What is Islam?
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RSS FeedThe word Islam means voluntary “Submission” or “Surrender” to the Will of God. It derives from the root word “salam,” meaning peace.
In the Quran, God defines that the only purpose for which He created mankind is to Worship Him. Islam recognizes that humankind has free choice in whether to obey or disobey God, but ultimately we will be held accountable to God in the next life for the choices that we make in this life.
God sent Prophets to teach mankind how to worship Him; starting with Adam, including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and the last of the messengers, Muhammad (peace be upon them all). The Islamic position is that all of these prophets came with the same message, that there is no deity worthy of worship except the One True God, known in Arabic as Allah.
Islam recognizes the close relationship between the body and soul. Whereas the body originates from the earth and has a defined period of life on this earth, the soul originates from God and does not die. Islam encourages the individual to focus on keeping the soul healthy, through the remembrance, obedience and worship of God. There should be a correct balance in strengthening the soul and not over-indulging with the pleasures of the body.
Islam is a natural way of life that encourages one to give due attention to their relationship with God and His creation. Islam teaches that it is through the doing of good deeds and seeking the pleasure of God that souls find true happiness and peace. It is in this context that the word Islam derives from the root word “salam,” or peace.
This has been a much needed effort. There’s a lot of misinformation out there and you guys have done a good job putting this site together.
Thanks for this. Very informative and I have had lots of questions. Good job on the site.
Great work on putting this website together to inform the many misinformed people who automatically associate Islam with negative things. There is so much hatred based on ignorance, and I really hope that this website will be visited by those people who harbor the most ignorance and hatred.
Thank you for sharing your beliefs and beautiful religion with the world! And kudos to CNN for covering this effort…it is what drew me to the website!
thanks Rebecca , indeed many people associates Islam with bad thing such as terrorism, hate, revenge ….. i am a Muslim and i can tell everybody that Islam has nothing to do with any of the these awful things……
This site is a very nice site. It helps people UNDERSTAND what Islam is. I’d love to visit this site over and over and over again.
This is simply a PERFECT site.
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I’ve come to this website thanks to some literature I received at the Philadelphia Stand Down in Levittown, PA. The literature is very educating and the website has so many answeres to questions I’ve had for quite sometime. Thank you for your knowledge, patience and understanding of/with the world.
Great job guys!
may Allah bless and guide you always. InshaAllah Ameen
I love this site, a starting point, to open ones mind
to know better about our creator and the main purpose why people
are created. May of us forget about our souls. In sha Allah,He give
me more wisdom to understand deeply about islam.
Great educational site!
This site is so informative. I urge all non-Muslims to use it to educate themselves and others.