰的同时,又确信他是卑贱无能的
主宰吗?
4---上帝要有一个儿子,
就说明他会像人类的父辈们一样衰老死去。如果不是这样,他为什么会要一个儿子呢?不就是要把青春,和力量留给他吗?这样的一位父亲就会失去(强胜,威严)
的属性。谁妄称安拉有儿子,就等于他在说安拉不是强胜无敌的,威严无比的主宰,衰老,懦弱要是成为安拉的属性,就会使安拉成为卑贱无能的。那么我们又怎能
诚信宇宙万物的主宰,是卑贱无能的呢?
5---上帝要有一个儿子, 就说明他会像人类的父辈们一样死亡,然后由他的儿子来继承他的一切。这样的一位父亲就会失去(永生,固有)的属性。谁妄称安拉有儿子,就等于他在说安拉不 是 永生,固有的主宰。死亡就会使安拉成为卑微无能的,而不是强胜无比的。试问,你会诚信宇宙万物的主宰,尽然要屈从诸如:死亡,衰老,懦弱,疾病等等属性的 限制吗?
6---假如我们说上帝有一个儿子 ,随后就会有人接着说; "上帝有妻子,父母祖辈,子孙后代,兄弟姐妹,叔表姑舅等等,到了那时,我们就只能哑口无言,吱吱唔唔,难以出声回答了。为此古兰经以明文告诫说:"
真主创造精灵,而他们以精灵为真主的伙伴,并且无知地替他捏造许多儿女。赞颂真主,超绝万物,他是超乎他们的叙述的!101.他是天地的创造者,他没有配
偶,怎么会有儿女呢?他曾创造万物,他是全知万的。102.这是真主,你们的主,除他外,绝无应受崇拜的。他是万物的创造者,故你们当拜他。他是万物的监
护者。" 牲畜章100—102节。
综上所述,我们可以认识到,假如安拉有儿子,那我们 就把清高大能的养主和卑微有缺陷的被创造者的万物进行了比较,而宇宙万物创造者的属性都是完美适合于他的本体的,两者是不能进行比较,比喻的。说安拉没有 儿子的人们是因为他们清楚地认识到:万物的创造者绝不能是类似于人类或其它的一些被造物的,这些被造物相对造物主来说都是具有残缺,卑贱,无能,懦弱等等 属性的,而造物主的属性只能是:"尊大强胜的,富有无求的,拥有王权的,无所不能的,圣洁崇高的,睿智公正的,永生固有的等等完美无瑕的属性。
尊敬的寻求真理的读者们,这样的问题需要你用你的理智,认真思考,仔细研读,而不是去做那些无休止的争论,驳辩。
穆 斯林坚信真主为他的仆人派遣了众使者,他们是报喜者和警告者,是真理的传达者。穆斯林尊重尔沙,并且非常喜欢他,这是因为他是众使者之一,相信使者是伊斯 兰五大信仰基础之一,伊斯兰决不允许任何一个人有污蔑,贬低,轻视,谩骂尔沙圣人的言行。伊斯兰把不信养而沙圣人和他的使命的人和否认古兰经和穆罕默德圣 人使命的人同样视为叛教,在穆斯林的范围之外。于此同时穆斯林也不把而沙圣人提升到超出人类本质的范围,他是安拉的使者,是安拉的仆人,只不过安拉使他的 出生成为了一个能证明他伟大一生的奇迹。
我们为什么不能停下来就问题的实质,谨慎,谦虚,努力用脑,仔细思考,反问一下自己呢?
1-假如我们说耶稣基督(愿主佑助他平安)是安拉的使者。这样不但能更好的尊重他,而且我们也不会损失什么。
2-我们在研读了相关的证据,认知了他的人性,圣品,和使命,为什么非要坚持自身错误的认识,要去做那些因贬低安拉的崇高而遭致安拉的恼怒的事呢?
3- 安拉确已向我们充分证明了,他确是创造宇宙万物独一的主宰。我们为什么不能以自身的认主独一和对他虔诚的攻修崇拜而使他的崇高性更加完美呢?
4-清高的养主每日早晚都赐给人类万物给养,人类为什么又要以敌意,拒绝和否认,反驳来接受安拉的恩赐呢?
5-难道那些妄称安拉有儿子的不义者以他们的妄言就能减少早晨曙光东升的光芒吗?就能以他们的吹嘘扑灭太阳的光辉吗?
最后,我们来品读,思考安拉为安定宇宙大地最后所降示的经文:"
他 们说:"至仁主收养儿子。" 88.你们确已犯了一件重大罪行。为了那件罪行,89天几乎要破,地几乎要裂,山几乎要崩。90.这是因为他们妄称人为至仁主的儿子。91至仁主不会收养 儿子,92凡在天地间的,将来没有一个不像奴仆一样归依至仁主的93.他确已统计过他们,检点过他们。94.复活日他们都要单身来见他。95 "。麦热炎章。
他 们说:"至仁主收养儿子。" 88.你们确已犯了一件重大罪行。为了那件罪行,89天几乎要破,地几乎要裂,山几乎要崩。90.这是因为他们妄称人为至仁主的儿子。91至仁主不会收养 儿子,92凡在天地间的,将来没有一个不像奴仆一样归依至仁主的93.他确已统计过他们,检点过他们。94.复活日他们都要单身来见他。95 "。麦热炎章。
Become a Muslim
How to Convert to Islam and Become a Muslim
The
word “Muslim” means one who submits to the will of God, regardless of
their race, nationality or ethnic background. Becoming a Muslim is a
simple and easy process that requires no pre-requisites. One may convert
alone in privacy, or he/she may do so in the presence of others.
If
anyone has a real desire to be a Muslim and has full conviction and
strong belief that Islam is the true religion of God, then, all one
needs to do is pronounce the “Shahada”, the testimony of faith, without
further delay. The “Shahada” is the first and most important of the five
pillars of Islam.
With the pronunciation of this testimony, or “Shahada”, with sincere belief and conviction, one enters the fold of Islam.
Upon
entering the fold of Islam purely for the Pleasure of God, all of one’s
previous sins are forgiven, and one starts a new life of piety and
righteousness. The Prophet said to a person who had placed the condition
upon the Prophet in accepting Islam that God would forgive his sins:
“Do you not know that accepting Islam destroys all sins which come before it?” (Saheeh Muslim)
When
one accepts Islam, they in essence repent from the ways and beliefs of
their previous life. One need not to be overburdened by sins committed
before their acceptance. The person’s record is clean, and it is as if
he was just born from his mother’s womb. One should try as much as
possible to keep his records clean and strive to do as many good deeds
as possible.
The Holy Quran and Hadeeth (prophetic sayings) both stress the importance of following Islam. God states:
“...The only religion in the sight of God is Islam...” (Quran 3:19)
In another verse of the Holy Quran, God states:
“If
anyone desires a religion other than Islam, never will it be accepted
of him; and in the Hereafter, he will be in the ranks of those who have
lost (their selves in the Hellfire).” (Quran 3:85)
In another saying, Muhammad, the Prophet of God, said:
“Whoever
testifies that there in none worthy of being worshipped but God, Who
has no partner, and that Muhammad is His slave and Prophet, and that
Jesus is the Slave of God, His Prophet, and His word[1] which
He bestowed in Mary and a spirit created from Him; and that Paradise
(Heaven) is true, and that the Hellfire is true, God will eventually
admit him into Paradise, according to his deeds.” (Saheeh Al-Bukhari)
The Prophet of God, may God praise him, also reported:
“Indeed
God has forbidden to reside eternally in Hell the person who says: “I
testify that none has the right to worship except Allah (God),’ seeking
thereby the Face of God.” (Saheeh Al-Bukhari)
The Declaration of the Testimony (Shahada)
To
convert to Islam and become a Muslim a person needs to pronounce the
below testimony with conviction and understanding its meaning:
I testify “La ilah illa Allah, Muhammad rasoolu Allah.”
The translation of which is:
“I testify that there is no true god (deity) but God (Allah), and that Muhammad is a Messenger (Prophet) of God.”
To hear it click here or click on “Live Help” above for assistance by chat.
When
someone pronounces the testimony with conviction, then he/she have
become a Muslim. It can be done alone, but it is much better to be done
with an adviser through the “Live Help” at top, so he may help you in
pronouncing it right.
The
first part of the testimony consists of the most important truth that
God revealed to mankind: that there is nothing divine or worthy of being
worshipped except for Almighty God. God states in the Holy Quran:
“We
did not send the Messenger before you without revealing to him: ‘none
has the right to be worshipped except I, therefore worship Me.’” (Quran
21:25)
This
conveys that all forms of worship, whether it be praying, fasting,
invoking, seeking refuge in, and offering an animal as sacrifice, must
be directed to God and to God alone. Directing any form of worship to
other than God (whether it be an angel, a messenger, Jesus, Muhammad, a
saint, an idol, the sun, the moon, a tree) is seen as a contradiction to
the fundamental message of Islam, and it is an unforgivable sin unless
it is repented from before one dies. All forms of worship must be
directed to God only.
Worship
means the performance of deeds and sayings that please God, things
which He commanded or encouraged to be performed, either by direct
textual proof or by analogy. Thus, worship is not restricted to the
implementation of the five pillars of Islam, but also includes every
aspect of life. Providing food for one’s family, and saying something
pleasant to cheer a person up are also considered acts of worship, if
such is done with the intention of pleasing God. This means that, to be
accepted, all acts of worship must be carried out sincerely for the Sake
of God alone.
The
second part of the testimony means that Prophet Muhammad is the servant
and chosen messenger of God. This implies that one obeys and follows
the commands of the Prophet. One must believe in what he has said,
practice his teachings and avoid what he has forbidden. One must
therefore worship God only according to his teaching alone, for all the
teachings of the Prophet were in fact revelations and inspirations
conveyed to him by God.
One
must try to mold their lives and character and emulate the Prophet, as
he was a living example for humans to follow. God says:
“And indeed you are upon a high standard of moral character.” (Quran 68:4)
God also said:
“And
in deed you have a good and upright example in the Messenger of God,
for those who hope in the meeting of God and the Hereafter, and mentions
God much.” (Quran 33:21)
He
was sent in order to practically implement the Quran, in his saying,
deeds, legislation as well as all other facets of life. Aisha, the wife
of the Prophet, when asked about the character of the Prophet, replied:
“His character was that of the Quran.” (As-Suyooti)
To truly adhere to the second part of the Shahada is to follow his example in all walks of life. God says:
“Say (O Muhammad to mankind): ‘If you (really) love God, then follow me.’” (Quran 3:31)
It also means that Muhammad is the Final Prophet and Messenger of God, and that no (true) Prophet can come after him.
“Muhammad
is not the father of any man among you but he is the Messenger of God
and the last (end) of the Prophets and God is Ever All-Aware of
everything.” (Quran 33:40)
All
who claim to be prophets or receive revelation after Muhammad are
imposters, and to acknowledge them would be tantamount to disbelief.
We welcome you to Islam, congratulate you for your decision, and will try to help you in any way we can.
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Let’s talk frankly. Almost never do non-Muslims study Islam until they have first exhausted the religions of their exposure. Only after they have grown dissatisfied with the religions familiar to them, meaning Judaism, Christianity and all the fashionable “-isms”—Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism (and, as my young daughter once added, “tourism”)—do they consider Islam.






