In the past, even though you don’t see it as much today, the word “Mohammedins” was often used as a label for Muslims. A Muslim is a person who freely accepts to base his beliefs, values and faith on the will of Almighty God. Being a Muslim entails complete acceptance and active obedience to the revealed will of Almighty God. This can be seen in the fact that some of the early companions of the Prophet Muhammad were not only Arabs, but also Persians, Africans and Byzantine Romans. If one just takes a look at the various people who live in the Muslim World – from Nigeria to Bosnia and from Morocco to Indonesia – it is easy to see that Muslims come from all different races, ethnic groups and nationalities.įrom the very beginning, Islam had a universal message for all people. Some people mistakenly believe that Islam is just a religion for Arabs, but nothing could be further from the truth, since in actuality over 80% of the world’s Muslims are not Arabs! The Largest Muslim nation is Indonesia! Even though most Arabs are Muslims, there are Arabs who are Christians, Jews and atheists. The message of Islam is meant for all of mankind and whoever accepts the message of Islam becomes a Muslim. The Arabic word “Muslim” literally means “someone who submits himself to the will of Almighty God”. There are an estimated 10 million Muslims in America. It is estimated that there are over 1.2 billion Muslims worldwide. “Truly, the religion with Allah (God) is Islam…”
Islam is the religion of Almighty God since the beginning of time – from Adam and Eve ’til the Day of Judgment. “And We did not send any Messenger before you (O Muhammad) but We revealed to him (saying): La ilaha illa Ana (none has the right to be worshiped but I (Allah)), so worship Me (Alone and none else).” We make no distinction between any of them, and to Him we have submitted (in Islam)’.” “Say (O Muslims): ‘We believe in Allah and that which has been sent down to us and that which has been sent down to Ibrahim (Abraham), Isma’il (Ishmael), Ishaq (Isaac), Ya’qub (Jacob), and to Al-Asbaat, and that which has been given to Musa (Moses) and ‘Isa (Jesus), and that which has been given to the Prophets from their Lord. Thus, Islam is not a new religion, but in fact it is the same divinely revealed Ultimate Truth that Almighty God revealed to all His prophets:Īdam, Idris (Enoch), Nuh (Noah), Hud, Saleh, Ibrahim (Abraham), Isma’il (Ishmael), Ishaq (Isaac), Lut (Lot), Ya’qub (Jacob), Yousef (Joseph), Shu’aib, Ayyub (Job), Musa (Moses), Harun (Aaron), Dhu’l-kifl (Ezekiel), Dawud (David), Sulaiman (Solomon), Ilias (Elias), Al-Yasa (Elisha), Yunus (Jonah), Zakariyya (Zachariah), Yahya (John), ‘Isa (Jesus) and Muhammad (pbuh), all were prophets of Islam mentioned in the Qur’aan and by Muhammad (pbuh). Islam teaches that all religions originally had the same essential message – to believe in One True God and to worship Him and Him alone. Unlike the names used for other religions, such as Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, the name for the religion of Islam was revealed by Almighty God and carries a deep spiritual meaning – only by submitting one’s will to Almighty God can one truly achieve peace, both in this life and the hereafter. So, the complete meaning of “Islam” is attaining a state of peace by submitting oneself to the Will of Almighty God(Allah or The One) and by definition, one who does this is called a “Muslim” (which also comes from the root word sa-la-ma), meaning someone who has submitted to the Will of Almighty God (a believer). The word Islam comes from the Arabic root word “sa-la-ma”, which means peace. The word “Islam” is an Arabic word that means “peace, purity, submission and obedience to the will of Almighty God”. Islam is the largest and fastest growing faith in the world.
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