The Truth About Islam

[Maria65]

We are discussing. Some times a bon mot in dilectology shows a chicane. Your one was a “ad hominem” whitch is a fallacy. So I asked you to don’t write that.

I’m sorry, but you really need to get over your bossiness of telling other posters what they can and cannot say. I have seen you do this in other threads as well, and it is very annoying.

We all have the right to discuss and post comments. We are not all going to like everything everyone else says. You are basically telling me to shut up, which is rude.

 

[friendship]

I’m sorry, but you really need to get over your bossiness of telling other posters what they can and cannot say. I have seen you do this in other threads as well, and it is very annoying.

We all have the right to discuss and post comments. We are not all going to like everything everyone else says. You are basically telling me to shut up, which is rude.

Others told such things about my posts before. You don’t must be angry! I love you. In disscussionsoften such posts answered so: “Ad hominem fallacy. You are attcking to the poster.” But I just asked you leave the writer and read what written. Excuse me if I discomforted you, but others warned me several times and I didn’t answered them so.

Let’s continue the disscussion.

 

[Maria65]

Others told such things about my posts before. You don’t must be angry! I love you. In disscussionsoften such posts answered so: “Ad hominem fallacy. You are attcking to the poster.” But I just asked you leave the writer and read what written. Excuse me if I discomforted you, but others warned me several times and I didn’t answered them so.

Let’s continue the disscussion.

I am not angry, and I am not attacking a poster, I was MAKING A JOKE. You were the one who came in and told me what to say and not say, etc. I was merely getting frustrated because you do this often.

BTW, if other posters are accusing you of the same thing, maybe it’s because you are…? Maybe you could listen…? Just a hint.

 

[friendship]

What is Islam?
Islam is a religion which guides its followers in every aspect of their lives. It is a way of life.

Islam is the modern or latest version of the message sent by God through Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus. Islam was sent to mankind through Prophet Muhammad. Islam is “modern” in the sense that it has come to complement the teachings which were introduced through Moses and Jesus.

Islam is a religion which seeks to give a meaningful purpose to our life on this earth. It seeks to guide us in fulfilling that purpose by creating harmony between ourselves, our Creator and fellow human beings.

What you will read below are some of the basic features of Islam.

The One & Only God
Islam is a monotheistic religion. It teaches that there is only one God who is the origin and creator of the universe. This is the foundation of Islam, and is reflected in the famous sentence which says that, “There is no god but Allah.” (Allah is the Arabic name of God.)

The belief in God relates us to our origin and guides us throughout our life. The belief in one God shows that man should not worship any material thing or person in this universe.

By teaching that there is only One God for all humans, Islam promotes the sense of brotherhood and equality in human society–all are equally related to God in the same way. The Qur’an, the holy book of Islam, says:

He (God) is One, God is Eternal;
He has neither begotten,
nor has He been begotten;
and there is no one equal to Him.
(chapter 112)

The Purpose of Life
Our life on this earth has a specific purpose; it is not the result of nature’s accident, nor is it a punishment for eating the fruit of the forbidden tree. We are here according to God’s plan: the wordly life is a test; it is a chance to prove ourselves as deserving of the eternal blissful life in the hereafter. God did not create us just for few years of this life. To be created just for this world’s life would amount to a joke played by the Creator with the human species. Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, said," You have not been created to perish; on the contrary, you have been created for eternal life."

According to Islam, the final destination of mankind is the life hereafter. At the end of time, all human beings will be resurrected and will be held accountable for their wordly life. The life in hereafter will be an eternal life. However, whether it will be blissful or full of sorrow depends on how we spend our present life.

It was to help mankind in achieving this objective that God sent various prophets and messengers to guide them. Muhammad is the last prophet, and Islam is the final and complete version of God’s message.

Status of Human Beings in Islam
Prime Creation: Human being is the prime creation of God. He says, “We have indeed honored the children of Adam; spread them in the land and the sea, provided them with good things; and preferred them in esteem over many things that We have created.” (Qur’an: chp. 17, verse 70)

Born Sinless: Islam teaches that every human being is born sinless; no child carries the burden of his or her ancestors’ sins. God says, “No carrier shall carry the burden of others.” (Qur’an; chp. 35, verse 18). Each human being is born with a pure conscience which can absorb and accept the true message of God. It is only the social and familial influences which take a person away from God’s message.

Accountability: Islam also emphasizes on the issue of responsibility and accountability of human beings–each person is responsible for his or her own actions. Although Islam teaches that God has predetermined the span of our life and the time of our death, it does not mean that even our actions are predetermined by Him. We surely are free in our actions and are, therefore, accountable for them. God only provides guidance for us to know what is good and what is bad. He says, “We created man of a water-drop…Surely We guided him to the right way–now whether he (follows it and) be grateful or (goes astray and) be ungrateful is up to him.” (Qur’an: chp. 76, verse 3).

Race: Islam very categorically rejects racial discrimination. It promotes the feeling of brotherhood and equality among its followers. God clearly says, “O Mankind! We have created you from one male and one female, and then We made you into different races and tribes so that you may know (and easily recognize) each other.” Therefore, no one can claim any superiority over others based on racial or tribal differences. A person is to be judged by his character, not by his color or race. God continues, “Surely the most honorable of you in God’s sight is the person who is most upright in character among you.” (Qur’an; chp. 49, verse 13).

Gender: Even gender does not count as a criterion of superiority. In Islam, women are as human as men. They are not evaluated on basis of their gender, but on basis of their faith and character. Fourteen hundred years ago, the Qur’an recorded God’s clear statements on this issue. Out of the four verses, I will just quote one: “Whoever, be it a male or a female, does good deeds and he or she is a believer, then they will enter the Paradise.” (Qur’an: chp. 4, verse 124). So there is no difference in the degree or level of woman’s humanity or honor in Islam.

The only difference there exists is concerning the role which Islam has envisioned for man and woman. This has nothing to do with superiority or inferiority. In Islam, man and woman are equalm in rights; but equality is not synonymous to similarity. Islam believes that man and woman are equal but dissimilar. Islam looks at their different roles in society not as superior or inferior but as complementary to each other.

 

[friendship]

Islam
The Religion of Peace
Islam is a religion of peace. This is evident even from the name “Islam” itself. (“Islam” is an Arabic word.) The word “Islam” and the Arabic word for peace, “salam” both come from the same root, “salima”.

Muslims are taught to greet each other by saying “salamun alaykum–peace be upon you.” The daily prayers also end with the same sentence. In Islam, one of the names by which God is known is “Salam” which means peace.

However, one must realize that peace can never be achieved in vacuum. It is intertwined with justice. One can have peace only on basis of justice. “Justice” means putting everything in its rightful place. If one starts putting things in the wrong places, then he disrupts the social harmony and disturbs peace.

Islam seeks to promote peace on two levels:

1. Peace within One’s Self:

A person can achieve inner peace by creating harmony and balance between his main emotions (desire and anger) and his spiritual self. In other words, between his emotions and his conscience.

Human’s spiritual power or conscience is not a static phenomenon: it has the ability of growth as well as decadence. God swears by the soul of human being and says, “He inspired to it to understand what is good and what is evil. Prosperous in the person who purifies it, and failed is he who seduces it.” (Qur’an; chp. 91, verse 10).

1. Peace With Others:

Islam very strongly emphasizes on the rights which people have over each other. It seeks to perserve peace in society by training and urging its followers to fulfill the rights of each other. In Islam, salvation is not possible by just fulfilling the rights of God; one has to fulfill the rights of other human beings also.

Unfortnately, because of the Middle Eastern events of the last three decades, Islam has been branded by the media as a religion of violence. In recent years, the word “Islamic” has become one of the adjectives of “terrorism.” In this backdrop, firstly, one must realize that the events in the Middle East can be fairly and fully understood only in the light of the post-WWI history of that region, in particular the promises given by the British to the Arabs. Secondly, no fair-minded person would allow himself to blame the religion of Islam for the wrong-doings of those who call themselves as Muslims. It is just like saying that the Catholic Church promotes violence and terrorism because of the Irish Republican Army’s activites!

Taken from An Introduction to Islam, Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi, Muhammadi Islamic Center, Canada, 1992/1412.

al-islam.org/begin/intro/rizvi.html

 

[Maria65]

Well, that’s all very nice. I wish Islam really was like all that.

 

[friendship]

Well, that’s all very nice. I wish Islam really was like all that.

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[sedonaman]

…
Islam is the modern or latest version of the message sent by God through Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus. Islam was sent to mankind through Prophet Muhammad. Islam is “modern” in the sense that it has come to complement the teachings which were introduced through Moses and Jesus.
…

If this is true, where in Islamic foundational texts are the references to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and his teaching of the Lord’s Prayer?

 

[friendship]

If this is true, where in Islamic foundational texts are the references to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and his teaching of the Lord’s Prayer?

ٌWhat? explain please. Of course I quoted that text and I’ll try to answer you about it but the author is the best one who can answer you!

 

[rikkk1958]

Islam?
Why Islam became a religion of the Muslim? Is it God inspired religion or one man’s quest for recognition?

Does Islam a follower of the prophets of old? Does it guided by the Holy Bible accordingly and in sync with its teaching? Perhaps it teaches to condemn the Bible because Muhammed said otherwise.

Who is Muhammed? Is his teaching superior to the teachings in the Bible? Not even close. It seems that it teaches its own version of belief. Where did Muhammed get the truth of his belief? From an angel? Was his story believable? Did anybody witnessed his vision or encounter with the angel?

 

[friendship]

Islam?
Why Islam became a religion of the Muslim? Is it God inspired religion or one man’s quest for recognition?

Does Islam a follower of the prophets of old? Does it guided by the Holy Bible accordingly and in sync with its teaching? Perhaps it teaches to condemn the Bible because Muhammed said otherwise.

Who is Muhammed? Is his teaching superior to the teachings in the Bible? Not even close. It seems that it teaches its own version of belief. Where did Muhammed get the truth of his belief? From an angel? Was his story believable? Did anybody witnessed his vision or encounter with the angel?

I need write a book to answer all of these!

Islam what?
Islam became my relegion because I have eanough reason for it’s trustworthy. It is God’s true relegion.

Islam is the relegion of all prophets and Muhammad is last prophet. I didn’t guided by your Bible. Bible and Quran are from same God, but we believe that Bible is changed.

Muhammad is God’s last prophet. What he said, said in true Bible but Bible changed. difference between Bible and what Muhammad said is cause your Bible changed.He got his bilief from God. His story is believable and true. Did anybody witnessed your prophets vision or encounter with the angel?

For the reasons, one question-one answer please!

 

[sedonaman]

ٌWhat? explain please. Of course I quoted that text and I’ll try to answer you about it but the author is the best one who can answer you!

What text did you quote? What author? You are the author of post 704.

 

[friendship]

What text did you quote? What author? You are the author of post 704.

…
Taken from An Introduction to Islam, Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi, Muhammadi Islamic Center, Canada, 1992/1412.

al-islam.org/begin/intro/rizvi.html

 

[sedonaman]

That website has only information you already quoted in 704. It says no more about Jesus than you already stated. Therefore, I ask you once again, where in Islamic foundational texts are the references to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and his teaching of The Lord’s Prayer ?

If you don’t provide them, I will assume there are none.

 

[Young_Thinker]

Hi. At first if we accept what you said we must ask why Persia(Iran) didn’t have such Golden age before? Islam ordered all people to seek knowledge so Iranians and other muslim people started to seeking knowledge and golden period begun.

Before Islamic period, in persia people coudn’t be educated and education was only for aristocarcy. It was iran’s law!! Iranians had many warriors but didn’t have great scientists. Islam gave this right to people to be educated.

On the other hand we had many great muslim scientists in other islamic lands: afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey, etc. Many Arab and Turk scientists in different scientific roots, Except Iranians(persians).

Hello, I hope that you have been well recently. Anyway, for one thing, Afghanistan used to be a part of Persia(it did not officially become Iran until in the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi and from 1959, at least until the Revolution, the county could be accurately called Iran or Persia; even though it is not the most etymologically correct, I like “Persia”). The Turks also did not always live in Anatolia, which was, of course, was once under Byzantine rule and, consequently, Greco-Latinate influence. Universal education can obviously be good for a country’s intellectual atmosphere; however, it is not always necessary for the existence of great minds; an inborn genius can be born in poor conditions and still prosper(and some Persian intellectuals would have received a good education regardless of whether the general populace were so privileged; for instance, I believe that Abu Ali Sinha had been born to a relatively well-to-do family). From what I remember, the Arabs borrowed Persian and Western ideas and works(e.g. poetry)
because they thought themselves to be culturally deprived.

 

[friendship]

That website has only information you already quoted in 704. It says no more about Jesus than you already stated. Therefore, I ask you once again, where in Islamic foundational texts are the references to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and his teaching of The Lord’s Prayer ?

If you don’t provide them, I will assume there are none.

As I said I didn’t understand. Please explain what are you saying.

 

[spn82756]

As I said I didn’t understand. Please explain what are you saying.

Our Father Who art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy Name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
give us this day our daily bread (the Eucharist)
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us
and lead us not into temptation…but deliver us from evil. AMEN

 

[spn82756]

As I said I didn’t understand. Please explain what are you saying.

Are Christians in Iran completely free to worship as muslims in the west are?

 

[sedonaman]

As I said I didn’t understand. Please explain what are you saying.

Can’t you follow a thread? Do you even understand what you are posting about Islam? Look. You said in Post 704,

Islam is ‘modern’ in the sense that it has come to complement the teachings which were introduced through Moses and Jesus.

If Islam complements Jesus’ teachings, and the Sermon on the Mount and The Lord’s Prayer are two of His teachings mentioned in the Bible, where do Islamic foundational texts mention those two teachings ?

[It’s beginning to look like Islam doesn’t even know about them.]

 

[Young_Thinker]

Are Christians in Iran completely free to worship as muslims in the west are?

Not if they are converts(i.e. from Islam). Outspoken “apostates” have been executed. However, one is from a Christian family(usually Nestorian or Chaldean), I think that you are left alone and even have a “reserved” legislative seat(of course, through representation). I apologize if I have been presumptuous by answering this.