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What
Does It Mean? - Is It A Verb Or A Noun?
"Islam"
Is Both A Verb & A Noun |
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Meanings of "ISLAM" As A Verb(Action): |
Meaning
of "ISLAM" As A Noun |
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Surrender
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This
is understood from a verse in the Holy Quran
where Allah says:
"Inda deena inda lahi 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 |
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
Between You & Allah |
"Peace"
is mentioned 58 times in the Holy Quran and it is certainly the
most sought after condition for the life of every human on earth.
"Peace"
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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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. |
| Islam
is: 1) Beliefs & 2) Actions |
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Beliefs (Muslims must believe in the six articles of
faith): |
- Allah
- Angels
- Books
- Prophets
- Judgment
Day
- Predestination
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Allah
- Believe God Almighty is One, Unique, Unlike
His Creation, Perfect in every way; Not like or in His Creation
Angels - Made from
light, follow Allah's orders perfectly, never make mistakes and
are never disobedient (devil is not a fallen angel in Islam).
Books - Torah (Old
Testament), Suhoof (Scriptures of prophets), Zabur (Psalms), Enjil
(Evangel or New Testament), Quran (Recitation to Muhammad)
Prophets - Adam,
Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, David, Solomon, Jesus, Muhammad,
and others mentioned in Books, peace be upon them all.
Resurrection - All
people, believers and disbelievers will be resurrected for Judgment
Day in real flesh and blood bodies to be judged.
Divine Destiny -
Allah has complete control of all that happens, both good and
evil and He has full knowledge of it all. |
| Five
Actions (The Muslim must practice the five things): |
- Shahadah
- Salat
- Fasting
- Charity
- Pilgrimmage
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Declare
The Belief That Allah is ONE and Muhammad, peace be upon him,
Is His Last Messenger
5 Daily "salat" -
The special form of worship of standing, bowing, prostrating to
Allah while facing Mecca.
Fast Ramadhan -
Not eating or drinking during the daylight hours for the month
of Ramadhan (Lunar calander).
Pay Alms Tax - 2 1/2% of Exess wealth distributed
annually to the poor and needy.
Hajj - Pilgrimmage
to Mecca once in the life when Allah provides a way, and it is
safe to do so. |
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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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