Your religion is a moronic LIE and you are a fucken idiot.

"Reason before mythology!!!!!"





--- In furnituremaking@yahoogroups.com, "Bushra" <poe1@g...> wrote:
>
> What is Al-Islam?
> "This day have those who reject faith given up all hope of your
religion, yet fear them not, but fear Me. This day have I perfected
your religion for you, completed my favor upon you, and have chosen
for you Al-Islam as your religion." (Qur'an 5:4)
>
> Al-Islam is the definitive form of the Arabic word Islam that is
derived from the root word aslama meaning "to submit peacefully."
Central to the core of Islam are the concepts of "peace"
and "submission." The submission is only to God, the Creator,
Fashioner, and Sustainer of all that exists, seen and unseen.
>
> By submitting to God, His will, His commands, and His plan, we
inevitably establish peace. Peace surrounds us in our daily lives, in
our families, in our communities, in our cities, in our nations, and
in our world. When humanity mutually works toward the goal of
submitting to God and toward the effect of establishing peace, the
world will enjoy justice, equality, and freedom.
>
> Al-Islam, The submission to the will of God, is not a new
phenomenon but rather the culmination and perfection of truth that
was revealed from God to humanity over the course of humanity's short
existence. The path of human development began with the first human
being, Adam, and was perfected in the model for all humanity and
final Prophet of God, Muhammed (upon both of them be peace).
>
> The truth which we speak of is the first principle of Al-Islam and
the key to understanding our existence. This principle, called
Tawheed in Arabic, is the oneness, uniqueness, and independence of
the one God, called Allah in Arabic. Allah is the One who created
all. All are dependent upon Him, and yet He is independent of all.
Nothing in creation is similar to Him.
>
> "Say: He, Allah is One. Allah, The Eternal, The Absolute. He begets
not, nor is He begotten. And there is nothing like Him." (Qur'an
112:1-4)
>
> To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth. All
submit to Him, willingly or unwillingly. He created all creatures to
be subservient to Him. It is their nature, or fitr in Arabic, to
follow His commands and to serve Him obediently.
>
> Humanity, however, was given a special prize possession, which is
both its aide and its enemy. The intellect of the human being is
unlike other creatures. Unlike animals, plants, or even inanimate
objects, human beings have wills, desires, passions, rational thought
processes, and emotions. To this degree, humanity has the potential
to be disobedient, though its nature is to serve its Creator.
>
> Thus, in order for humanity to not lose its footing in the
treacherous and unforgiving wilderness that is our earth, Allah sent
prophets and messengers, one after another, to guide people to the
truth that is Islam. Every prophet that was sent reminded his people
of the One God, warned them of the impending punishment for
disobeying their God, and gave them glad tidings of an eternal,
blissful afterlife if they submitted and worshipped only the One God.
>
> Inevitably, these prophets, who were only themselves human beings,
died, and their people turned away from their Lord and Sustainer
returning to their ignorant, godless ways. Many fashioned for
themselves false gods and primitive myths. This proved to be their
destruction.
>
> Each prophet was sent to a particular nation or community of
people, speaking the language of the people, and being from their
kindred. Finally, when humanity was most in need, Allah sent a final
prophet who would be the seal of prophethood and the bringer of the
final Message to all people in all nations.
>
> His name was Muhammed ibn Abdullah (upon whom be peace). He was
born in 570 C.E. and died in 632 C.E. Through the angel Jibril
(Gabriel), Allah revealed the Qur'an to Muhammed over the course of
23 years. During this time, as with all the prophets before him, he
taught the people to serve the one and only God, Who had no partners,
intermediaries, sons or daughters. One God.
>
> To what extent faith coincides with actions is evident by pillars
of Islam, of which there are 5:
>
> 1. Believing and testifying that there is only One God and that
Muhammed is His servant and messenger. (Shahadatain)
> 2. Praying 5 times daily facing the ka'ba, the first sacred house
of worship built by Abraham, in Makkah. (Salat)
> 3. Fasting from food, drink, and marital relations during the
daylight hours of the lunar month of Ramadan. (Sawm)
> 4. Giving a percentage of one's wealth to the poor every year.
(Zakat)
> 5. Performing pilgrimage to the sacred house in Makkah at least
once in one's life. (Hajj)
>
> While these 5 pillars are the core of Al-Islam and represent the
key practices of a Muslim (one who practices Islam), their depth
cannot be fully appreciated by merely enumerating them. The degree of
a Muslim's faith is measured by his will to serve God in these
practices and also in every aspect of his life.
>
> Because of this, Muslims have been given ample source material to
guide their living. The Qur'an, in a sense, is a guidebook for human
development, and the example, or sunnah, of Muhammed is the
personification of the edicts laid out in the Qur'an. Because of
this, Al-Islam is rich with principles of Justice ('Adl), Piety
(taqwa), Faith (Iman), Purity (Tahaarah), Charity (Sadaqah), Truth
(Haqq), struggle (Jihad), Peace (Salaam), Judgment (Ahkaam), and many
other well-defined principles. Al-Islam is actually a plethora of
divine morals formulated into a simple, "user-friendly" format.
>
> For the believer, every thought, every action, and every word is
for the pleasure and worship of Allah. Al-Islam attempts and succeeds
in making remembrance of Allah (Thikr) realistic even in a modern
social setting. It is as practical as taking a bite of food and
recounting the name of the One who allowed you to receive that food,
and is as intricate as reciting numerous verses from the Qur'an in
the morning prayer to glorify the Creator and Sustainer of the
universe.
>
> So diverse is Al-Islam that it spread from the desert valley city
of Makkah as far east as China and as far west as Spain in less than
50 years. So complete is this way of life that people in the
mountains of India and in the busy streets of Chicago can practice it
and believe in it without finding any discrepancies therein.
>
> So vast is the wisdom poured forth from the Qur'an that countless
scientific, philosophical, and intellectual discoveries flowered from
it and continue to do so even upon this day. So pure and complete was
the life of Muhammed that even those who do not believe in his
prophethood have declared him the greatest man to ever live.
>
> This is the way of life chosen for humanity by God. This is the way
of life that can remove the shackles of false worship and materialism
from the people of the world. This is the way of life that can lift
up humanity and bestow upon it greatness in this life and salvation
in the life after. This is our way of life. This is Al-Islam.
>
> "It is not righteousness that you turn your faces Towards east or
West; but it is righteousness- to believe in Allah and the Last Day,
and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your
substance, out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the
needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of
slaves; to be steadfast in prayer, and practice regular charity; to
fulfill the contracts which you have made; and to be firm and
patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all
periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the God-fearing."
(Qur'an 2:117)
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