رَّبِّ اَعُوۡذُ بِکَ مِنۡ ھَمَزٰتِ الشَّیٰطِیۡنِ ۙ وَ اَعُوۡذُ بِکَ رَبِّ اَنۡ یَّحۡضُرُوۡن ؕ۔
بِسۡمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِۙ۔
Islam Vs kufr.
Islam i.e. belief in God alone and Kufr i.e. associating partners with God are two different sides of the same coin. A person will either be a believer or an unbeliever. There is no space in between. Atheists are also included among the infidels. For he who owes God, and does not thank Him, God does not like such people. Yes, whom God guides.
وَ اِنَّاۤ اَوۡ اِيَّاكُمۡ لَعَلٰى هُدًى اَوۡ فِىۡ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيۡنٍ ﴿۲۴﴾۔
we and you are either on guidance or in clear error. (24)
Islam or Religion of Abraham (A.S).
Basically, Islam is the religion of Abraham (A.S). Islam has been the religion of Allah from the first man/Prophet Adam (A.S) to the last Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Yes, in this journey, some People of the Book nations rebelled against each other. From which Jews, Christians, Saiban and other religions were born. If the roots of religions are dug up, then only two religions will emerge. The first is Islam (The religion of the One God, and the second is Kufr (The religion of Devil i.e. associating other gods with the One God).
ثُمَّ اَوۡحَيۡنَاۤ اِلَيۡكَ اَنِ اتَّبِعۡ مِلَّةَ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ حَنِيۡفًا ؕ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الۡمُشۡرِكِيۡنَ ﴿۱۲۳﴾۔
[Q-16:123]
Then We revealed to you that you should follow the religion of Abraham (A.S), who had been on one side. And they were not of the polytheists. (123).
قُلۡ صَدَقَ اللّٰهُ ࣞ فَاتَّبِعُوۡا مِلَّةَ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ حَنِيۡفًا﯀ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الۡمُشۡرِكِيۡنَ ﴿۹۵﴾۔
[Q-03:95]
Say: God has spoken the truth, so follow the religion of Abraham (A.S), the righteous. And he was not one of the polytheists. (95)
قُلۡ اِنَّنِىۡ هَدٰٮنِىۡ رَبِّىۡۤ اِلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُّسۡتَقِيۡمٍۚ دِيۡنًا قِيَمًا مِّلَّةَ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ حَنِيۡفًا ۚ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الۡمُشۡرِكِيۡنَ ﴿۱۶۱﴾۔
[Q-06:161]
Say (O Muhammad) that indeed my Lord has shown me the way of guidance. A great religion. The religion of Abraham (A.S), who was righteous. And they were not of the polytheists (161).
وَمَنۡ اَحۡسَنُ دِيۡنًا مِّمَّنۡ اَسۡلَمَ وَجۡهَهٗ لِلّٰهِ وَهُوَ مُحۡسِنٌ وَّاتَّبَعَ مِلَّةَ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ حَنِيۡفًا ؕ وَاتَّخَذَ اللّٰهُ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ خَلِيۡلًا ﴿۱۲۵﴾۔
[Q-04:125]
And who is greater in righteousness than one who bows his head before God, and does good, and follows the righteousness of Abraham (A.S), the righteous. And God had made Abraham (A.S) his friend. (125).
اِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصۡطَفٰۤى اٰدَمَ وَنُوۡحًا وَّاٰلَ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ وَاٰلَ عِمۡرٰنَ عَلَى الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَۙ ﴿۳۳﴾ ذُرِّيَّةًۢ بَعۡضُهَا مِنۡۢ بَعۡضٍؕ وَاللّٰهُ سَمِيۡعٌ عَلِيۡمٌۚ ﴿۳۴﴾۔
[Q-03:33-34]
Verily, God chose the family of Adam (A.S) and Noah (A.S) and the family of Abraham (A.S) and Imran (A.S) over all the worlds. (33). Some of them are children of some. And God is All-Hearing and All-Knowing. (34).
That is, all specific religions and them holy books and prophets are installed in God.
Teachings of Islam.
1. The order of worshiping only one God in Islam.
Islam teaches. That Allah is One, there is no god but Him.
Can anyone other than God be worshipped? The same God who created the entire earth and sky and the creatures that live in them when there was nothing.
So what? Any creatures can be worthy of worship against the Creator?
وَاِلٰهُكُمۡ اِلٰهٌ وَّاحِدٌ ۚ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ الرَّحۡمٰنُ الرَّحِيۡمُ ﴿۱۶۳﴾۔
[Q-02:163]
And your god is one God, there is no God but him. Who is Most Merciful and Merciful. (163)
وَهُوَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَؕ لَـهُ الۡحَمۡدُ فِى الۡاُوۡلٰى وَالۡاٰخِرَةِ﯀ وَلَـهُ الۡحُكۡمُ وَاِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُوۡنَ ﴿۷۰﴾۔
[Q-28:70]
And He is God, there is no God but Him. For Him is praise in the beginning and in the hereafter. And his order is supreme. And to Him you will be returned. (70).
اِنَّمَاۤ اِلٰهُكُمُ اللّٰهُ الَّذِىۡ لَاۤ اِلٰـهَ اِلَّا هُوَؕ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَىۡءٍ عِلۡمًا ﴿۹۸﴾۔
[Q-20:98]
Your god is only Allah, there is no God but He, He embrace all things in his knowledge. (98)
رَّبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الۡاَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا فَاعۡبُدۡهُ وَاصۡطَبِرۡ لِـعِبَادَتِهٖؕ هَلۡ تَعۡلَمُ لَهٗ سَمِيًّا ﴿۶۵﴾۔
[Q-19:65]
Worship the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and be patient in His worship. Is there anyone else like him to your knowledge? (65).
وَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ رَبِّىۡ وَرَبُّكُمۡ فَاعۡبُدُوۡهُ ؕ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسۡتَقِيۡمٌ ﴿۳۶﴾۔
[Q-19:36]
And undoubtedly Allah is my Lord and your Lord, worship Him only. This is the straight path. (36).
2. God has no children.
The Lord says so! He is not anyone’s child, nor does he have any children, he is alone. When there is no one else like him, who will he marry? He has no body. It is such light or such energy. Through which the whole universe flows. He runs the universe. He thinks it should happen and it does. It is not worthy of his honor to produce children like humans.
Example: – Can a person marry a doll or robot made by him? I don’t think so.
Question: – Now the question arises that when God has no body then how can He think? How can help someone? How can he creation? How can the universe be organized?
Answer: – Aren’t humans trying to make computers and robots that have feelings these days? And who can take decisions according to human needs. And the results of this journey have also started. Ultimately: Success is in God’s hands. So, isn’t the respiration of these machinery ‘energy’?
Another example is the camera. To follow traffic rules, drivers fear cameras more than the police. Google Map not only measures your journey in a second but also shows you the route. Thanks to cameras, machines in factories automatically shuts down when they sense danger. So, isn’t the respiration of these cameras’ ‘energy’?
Take the Internet as a third example. In this era, it is everywhere like air, but is not visible. There was a time, how much weight and labor were required to transport all the documents, books, films or videos from one place to another. But now it is done in the blink of an eye without any hard work and without any transport. Isn’t this energy?
Whereas the God is the energy that gives breath to the entire universe from the beginning to the end.
هُوَ اللّٰهُ اَحَدٌ ۚ ﴿۱﴾ اَللّٰهُ الصَّمَدُ ۚ ﴿۲﴾ لَمۡ يَلِدۡ ۙ وَلَمۡ يُوۡلَدۡ ۙ ﴿۳﴾ وَلَمۡ يَكُنۡ لَّهٗ كُفُوًا اَحَدٌ۔ ﴿۴﴾۔
[Q-112:1-4]
He is one God. (1) Allah is eternal, (He is eternal). (2) Neither is he the child of anyone, nor is anyone his child. (3) And he has no partner. (4)
اِنَّمَا اللّٰهُ اِلٰـهٌ وَّاحِدٌ ؕ سُبۡحٰنَهٗۤ اَنۡ يَّكُوۡنَ لَهٗ وَلَدٌ ۘ لَهٗ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الۡاَرۡضِؕ وَكَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ وَكِيۡلًا ﴿۱۷۱﴾۔
[Q-04:171]
God is the only God and He is free from having children. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. And God is Sufficient as a Guardian. (171)
وَخَرَقُوۡا لَهٗ بَنِيۡنَ وَبَنٰتٍۢ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٍؕ سُبۡحٰنَهٗ وَتَعٰلٰى عَمَّا يَصِفُوۡنَ ﴿۱۰۰﴾ يَكُوۡنُ لَهٗ وَلَدٌ وَّلَمۡ تَكُنۡ لَّهٗ صَاحِبَةٌ ؕ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىۡءٍ ۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىۡءٍ عَلِيۡمٌ ﴿۱۰۱﴾۔
[Q-06:100-101]
And they forged sons and daughters for God without any knowledge. He is pure and exalted that Him. Those who state this (100). He is the creator of the heavens and the earth. How can he have a son, when he has no wife? He has created everything and is omniscient. (101)
مَا كَانَ لِلّٰهِ اَنۡ يَّتَّخِذَ مِنۡ وَّلَدٍۙ سُبۡحٰنَهٗؕ اِذَا قَضٰٓى اَمۡرًا فَاِنَّمَا يَقُوۡلُ لَهٗ كُنۡ فَيَكُوۡنُؕ ﴿۳۵﴾۔
[Q-19:35]
It is not fitting for God to make anyone his son. He is pure. When he intends something, he orders it to happen. And it becomes done. (35).
لَـقَدۡ جِئۡتُمۡ شَيۡــًٔـا اِدًّا ۙ ﴿۸۹﴾ تَكَادُ السَّمٰوٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرۡنَ مِنۡهُ وَتَـنۡشَقُّ الۡاَرۡضُ وَتَخِرُّ الۡجِبَالُ هَدًّا ۙ ﴿۹۰﴾ اَنۡ دَعَوۡا لِـلرَّحۡمٰنِ وَلَدًا ۚ ﴿۹۱﴾ وَمَا يَنۡۢبَـغِىۡ لِلرَّحۡمٰنِ اَنۡ يَّتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا ؕ ﴿۹۲﴾ اِنۡ كُلُّ مَنۡ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ اِلَّاۤ اٰتِى الرَّحۡمٰنِ عَبۡدًا ؕ ﴿۹۳﴾۔
[Q-19:89-93]
You have spoken evil words (on the tongue). (89) It is imminent that due to this speech the heavens will burst and the earth will crack and the mountains will break into pieces. (90) That they proposed a son for God. (91) And it is not fitting for God to make anyone a son (92) All the people who are in the heavens and the earth will come before God as servants (93).
3. The certain time of death.
Life and death are in the hands of Allah. And the life of an old person who is very old is not prolonged, nor is the life of a child who dies at a little age shortened. Rather, death comes at a specific time determined by Allah, which is recorded in the Holy Book of Loh E Mahfouz.
وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفۡسٍ اَنۡ تَمُوۡتَ اِلَّا بِاِذۡنِ اللّٰهِ كِتٰبًا مُّؤَجَّلًا﯀ ﴿۱۴۵﴾۔
[Q-03:145]
And no soul dies without the permission of Allah. Yes, which is written a certain time. (145).
وَاللّٰهُ خَلَقَكُمۡ مِّنۡ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنۡ نُّطۡفَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَـكُمۡ اَزۡوَاجًا﯀ وَمَا تَحۡمِلُ مِنۡ اُنۡثٰى وَلَا تَضَعُ اِلَّا بِعِلۡمِهٖ﯀ وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ مِنۡ مُّعَمَّرٍ وَّلَا يُنۡقَصُ مِنۡ عُمُرِهٖۤ اِلَّا فِىۡ كِتٰبٍؕ اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ يَسِيۡرٌ ﴿۱۱﴾۔
[Q-35:11]
And Allah created you from clay, then from sperm, then made you a couple. And without his knowledge no woman conceives, nor is she delivered. And the age that is written in the Holy book (Loh E Mahfouz). It neither increases nor decreases. Indeed, this is easy for Allah (11).
4. Shariah
It is necessary for those who believe in Islam to obey the Allah’s Sunnah (belief in one God) and the Shariat (orders of God) i.e. the book Qur’an.
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنۡ يَّشۡتَرِىۡ لَهۡوَ الۡحَدِيۡثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَنۡ سَبِيۡلِ اللّٰهِ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٍۖ وَّيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا ؕ اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ مُّهِيۡنٌ ﴿۶﴾۔
[Q-31:06]
And some of the people are like that; Those who buy nonsense Hadiths. So that people can be misled from the path of Allah through without knowledge (i.e. that knowledge which is not from the Qur’an). And make it (i.e. the Qur’an) a joke. These are the people for whom there will be a humiliating punishment (6).
اِنَّا عَرَضۡنَا الۡاَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ وَالۡجِبَالِ فَاَبَيۡنَ اَنۡ يَّحۡمِلۡنَهَا وَاَشۡفَقۡنَ مِنۡهَا وَ حَمَلَهَا الۡاِنۡسَانُؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ ظَلُوۡمًا جَهُوۡلًا ۙ ﴿۷۲﴾ لِّيُعَذِّبَ اللّٰهُ الۡمُنٰفِقِيۡنَ وَالۡمُنٰفِقٰتِ وَالۡمُشۡرِكِيۡنَ وَالۡمُشۡرِكٰتِ وَيَتُوۡبَ اللّٰهُ عَلَى الۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ وَالۡمُؤۡمِنٰتِؕ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ غَفُوۡرًا رَّحِيۡمًا ﴿۷۳﴾۔
[Q-33:72-73]
Indeed, we presented the trust (Shariah) to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to accept it and feared it, and man accepted it, he was unjust and ignorant. (72) So that God may punish the hypocrite man and hypocrite woman and the polytheist man and polytheist woman, and God may forgive the believing man and the believing woman, and God is Forgiving, Merciful (73).
5. Belief in all the prophets and the books revealed to them.
Believe in all the Prophets and the Books revealed to them (Torah, Injeel Psalms and other Scriptures). Do not differentiate between your prophet and other prophets.
قُوۡلُوۡٓا اٰمَنَّا بِاللّٰهِ وَمَآ اُنۡزِلَ اِلَيۡنَا وَمَآ اُنۡزِلَ اِلٰٓى اِبۡرٰهٖمَ وَاِسۡمٰعِيۡلَ وَاِسۡحٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوۡبَ وَ الۡاَسۡبَاطِ وَمَآ اُوۡتِىَ مُوۡسٰى وَعِيۡسٰى وَمَآ اُوۡتِىَ النَّبِيُّوۡنَ مِنۡ رَّبِّهِمۡۚ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيۡنَ اَحَدٍ مِّنۡهُمۡ وَنَحۡنُ لَهٗ مُسۡلِمُوۡنَ ﴿۱۳۶﴾۔
[Q-02:136&03:84]
Say O Muslims: We believe in God, and what (the Book) was revealed to us, and what (the Scriptures) were revealed to Abraham (a.s.) and Ismaeil (a.s.) and Isaac (a.s.) and Jacob (a.s.). And which was revealed to his descendants. And what (the books) was revealed to Moses (a.s.) and Eisa (a.s). And believed in all those books that were revealed on other Prophets from their Lord. We do not make any distinction between any of these prophets, and we are obedient (Muslims) to Him (One God). (136).
وَ الۡمُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ كُلٌّ اٰمَنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَمَلٰٓٮِٕكَتِهٖ وَكُتُبِهٖ وَرُسُلِهٖ﯀ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيۡنَ اَحَدٍ مِّنۡ رُّسُلِهٖ﯀ وَقَالُوۡا سَمِعۡنَا وَاَطَعۡنَا غُفۡرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَاِلَيۡكَ الۡمَصِيۡرُ ﴿۲۸۵﴾۔
[Q-02:285]
And every believer who believes in Allah, and in His angels, and in His books, and in His prophets, and says that we do not make any difference between all the prophets of God and our prophet. And they say: We heard (your command) and accepted it. O my Lord, we seek Your forgiveness. And we have to return to you. (285)
وَالَّذِيۡنَ يُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ بِمَۤا اُنۡزِلَ اِلَيۡكَ وَمَاۤ اُنۡزِلَ مِنۡ قَبۡلِكَۚ وَبِالۡاٰخِرَةِ هُمۡ يُوۡقِنُوۡنَؕ ﴿۴﴾ اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ عَلٰى هُدًى مِّنۡ رَّبِّهِمۡ﯀ وَاُولٰٓٮِٕكَ هُمُ الۡمُفۡلِحُوۡنَ ﴿۵﴾۔
[Q-02:04-05]
And those who believe in that which was revealed to you, and that which was revealed before you, and those who believe in the Hereafter. (4) These are the people who are guided by their Lord. And these are the people who will prosper. (5)
6. The day of final judgment.
And believe in the Last Day, and this that every good and evil deeds done on earth will be accounted for. In that court there will be glad tidings of people who believe in one Allah and follow the Shariah. Infidels and oppressors will be humiliated.
الَّذِيۡنَ يُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ بِالۡغَيۡبِ وَ يُقِيۡمُوۡنَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقۡنٰهُمۡ يُنۡفِقُوۡنَۙ ﴿۳﴾۔
[Q-02:03]
Those who believe in the Unseen and pray and spend out of what We have given them. (Those are the successful people). (3)
يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ يَّصۡدُرُ النَّاسُ اَشۡتَاتًا ۙ لِّيُرَوۡا اَعۡمَالَهُمۡؕ ﴿۶﴾ فَمَنۡ يَّعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيۡرًا يَّرَهٗ ؕ ﴿۷﴾ وَمَنۡ يَّعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَّرَهٗ ﴿۸﴾۔
[Q-99:6-8]
On the Day of Judgment, people will disperse to see their actions. ﴾6﴾ So he who has done even an iota of good will see it. (7) And the one who commits even an iota of evil will see it. (8)
لَيۡسَ الۡبِرَّ اَنۡ تُوَلُّوۡا وُجُوۡهَكُمۡ قِبَلَ الۡمَشۡرِقِ وَ الۡمَغۡرِبِ وَلٰـكِنَّ الۡبِرَّ مَنۡ اٰمَنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالۡيَوۡمِ الۡاٰخِرِ وَالۡمَلٰٓٮِٕکَةِ وَالۡكِتٰبِ وَالنَّبِيّٖنَۚ ﴿۱۷۷﴾۔
[Q-02:177]
Goodness is not that you turn your face towards the east or the west, but it is good that you believe in God and the Last Day and the angels and the Book (Qur’an) and the Prophets. (177).
7. No disturbance in the country.
And do not spread unrest in the country. Allah does not like people who make mischief in the land.
وَلَا تُفۡسِدُوۡا فِى الۡاَرۡضِ بَعۡدَ اِصۡلَاحِهَا وَادۡعُوۡهُ خَوۡفًا وَّطَمَعًا ؕ اِنَّ رَحۡمَتَ اللّٰهِ قَرِيۡبٌ مِّنَ الۡمُحۡسِنِيۡنَ ﴿۵۶﴾۔
[Q-07:56]
And do not mischief after peace is established in the land. Call upon God with fear and hope, surely God’s mercy is near to those who do good (56).
فَاَوۡفُوا الۡكَيۡلَ وَالۡمِيۡزَانَ وَلَا تَبۡخَسُوا النَّاسَ اَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تُفۡسِدُوۡا فِى الۡاَرۡضِ بَعۡدَ اِصۡلَاحِهَا ؕ ذٰ لِكُمۡ خَيۡرٌ لَّـكُمۡ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ مُّؤۡمِنِيۡنَ ۚ ﴿۸۵﴾۔
[Q-07:85]
So, fulfill the measure and the weight, and do not diminish the things of the people. Do not spread mischief in the land, while there is peace. And this is better for you, if you are believers (85).
وَاِذَا قِيۡلَ لَهُمۡ لَا تُفۡسِدُوۡا فِىۡ الۡاَرۡضِۙ قَالُوۡاۤ اِنَّمَا نَحۡنُ مُصۡلِحُوۡنَ ﴿۱۱﴾ اَلَا ۤ اِنَّهُمۡ هُمُ الۡمُفۡسِدُوۡنَ وَلٰـكِنۡ لَّا يَشۡعُرُوۡنَ ﴿۱۲﴾۔
[Q-02:11-12]
And when they are told not to make mischief in the land, they say, we are peacemakers. (11) While they are the mischief-makers. But they don’t know that. (12)
وَقُلْ لِّعِبَادِىۡ يَقُوۡلُوا الَّتِىۡ هِىَ اَحۡسَنُؕ اِنَّ الشَّيۡطٰنَ يَنۡزَغُ بَيۡنَهُمۡؕ اِنَّ الشَّيۡطٰنَ كَانَ لِلۡاِنۡسَانِ عَدُوًّا مُّبِيۡنًا ﴿۵۳﴾۔
[Q-17:53]
And tell My servants that they should speak (to people) only those things which are the best. Because Devil creates mischief among them (saying bad things). There is no doubt that Devil is man’s open enemy. (53).
8. To donate.
And that you spend a part of your hard-earned money, which is very dear to you, in relieving the poor, the orphans, the relatives and the people.
وَاٰتَى الۡمَالَ عَلٰى حُبِّهٖ ذَوِى الۡقُرۡبٰى وَالۡيَتٰمٰى وَالۡمَسٰكِيۡنَ وَابۡنَ السَّبِيۡلِۙ وَالسَّآٮِٕلِيۡنَ وَفِى الرِّقَابِۚ وَاَقَامَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَى الزَّکٰوةَ ۚ وَالۡمُوۡفُوۡنَ بِعَهۡدِهِمۡ اِذَا عٰهَدُوۡا ۚ وَالصّٰبِرِيۡنَ فِى الۡبَاۡسَآءِ وَالضَّرَّآءِ وَحِيۡنَ الۡبَاۡسِؕ اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ الَّذِيۡنَ صَدَقُوۡا﯀ وَاُولٰٓٮِٕكَ هُمُ الۡمُتَّقُوۡنَ ﴿۱۷۷﴾۔
[Q-02:177]
And spend the wealth that you love. On relatives, on orphans, on poor people, on travelers, on questioners and for the sake of liberating the neckless. And establish prayer, and give zakat. And when you make a promise, fulfill it. And be patient in hardships and in times of war. These are those people. Who are true. and these are those, who are pious. (177).
9. Giving thanks to Allah.
Give thanks to Allah. The best way to thank Allah is Sajdah i.e. prayer.
قَدۡ اَفۡلَحَ مَنۡ تَزَكّٰىۙ (۱۴) وَذَكَرَ اسۡمَ رَبِّهٖ فَصَلّٰى ؕ (۱۵)
[Q-87:14-15]
Successful is he who has purified himself, (14) and invoked the name of his Lord and prayed. (15)
The bearer of these attributes enters Islam. People who embrace Islam are called Muslims. The first person in this world who called himself a Muslim was Hazrat Ibrahim (peace be upon him).
Only Islam from beginning to end.
It is said that from Adam (A.S) to Muhammad (S.W), one hundred and twenty-four thousand prophets came. Their languages and nations were certainly different, the needs and laws of each era would also have been different. But every prophet’s words to God were the same. لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُۙ۔. That means there is no God except Allah.
وَمَاۤ اَرۡسَلۡنَا مِنۡ قَبۡلِكَ مِنۡ رَّسُوۡلٍ اِلَّا نُوۡحِىۡۤ اِلَيۡهِ اَنَّهٗ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنَا فَاعۡبُدُوۡنِ ﴿۲۵﴾۔
[Q-21:25]
And We did not send any messenger before you, to whom this revelation was not made, that there is no god but Me, so you should worship Me. (25).
وَمَنۡ يَّبۡتَغِ غَيۡرَ الۡاِسۡلَامِ دِيۡنًا فَلَنۡ يُّقۡبَلَ مِنۡهُ ۚ وَهُوَ فِى الۡاٰخِرَةِ مِنَ الۡخٰسِرِيۡنَ ﴿۸۵﴾۔
[Q-03:85]
And whoever wants something other than Islam as his religion. So, it shall not be accepted from him. And he will be among the losers in the Hereafter. (85).
وَلِلّٰهِ مُلۡكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِؕ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَىۡءٍ قَدِيۡرٌ ﴿۱۸۹﴾۔
[Q-03:189]
And the kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah, and Allah has power over all things. (189)
اَ لۡيَوۡمَ اَكۡمَلۡتُ لَـكُمۡ دِيۡنَكُمۡ وَاَ تۡمَمۡتُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ نِعۡمَتِىۡ وَرَضِيۡتُ لَـكُمُ الۡاِسۡلَامَ دِيۡنًا ؕ ﴿۳﴾۔
[Q-05:03]
This day We have completed your religion for you and We have completed Our favors upon you and have chosen Islam as your religion. (3)
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