Sunday, 18 December 2011

One Universal Message to the Whole of Humanity


Peace be upon you, dear brothers and sisters in Islam and in Humanity.

In the Name of GOD, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Verily all praise belongs to GOD, we praise Him, we seek His Aid and His Forgiveness.

Whomsoever GOD guides none can misguide and whomsoever GOD leaves to go astray none can guide.

I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except The ONE GOD alone without any partners and I testify that Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the last and final Messenger of GOD.

Tawheed (Islamic Monotheism) means to worship THE ONE GOD without associating anything else with HIM. To believe that there is only one LORD for all the universe, Who is its Creator, Organiser, Planner, Sustainer, and the Giver of Security etc, ie ALLAH, which translated literally into English means THE ONE GOD.

This short chapter below, describes the LORD of the worlds:

In the name of GOD - Most gracious, Most Merciful

Say, "He is ALLAH, [the] One,". "ALLAH, The Self-Sufficient Master." "He begets not nor is He begotten,". "And there is none comparable unto Him."

(The Noble Qu'ran V.112:1-4)

Mankind is guided, that He is ONE alone.He has no need of anyone or anything, yet, everything is in need of Him. He is the Creator, Protector and Sustainer of everything.He is not part of His creation.He is not the father of anything. He is not the son of anything. He is not like anything. He is absolutely unique and there is nothing that compares to Him.To be a Muslim you must also believe in all of GOD's Prophet's from Adam, Noah, through to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of GOD be upon all of them.

"Say O people of the Book! Come to common terms as between us and you that we worship none but God; that we associate no partners with Him; that we erect not, from among ourselves, lords and patrons other than God. If then they turn back, say: "Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to God's Will)."
(The Noble Qur'an, 3:64)

"Say: We believe in God, and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and in (the Books) given to Moses, Jesus, and the Prophets from their Lord: We make no distinction between one and another."
(The Noble Qur'an, 3:84)

The word 'Islam' literally means peace acquired by submitting your will to The One GOD.The word Muslim is derived from the word Islam. Muslim means simply, someone who submits his/her will to GOD.So all of the Prophets of GOD were Muslim, because they submitted their will to their LORD alone, ALLAH, the almighty and the most wise.

The Shahada is the Muslim declaration of faith and the first of the 'Five Pillars' of Islam. The word shahada in Arabic means 'testimony.'
The shahada is to testify to two things:
(a) Nothing deserves worship except ALLAH.
(b) Muhammad is the Messenger of ALLAH.
A Muslim is simply one who bears witness and testifies that "nothing deserves worship except ALLAH and Muhammad is the messenger of ALLAH." One becomes a Muslim by making this simple declaration.

The Noble Qur'an - A Miracle from ALLAH to Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.

"And this Qur'an is not such as could ever be produced by other than ALLAH (Lord of the heavens and the earth), but it is a confirmation of (the revelation) which was before it [ i.e. the Taurat (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel)], and a full explanation of the Book (i.e. laws, decreed for mankind) - wherein there is no doubt - from the Lord of the Alamin (mankind, jinn, and all that exists). "
(The Noble Qur'an V.10:37)

"And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him and in the hereafter he will be one of the losers."
(The Noble Qur'an V.3:85)

We find that our Creator has given us guidance through HIS revelation, to worship HIM alone without associating any partners with HIM.One Universal Message for the Whole of Humanity, from The Creator of the heavens and the earth and all that exists.

Saturday, 17 December 2011

Gods Existence

Tawheed = Islamic Monotheism

Tawheed means to worship THE ONE GOD without associating anything else with HIM.

To believe that there is only one LORD for all the universe, Who is its Creator, Organiser, Planner, Sustainer, and the Giver of Security etc, ie ALLAH, which translated literally into English means THE ONE GOD.

To be a Muslim you must also believe in all of GOD's Prophet's from Adam to Noah, through to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of ALLAH be upon all of them.

The word Islam means Peace aquired by submitting your will to The One GOD

The word Muslim is derived from the word Islam. Muslim means someone who submits his/her will to GOD.

So all of the Prophets of ALLAH were Muslim, because they submitted their will to their Lord alone, ALLAH, the almighty and most wise.

The Noble Qur'an - A Miracle from ALLAH to Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.

"And this Qur'an is not such as could ever be produced by other than ALLAH (Lord of the heavens and the earth), but it is a confirmation of (the revelation) which was before it [ i.e. the Taurat (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel)], and a full explanation of the Book (i.e. laws, decreed for mankind) - wherein there is no doubt - from the Lord of the Alamin (mankind, jinn, and all that exists). "

(The Noble Qur'an V.10:37)

"And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him and in the hereafter he will be one of the losers."

(The Noble Qur'an V.3:85)

We find that our Creator has given us guidance through HIS revelation, to worship HIM alone without associating any partners with HIM.

One Universal Message for the Whole of Humanity, from The Creator of the heavens and the earth and all that exists.


Download your free copy of The Noble Qur'an:

http://www.islamway.com/SF/quran/

For more information on Islam:

http://onereason.info/

http://islamreligion.com/

http://islam-guide.com/

http://leveltruth.com/

Good Books:

'MisGod'ed' by Dr Laurence Brown

Discovering the Qur'an: A Contemporary Approach to a Veiled Text by Neal Robinson

The Bible, the Qur'an, and Science: The Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of Modern Knowledge by Dr Maurice Bucaille

Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1NXGZmPQss

http://www.youtube.com/user/TruthOnTube

Friday, 16 December 2011

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Malcolm X’s Letter from Makkah


Many Muslims who have been blessed to make Hajj often speak of how the journey is a life-changing experience. This is more the case for some than others.

Malcolm X, or Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, is one Muslim who saw the light of true Islam through his Hajj in April 1964. As a former member and speaker for the Nation of Islam, a black spiritual and nationalist movement, he believed that the white man was the devil and the black man superior.

After leaving the Nation of Islam in March 1964, he made Hajj, which helped change his perspective on whites and racism completely.

Here is an excerpt of a letter El Hajj Malik El Shabazz wrote a letter to his loyal assistants in Harlem... from his heart, telling them of his experience. In it, he explains what it was during this blessed journey that made him so profoundly shift his perspective on race and racism. We should keep in mind that this letter was written in a time when the history of African Americans in America was in making, a time when centuries worth of oppression was being spoken about and condemned in public.[1]

“Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as is practiced by people of all colors and races here in this ancient Holy Land, the home of Abraham, Muhammad and all the other Prophets of the Holy Scriptures. For the past week, I have been utterly speechless and spellbound by the graciousness I see displayed all around me by people of all colors.

“I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca, I have made my seven circuits around the Ka’ba, led by a young Mutawaf named Muhammad, I drank water from the well of the Zam Zam. I ran seven times back and forth between the hills of Mt. Al-Safa and Al Marwah. I have prayed in the ancient city of Mina, and I have prayed on Mt. Arafat.

“There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blondes to black-skinned Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white.

“America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America would have been considered white - but the white attitude was removed from their minds by the religion of Islam. I have never before seen sincere and true brotherhood practiced by all colors together, irrespective of their color.

“You may be shocked by these words coming from me. But on this pilgrimage, what I have seen, and experienced, has forced me to rearrange much of my thought-patterns previously held, and to toss aside some of my previous conclusions. This was not too difficult for me. Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds it. I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth.

“During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass, and slept on the same rug - while praying to the same God - with fellow Muslims, whose eyes were the bluest of blue, whose hair was the blondest of blond, and whose skin was the whitest of white. And in the words and in the deeds of the white Muslims, I felt the same sincerity that I felt among the black African Muslims of Nigeria, Sudan and Ghana.

“We were truly all the same (brothers) - because their belief in one God had removed the white from their minds, the white from their behavior, and the white from their attitude.

“I could see from this, that perhaps if white Americans could accept the Oneness of God, then perhaps, too, they could accept in reality the Oneness of Man - and cease to measure, and hinder, and harm others in terms of their ‘differences’ in color.

“With racism plaguing America like an incurable cancer, the so-called ‘Christian’ white American heart should be more receptive to a proven solution to such a destructive problem. Perhaps it could be in time to save America from imminent disaster - the same destruction brought upon Germany by racism that eventually destroyed the Germans themselves.

“Each hour here in the Holy Land enables me to have greater spiritual insights into what is happening in America between black and white. The American Negro never can be blamed for his racial animosities - he is only reacting to four hundred years of the conscious racism of the American whites. But as racism leads America up the suicide path, I do believe, from the experiences that I have had with them, that the whites of the younger generation, in the colleges and universities, will see the handwriting on the walls and many of them will turn to the spiritual path of truth - the only way left to America to ward off the disaster that racism inevitably must lead to.

“Never have I been so highly honored. Never have I been made to feel more humble and unworthy. Who would believe the blessings that have been heaped upon an American Negro? A few nights ago, a man who would be called in America a white man, a United Nations diplomat, an ambassador, a companion of kings, gave me his hotel suite, his bed. Never would I have even thought of dreaming that I would ever be a recipient of such honors - honors that in America would be bestowed upon a King - not a Negro.

“All praise is due to God, the Lord of all the Worlds.”

Malcolm X saw and experienced many positive things. Generosity and openheartedness were qualities which were impressed on him by the welcome which he received in many places. He saw brotherhood and the brotherhood of different races and this led him to disclaim racism and to say:

“I am not a racist... In the past I permitted myself to be used... to make sweeping indictments of all white people, the entire white race, and these generalizations have caused injuries to some whites who perhaps did not deserve to be hurt. Because of the spiritual enlightenment which I was blessed to receive as the result of my recent pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca, I no longer subscribe to sweeping indictments of any one race. I am now striving to live the life of a true Sunni Muslim. I must repeat that I am not a racist nor do I subscribe to the tenets of racism. I can state in all sincerity that I wish nothing but freedom, justice and equality, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.”

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against."

Malcolm X

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Footnotes:
[1] From The Autobiography of Malcolm X with assistance from Alex Haley, the author of Roots.

Sunday, 20 November 2011

Islam and Christmas

In this episode of The Deen Show Dr. Sabeel discusses Christmas in the light of Islam