Any muslims who can tell the essence of their religion in a short but compelling little story?
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Islam, the religion of over 1.2 billion in the world, provides humankind with a unified view about the purpose of our creation and existence, our ultimate destiny and our place among other creatures. It is a way of life that is in complete conformance with nature, and with reason, logic and science.\n\nThe Arabic word Islam means voluntary surrender \n\nto the will of Allah and obedience to His commands. Allah is an Arabic word, the proper name of God. Muslims prefer to use the word Allah rather than God. A person who freely and consciously accepts the Islamic way of life and sincerely practices it is called a Muslim.\n\nBASIC BELIEFS \n\nTAWHID is the most important Islamic belief. It implies that everything in existence originates from the one and only Creator, who is also the Sustainer and the sole Source of Guidance. This belief should govern all aspects of human life. Recognition of this fundamental truth results in a unified view of existence that rejects any divisions of life into the religious and the secular. Allah is the sole source of Power and Authority and therefore entitled to worship and obedience from mankind. There is no scope for any partnership with the Creator. Tawhid teaches man that Allah is not born, nor is anyone born of Him. He has no son or daughter. Human beings, like the rest of creation, are His subjects.\n\nRISALAH means Prophethood and Messengership. Allah has not left humanity without guidance for the conduct of our affairs. Since the creation of the first human, Allah has revealed His guidance to mankind through His prophets. The prophets who received books from Allah are called messengers. The message of all the prophets and messengers is one and the same. They urged the people of their time to obey and worship Allah alone and none other. Whenever the teachings of a prophet were distorted by people Allah sent another prophet to bring human beings back to the Straight Path. The chain of Risalah began with Adam, included Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Lot, Jacob, Joseph, Moses and Jesus, and ended with Muhammad (peace be upon them all), as the final messenger of Allah to mankind.\n\nThe revealed books from Allah are: the Torah (Tawrah), the Psalms (Zabur), the Gospel (Injeel) and the Qur’an. The Qur’an was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (p)1, as the final book of Guidance. Among all these books, it is only the Qur’an that remains unchanged, in its original revealed form.\n\nAKHIRAH means life after death. Belief in Akhirah has a profound impact on the life of a believer. We are all accountable to Allah on the Day of Judgment when we will be judged according to how we lived our lives. One who obeys and worships Allah will be rewarded with a permanent place of happiness and bliss in Paradise (Jannah); One who does not do so will be sent to Hell (Jahannam), a place of punishment and suffering.\n\nFIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM \n\nIslam has five pillars or basic foundations of action. Acting correctly and sincerely on these foundations transforms a Muslim’s life into one that is in harmony with nature and thus in conformity with the will of the Creator. Faithful practice of these duties inspires her to work towards the establishment of justice, equality and righteousness in society, and the eradication of injustice, falsehood and evil.\n\n1. SHAHADAH, the first of the five basic foundations, is the declaration, knowingly and voluntarily, of: La ilaha illal lahu Muhammadur rasulul lah. “There is no god except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah”\nThis declaration is the basis of all actions in Islam, and the other basic duties follow this affirmation.\n2. SALAH (compulsory prayer) is offered five times a day. It is a practical demonstration of faith, and keeps a believer in touch with her Creator. The benefits of Salah are far-reaching, long lasting and immeasurable. It develops in a believer the qualities of self-discipline, steadfastness and obedience to the Truth, leading her to be patient
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Please don't arguing with people who don't understand things properly, just explain what you need to tell. If you forcefully try to feed something, they'll find irritating and they'll speak foolish thing regarding Allah just because they have no knowledge. Please ask dua for them...
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For details I am quoting a sound hadith of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said,\n\n   `When the believer is about to depart from this world and go forward into the Next World, angels with faces as bright as the sun descend from the heavens and sit around him in throngs stretching as far as the eye can see. Then the Angel of Death comes and sits at his head and says, "Good soul, come out to forgiveness and pleasure from Allah!" Then his soul emerges like a drop of water flows from a water-skin and the angel takes hold of it. When he has grasped it, the other angels do not leave it in his hand even for the twinkling ofan eye. They take it and place it in a perfumed shroud and a fragrance issues from it like the sweetest scent of musk found on the face on the earth.\n\n   `Then they bear it upwards and whenever they take it past a company of angels, they ask, "Who is this good soul?" and the angels with the soul reply, "So-and-so the son of so-and-so," using the best names by which people used to call him in this world. They bring him to the lowest heaven and ask for the gate to be opened for him. It is opened for him and angels who are near Allah from each of the heavens accompany him to the subsequent heaven until he reaches to the heaven where Allah the Great is. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says, `Register the book of My slave in Illiyyun and take him back to earth. I created them from it and I return them to it and I will bring them forth from it again."\n\n   `His soul is then returned to his body and two angels come to him. They make him sit up and say to him, "Who is your Lord?" He replies, "My Lord is Allah." They ask him, "What is your religion?" He replies, "My religion is Islam." They ask him, "Who is this man who was sent among you?" He replies, "The Messenger of Allah." They ask him, "How did you come to know these things?" He replies, "I read the Book of Allah, believed it, and declared it to be true." Then a Voice from on high declares, "My slave has spoken the truth, so spread out carpets from the Garden for him and open a gate of the Garden for him!" Then some of its fragrance and perfume comes to him, his grave is expanded for him as far as the eye can see, and a man with beautiful garments and a fragrant scent comes to him and says, "Rejoice in what delights you for this is the day which you were promised." He asks, "Who are you? Yours is a face which presages good." He replies, "I am your good actions." Then he says, "O Lord, let the Last Hour come soon so that I may rejoin my family and my property!"\n\n   When an unbeliever is about to depart from this world and go forward into the Next World, angels with black faces descend from the heavens carrying rough hair-cloth and sit around him in throngs stretching as far as the eye can see. Then the Angel of Death comes and sits at his head and says, "Foul soul, come out to the wrath and anger of Allah.' Then his soul divides up in his body and it is dragged out like a skewer is pulled out of wet wool. Then the angel takes hold of it. When he has grasped it, the other angels do not leave it in his hand even for the twinkling of an eye. They take it and wrap it in the rough hair-cloth and a stench comes out of it like the worst stench of a corpse on the face of the earth.\n\n   `Then they take it up and whenever they take it past a company of angels, they ask, "Who is this foul soul?" and the angels with the soul reply, "So-and-so the son of so-and-so," using the worst names by which people used to call him in this world. They bring him to the lowest heaven and ask for the gate to be opened for him. It does not get opened.'\n\n   The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, then recited, `The gates of heaven wil
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Thtz a gr8 site!! Thank you, I am a muslim and I read it daily,its so full of meaning... its a solace from this nerve wracking world!\nSo many things quoted in it are actually coming true,hence I say its the best teacher for a muslim ,whenever in doubt you can consult it,its almost like having a life manual in yr hands! Its got all fundamental topics ,which makes it even more desirable to read,and to top the icing.....there's nothing like listening/reading/looking at the beautiful arabic text to soothe and enliven the mind!!Truly,it embodies the work of our Lord at every inch of the mesmerising poetic text!!
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Here are the five pillars of Islam:\n\n) FAITH\n\nThere is no god worthy of worship except God and Muhammad is His messenger. This declaration of faith is called the Shahada, a simple formula which all the faithful pronounce. In Arabic, the first part is la ilaha illa Llah - 'there is no god except God'; ilaha (god) can refer to anything which we may be tempted to put in place of God - wealth, power, and the like. Then comes illa Llah: 'except God', the source of all Creation. The second part of the Shahada is Muhammadun rasulu'Llah: 'Muhammad is the messenger of God.' A message of guidance has come through a man like ourselves.\n\n2) PRAYER ( Prayer Performance )\n\nSalat is the name for the obligatory prayers which are performed five times a day, and are a direct link between the worshipper and God. There is no hierarchical authority in Islam, and no priests, so the prayers are led by a learned person who knows the Quran, chosen by the congregation. These five prayers contain verses from the Quran, and are said in Arabic, the language of the Revelation, but personal supplication can be offered in one's own language.\n\nPrayers are said at dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset and nightfall, and thus determine the rhythm of the entire day. Although it is preferable to worship together in a mosque, a Muslim may pray almost anywhere, such as in fields, offices, factories and universities. Visitors to the Muslim world are struck by the centrality of prayers in daily life.\n\nA translation of the Call to Prayer is:\n\nGod is most great. God is most great.\nGod is most great. God is most great.\nI testify that there is no god except God.\nI testify that there is no god except God.\nI testify that Muhammad is the messenger of God.\nI testify that Muhammad is the messenger of God.\nCome to prayer! Come to prayer!\nCome to success (in this life and the Hereafter)!\nCome to success!\nGod is most great. God is most great.\nThere is no god except God.\n\n) THE 'ZAKAT' ( Zakat Information Center )\nOne of the most important principles of Islam is that all things belong to God, and that wealth is therefore held by human beings in trust. The word zakat means both 'purification' and 'growth'. Our possessions are purified by setting aside a proportion for those in need, and, like the pruning of plants, this cutting back balances and encourages new growth.\n\nEach Muslim calculates his or her own zakat individually. For most purposes this involves the payment each year of two and a half percent of one's capital.\n\nA pious person may also give as much as he or she pleases as sadaqa, and does so preferably in secret. Although this word can be translated as 'voluntary charity' it has a wider meaning. The Prophet said 'even meeting your brother with a cheerful face is charity.'\n\nThe Prophet said: 'Charity is a necessity for every Muslim. ' He was asked: 'What if a person has nothing?' The Prophet replied: 'He should work with his own hands for his benefit and then give something out of such earnings in charity.' The Companions asked: 'What if he is not able to work?' The Prophet said: 'He should help poor and needy persons.' The Companions further asked 'What if he cannot do even that?' The Prophet said 'He should urge others to do good.' The Companions said 'What if he lacks that also?' The Prophet said 'He should check himself from doing evil. That is also charity.'\n\n4) THE FAST ( Ramadan Information Center )\nEvery year in the month of Ramadan, all Muslims fast from first light until sundown, abstaining from food, drink, and sexual relations. Those who are sick, elderly, or on a journey, and women who are pregnant or nursing are permitted to break the fast and make up an equal number of days later in the year. If they are physically unable to do this, they must feed a needy person for every day mi
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I have no diea, I'm also looking for that but in the mean time does this link help? \nhttp://www.al-islam.com/key.htm
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Qura'n says as follows, and I am giving One verse before and one verse after so you may be able to understand little further.\n\nوَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَا آيَةً مَّكَانَ آيَةٍ وَاللّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُواْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُفْتَرٍ بَلْ \n                                                      أَكْثَرُهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ\n\n101. Waitha baddalna ayatan makana ayatin waAllahu aAAlamu bima yunazzilu qaloo innama anta muftarin bal aktharuhum la yaAAlamoona \n\nWhen WE reveal one Verse in place of another Verse--and Allâh knows the best what HE should reveal--then these people say: "you fabricate (Muftari) this Qur’ân yourself."  The truth is that most of these people are unaware of the reality. \n\n\n\nقُلْ نَزَّلَهُ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ مِن رَّبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَهُدًى وَبُشْرَى لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ\n\n102.          Qul nazzalahu roohu alqudusi min rabbika bialhaqqi liyuthabbita allatheena amanoo wahudan wabushra lilmuslimeena \n\nTell them that Rûh-ul-Qudus (Angel Jibrael) has gradually brought it down in truth from my Râbb, so that it may strengthen the Faith of those who brought Faith and show guidance to the obedient and give them good news of blessing and prosperity. \n\n\n\nوَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُ بَشَرٌ لِّسَانُ الَّذِي يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِيٌّ وَهَـذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِيٌّ مُّبِينٌ\n\n103.          Walaqad naAAlamu annahum yaqooloona innama yuAAallimuhu basharun lisanu allathee yulhidoona ilayhi aAAjamiyyun wahatha lisanun AAarabiyyun mubeenun \nWE know these people say about you: "A man teaches him." Whereas the person they are pointing -- speaks Foreign language and this (Al-Qur'ân) is in clear Arabic language. \n\nAlways find real true source.  Some of them are as follows:\n\nhttp://www.mit-pak.info/16th.html\nhttp://www.beconvinced.com\nhttp://www.islamreligion.com\nhttp://www.irf.net
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Find out where the nearest Mosque is and tell them that you would like convert to Islam and they will then bear witness that you believe that there is only one God and that Muhammad (PBUH) was his messenger. Welcome to Islam Brother!
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Wa-Alaikum Assalam dear friend.\nThere may not be one book or source providing you everything in consolidated form as desired by you.\nThe most comprehensive and concise one is the Quran itself. One only needs to read, understand, comprehend and believe in it, definitely with the help of those knowing it better.\nBest is to attend periodical lectures like weekly Juma prayers in your close-by mosque etc. With the passage of time and your sincere devotion to learn the Truth you shall be blessed with understanding of the humanity and best of the brotherhood and peace.  \nMay Allah guide you, and all others like you, towards right path leading to peace, welfare and progress.\n\nJazak Allah-o-Khair.
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, when on a certain March 15th, a little boy named Hamid Bey was born in Cairo, Egypt. Hamid's family belonged to the Coptic Christian Church, and the reason for this has an interesting history. Hamid's grandfather was a devote Muslim. While a young man, he was stricken with crippling rheumatoid arthritis. His condition was so bad that he would scream in pain if moved even slightly. He despaired of life and prayed for death to release him. One day, a Master from an Egyptian Coptic Temple, traveling incognito, came into the grandfather's village. He convinced Hamid's grandfather to be secretly carried to the temple for healing. The temple was only eighteen miles from the village, yet no one in the village even knew it existed. Hamid's grandfather was completely cured. He walked home and was converted to Christianity. From that time on, his family was raised in the Christian faith.\nWhen Hamid was five years old, he had a remarkable experience. He was playing in an Egyptian street, when a strange man walked up to him and smiled down at him. Hamid felt something wonderful was happening, and felt a very strong bond with this man he had never seen before. They talked together for a few minutes, and then the man left, promising that he would return soon. This man was actually a Master from a Coptic Temple, and after much discussion with Hamid's parents upon the Master's return, it was agreed that Hamid was to go into temple training. In Coptic temple training, Hamid was taught spiritual disciplines in emotional and mental control, meditation, and the futility of fear. One lesson that made a great impression on him occurred when he was sent by his Master out in the countryside to beg for food for the temple. His Master had told him to thank the people whether or not they gave him anything. One day, young Hamid came upon a rather grouchy old man outside his farmhouse. When Hamid timidly asked him for food, the man bellowed and tried to give Hamid a swift kick in the rear. In response, Hamid merely bowed courteously and said humbly, "You have offered me more than I get most places, so thank you kind father, for your contribution." At these words, the old man was so surprised, he started laughing and took Hamid into his house and filled his baskets to the top with food. Hamid that day learned that the quality of a person's emotional attitude determines largely how the world receives him.\nAs Hamid grew in years, so did the advanced pace of his training. He was taught to place his body at the complete command of his will and to enter into a state of suspended animation. There were six preparatory Temples of learning that Hamid passed through before he could enter the final temple, the Temple of Divine Wisdom. In order to get to this temple, it is necessary to swim the Nile and enter through a tunnel. The big test here is that the Nile is infested in this area with vast numbers of crocodiles. The only way to know whether crocodiles are in the murky water, is to locate them by mind power. This is something Hamid and his classmates were taught in their previous years of intensive training. Out of Hamid's classmates, only one did not make it across the river to the temple.\nIn this temple, Hamid passed through the greatest and final test. In the temple a flower is cultivated which does not grow anywhere in the world except deepest central Africa. It is a beautiful white flower that gradually opens and closes. When open, the perfume of the flower is very pleasant, but is a deadly poison to humans. It is used to prove an initiate's physical and mental control. The flower is placed in the center of a series of concentric circles. There are eleven circles in all; the eleventh one closest to the flower. The initiate must keep his body independent of the poison, and sit for one hour in a circle, beginning with the outermost circle. Each circle moves the initiate closer to the flower, gives him one
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http://jamaat.net/muh-christ/intro.html\nthis can help you
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In the name of Allah most gracious most merciful, I'll try my best to help you if u r really interested in Islam.\nFirst of all I'm Muslim because Islam has provided me the internal peace I'm searching for, In Islam I've found the unity of all Muslims in alot of occasions for example the times of prayers when u see alot these Muslims (not all of them due to lack of their faith) doing the same moves and asking the only God, renweing their faith five times a day through the whole day, especially Al-Fajr prayers when u wake up from your bed and go to make wodoo2 by washing your limbs and head with water then going in your path towards the mosque (if it was accessible or close to you) or towards the place where u do ur prayers and in the silence of the surroundings making the dialogue with your only God.\nI've found their unity in yearl pilgrimage (called hajj) to Makka from different spots of the earth having one target which is pleasing the true king of everything.\n\nI've beleived in Islam while i found it's talking to your mind and soul and guiding you to how to live peacefully with others and how to deal with all your problems.\n\nI've beleived in Islam while it has solved many of my daily problems and even fllowing it's commands made me a better person by the testaments of other people knowing me.\n\nI've beleived in islam while it dealt with other religions peacefully and has granted them free will to deal with their religions whether it was.\n\nI've beleived in Islam while it has been based on what humans can do not miracles, miracles have never been introduced in islam except when it was so necessary and in situations which will not face a normal(not a prophet) person ever.\n\nI beleived in islam while it treats my mother and father nicely and gave rights to women as far as they demand and more.\n\nI beleived in islam while u r in direct contact with God and not needing anyone or anything in between you.\n\nI beleived in Islam while I've found it's prophet telling about things which was far futuristic than his era and have been fullfilled as he said and will be fullfilled as he said.\n\nI beleived in Islam while when I read Quran I feel it's like a heavenly words coming through my spirit.\n\nI beleived in islam while it makes me manage my life easier than I could do.\n\nI beleived in islam while it made me respect myself as a human and gave me the right way to establish a successfull person.\n\nI beleived in it while I've talked to many christians and Buddhists, infidels and read about judaism but they never gave me the answer which can make me have peace with myself.\n\nThe greeting of islam is Peace be upon You so how come it calls for war and terrorism.\n\nIslam makes me clean, tidy, relaxed, thoughfull, considerate and trustfull.\n\nIslam means (maybe I'm not so good in English) providing yourself to your God.\n\nI've a special Doaa(asking God) which whenever I use it never fails.\n\nIslam deals with me by discussion of matters not by faith without reasons, there're ofcorse things which have to be beleived but it has reasons why should u beleive in.\n\nIslam has dealt with me as a normal human not burdening me without care.\n\nI hope i can talk more but I'm not a scholar anyway, u coudl email me on my add.: ahmedeldeeb@yahoo.com and I'll send you some links, books and even will try to get you to some place where u can learn about Islam if u really want it and will Inshaa Allah(God willing) try to provide you with the nearest place that could help you.
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its muhammad(pbuh)\nits not only bcoz iam muslim\ni will give u the proofs:\nhe was sent from ALLAH with the holy koran\ni know u are know saying : & how can i be sure of that ??\n\nsimply, bcoz it talked abt something that`s happening nowadays\nfor example\n\nb4 we(the world) discover the moon\nthey thought it may have creatures like us\nor any creatures at least\nthey went to the moon in 1969 to discover it\nBUT \nin the holy koran its known that there is no life on the moon\n\n And the Moon, we have measured for her mansions (to traverse) till she returns like the old (and withered) lower part of a date stalk.(36:36)\n\ni think u may say : but it may be some expections\nok\n\ni wanna also tell u abt something\nthe roman empire \nits an old empire\ni think it`s famous enough to tell u abt it\nit was told in the holy koran abt its end\n& this was unexpected while it was in the holy koran\nok\nthe verses said :\n The Roman Empire has been defeated (30:2)\n In a land close by; but they, (even) after (This) defeat of theirs, will soon be victorious (30:3)\n\ni know u may say : also an expected thing to the roman empire to rise then to fall\nBUT \nhave u read the word (a land close by)\nits meaning in arabic\nin the lowest area in the earth\nits proved now by Geology\ni think geology wasnt found 14 centuries ago\n\ni think no one know this earth more than its creator (ALLAH)\n\ni think if i told u a lot abt these stories \nit will take me a long time\n\nso i can tell u \nin hadiths of muhammad(pbuh) \nit was told abt the wars in the world now\nalso abt a lot of such things \n\niam sorry i wrote all of this \nbut iam only trying to answer to u the answer honestly\n\ni think u can also study it urself to be able to know \nis it Muhammad(pbuh) or Jesus(pbuh) or ...................???\n\nthanx for u @ all\n\n\n-----------------\n\ncontact me @\naimooon87@yahoo.com\naymen87@hotmail.com
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Sounds like you might be a muslim?
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The koran was nothing but fiction to begin with, so why does it matter?\n\nThis I believe;  http://homelessheart.com/testimony.htm
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I personally have read the Bible several times ( I'm Wiccan), but I have a good friend who happens to be a Rabbi and we've discussed the Torah.I don't know anyone of Islam faith to discuss the Koran with but the message all comes down to " Be Excellent to each other!"
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Tammy, I would do my best to assist. I have some references (E-books) and a Translated version of Quraan. If you find that I would be helpful, just send me an E-mail to my yahoo identity.\n\nThanks