What is Islam?

What is Islam in short?

Faundation of Islam

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله

(Lā ilāha illallāhu Muhammadur rasulullāh)

(There is no god but Allah and Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. is His Messenger.)

Iman is to believe in Allah and all things with him.

The articles of faith are following:

1. To believe in Allah,

2. His Angels,

3. His Books,

4. His Messengers,

5. Last day,

6. Fate (All good and bad belong to Him.) and

7. Life after death.

Islam is to obey cordially whatever Allah ordered to do.

Pillars of Islam are following:

1. Shahādah/To say Kalimah Tauhīd,

2. Salāh

3. Zakāh

4. Sawm and

5. Hajj

What Is Islam?

The religion of Islam is the acceptance of and obedience to the teachings of God which He revealed to His last prophet, Muhammad (S.A.W.).

1) Belief in God:

Muslims believe in one, unique, incomparable God, Who has no son nor partner, and that none has the right to be worshipped but Him alone. He is the true God, and every other deity is false. He has the most magnificent names and sublime perfect attributes. No one shares His divinity, nor His attributes. In the Qur’an, God describes Himself:
  Say: “He is God, the One. God, to Whom the creatures turn for their needs. He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none like Him.” (Qur’an, 112:1-4)

God alone is the Almighty, the Creator, the Sovereign, and the Sustainer of everything in the whole universe. He manages all affairs. He stands in need of none of His creatures, and all His creatures depend on Him for all that they need. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing, and the All-Knowing.

God is not Jesus, and Jesus is not God.
Even Jesus himself rejected this. God has said in the Qur’an:
  Indeed, they have disbelieved who have said: “God is the Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary.” The Messiah said: “Children of Israel, worship God, my Lord and your Lord. Whoever associates partners in worship with God, then God has forbidden Paradise for him, and his home is the Fire (Hell). For the wrongdoers,1 there will be no helpers.” (Qur’an, 5:72)

God is not a trinity. God has said in the Qur’an:
  Indeed, they disbelieve who say: “God is the third of three (in a trinity),” when there is no god but one God. If they desist not from what they say, truly, a painful punishment will befall the disbelievers among them. Would they not rather repent to God and ask His forgiveness? For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. The Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary, was no more than a messenger...          (Qur’an, 5:73-75)
The Arabic word Allah means God (the one and only true God who created the whole universe). This word Allah is a name for God, which is used by Arabic speakers, both Arab Muslims and Arab Christians. This word cannot be used to designate anything other than the one true God. The Arabic word Allah occurs in the Qur’an more than 2150 times.

2) Belief in the Angels:
Muslims believe in the existence of the angels and that they are honored creatures. The angels worship God alone, obey Him, and act only by His command. Among the angels is Gabriel, who brought down the Qur’an to Muhammad .

3) Belief in God’s Revealed Books:
Muslims believe that God revealed books to His messengers as proof for mankind and as guidance for them. Among these books is the Qur’an, which God revealed to the Prophet Muhammad . God has guaranteed the
Qur’an’s protection from any corruption or distortion.
God has said:
  Indeed, We have sent down the Qur’an, and surely We will guard it (from corruption). (Qur’an, 15:9)

4) Belief in the Prophets and Messengers of God:
Muslims believe in the prophets and messengers of God, starting with Adam, including Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and Jesus (peace be upon them). But God’s final message to man, a reconfirmation of the eternal message, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad . Muslims believe that Muhammad  is the last prophet sent by God, as God has said:
  Muhammad is not the father of any one of your men, but he is the Messenger of God and the last of the prophets...  (Qur’an, 33:40) 

Muslims believe that all the prophets and messengers were created human beings who had none of the divine qualities of God.

5) Belief in the Last Day:
Muslims believe that the present life is only a trial preparation for the next realm of existence. This life is a test for each individual for the life after death. A day will come when the whole universe will be destroyed.

6) Belief in Al-Qadar:
Muslims believe in Al-Qadar, which is Divine Predestination, but this belief in Divine Predestination does not mean that human beings do not have freewill. Rather, Muslims believe that God has given human beings freewill.

This means that they can choose right or wrong and that they are responsible for their choices. The belief in Divine Predestination includes belief in four things: 1) God knows everything. He knows what has happenedand what will happen. 2) God has recorded all that has happened and all that will happen. 3) Whatever God wills to happen happens, and whatever He wills not to happen does not happen.

7) Belief in the Day of Judgement:
When the whole universe will be destroyed and the dead will be resurrected for judgment by God. This day will be the beginning of a life that will never end. This day is the Day of Judgment. On that day, all people will be rewarded by God according to their beliefs and deeds.

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