What Is Islam about?

Question

like... What's their beliefs, etc.

Answer 1

islam= the old testament bible you know + the teacings of mohammed misinterpreted by arab leades through centuries.

islam should be about living in peace with allah, about enjoying the good life with full benefits(getting rich, having may wifes, etc)

Answer 2

To be delusional.

Answer 3

Hello, there. I am Muslim. Islam is having freedom, being independent. I have discovered it and I love it. I feel like praying helped me a lot. You can also research a lot of websites to find information on this religion. People tend to judge my religion it just shows they are ignorant.

Muslims believe in Allah, he is the highest power, most merciful, and Mohamed is the prophet, where as Jesus he was a just a messenger.

Answer 4

http://www.islam-watch.org/articles.htm

Answer 5

It's basically just like christianity - just substitute mohammed for jesus.

Answer 6

Jesus , Moses, Mohammad (peace be upon them), they all worshiped the same God, the God of Ibrahim (pbuh). All prophets taught "surrendering one's will to God" that is the meaning of word "Islam".

JAMES 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

There was just not one holy book sent by God on earth through His messengers. The last testiment "Quran" had to be there  from the same source, with many similarities, but correcting mistakes in earlier ones made by humans.

Muslims love Jesus (pbuh), they believe in his miraculous birth with the will of God without a father or sexual act (the way Adam was born without a mother and father), , they believe in miracles that Jesus (pbuh) performed with permission of God, muslims faith demands them to believe Jesus (pbuh) was a great prophet of God and belief in the original message of Jesus (pbuh) the massaya.

Qur’an, revealed to the Prophet Muhammed (an illiterate person, who didn't know how to read or write) some 600 years after Jesus (pbuh) corrects the errors that crept (knowingly or unknowingly) into the message that Jesus (pbuh) brought. This book was not preserved on paper or in one church but in hearts of thousands of muslims who memorised Quran word by word the way it was revealved and recited it daily 5 times in prayers. After Mohammad (pbuh), there was not even one dispute about a word of Quran in compiling it, that's how what you see today is only one original Quran in arabic with exact words in each one of them. Quran should prove to be a very valuable asset to both Muslims and Christians.

Quran: [4:171] O people of the scripture, do not transgress the limits of your religion, and do not say about GOD except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus (pbuh), the son of Mary, was a messenger of GOD, and His word that He had sent to Mary, and a revelation from Him. Therefore, you shall believe in GOD and His messengers. You shall not say, "Trinity." You shall refrain from this for your own good. GOD is only one god. Be He glorified; He is much too glorious to have a son. To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. GOD suffices as Lord and Master.

[5:73] Pagans indeed are those who say that GOD is a third of a trinity. There is no god except the one god. Unless they refrain from saying this, those who disbelieve among them will incur a painful retribution.

The teachings of the Church contradict the teachings of Jesus (pbuh) and that is the cause of the confusion.

If a sincere christian who wants to follow Jesus (peace be upon him), asks priests about trinity, the answer that he gets is "It is a Mystery, not explained by Jesus (pbuh) clearly", at that time again those forget that Jesus (pbuh) said,

"I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always meet, and in secret I have said nothing" (John 18:20 (NKJ)).

If trinity is confusing enough to be called a mystery, it cannot be from God. Because:

"God is not a God of confusion."—1 Corinthians 14:33, Revised Standard Version (RS).

There was no mystery in the message of Jesus (pbuh), nothing secret. Will you accept the priests' so called "mystery of trinity" and forget clear commandments of Jesus (pbuh)?

Jesus (pbuh) clearly said:

A) Mark 12:29: "the Lord our God, the lord is One".

B) Metthew: 26:39: "He went a little farther and fell on His face and prayed" (Following Jesus (pbuh) way is following what he did). Jesus (pbuh) prayed to one God

C) Matthew 4:10 "You shall worship the Lord, your God, and him only you shall serve"

D) John 5:19: "Most truly I say to you, the son cannot do a single thing of his own initiative but only what he beholds the father doing."

E) Matthew 19:17. "And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."

F) John 7:16  Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me

G) Revelation 22:9 (King James Version):  "Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God."

H) Matthew 27:46:  "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" -- which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

(I) Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

John 8:54

The trinity is a doctrine from about the year 325 AD, It has its roots in polytheism, It is not in the bible unless you really, really stretch it to fit.

Jesus didn't have to hide the concept of trinity if it were the basis of salvation. He otherwise would have said very clearly that God is one in three, and I am God, worship me. Try to find these words in Bible and you can't.

The New Catholic Encyclopedia - 1967, VOL. XIV, PAGE 299:

The formulation "one God in three Persons"  

Answer 7

Islam is an Abrahamic tradition, based on the revelations of the final prophet Muhammad as recorded in the holy Qu'ran.

There are five "pillars" of Islam:

Shahadah - "there is no God but God and Muhammad is his prophet"

Salat - praying 5 times a day, everyday.

Zakat - charitable giving.

Sawm - ritual fasting on occasions such as Ramadan.

Hajj - pilgrimage to Mecca.

Like any religion there are very strict, very loose, conservative and progressive branches of Islam.  The three major branches are Sunni (majority), Shia (a group that branched off within 3 generations of leadership - following Ali), and Sufi (more spiritual/mystic, non-literal interpreters of the Qu'ran).

Answer 8

Lie to people until you have enough population in a country to get special priveleges like 'legal immunity from criticism' and then go for Sharia law to rule your own people and then keep lying to people to trick them into joining and then keep them there with the apostasy death sentence and have them breed to make more muslims who'll be brainwashed before their 3 years old and in the mean time blow up innocent people to keep yourselves amused and then whine about it's 'just a few bad muslims/Islam means peace' and then take over the country and make everyone your slaves. Mean while you can hate the Jews and take little girls to bed. Kind of like Nambla meets the Klan.

Answer 9

Islam comes from the root word salaam...which means peace.

It is submitting your will totally to Almighty God.

Islam is based on the Qur'an,Sunnah(sayings and actions of God's messenger(may peace be upon him)) and scholarly consensus. Islam is not based on any human opinions whatsoever. That's why Islam is called the Haqq( the Truth)

We do not worship Prophet Muhammad(may God bless him and grant him peace). Prophet Muhammad(may peace be upon him) is just like Jesus, Moses, Abraham, noah and all the other Prophets and messengers i have not mentioned.(may peace be upon them). All of them came with one message, what is that message? to worship ONE god, the sole creator of the heavens and the earth and do righteous good deeds.

This is the Book (the Qur'ân), whereof there is no doubt, a guidance to those who are Al-Muttaqûn [the pious and righteous persons who fear Allâh much (abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which He has forbidden) and love Allâh much (perform all kinds of good deeds which He has ordained. Chapter 2 verse 2 of Noble Qur'an.

Who believe in the Ghaib and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât), and spend out of what we have provided for them [i.e. give Zakât , spend on themselves, their parents, their children, their wives, etc., and also give charity to the poor and also in Allâh's Cause - Jihâd, etc.].

Chapter 2 verse 3 of noble Qur'an

And who believe in (the Qur'ân and the Sunnah) which has been sent down (revealed) to you (Muhammad Peace be upon him ) and in [the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel), etc.] which were sent down before you and they believe with certainty in the Hereafter. (Resurrection, recompense of their good and bad deeds, Paradise and h**l, etc.).

Chapter 2 verse 4

God created us, He provided sustenance us and He did not leave us without a purpose, rather He sent messengers and prophets to us  since the beginning of time to guide us to the things that He loves and informs us of what pleases Him and what displeases Him.

Ever asked yourself why we're here? what';s our purpose here, Islam, tells us. Try reading a Qur'an. It is the last revealed book by God Almighty to mankind. Some of the other Books revealed previously by God were the ORIGINAL GOSPEL( the ORIGINAL BIBLE) not the ones these days, they were tampered with.The bible was given to Jesus(may peace be upon Him),He was sent by God with this message, He was therefore a Messenger of God. And He will return one day in the future, God alone knows best.The Torah ( given to moses) , psalms (given to David) .All of them were messengers of God sent at various time periods to mankind.

do you see how merciful God is but yet mankind is still in doubt and ignorant and ungrateful to God?

Answer 10

islam is about believing in one GOD without any partners

muslims believe in GOD and his angels, prophets and books also believe in fate (whether nice or not) and in the hereafter

for more info check out the link in the source

best wishes  

Answer 11

The literal meaning of Islam is submission to God. God sent all the prophets to mankind with the same message but on stages. Islam is the last message from God. Islam follows Prophet Abraham religion just like Jaudism & Christianity. The difference is that Jaudism and Christianity were sent for a specific time and specific people, while Islam is the last message which suits people until the last day and for the 2 worlds (mankind & genies).

Basically, this is it. But if you want more details, just ask.

Answer 12

to kill anyone who is not Islamic--thats it.......oh yeah and to keep women down on the floor , murder homosexuals , murder your own children if they dont do what they are told(marrying your 9 year old to a 40 year old man) --allowing your daughter to drink bleach to kill herself once the marriage is consumated.

Pretty much everything from the Middle Ages is alive and well in Islam.