WHAT IS ISLAM?

Can we find an explanation of the great universe? Is there any convincing interpretation of the secret of existence? We realize that no family can function properly without a responsible head, that no city can prosperously exist without sound administration, and that no state can survive without a leader of some kind. We also realize that nothing comes into being on its own. Moreover, we observe that the universe exists and functions in the most orderly manner, and that it has survived for hundreds of thousand of years. Can we then say that all this is accidental and haphazard? Can we attribute the existence of man and the whole world to mere chance.

Man represents only a very small portion of the great universe. And if he can make plans and appreciate the merits of planning, then his own existence and the survival of the universe must also be a planned policy. This means that there is an extraordinary power to bring things into being and keep them moving in order.

In the world then must be a great force in action to keep everything in order. In the beautiful nature there must be a Great creator who creates the most charming pieces of art produces every thing for a special purpose in life. The deeply enlightened people recognize this creator and call him Allah "God". He is not a man because no man can create or make another man. He is not an animal, nor he is a plant. He is neither an Idol nor is He a statue of any kind because non of these things can make itself or create anything else. He is different from all these things because he is the maker and keeper of them all. The maker of anything must be different from and greater than things which he makes.

There are various ways to know God "ALLAH'' and there are many things to tell about him. The great wonders and impressive marvels of the world are like open books in which we can read about God. Besides, God Himself comes to our aid through the many Messengers and revelations He has sent down to man. These Messengers and revelations tell us everything we need to know about God.

The complete acceptance of the teachings and guidance of God 'Allah' as revealed to His Messengers Muhammad is the religion of Islam. Islam enjoins faith in the oneness and sovereignty of Allah, which makes man aware of meaningfulness of the Universe and of his place in it. This belief frees him from all fears and superstitions by making him conscious of the presence of the Almighty Allah and of man's obligations towards Him. This faith must be expressed and tested in actions, faith alone is not enough. Belief in one God requires that we look upon all humanity as one family under the universal Omnipotence of God the Creator and Nourisher of all. Islam rejects the idea of chosen people, making belief in God and good actions the only way to heaven. Thus, a direct relationship in established with God, without any intercessor.

Islam is not a new religion. It is, in essence, the same message and guidance which Allah revealed to all Prophets. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ismael, David, Moses and Jesus (PBUT). But the message which was revealed to Prophet Mohammed (PBUT) is Islam in its comprehensive, complete and final form.

The Quran is the last revealed word of Allah and the basic source of Islamic teachings and laws. The Quran deals with the basis of creeds, morality, history of humanity, worship, knowledge, wisdom, God-man relationship, and human relationship in all aspects. Comprehensive teaching on which, can be built sound systems of social justice, economics, politics, legislation, jurisprudence, law and international relations, are important contents of the Quran. Hadith, the teachings, sayings and actions of Prophet Mohammed (PBUT), meticulously reported and collected by his devoted companions. Explained and elaborated the Quranic verses.

THE FUNDAMENTAL ARTICLES OF FAITH IN ISLAM

The true faithful Muslim believes in the following Principal articles of faith:-

He believes in One God 'Allah', Supreme and Eternal, Infinite and Mighty, Merciful and Compassionate, Creator and Provider.
He believes in all Messengers of God without any discrimination among them. Every known nation had a warner or Messenger from God. They were chosen by God to teach mankind and deliver His divine message. The Quran mentions the name of twenty five of them. Among them Mohammad stands as the last Messenger and the crowning glory of the foundation of Prophethood.
Muslin believes in all ******ures and revelations of God. They were the guiding light which the Messengers received to show their respected peoples the Right Path of God. In the Quran a special reference is made to the books of Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus. But long before the revelations has been lost or corrupted. The only authentic and complete book of God in existence in the Quran.
The true Muslim believes in the Angels of Allah. They are purely spiritual and splendid beings whose nature requires on food, drink or sleep. They spend their days and nights in the worship of God.
Muslim believes in the last Day of Judgement. This world will come to an end someday, and the dead will rise to stand for their final and fair trial. People with good records will be generously, rewarded and warmly welcomed to the Heaven of Allah, and those with bad records will be punished and cast into Hell.
Muslim believes in the timeless knowledge of God and His power to plan and execute His planes and nothing could happen in His Kingdom against His will. His knowledge and power are in action at all times and command over His creation. He is wise and merciful, and whatever He does must have a meaningful purpose. If this is established in our mind and hearts, we should accept with good faith all that He does, although we may fail to under stand it fully, or think it is bad.
THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM

Faith without actions arid practice is a dead end, as far as Islam is concerned. Faith by nature is very sensitive and can be most effective. When it is not out of practice or out of use, it quickly loses its liveliness and motivation power.

There are five pillars of Islam:

The declaration of faith: To bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Mohammad (PBUH) is His Messenger to all human beings till the Day of Judgment. The Prophethood of Mohammad obliges the Muslims to follow, His exemplary life as a model.
Prayers: Daily, prayers are offered five times a day as a duty towards Allah. They strengthen and enliven the belief in Allah and inspire man to a higher morality. They purify the heart and prevent temptation towards wrong - doings and evil.
Fasting the month of Ramadan. The Muslims during the month of Ramadan not only abstain from food, drink and sexual intercourse from dawn to sunset but also sincerity and devotion. It develops a sound social conscience, patience, unselfishness and will - Power.
Zakkah: The literal and simple meaning of Zakkah is purity. The technical meaning of this word designates the annual amount in kind or coin which a Muslim with means must distribute among the rightful beneficiaries. But the religious and spiritual significance of Zakkah is much deeper and more lively. So it has humanitarian and sociopolitical values.
Hajj (Pilgrimage to Makkah): It is to be performed once in a lifetime, if one can afford it financially and physically

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يعطيك الف عافية اخي الحبيب زيد مبادرة رائعة جدا في هذا الوقت .. يحتاج الدين الحنيف دين المحبة والسلام الى الدعم والمؤازرة فهو يتعرض مرارا الى الهجمات الشرسة وخصوصا اننا نعيش ذكرى مؤلمة في هذه الايام وهي هجمة الصحف الدنماركية على الرسول الكريم والاسلام..

مبادرة تحتاج منا الى التواصل وتكثيف الجهود لإنجاحها لإيصال الرسالة الى العالم أجمع..

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Introduction to Islam

The literal meaning of Islam is peace; surrender of one’s will i.e. losing oneself for the sake of God and surrendering one’s own pleasure for the pleasure of God. The message of Islam was revealed to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings on him) 1, 400 years ago. It was revealed through angel Gabriel (on whom be peace) and was thus preserved in the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran carries a Divine guarantee of safeguard from interpolation and it claims that it combines the best features of the earlier ******ures. The prime message of Islam is the Unity of God, that the Creator of the world is One and He alone is worthy of worship and that Muhammad (peace and blessings on him) is His Messenger and Servant. The follower of this belief is thus a Muslim - a Muslim’s other beliefs are: God’s angels, previously revealed Books of God, all the prophets, from Adam to Jesus (peace be on them both), the Day of Judgement and indeed the Decree of God. A Muslim has five main duties to perform, namely; bearing witness to the Unity of God and Muhammad (peace and blessings on him) as His Messenger, observing the prescribed prayer, payment of Zakat, keeping the fasts of Ramadhan and performing the pilgrimage to Mecca. Islam believes that each person is born pure. The Holy Quran tells us that God has given human beings a choice between good and evil and to seek God’s pleasure through faith, prayer and charity. Islam believes that God created mankind in His image and by imbuing the attributes of God on a human level mankind can attain His nearness. Islam’s main message is to worship God and to treat all God’s creation with kindness and compassion. Rights of parents in old age, orphans and the needy are clearly stated. Women’s rights were safeguarded 1,400 years ago when the rest of the world was in total darkness about emancipation. Islamic teachings encompass every imaginable situation and its rules and principles are truly universal and have stood the test of time. In Islam virtue does not connote forsaking the bounties of nature that are lawful. On the contrary one is encouraged to lead a healthy, active life with the qualities of kindness, chastity, honesty, mercy, courage patience and politeness. In short, Islam has a perfect and complete code for the guidance of individuals and communities alike. As the entire message of Islam is derived from the Holy Quran and indeed the Sunnah and Hadith (the traditions and practices of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings on him) it is immutable in the face of change in time and place. It may appear rigid to the casual eye, in actual fact it is most certainly an adaptable way of life regardless of human changes. Islam teaches that the path to spiritual development is open to all. Any individual who searches the One Creator can seek nearness to God through sincere and earnest worship; it is central to establishing a relationship with the Almighty. This positive message for humanity fills hearts with hope and courage. At present there are 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide and they form the majority in more than 50 countries of the world. Today Islam is the fastest growing faith in the world - its beautiful message is reaching millions in the far corner of the earth. [/align]

Islam, the religion of love is not a religion of tolerance for intolerance, ignorance and backwardness

Islam is a religion of love and tolerance and the biggest proof Fraternity in Islam since the time of our Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him when the brother between immigrants and supporters

What is Islam

The new name, which people do Tsama fourteen centuries ago to address an old truth began with the creation, and gone along with people's lives, which took place between with all the messages that reached the Supreme Lord, the people, and learned what God wants of them.
This statement needs to be clarified!

What does it really old?
The answer is:
That the essence of the relationship between God and people as the image of all religions, as God's messengers reached Ojmon ..
Those apostles who appeared earlier in the hurricane, and believe in their many races there is no dispute at all between what was said by God to Moses or Jesus or Muhammad ...
There is no dispute at all between what they knew to their followers, and what the other prophets who knew Hfezna the names of each other, and our ignorance of the names of others ..
Religion and one in the pillars and objectives at all these people ..
This religious unity overall confirmed the Holy Quran in several places, and built upon the Prophets are brothers in a joint work, and it is not permissible to disperse to their followers, and to differentiate between one and another of them (you started a religion which enjoined by Noah, who revealed to you and China and by Abraham and Moses and Jesus to establish the prayer or the Ttafrqgua ...)
(Say We believe in God, and sent us, and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Tribes and that given to Moses, Jesus and the Prophets from their Lord, do not differentiate between any of them and we have Muslims)


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The backbone of this unit is common on the different times and places are common.
For .. The common sense is the religion of God.
The instinct is not something new in humans, it is a healthy heart, and think properly .. Only. And the validity of one's present life or to eternal life is not only in this safety.
Perhaps, I found people belong to a religion, and show them without the input and insignia, but the diseased hearts, thoughts and dysfunctional Vthag that these are far from religion as much as in the hearts and thoughts from the malaise of the bug.
The house is said about him: that he is healthy, if well painted walls and collapsed!!
And one can not be described as religious if the nature of the heart and mental health had corrupted the whims and superstitions.
Religious basis of the first real truth of these devices and the moral innocence of every distortion and fabricating the Almighty said: (exacerbated your face upright for religion, bestowed by God that has created in mankind, do not switch to create, that's religion, but most people do not know).


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And the teachings of Islam brought by the instinct to protect from germs Bank which continues to attack them, and addresses the rights of food and medicines not to make a new object or creature becoming another, but rather to remain a developing entity inherent persists, as Dhiroh, and therefore would follow God's most common verse previous inter means which are maintained by reservation: (Mgnen him and fear Him, And establish the prayer and do not be idolaters, who divide their religion and become sects, each party with their happy).

The religious teachings in relation to instinct, Kaalom the universe and of life for the mind, as the widening horizons of human thought, and ratify the provisions of this science, so common cleared and shines, and know the way of majority, the teachings of religion.
It is therefore imperative to carry out the costs that God decrees to ensure the safety of humanitarian objectives.
The Almighty said: (and recognizes his face to God by al-Bukhaari the most trustworthy handhold, and to God the consequence of things)
He said: (One of the best who have the safest and the face of God, a improved and follow the religion of Abraham the upright)
What do you think?? ..
The Koran is a religion out of instinct to the first prophecy.
And so we said: Islam is a new address for an old truth.
That Muhammad peace be upon him came Banja not collapsing ..
He was certified or for those before him, not a war against them, nor them ...
Islam is the religion and human nature that must transcend them, and to meet them ...

In the name of God the Merciful
Praise be to Allah, and prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions, but after:
In opening the meeting, I would like to make a great pleasure and I am pleased to meet with my brother His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Al-Faisal, director of the prestigious King Saud University to see that activity under the leadership of His Excellency and the effects of this university, then I also thank him for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the cultural program of the University for this year I have to be who had put a brick in the performance of a university in the subject matter dealt with by, he my thanks and appreciation to all brothers and loved ones in the management of the University and its faculties and students, and all of them attended my appreciation.
I ask God Almighty to make us always cooperating in righteousness and piety.
The subject; the subject of this lecture:
The link between youth and Islamic values.
The issue is important in my choice and was successful; Islamic values because if he talked about talking about religion and Islam, which is married to hurry, and young people is no doubt that their care is important, look for reasons to youth development is touching the causes of uplifting the nation and the survival of the nation in strength and lack of solubility in the ancient civilizations and different forms of civilization, for this we believe that young people need to care topics Twsal what should be done to them each according to his field and can give the subject of adding or consideration and reflection.
Youth and values Sobgesh in several elements:
First: What are the values; in the definition of values, the difference between the values and customs, relevant values of the Islamic religion, values multiple concepts and different characteristics of Islamic values and why focus on the importance of Islamic values in this particular time.

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Youth and compliance values, positive and negative factors, the emergence of compliance values, and factors of evading the values, also talking about the emotions of youth and youth concerns and the impact of Islamic values by, the causes of juvenile delinquency values or poor adherence to the values of youth, the reasons for this, what means the total that can be strengthen the commitment of young people with Islamic values.
There is no doubt that the matter could not be added to these elements; but this gave a signal or signals can serve as the subject.
Values are present in the history of each nation with civilization and its civilian nature of its established values, these values cherished by the nation as elements of its advantages and reasons for their survival; because all civilian emerged or every civilization; but every country should have a goal, and this goal accessible and adhere to it must be down to al-Qaeda: young people; they who receive the continuity of this civilization or civil or State, and this means that there is a civilian neighborhood moving object - namely, the civic groups - but there are advantages for him and these features can be called values .
It is defined as some moral values, or rule that: hypothetical configuration arises from the interplay of mental perceptions of the individual with conscience or with a conscience - a sense of - and issues in the application for the positions of different life enough to guide his conduct in the light of value systems in society and the semantic value it represents.
Islamic values, defined as: Configure the individual hypothetical saturated with a high degree of Islamic moral values establishes the general framework of the act, including the Islamic behavior enables the individual elements of the situation with the inclusion of social and ethical decision-making in the light of available alternatives in this community vision of the after-effects of behavior consistent with the spirit of Islam.

So there is a connection between moral values and concept of the Islamic year, this one goes on the concept of values and definition of values and focus on values - as it is called -; for the suspicion of customs values to something legitimate and illegitimate term is ethics, and is expressed in Islamic morality, rather than Islamic values, morals Islamic morality on the grounds that include all of the above formulation of the mind and thus the formulation of behavior and the relationship to the community and its relations with others.
This was said: The Islamic morality is a set of principles and rules of human behavior determined by the revelation only to organize human life and its relationship to other organization so as to achieve the purpose of existence in this world to the fullest.
This gives us the values of morality, then with the closely related and it says in the hadeeth that the Prophet peace be upon him said, «I was sent to Transact morals».
So let morals and values that existed when the Arabs before Islam, and if its reference to the mind and thinking and the Arab community at the time, tribal or rural areas - I mean, civil - for the weak or the trends that set of values or morals of young people brought up in a timely and weaned her by growing up, Islam did not abolish the ethics and values useful in ignorance, but benefit from what exists and is fostered because it can not ignore the values useful for any society; because the spirit of legality came to raise the rights to the level authorized by God Almighty has its dignity - I mean in himself and the idea - and the preference for many creatures as the Almighty? We have honored the sons of Adam and provided them with transport on land and sea and provided them with good things and Vdilnahm many of those who created a preference? al-Isra: 70.