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       How Do You Understand Islam?
       By: Captshittu Date: August 20, 2017, 6:38 pm
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       HOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND ISLAM PART 1
       The first thing that one should know and clearly understand
       about Islam is what word "Islam" itself means. The religion of
       Islam is not named after a person as in the case of Christianity
       which was named after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gotama
       Buddha, Confucianism after Confucius, and Marxism after Karl
       Marx. Nor was it named after a tribe like Judaism after the
       tribe of Judah and Hinduism after the Hindus. Islam is the true
       religion of "Allah" and as such, its name represents the central
       principle of Allah's "God's" religion; the total submission to
       the will of Allah "God". The Arabic word "Islam" means the
       submission or surrender of one's will to the only true god
       worthy of worship "Allah" and anyone who does so is termed a
       "Muslim", The word also implies "peace" which is the natural
       consequence of total submission to the will of Allah. Hence, it
       was not a new religion brought by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in
       Arabia in the seventh century, but only the true religion of
       Allah re-expressed in its final form.
       Islam is the religion which was given to Aadam peace be upon
       him, the first man and the first prophet of Allah, and it was
       the religion of all the prophets sent by Allah to mankind. The
       name of God's religion Islam was not decided upon by later
       generations of man. It was chosen by Allah Himself and clearly
       mentioned in His final revelation to man. In the final book of
       divine revelation, the Qur'aan, Allah states the following:
       "This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My
       favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your
       religion". (Suurah Al-Maa'idah 5:3)
       "If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to
       Allah (God) never will It be accepted of Him" (Suurah Aal'imraan
       3:85)
       "Abraham was not a Jew nor Christian; but an upright Muslim."
       (Suurah Aal'imraan 3:67)
       Nowhere in the Bible will you find Allah saying to Prophet
       Moses' people or their descendants that their religion is
       Judaism, nor to the followers of Jesus Christ peace be upon him
       that their religion is Christianity. In fact, Christ was not
       even his name, nor was it Jesus! The name "Christ" comes from
       the Greek word Christos which means the annointed. That is,
       Christ is a Greek translation of the Hebrew title "Messiah". The
       name "Jesus" on the other hand, is a latinized version of the
       Hebrew name Esau.
       For simplicity's sake, I will however continue to refer to
       Prophet Esau (PBUH) as Jesus. As for his religion, it was what
       he called his followers to. Like the prophets before him, he
       called the people to surrender their will to the will of Allah;
       (which is Islam) and he warned them to stay away from the false
       gods of human imagination.
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