The truth about islam absolute truth from the word of god. The religion of truth by abdur raheem green youtube. Now dont tell me because i dont practice retribution and dont stone my wife who ran away and married someone of another faiththat my faith is no good. He was a towering intellectual figure, a popular fiction author who inspired a global. The religion of truth english abdurrahman bin hammad. The truth about islam and violence the following essay provides an excellent overview of the islamic jihad, dispelling any illusions of the selfproclaimed. Yes there are lots of bad people out there who claim to be muslims and do evil things like those who are out there who did and still do evil things and claim to be christians or jews, all of those are cursed by god and will be badly punished, what they do is an incorrect interpretation of the religion, dont look at the small.
Setting out to define what is islam, and what it means to be islamic, is an act of interpretation. Forward 23 years later to see the transformation of these uneducated powerless individuals to. It is no different today, though the news makes the battle more vivid to us, keeping their persecutions and opposition everpresent before our eyes. It has become commonplace for unsourced email chains to decry the quran with either false quotes or. It is the history of meaning, of revelation, of text, pretext, and context. Quran is a book of everyday for ever, means it is very complicated and needs some one to understand the islamic culture and arabic language very well to interpret it correctly. Muhammads religion, islam, is the same religion that had been. Still, most christians in the west have limited knowledge of islam and its followers. With more than a billion adherents worldwide, islam is second only to christianity in terms of size and geographic spread of the religion. So let us look at a few characteristics that help distinguish and define the truth. According to this view what can be experienced is true. The people who first entered islam were weak and also were oppressed and tortured by the pagans of mecca their relatives.
We should also know our prophet whom allah had sent to us and to mankind, believe in him and follow him. If religion and rationality cannot proceed hand in hand, there has to be something deeply wrong with either of the two. For the nonmuslim, i wish this book to be a revolution in your life or at least in your thinking. You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free john 8. Islam is a peaceful religion, and those sections that were mentioned in the quran were said for a specific occasion. This book introduces the truth of islamic beliefs and culture. Being the loving creator and sustainer of all the worlds. This helps us understand bible stories within the religious contexts in which they occurred. The religion before allah is islam submission to his will.
In our world, religion becomes more of a shopping center where almost every person could come up with a religion or a version of a religion. The quran is the holy book for muslims, revealed in stages to the prophet. This book, the religion of truth, treats these basic and great subjects. We should know that the only way for our salvation in this life and in the hereafter is to know, for sure, our lord who created us, believe in him, and worship him alone. Islam religion your guide to the truth about muslim. The only exception may be the misconception that all muslims are alike. Politicians and religious leaders now routinely spread fear and confusion. There is ample evidence that the islamic religion will be the false religion of the end time used the by biblical antichrist. However, the quran which was revealed to the prophet muhammad is the only book of revelation which remains in its complete and unaltered form. Muslims, therefore, believe in the gospel of jesus, the psalms of david, the torah of moses, and the scrolls of abraham.
For 1,300 years, one of the great challenges confronting christians has been the multitudes who embrace the islamic faith. Foreword in todays world, shariah law frequently takes the forefront of. Truth is not what popular opinion polls say things are. More importantly, few christians feel equipped to share the gospel with muslims they know. It makes it hard to distinguish the true religion from the fake ones. This was not a religion that paralleled christianity. From the viewpoint of islam, fundamental beliefs i. A right can be interpreted as an authority or power that ethically one can work, own, abandon, use or demand something. Since contrary beliefs are possible it is not really a test but more a claim for truth.
This website is for people of various faiths who seek to understand islam and muslims. It this view truth can not be established by reason but must be accepted on faith. The plain truth is, islam is an eastern oriented religion and is injected with old eastern traditionslike stoning women to death, retribution. The islamicmuslim prophecies are a parallel but opposite mirror of biblical prophecy concerning the end time. What is islam the importance of being islamic by shahab. In this video abdulraheem green explains some of the primary evidences for the truthfulness of islam. Ben affleck, sam harris and bill maher debate radical islam. It was displayed in the washington metrorail system in 1998. But whoever disbelieves the signs of allah, allah is swift in calling to account.
Islam is the religion of the natural state of man fitrah, the religion of reason and thought. He has brought them together in the context of exploring how religions can relate to one another peacefully and contribute to educating man towards peace, an. The sacnd book of islam declares that god has raised prophets in every nation to guide the people to the path of truth and righteousness. Book of emaan ibn taymiyah, faith in predestination, alwala walbara and more. He has enjoined all that is good and forbidden all that is evil. This book is a compilation of lectures delivered mainly between 1992 and 2002 by joseph cardinal ratzinger, now pope benedict xvi, on faith, religion, culture, truth and tolerance. He cannot become partial and choose one nation to the exclusion of all others for revealing. After the holy roman church went out and conquered land in the name of god, blaspheming christ. Islam is the religion of allah god islam is the most misunderstood religion and also the fastest growing religion. When islam started in mecca, it was the prophet mohammed by himself. Ahmed does a great albeit scholarly job of describing this process. Founder of the worlds most intolerant religion 2006 is a book by robert spencer, the director of jihad watch. Finally a book that address all the issues of islam from mohammads own history.
This insightful and accessible book covers the basic tenets of islam. Biographies of the rightlyguided caliphs, ar raheeq al makhtum, stories of the prophets. A collection of handselected books on islam, chosen on the basis of apparent usefulness and quality. Religion, history and civilization 2002 is an excellent, uptodate, easy to read and comprehend overall introduction to the complex subject that is islam. Al islam revelation, rationality, knowledge and truth. In the book spencer presents an account of what muhammad said and did from the writings of the early biographers of muhammad such as ibn ishaq, ibn sad albaghdadi, muhammad ibn jarir altabari as well as the quran and the hadith. Though often perceived as the religion of the book, christianity is only rightly understood as an ontological relationship with the person of jesus christ who is the word of god.
Islam is an incredibly popular religion, and the second largest in the world. Among them, several have also brought books of revelation. If anyone desires a religion other than islam, never will it be accepted of. Islam as a religion is a word of god and a complete way of life. It was created after christianity was adopted by rome as the official religion. Ministry of lies is a reasoned, scholarly response to louis farrakhan and the nation of islams inflammatory diatribe against jews, the book the secret relationship between blacks and jews. He has permitted good things and forbidden evil things. The second accusation is that the holy book of islam, the quran, is a book of violence. All are available for purchase on click book images for details. Harold brackman clearly dissects each assertion in a questionandanswer format, proving the secret relationship is no more than recycled myths hate. The right can also mean a calling of the will of others to the mediator of reason, contrary to the power or physical strength to recognize the authority that exists on the other.
For the muslim, i wish this book to be an affirmation of the truth. Home page muslims often complain of misconceptions about their religion in the west. The first is the dynamic of religion since adam and eve, as seen in genesis 411. Islam is the only religion that makes sense in terms of spirituality and materialism.
We took a hard look, and found that the most prevalent myths of islam are held by muslims themselves, along with western apologists. Hats off to seyyed hossein nasr for writing an easy introduction for both muslims and nonmuslims alike. Child education in islam, the rights of children in islam, a message to every youth. That musing aside, the book is well researched and highly engaging, regardless of ones personal religious beliefs. This book is a bit of a tough pill to swallow for the christian reader. The second framework, at the heart of the book, is the idea that islam inverts christs exaltation above the prophets in the transfiguration narrative.
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