Noun
Islam- A monotheistic religion founded by Prophet Muhammad (SAW) having the same roots as Christianity and Judaism; its revelatory scripture is the Qur'an; its followers are Muslim
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Islam???????
why is friday special to
islam? what type of literature
does the qur'an contain? Also
wot is the qur'an used for?
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Pick me Pick me Pick me!! I am a Muslim who knows well about my religion Friday is special to Muslims because its our hoy day, just they way christians have it on Sunday, and Jews on Saturday. However, the way we 'celebrate' this holy day is different from the way the Jews and Christians do. The only obligation on friday is to go to the friday prayers, while there are many other 'recommended' things to do. The Quran contains a very strong literature. the Arab poets back then knew that from the language style of the Quran, it could never have been written by a human. It also contains variety of knowledge from Islamic judiciary, rulings, christianity(but it is not the bible, it only explains christianity a lil bit), Judaism(again, not the Torah, but gives explanation), Paganism(again, not one of the Pagan's book, but tells you about the Pagans who worship idols etc), to science, Mathematics, Creation etc. The Quran, is the Muslims holy book, it is sometimes used as a reference by religious scholars. SOmetimes, prayers are extracted out of it, and sometimes, we just read it to gain hassanat(goodness).. Hope that helps!! |
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How legitimate is it to "Islam came after Christianity
- Christianity is HUNDREDS of
years older than Islam - and
is similar to Christianity in
many, many ways. Hence The
Koran is just a spurious
carbon-copy of The Bible, with
"Jesus Christ" scratched out
everywhere it appears and
"Mohammed" scribbled in.
Anyone who can denounce
Christianity and espouse Islam
with a straight face is
obviously unsound."
I have *many* friends who make
this very argument, and I'd
like to know how sound it is.
Thanks.
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1. The day-to-day life of the Prophet was an open book for all to see. In fact a revelation came asking people to give the Prophet (pbuh) privacy in his own home. If the Prophet had been meeting people who told him what to say as a revelation from God, this would not have been hidden for very long. 2. The extremely prominent Quraish nobles who followed the Prophet and accepted Islam were wise and intelligent men who would have easily noticed anything suspicious about the way in which the Prophet brought the revelations to them - more so since the Prophetic mission lasted 23 years. 3. The enemies of the Prophet kept a close watch on him in order to find proof for their claim that he was a liar - they could not point out even a single instance when the Prophet may have had a secret meeting with particular Jews and Christians. The theory that Muhummad (pbuh) authored the Qur’an or copied from other sources can be disproved by the single historical fact that he was illiterate. Allah testifies Himself in the Qur’an In Surah Al-Ankabut chapter no.29 verse 48 "And thou was not (able) to recite a Book before this (Book came), nor art thou (able) to transcribe it with thy right hand: in that case, indeed, would the talkers of vanities have doubted." [Al-Qur’an 29:48] Allah (swt) knew that many would doubt the authenticity of the Qur’an and would ascribe it to Prophet Muhummad (pbuh). Therefore Allah in His Divine Wisdom chose the last and final Messenger to be an ‘Ummi’, i.e. unlettered, so that the talkers of vanity would not then have the slightest justification to doubt the Prophet. The accusation of his enemies that he had copied the Qur’an from other sources and rehashed it all in a beautiful language might have carried some weight, but even this flimsy pretence has been deprived to the unbeliever and the cynic. Allah reconfirms in the Qur’an in Surah Al A’raf chapter 7 verse 157: "Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (Scriptures) in the Law and the Gospel" The prophecy of coming of the unlettered Prophet (pbuh) is also mentioned in the Bible in the book of Isaiah chapter 29 verse 12. "And the book is delivered to him that is not learned." [Isaiah 29:12] Thus, historically and logically it cannot be established that there was a human source for the Qur’an. |
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What are three important I am doing a report on Islam
and have been studying the
Koran, but find have had
difficulty really finding some
of the passages and
interpreting main messages.
Please explain some of the
main idea's that are important
also to the Islam Religion as
a whole.
i forgot to mention that i
needed help mostly with the
second sura. sorry thanks
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Ok, we know we don't create each other and we don't come to this world from nowhere because when we die we must be going somewhere as well, hence there must be God, if there were many Gods, they would have fought over what to be created and what not to be, probably over who to die and who to live at the same time... so it's gotta be one God... if that God created us then there must be a reason... could we figure it out on our own? God made it easy and sent us messengers and prophets to show us the way and tell us why... so all the messengers and all the religions are from the same only God, so they've got to be complementary to each other, not opposing each other!!! then God must have said His final words in the last message, what is the last message? and how do we know it's the last one? I guess that would be the religion that believes in all messengers and all books equally... is there such religion? actually yes, Islam does :) A True Muslim (man or woman) gets his reward for obeying Allah's orders (Allah means The God in Arabic) by going to heaven, where he/she are indulged forever in all the good things that were on earth and more, things no one ever dreamt of or heard about. The Holy Quran tells Muslims (men and women) there will be good food, good wine and sex in heaven for all, but not in the bestial way you may think of, but rather in a way that is satisfactory for everyone and better than what was on earth. Heaven is no heartbreak or injustice land. True Muslims are no terrorists, and Islam never calls for that, Islam means peace, it bans violence unless you were fought so you fight back, it only doesn't require Muslims to be cowards, and true Muslims understand this very well and never attack civilians. Islam is the only religion that accepts freedom of religion and asks men to treat women gently like queens. It's all in the Holy Quran and the right teachings of prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). If some people behave otherwise, then it's because people behaviour doesn't necessarily reflect the rulings of their religion always, for example, we can't (and don't) judge Christianity by Hitler or Madonna. And that is another reason why there is heaven and hell after we die, heaven for the obedient and hell for the disobedient and/or oppressor, it's all going to be decided on the day of resurrection and judgement. To be a Muslim, you must believe God is only one with no spouses or offspring, believe in his angels (servants not males or females), believe in all his religions, messangers and books equally, the day of judgement, heaven and hell and that everything is in God's hands and because of his will (good or bad). Muslims believe God is the only divine who never dies, the creator who deserves to be worshiped, all prophets who came to earth are human messangers sent by him. Muslims don't deny christianity, judaism, Jesus or Moses. They believe in them as the noble prophets and messangers of God, love and respect them so much. We believe the birth of Jesus (messanger of God) was a miracle from God to us, being born by a mother only and with no father. God is the creator, he can do anything. We believe Jesus (peace be upon him) is NOT dead till today; he wasn’t even murdered or crucified as most people think. God (most glorified) made the man who betrayed Jesus be killed instead by switching their looks for a moment. Jesus was left up to live in heaven until the end of days when he will come back to earth again, with no new teachings or messages but just to make justice prevail instead of oppression, fight the imposter who will claim to be God and (most important) to perform his last prayer with the Muslims announcing he's too a follower of the last prophet (Muhammad) as all people should... then he really dies like other Prophets and be buried (peace be upon them all). So we're waiting for you Jesus, Messenger of God, to bring the world peace and pray with us. That’s what prophet Muhammad told us and this is what I believe in, I’m a Muslim so how do we know it's true? what is said in the last message and what should we do? read the following, and you'll figure out for yourself: |
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