Googling around tonight, I found this simple description of Islam: at submission.org1. What is Islam?
That is the most misunderstood Word. It simply means submission. Anyone submitting to the one God is practicing Islam and is a Muslim or a Submitter. (Quran 3:19, 3:85, 21:92)
2. One God? Which God? Allah?
Yes, but Allah is simply an Arabic word meaning 'The One God', that being the Creator of the Universe. (Quran 2:255). Arab Christians and Jews also use the same word (Allah) for God.
A verse in The Quran says "Such is God your Lord, there is no god except He, The Creator of all things. You shall worship Him alone..." (Quran 6:102). This is The same God that Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad worshipped.
3. So anyone who submits to Allah or God is a Muslim?
Yes. Again Islam means submission. Anyone who submits to the One God, believes in the Hereafter and leads a righteous life is called a Muslim or Submitter. (Quran 2:62)
By this logical construction, all Christians are Muslims.
He goes on from there, but that was the most interesting part. Kind of puts the Muslim vs. Jew thing in a different light, doesn't it?
1 comment:
Ya'd think there might be some other motivation in operation here.
The obvious choices would be pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed and/or sloth.
[Way off the subject: my marketing mentors say that appealing to those, or the fear of them in others, is the key to making a sale. Life is just friggin' wonderful, isn't it? Humanity really is aiming itself toward Hell.]
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