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Monday, December 05, 2005

Why are you Muslim?


‘Why are you Muslim?’ It may sound like an obvious question, but often many of us don’t
have a clear answer to it. I remember being asked this question by my elder brother when I
was fourteen years of age, my initial answer was ‘Well, our family is Muslim’, his reply to
this made me think, he said, ‘If your family were Hindu or Christian, would you be as well?’. I
replied with a strong ‘No, Islam is the truth’, the discussion that followed made me question
the basis of my life and changed my life for ever. He triggered me to think about how to
prove that Islam is the truth rather than just believing it emotionally or blindly. In fact Allah
(swt) has condemned people for imitating their forefathers and adopting their belief without
clear evidence.

In the Holy Qur’an, He (swt) says:

“And verily guess is no substitute for the truth.” [TMQ 53:28]

“They have no (certain) knowledge. They follow nothing but conjecture. For surely; they
killed him not (‘Isa).” [TMQ 4:157]

"These are nothing but names which you have devised, you and your fathers, for which
Allah has sent down no authority. They follow nothing but conjecture and what their Nafs
desire. Even though there has already come to them the Guidance from their Rabb" [TMQ
53:23]

"Do you have Ilm (knowledge) for that which you claim so that you provide us with? You
follow nothing but conjecture (Zann)." [TMQ 6:148]

The followers of other religions have no decisive proof for their belief, therefore they believe
in their religions emotionally or through imitation. Some of them think that you just have to
have faith without clear proof. However when it comes to normal things in life people apply
a lot of thought such as buying a car, house, choosing a University course or which bank to
join, so how can it be that when it comes to the most important questions about life; which
define the purpose of our lives that we should just have ‘faith’ without being convinced
absolutely.

It is therefore vital for a Muslim to believe in the existence of Allah (swt) without any doubt
whatsoever and to believe in the Prophethood of Muhammad (saw) and that the Qur’an is
the final revelation sent by Allah (swt) to humanity. Islam is unlike all the other religions as
it has a decisive proof that convinces the mind.
Proof of the existence of God

Let us begin by discussing the proof of the existence of Allah (swt). Although we are taught
theories regarding the origin of the Universe and origin of the Man such as the big bang
theory and the theory of evolution, we should realise that they contradict the clear reality
which everyone can sense.

The fundamental proof that God exists is that everything that we sense around us whether
it is the mountains, the trees, the sun, the moon, the stars or animals and fellow human
beings are limited things and are not eternal. By limited we mean that they have
restrictions, a starting point and an ending point, and they have definable attributes i.e. they
are all finite. Human beings are born and die. There is no-one alive who will not die. During
their life span, they will grow to a certain height, weight and volume.

It is true that there are differences between the things that exist in the Universe however all
of them share the quality of being limited and finite, the earth may be huge but it still has a
certain shape, weight, volume by which it is limited, this applies to all planets, stars, solar
systems and galaxies. Even though a galaxy may look huge to us as the earth looks huge to
us and it is not eternal. Even if all of the galaxies and elements of the Universe are added
together they do not become unlimited and therefore require an origin. No scientist could
ever prove using hard facts that the universe has no bounds. In fact when they say that the
universe arose from the Big Bang and is expanding they inherently admit it is finite in size,
otherwise it could not expand! There is nothing in reality which is unlimited. No matter how
hard we try, we are unable to find anything unlimited around us. All we can perceive is finite
and limited.

It is a simple principle that something cannot come from nothing, therefore, where did the
Universe come from? It cannot simply exist without having any cause as this contradicts
the clear reality which everyone can sense, for example, if we see a car no one would ever
think that it simply exists without any manufacturer, this can be applied to anything around
us. The following example demonstrates this point well.

Imam Abu Hanifa was once asked by an atheist, "Is there any proof that God exists?" he
replied, "Forget it! At the moment, I am busy thinking about this ship.People tell me there is
a big ship; it contains different goods on board. There is no one to steer it, no one
maintaining it. Yet, this ship keeps going back and forth; it even traverses big waves on the
oceans; it stops at the locations that it is supposed to stop at; it continues in the direction
that it is supposed to head. This ship has no captain and no one planning its trips." The
atheist who posed the question interrupted and exclaimed, "What kind of strange and silly
thought is this? How can any intelligent person think that some thing like this can occur?"

Imam Abu Hanifa said, "I feel sorry about your state! You cannot imagine one ship running
without some one looking after its affairs. Yet you think that for this whole world, which
runs exactly and precisely, there is no one who looks after it, and no one owns it."

The attribute of everything around us is that they are all needy and dependent in order to
continue existing. They are not self-sustaining or independent. Man has needs he has to
satisfy in order to survive. He has organic needs for example he must eat and drink if he is
to survive. If he does not he will die. We see the need and dependency in plants and
animals. They depend on other parts of the food chain for their existence. The water cycle
is dependent on the sun, which is dependent on the laws of the galaxies and of burning
mass, and so on... Nothing we can perceive is self-subsistent. So things exist, but do not
have the power of existence. They cannot control when they die or when other bodies die.
Thus what we see is that everything around us is limited and finite. Everything that is
limited and finite is dependant and everything that is dependant is dependant upon
something greater than itself. Applying this to everything we see will bring us to a
conclusion. If everything in the universe is dependant because it has not the power of being
in existence on its own accord, and is also finite and limited, then what is everything
dependant upon for its existence? It must be an unlimited and independent creator.

Today the various theories that exist about the origin of the Universe such as the ‘Big bang
theory’, ‘Big bang – Big crunch theory’ or ‘dialectic materialism’ they contradict the simple
fact of the need for an unlimited creator.

One example that highlights this is that of the origin of life. Living things like plants, animals
and human beings are different from inanimate or dead things as they have certain
features such as independent growth, motion and reproduction. If people believe that the
Universe has existed forever or that it evolved from single blast etc, this means that they
believe that life also evolved from inanimate or dead matter such as gases, liquids or
solids. If this is the case, then they should be able to show us one example at least of non-
living things producing life, no such example exists. In fact some of them say that this
happened by coincidence millions of years ago when certain amino acids and chemicals
mixed together to produce the first life. If this is the case, then they should be able to
reproduce this ‘coincidence’ with their billions of dollars worth of technology. But they are
unable even to produce the most basic life form; an amoeba, which is a single celled
organism. What scientists can do is manipulate the attributes that exist within living cells
such as in genetic cloning; however this does not mean that they are creating life from
dead matter. They are simply manipulating the attributes that Allah (swt) has placed within
life, just as we manipulate metal to produce knives and cars.

Therefore, it is a simple fact that this universe must have a creator. The question remains is
this creator like the universe i.e. limited or is the creator unlimited and eternal. If the creator
was limited like the universe then He would also require a creator as this is the case with
every limited thing. So if the universe was caused by a big bang as they claim, what was
before the big bang? If it was something else like another universe then what was before
that? This chain would continue until there would be a beginning or origin, this could only
be caused by something which is uncaused or eternal, which we call God or Allah (swt).

Furthermore the amazing design of every part of the universe, man and life are testament
to the fact that Allah (swt) exists. Imam Shaa'fi explained this when he said, "The leaves of
Toot (berries) are all but one. Each leaf tastes exactly the same. Insects, honey bees, cows,
goats, and deer live off of it. After eating these the insects produce silk; bees produce
honey; deer give musk (a special kind of scent), cows and goats deliver off-springs. Is this
not clear evidence that one kind of leaf has so many qualities, and who created these
qualities? It is the Khaliq (Creator) who we call Allah (swt)) Who is the Inventor and the
Creator."
We see that the Qur’an draws attention to everything around us and to conclude from this
pondering the existence of Allah. There are hundreds of Qur’anic ayat expressing this
meaning. Such as,

ْ ‫ْو‬ ُ َ ‫ِﻼفﱠ‬ ْ‫ضَو‬ ْ


‫ﺎب‬
َِ ‫ﻟـــﯩﺎﻟﺒــ‬ ‫ﻷ‬ِ‫ﻳــﺎت‬
ٍ ‫ِر ﻷ‬ ‫ﱠﻨﻬــﺎ‬
‫ﻞَواﻟ‬
ِ‫ْﻴ‬
‫أﻟ‬ ِ ‫اﺧﺘ‬ ِ‫اﻷر‬ ِ‫ﺎو‬
ْ ‫اتَو‬ َ‫َﻤ‬
‫أﻟﺴ‬
َ‫ﻖ‬ ِ‫إنِﻓﻲَﺧﻠ‬
‫ﱠ‬

"Behold! In the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alteration of night and day,
these are indeed signs for men of understanding." [TMQ Al-Imran: 190]

َ‫ِﻤ‬
‫ﻴﻦ‬ َ‫َﻌ‬
‫ﺎﻟ‬ ‫ﱢﻟ‬
‫ْﻠ‬ ٍ‫َﻳ‬
‫ﺎت‬ َ‫ﱠنِﻓﻲ ذﻟ‬
‫ِﻚ ﻵ‬ ُ
‫ْﻢِإ‬
‫ِﻜ‬
‫َﻮاﻧ‬‫َأ‬
‫ْﻟ‬ ُ
‫ْﻢَو‬‫َﻨﺘ‬
‫ِﻜ‬ ‫ﺴ‬ ‫ُفَأ‬
ِ‫ْﻟ‬ َ
‫ِﻼ‬ ْ‫ضَو‬
‫اﺧﺘ‬ َ‫اتَو‬
ِ‫ْر‬
‫اﻷ‬ ِ‫ﺎو‬َ‫َﻤ‬
‫اﻟﺴ‬ ‫ْﻠ‬
‫ُﻖ ﱠ‬‫ِﻪَﺧ‬
ِ‫َﻳﺎﺗ‬ ‫ِﻣ‬
‫ْﻦ آ‬ ‫َو‬

"And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of your
languages and colours. Behold! herein indeed are signs for men of knowledge." [TMQ Ar-
Rum: 22]

‫َﻒ‬ ‫ضَﻛ‬
‫ْﻴ‬ َ ‫َﻟﻰ‬
ِ‫ْر‬
‫اﻷ‬ ‫ِإ‬ ْ‫َﺒ‬
‫ﺖَو‬ ‫ﺼ‬ِ‫َﻒُﻧ‬‫ﺎلَﻛ‬
‫ْﻴ‬ ِ‫َﺒ‬‫ﺠ‬ ْ‫َﻟﻰ‬
ِ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ِإ‬ ْ‫َﻌ‬
‫ﺖَو‬ ‫َﻒُر‬
‫ِﻓ‬ ‫ﺂءَﻛ‬
‫ْﻴ‬ ِ‫َﻤ‬‫َﻟﻰ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ‬ ‫ِإ‬
‫ﺖَو‬ ‫َﻒُﺧﻠ‬
َ
ْ‫ِﻘ‬ ‫ْﻞَﻛ‬
‫ْﻴ‬ ِ‫َﻟﻰ ا‬
ِ‫ﻹﺑ‬ َ ‫ُﺮ‬
‫ونِإ‬ ُ‫ََﻳ‬
‫ﻨﻈ‬ ‫َأ‬
‫َﻓﻼ‬
‫ﺖ‬ْ‫َﺤ‬‫ﻄ‬ِ‫ُﺳ‬

"Will they not look at the camels, how they are created! And the heaven, how it is raised!
And the mountains, how they are set up! And the earth, how it is spread!" [TMQ Al-Ghashiya:
17-20]

‫ِﺐ‬ ‫ﱠﺘ‬
ِ‫َﺮآﺋ‬ ِ‫ْﻠ‬
‫ﺐَواﻟ‬ ‫ِﻦ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺼ‬ ‫ُجِﻣﻦ ﺑ‬
‫َﻴ‬
ْ ‫ْﺨ‬
‫ُﺮ‬ ‫ٍﻖَﻳ‬ِ‫ﺂءَد‬
‫اﻓ‬ َ
ٍ‫ِﻖِﻣﻦﱠﻣ‬ َ
‫ِﻖُﺧﻠ‬
‫ﱠﻢُﺧﻠ‬
‫ﺎنِﻣ‬
ُ‫ِﻧﺴ‬
َ‫ِﺮ اﻹ‬
‫ﻨﻈ‬ ‫ْﻠ‬
ُ‫َﻴ‬‫َﻓ‬

"So let man reflect, from what he is created. He is created fom a gushing fluid, that is
issued from between the loins and ribs." [TMQ At-Tariq: 5-7]

َ‫َﻤﺎَﻳ‬ ْ‫ْﺠﺮيِﻓﻲ‬ ‫ﻚﱠ‬ ِ‫ْﻠ‬ ْ‫َﻬﺎرَو‬


‫ُﻔ‬ ‫فﱠ‬ َ‫اتَو‬ َْ‫ﱠنِﻓﻲ‬
‫َﻣﺂ‬
‫ﺎسَو‬ َ‫ﱠﻨ‬‫ُﻊ اﻟ‬
‫ﻨﻔ‬ ‫ِﺮِﺑ‬‫ْﺤ‬‫َﺒ‬
‫اﻟ‬ ِ ‫ِﻲَﺗ‬‫اﻟﺘ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ِ ‫ﱠﻨ‬
‫ﻞَواﻟ‬ِ‫ْﻴ‬‫اﻟﻠ‬ َِ‫ِﻼ‬ ْ‫ضَو‬
‫اﺧﺘ‬ ِ‫ْر‬
‫اﻷ‬ ِ‫ﺎو‬
َ‫َﻤ‬‫اﻟﺴ‬
‫ﻖﱠ‬ ِ‫ﺧﻠ‬ ‫ِإ‬
‫ﱢ‬ َ ‫ﱢ‬ ُ ‫ﱠ‬ َ‫ْر‬ َ ََ ‫ﱠ‬ َ
‫َﺰل اﻟﻠ‬َ
ِ‫َﻳ‬
‫ﺎح‬ ‫ﻳﻒ اﻟﺮ‬ِ‫ِﺮ‬ ‫ﺼ‬ْ‫ﱠﺔَوﺗ‬
ٍ‫ﻴﻬﺎِﻣﻦ ﻛﻞَدآﺑ‬
َ‫َﺚِﻓ‬ ‫ِﻬﺎَوﺑ‬َ
‫ْﻮﺗ‬‫َﺪَﻣ‬ ْ
‫َﻌ‬
‫ضﺑ‬ ‫ِﻪ اﻷ‬
‫َﻴﺎِﺑ‬‫ْﺣ‬‫ﺂء ﻓﺄ‬ ِ‫َﻤ‬
ٍ‫ﺂءِﻣﻦﱠﻣ‬ ‫ُﻪِﻣَﻦ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ‬ ‫أﻧ‬
ُ
‫ِﻘﻠﻮن‬‫ْﻌ‬‫ٍمَﻳ‬ ‫ﱢ‬
َ ٍ‫َﻳ‬ ِ‫ْر‬َ ِ‫َﻤ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻤ‬ ْ
َ ‫ْﻮ‬‫ﺎت ﻟﻘ‬ ‫ضﻵ‬ ‫ﺂءَواﻷ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ‬
‫َﻴَﻦ ﱠ‬
ْ‫ِﺮ ﺑ‬
‫َﺴﺨ‬ ِ‫َﺤ‬
‫ﺎب اﻟ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ‬
‫َوﱠ‬

“Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the difference of night and day,
and the ships which run upon the sea with that which is of use to men, and the water which
Allah sends down from the sky, thereby reviving the earth after its death, and dispersing all
kinds of beasts therein, and in the ordinance of the winds, and the clouds obedient between
heaven and earth are signs (of Allah's sovereignty) for people who have sense." [TMQ Al-
Baqarah: 164]

"Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators? Or did they create the
heavens and the earth? Nay they have not firm belief." [TMQ At-Tur 35-36]

Proof of the Qur’an

Once we have concluded definitively that Allah (swt) exists the next obvious question that
arises is that has Allah (swt) sent a revelation for us to follow. It is clear that we are not
able to communicate with God and therefore we are unable to know what He wants us to
do, how He wants us to worship Him and how we should solve the problems we face in life.
All of these questions would remain unresolved unless there the creator has
communicated with us and given us a guidance to follow.

As Muslims we believe that throughout history, there have been messengers and prophets,
men sent from the Creator, bringing laws or revelation on how man should conduct his life.
They were given miracles which proved to mankind that they had a communication with
God and a revelation from Him. A miracle is something which goes against the laws of
nature which is impossible for anyone else to do; by miracles the Prophet’s were able to
prove their direct relationship with God. For example prophet Musa (as) had a stick which
parted the Red Sea, Prophet Isa (as) had the ability to cure the sick by just touching them.

But how do we know if these messengers existed? The miracles performed by the above
prophets were only miracles for that specific period of time. But how do we know that they
were not just legends or fables? So what miracle do we have right now to convince us and
guide us through our lives?

The Qur’an itself is the main miracle that the Prophet (saw) brought which is different to the
physical miracles of the other Prophet’s as they were limited to their times only. The Qur’an
is an intellectual miracle that proves Islam. It was revealed to Muhammad (saw) in the 6th
Century, it exists today and has been revealed for all times.

It is an established fact that the Qur’an was proclaimed by Muhammad (saw) in Arabia over
fourteen hundred years ago. In order for us to prove decisively that it is from Allah (swt), we
must first consider the possible sources of the Qur’an and then eliminate these to arrive at
its true origin.

The only possible sources for the Qur’an are:

a) The Arabs
b) Muhammad (saw) himself
c) Allah (swt)

At the time it was revealed, the pagan Arabs were deeply into poetry. It was an indication of
nobility in society. People used to go to the desert for days just to write poetry. The Arabic
language has great fluidity and depth of expression, so it was held high in esteem by the
Arabs. Allah (swt) in the Qur’an challenged the Arabs to produce something comparable to
it in language and they failed to do so.

Initially Allah (swt) challenged them to produce ten chapters (surah’s) similar to it:

"They may say: He forged it (the Qur’an). Say: "Bring you then ten forged surah (chapters)
like unto it, and call whomsoever you can, other than Allah (to your help), if you speak the
truth!" [TMQ 11:13]

They failed to do so. Allah (swt) then reduced the challenge to something that at first
glance may sound easy, He (swt) said:

“If you are in doubt of what we have revealed to our messenger, then produce one chapter
like it. Call upon all your helpers, besides Allah, if you are truthful” [TMQ 2:23]
The smallest chapter in the Qur’an, Surah al-Kauthar is only three sentences long, surely
someone in history must have matched this challenge? The Arabs at the time of
Muhammad (saw) failed to do so, although they were the best in the Arabic language.
Furthermore no piece of Arabic literature before them or after them until today has even
come close to matching the language of the Qur’an.

For non-Arabs sometimes this may be difficult to perceive as they do not appreciate the
language of the Qur’an directly. However, everyone can agree that any piece of literature
written by human beings can be matched; people can copy its style and produce something
comparable to it in quality. If we look at great English authors like Shakespear no one
would claim that they were Prophet’s and that their works are miraculous in nature. Even
though they may have been geniuses in language, people can easily write something
similar in excellence to three sentences from their books. Despite having the Arabic
language, its letters, grammar, syntax and dictionaries available today, the Arabic linguists
cannot construct any piece of language that is comparable to the Qur’an. Therefore, it is
impossible that the Qur’an was written by any of the Arabs.

It is also inconceivable that the Qur’an is the speech of Muhammad (saw). After all he was
one of the Arabs. Also, whatever level of genius people may assign to him, he was still a
human being and one of his tribe and nation. Since the Arabs failed to bring the like of the
Qur’an, this equally applies to Muhammad (saw). Moreover, Muhammad (saw) has left
saheeh ahaadeeth (sound narrations) and mutawaatir ahaadeeth (definitive narrations)
whose authenticity is beyond doubt. If any of these ahaadeeth were to be compared with
any verse of the Qur'an, there would be no similarity between them in style. He (saw) used
to utter the revealed verse and say the hadeeth at the same time and yet there is a
difference between them in style. Whenever any man attempts to diversify his speech, it
will remain similar in style, because it is a part of him. Since there is no similarity between
the hadeeth and the verse in style, the Qur'an is absolutely not Muhammad’s speech. It is
important to point out that none of the Arabs, who despised Muhammad (saw), particularly
at that time, were the most acquainted with the styles of Arabic speech yet never claimed
that the Qur’an was Muhammad’s (saw) speech, or even similar to his speech.

Since it is proved that the Qur'an is neither the speech of the Arabs nor the speech of
Muhammad (saw), it is definitely the speech of Allah as this is the only rational possibility
we are left with.

The Qur’anic challenge is unique because the Creator, Allah (swt), pushes man to use his
ability to undermine the authenticity of the Qur’an. It is such a profound yet simple
challenge. Imagine throughout the history of Islam, all her enemies needed to defeat this
challenge to destroy the whole basis of Islam. Yet not one, non-Muslim Arab or non-Arab
has been able to do this even though all the tools of the Arabic language are at their
disposal. The Western government’s hatred of Islam is well known. All they have to do in
order to defeat Islam and to make over one billion Muslims apostatise from it, is not to
spend billions of dollars in invading Afghanistan, Iraq and launching a mythical ‘war on
terror’. They simply have to produce one chapter similar to the Qur’an.

To this day Muslim and non-Muslim scholars have not been able to find any contradiction
or mistake in the Qur’an. Moreover, if one was to compare word by word a copy of the
Qur’an published today to one of the first copies of the Qur’an available then one would find
that not a single word has been omitted or added. Copies of the Qur’an dating back to the
first century of Islam can be found in Istanbul and Tashkent. Allah (swt) says:

"Do they not ponder about the Qur’an? If it had come from other than God they would surely
have found therein much contradictions." [T.M.Q 4:82]

There are many texts available today claiming divine status from God, like the Bible of the
Christians and the Torah of the Jews etc. However, they have no proof that they have been
revealed by God, if they are not miraculous in nature then there is no reason to believe in
them.

As Muslims we believe that Allah (swt) revealed different books through history such as the
original Injeel (Bible) and Torah, Allah (swt) informed us of this in the Qur’an this is why we
believe these. However, we have also been informed that these books have been altered
and therefore the versions that exist today are not that which was revealed by Allah (swt).
Besides this, the Qur’an is the final revelation from Allah (swt) which abrogates all others.

Allah (swt) says, "Say ye: "We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to
Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that
given to (all) Prophets from their Lord: we make no difference between one and another of
them: and we bow to Allah (in Islam)." [TMQ Al-Baqarah:136]

Once we have established through rational proof that Allah (Swt) exists and that the Qur’an
is the Word of Allah, we must believe in everything that the Qur’an informs us of and
commands us with, whether we can perceive them or not. Therefore, we must have Iman
(belief) in the Day of Resurrection, in paradise (jannah) and hell, in reckoning and
punishment, in angels, in jinn, in Shayaateen and all others that the Qur'an or hadeeth
mutawaatir (definitive narrations) have mentioned. To believe in these things is therefore
not irrational just because we cannot see them or sense them physically as we have
conclusively proved the Qur’an being from Allah (swt) which informs us about all of these.

‫َﻣﻦ‬‫ﻞَو‬ ‫ﺰلِﻣﻦَﻗ‬
ُ‫ْﺒ‬ ‫ِﺬيَأ‬
َ ‫َﻧ‬ ‫ﺎبﱠ‬
‫اﻟ‬ ِ‫َﺘ‬
‫ِﻜ‬ْ‫ِﻪَو‬
‫اﻟ‬ ِ
‫ُﺳﻮﻟ‬‫َﻠﻰَر‬‫لَﻋ‬ ‫ﺎبﱠ‬
‫ِﺬيَﻧ‬
َ‫ﱠﺰ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ِ‫َﺘ‬ ْ‫ِﻪَو‬
‫ِﻜ‬
‫اﻟ‬ ِ
‫ُﺳﻮﻟ‬ ‫ِﻪَو‬
‫َر‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻠ‬ ْ‫ُﻨ‬
‫ﻮاِﺑﱠ‬ ِ‫ﻮا‬
‫آﻣ‬ ْ‫ُﻨ‬
‫آﻣ‬
َ‫ﻳﻦ‬ ‫َﻬﺎﱠ‬
َ‫ِﺬ‬
‫اﻟ‬ ‫َﻳﺎَأ‬
‫ﱡﻳ‬
ً ‫َﻌ‬
‫ﻴﺪا‬ ِ‫ًﺑ‬
‫َﻻ‬‫ﺿﻼ‬َ‫ﻞ‬‫ﺿﱠ‬َ‫ْﺪ‬ ‫ِﺮَﻓ‬
‫َﻘ‬ ِ ‫ِم‬
‫اﻵﺧ‬ ‫ْﻮ‬ ْ‫ِﻪَو‬
‫َﻴ‬
‫اﻟ‬ ِ‫ُﺳﻠ‬‫ُر‬
‫ِﻪَو‬‫ِﺒ‬‫ُﻛ‬
‫ُﺘ‬ ِ
‫ِﻪَو‬ َ
‫ِﻜﺘ‬
‫َﻣﻶﺋ‬ ‫ْﺮِﺑﱠ‬
‫ِﻪَو‬
‫ﺎﻟﻠ‬ ‫ْﻜ‬
‫ُﻔ‬ ‫َﻳ‬

"O you who believe! Believe in Allah and His messenger, and the Book which He sent to His
Messenger and the Book which He sent to those before (him). Any who denies Allah, His
Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Day of Judgement, has gone far, far astray."
[An-Nisa: 136]

Once the Iman in Allah, His Messenger and the Qur’an has been proven, every Muslim is
obliged to believe in the Islamic Shari’ah as a whole. We cannot pick and choose as we like.
As the Shariah was revealed in the glorious Qur'an, and the Messenger (saw) conveyed it. If
someone disbelieves in this he would be a (disbeliever) Kafir. Therefore, it is disbelief (Kufr)
to deny the shariah rules as a whole, or any definite detailed rule amongst them. This is the
case whether these ahkam (rules) are connected with worships (ibadaat), transactions
(mu'amalaat), punishments (uqoobat), food, etc. So the rejection of the verse:
‫َة‬
َ ْ‫ﻴﻤ‬
‫ﻮا ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻼ‬ ‫َأ‬
ُ‫ِﻗ‬‫َو‬

"So establish regular prayer" [Al-Baqarah: 43]

Is the same as rejecting the following verses:

‫ﱢﺮﺑ‬
‫َﺎ‬ ‫َﺣ‬
‫ﱠﺮ‬
‫َم اﻟ‬ ‫َﻊَو‬
‫ْﻴ‬ْ‫ُﻪ‬
‫َﺒ‬
‫اﻟ‬ ‫ﻞﱠ‬
‫اﻟﻠ‬ ‫َأ‬
‫َﺣﱠ‬‫َو‬

"But Allah has permitted trade and forbidden usury," [Al-Baqarah: 275]

‫ُﻬ‬
‫َﻤﺎ‬ ‫ِﺪ‬
‫َﻳ‬ ‫ﻮاَأ‬
‫ْﻳ‬ ْ‫ُﻌ‬‫َﻄ‬ْ‫ُﺔَﻓ‬
‫ﺎﻗ‬ ‫َﻗ‬
‫ِر‬‫ُقَوﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ‬ ‫ِر‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ‬
‫َوﱠ‬

"As to the thief, male or female, cut off his or her hands," [Al-Ma’idah: 38]

‫ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ُ ْ‫ُﻢ‬ ْ‫ُﺔَو‬ ْ‫ُﻢ‬


‫ِﻪ‬
‫ِﻪِﺑ‬
‫اﻟﻠ‬ َ
‫ْﻴ‬
‫ِﻐ‬‫ِﻫﱠ‬
‫ﻞﻟ‬ ‫َﻣﺂ أ‬
‫ِﺮَو‬ ‫ْﻨ‬
‫ِﺰﻳ‬ِ‫اﻟ‬
‫ﺨ‬ ‫ْﺤ‬‫َﻟ‬ ‫ﱠﺪ‬
‫ُمَو‬‫اﻟ‬ ‫َﺘ‬
‫ْﻴ‬
‫َﻤ‬
‫اﻟ‬ ‫ُﻜ‬‫َﻠ‬
‫ْﻴ‬‫ﺖَﻋ‬ ‫ﱢﺮ‬
ْ‫َﻣ‬‫ُﺣ‬

"Forbidden to you (for food) are dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which has
been invoked the name of any other than Allah." [Al-Ma’idah: 3]

We must completely surrender to all the rules revealed by Allah (swt) whether we see
rational reasons for them or not.

ْ‫ُﻤ‬
‫ﻮا‬ ‫ﱢﻠ‬
‫َﺴ‬‫ُﻳ‬ َ‫ْﻴ‬
‫ﺖَو‬ ‫ﻀ‬َ‫ﱠﻤﺎَﻗ‬ ً‫َﺮ‬
‫ﺟﺎﱢﻣ‬ ‫ْﻢَﺣ‬
‫ِﻬ‬
‫ﺴ‬ِ‫ُﻔ‬‫واِﻓﻲَأ‬
‫ْﻧ‬ ْ‫ُﺪ‬ِ‫ََﻳ‬
‫ﺠ‬ ‫ْﻢُﺛ‬
‫ﱠﻢ ﻻ‬ ُ
‫َﻬ‬
‫َﻴﻨ‬
ْ ‫َﺠ‬
‫َﺮ ﺑ‬ ‫ﻴﻤﺎَﺷ‬ ‫ﱢﻜ‬
َ ‫ُﻤ‬
َ‫ﻮكِﻓ‬ ‫َﺤ‬‫ﱠﺘﻰُﻳ‬ َ ‫ُﻨ‬
‫ﻮنَﺣ‬ ‫ْﺆ‬
‫ِﻣ‬‫َُﻳ‬
‫ﻚﻻ‬َ‫ﱢﺑ‬
‫َر‬ ‫َﻓﻼ‬
‫ََو‬
ً ‫ْﺴﻠ‬
‫ِﻴﻤﺎ‬ ‫َﺗ‬

"But no, by your Lord, they can have no (real) faith, until they make you judge in all the
disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against your decisions, but
accept them with the fullest submission." [An-Nisa: 65]

Abu Ismael al-Beirawi

Islamic Revival at Monday, December 05, 2005

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27 comments:

Anonymous Sunday, January 15, 2006


Thank you. A very eye opening article.
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Anonymous Wednesday, January 25, 2006


Subhan Allah . This is one of the best explanations I have come acorss for us to believe in Allah
(SWT) and his Book in totality .
May Allah reward you .
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Anonymous Sunday, October 08, 2006


Al Salemu Aleikum
Great article. Jazekum al Llahu Kheir

Just wanted to add that one possibility for where the Qur'an
could have come from was left out among the other possibilities,
which you talked about indirectly, but not explicitly.

The possibility of it coming from a non-arab,


which Allah refutes as well in the Qur'an,
when He (SWT) says:

"'We know indeed that they say, "It is a man that teaches him.'
The tongue of him they wickedly point to is notably foreign,
while this is Arabic, pure and clear." [TMQ 16:103]

Even the Arabs of that time who are the best in their language
could not write better, how can a none arab whom the language is not
native to him write what is considered the best arabic work?

Wa Aleikum al Salam
Reply

Abu Ismael al-Beirawi Monday, October 09, 2006


Jazakallah khair for the suggestion, I will add it to the article.

Wassalam
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Anonymous Friday, December 08, 2006


this article has really helped me, in some dawah im trying to give to a non muslim friend!
Reply

Badar Monday, October 22, 2007


Masha'Allah a very comprehensive, yet concise article you have there, it is definitely hole-proof.
Much appreciated and may Allah swt reward your efforts
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Anonymous Sunday, February 03, 2008
assalamu alaikum
you can not immagin to what extant has this article helped me realize,comprehend and re-
organize my mind. jazakum Allah khair. please send me more similar articles.
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Anonymous Saturday, February 28, 2009


assalamuaaikum

aso check out new blog www.proofofislam.blogspot.com -

very interesting

wasalam
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Anonymous Sunday, November 22, 2009


Assalam Alaykum WR,

MashaAllah MashaAllah may Allah reward u the best for ur efforts, Brother can u please also
provide an article on man's fitrah and religiousity instinct, i would really appreciate ur help, which
will aid in my da'wah InshaAllah
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Fernando Wednesday, November 25, 2009


mashaALLAH,..it is beautiful work, jazaakALLAH Khairan Katsiran
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Anonymous Saturday, August 21, 2010


Asslaamu alaikum,
this can be used to help open-minded non-musilms to bring Iman.
I was aware of this explaination since childhood, but reading it again was a beautiful experience.
thanks a lot.

Jazakallah
Reply

Nahid Sunday, December 12, 2010


Nice article
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Anonymous Friday, December 24, 2010
JazakAllah Khair,

A very nice article. It really made my imaan stronger.


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firda alhimjarry Monday, December 27, 2010


Nice Article..

belief is Tasdq al jazm..


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alam Sunday, January 01, 2012


This is a very important message for Muslims.
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Anonymous Sunday, May 13, 2012


Slms brother
Hope youre well?
Please can I use an article on your blogsite called- are you ready to die tomorrow? for a show on
ramadan for a tv channel? Look forward to hearing from you.

Jzk
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Islamic Revival Sunday, May 13, 2012


Salam brother, yes you can use this and any article from the site for anything that will help
dawah
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Anonymous Tuesday, May 15, 2012


Jzk so much may Allah reward you abundently- ameen
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Anonymous Friday, July 27, 2012


salam brother, can v plz have an article on proof of Messenger(pbuh)
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Anonymous Saturday, July 28, 2012


How can you be sure of the authenticity of the Hadiths? They were written hundreds of years
after the days of Muhammad (saw).

You say the Bible was changed and modified by the Christians over centuries... and thus it is not
valid... yet you continue to follow everything written in Hadiths, which is written from Hearsay,
and by the hands of man over hundreds of years after the passing of Muhammad (saw).

Some say to understand Qu'ran you have to read the Hadiths for a better understanding, as it
explains it a lot better. However, there are a lot of contradictions in a lot of hadiths, and a lot of
rules/regulations added onto which are not mentioned anywhere in Qu'ran.

Allah (swt) asks us to follow the Qu'ran, not the hadiths which are man made. They are not the
word of Allah (swt). And we can never be sure of the authenticity of them either, sure you can
have Iman but that does not prove the hadiths are real and not written by Scholars hundreds of
years later to modify Islam the way they thought best?

If Allah (swt) said Qu'ran is the last book that we should follow. Why should you follow the
hadiths?
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Islamic Revival Sunday, July 29, 2012


Thank you for your question. You will find detailed answers to your points in the following
articles:

http://islamicsystem.blogspot.co.uk/2007/06/role-of-isnad-in-preservation-of.html

http://islamicsystem.blogspot.co.uk/2007/11/refutation-of-gadaffi-others-who-reject.html
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Anonymous Wednesday, April 17, 2013


Alhamdullilah. May He swt reward your efforts
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Ahsan Kazmi Sunday, June 30, 2013


Subhan allah what a great article...
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Anonymous Wednesday, September 18, 2013


SUBHAN ALLAH. Many Many thanx for your efforts. May ALLAH reward you for your efforts.
Ameen
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Anonymous Friday, December 06, 2013


Comprensive and concise Allah keep us on the straight path InshAllah.
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Syed Moeen uddin Sunday, January 12, 2014


very good message conveyed by this article good effort made by author appreciate your effort
good concept discussed by author may Allah give you more time to clear more concepts like
this. May Allah give you more strength to write articles like this article has got a place in my
heart. in these days Muslims has gone away from the true teachings of Islam. the authors like
you can play a good role to create a society which would be based on the true teachings of
Islam. i really appreciate you.
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Debra Demoss Tuesday, April 15, 2014


Thanks for this Post. I get many new Information about Islam and get the point why we are
Muslims. Keep it up Bro.
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