Islamic Revivle......

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 year ago. my initial answer was ''well our family was Muslim''. his reply to this made me think. he said if your family were Hindu or christian, would you be as a well? I replied with a strong,' no Islam is the truth'. the discussion that followed made me questions thebasis of my life and changed my life for ever. he triggered me to think about how to prove that Islam is truth rather than believing it emotionally or blindly. in fact Allah has commanded people for imitating their forefathers and adopting their belief without clear evidence...

Allah says in the holy Quran:

''And verily guess is no substitute for the truth''[TMQ53:28]

''They have no knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. for surly, they killed him to [ Isa]''
[TMQ4:157]

''These are nothing but names which you have devised, you and your father. for which Allah has send down noauthority. they follow nothing but conjecture and what their Nafs desire. Even though there has already come to them the guidance from their Rabb''[TMQ53:23]

Do you have knowledge for that which you claim to provide us with? you follow nothing but conjecture (zann)[TMQ6:148]

The followers of other religion have no decisive proof for their belief. therefore they believe in their religions semotionally or through imitation. some them think that you just have to have faith without clear proof. ever when it come to normal things in life people apply a lot of thought such as baying a car , house, choosing an University course or which bank to join, so how can it be that when it come 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 without any doubt what soever to believe in the prophethood of Muhammad (s.a) and that the Quran is final revelation sent by Allah. to Humanity Islam is unlike as it has a decisive proof that convinces the mind.

Proof of the Quran .....

Once we have conclude definitively that Allah exists the next obvious question that arises is that has Allah sent a revelation us to follow. it is the clear that we are not able to communication 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 this question would remain unresolved unless their the creator has communica- tion with us and given us a guidance to follow.

As Muslim we are believe that throughout history. There have been messengers and prophets. men send from the creator. bringing laws and revelation on how man should conduct his life. they were given miracles with proved to mankind that they have a communication with god and a revelation from him. A miracle is something which he goes against the laws of nature which is impossible for anything else to do; by miracles the prophets 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 of these messenger existed? The miracles performed by above prophet were only miracles for that specific period of time. But how we do know that they were not just legends and fables? So what miracles do we have right now to convince us and guide us through our life.

The Quran itself is the main miracles that prophet (saw) brought which is different to the physicals miracles of the other prophets as they limited to their times only.The Quran is an intellectual miracles that the proves of Islam. is was revealed to Muhhamad (saw) in the 6th century. its exists today and has been revealed for all times.

It is an established fact that the Quran was proclaimed by Muhammed(saw) in Arabia over fourteen hundred years ago. in order for us to prove decisively that it is from Allah. We must first consider the possible sources of the Quran and then eliminate this to arrive at its true origin.

The only possible sources of the Quran are...

* The Arabs
* Muhammad (saw) himself
* Allah (swt)

At the time it was revealed the pagan of Arabs were deeply into poetry. It was an indication of nobility in society. people used to go to the deserts for days just write poetry. the Arabic language has great fluidity and depth of expression. so it was held high in esteem by the Arab. Allah in the Quran challenged the Arabs to produce something comparable to it in language and they failed to do so.

They may say: he forged it (the Quran).say...bring you them ten forged sura (chapters) like unto it and call whom soever you can, other than Allah (to your help). if you speak the truth. [TMQ11:13]

They failed to do so, Allah then reduced the challenged to something that at first glance may sound easy .Allah said....

''If you are in doubt of what we have revealed to our messenger, then produce one chapter like it . call open all your helper. Besides Allah, if you are truthful''. [TMQ2:23]

The smallest chapter in the Quran, sura al -Kauther is only three sentence long surely someone history must have matched this challenged? the Arabs at time of muhammad (saw) failed to do so. although they were the best Arabic  language .

 For none Arabs something this maybe difficult to perceive as they do not appriciate the language of the Quran directly, however everyone can agree that any piece of literature written by humans being 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 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 sentence from their books. Despite having the Arabic language its letter, grammars, syntax and dictionaries available today. the Arabic linguists can not construct any  piece of language that is comparable to the Quran.therefore, it is impossible that the Quran was by written by any of the Arabs.

 It is also inconceivable that the quran is the speech of muhammad (saw). after all he is one of the Arabs. also whatever level of genius people may assing to him, he was a still a human being and one of his tribe and nation. since the Arabs failed to bring like of the quran. this equally applies to  muhammad (saw). moreover muhammad(saw) has left saheeh ahaadeeth (sound narration) and matuwaatir ahaadeeth(definitive narrations) whose authenticity is beyond doubt. if any of these ahaadeeth were to be compared with any verse of Quran, their would be similarity between them of 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. when ever any man attempts to diversify his speech, it will remain similar in style, because it is a part of him.since their is no similarity between hadeeth and the verse in style. the Quran is absolute not mohammad (saw) is speech. it is important to point out that none of the Arabs. who despised Muhammad (saw), particularly at the time, were the most acquainted with the style of arabic speech yet never claimed that the Quran was Muhammad (saw) speech or even similar to his speech..

To this day muslim and non muslim scholar have not been able to find any contradiction or mistake in the Quran, moreover, if one was to compare word by word a copy Quran published today to one of the first copies of the Quran available then one would find that not a single word has been omitted or added. copies of the Quran dating back to the first century of the islam can be found in Istanbul and tashkent . Allah (swt) says in the Quran......

''Do they not ponder about the Quran? if it had come from other than God  they would surely have found there in much contradiction''..

There are many texts available today claiming divine status from God, like the Bible of the christian 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 their is no reason to believe in them.

Allah says: '' say ye; '' we believe in Allah, and revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Ismail, Issac, 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 other of them and then we bow to Allah ( in Islam).'' [TMQ: al Bakarah:136]

Once we have establish through rational, proof that Allah exists and that the Quran is  the world of Allah. we must believe in everything that the Quran inform 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 angle, in jinn, in shayaateen and other that the Quran 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 Quran being from Allah which informs us about all of these.

Once the Iman in Allah, his messenger and the Quran 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 Quran, and the messenger conveyed it. if someone disbelieves in this he would be a kafir. therefore, it is belief 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.....

Proof of the existence of Allah.....

Let us being by discussing proof of the existence of Allah. Although we are taught theories regarding the origin of the universe and origin of the man such the big bang theory in the theory of evolution. we should realise that the they contradict the clear reality which everyone can sens .

There fundamental that proof that God exist is that anything that we sense around us whether it is the mountains , the trees, the sun, the moon, the star ,the animals and the human beings,are limited things and are not internal. By limited we mean that they have restrictions, a starting point and a ending point.they have definable attributes i.e. they are all finite. human being are born and die,there is no one alive who will not die . daring their life span .they will grow to a certain height. weight and volume .

It is the truth there are difference between the thins that exist in  the universe however all of them share of the quality of being limited and finite. the earth maybe huge but it steel has a certain shape, weight, volume by which it is limited. this applies to all planets, star, solar systems and galaxies may look huge to us as earth look huge to us and it is eternal. even all of the galaxies elements of the universe are added together they do not become unlimited there fore require and origins. no scientist could ever prove using hard fact  that the has no bounds.in fact when they said that the universe arose from the big bang and expending they inherently admit it is finite in size otherwise is could not expend!there is nothing reality which unlimited. no metter how hard we try we unable to fine anything unlimited around us.  all we can perceive is finite and limited.

Imam abu hanifa said:''i feel sorry about your states you cannot imagine one ship running without someone looking after its affairs, yet you think that for this whole world which runs exactly and percisely  there is no one who look after it and no one owns it.''

The attributes of the 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 has to satisfy in order to survive. he had organic need for example he must eat and drink if he is to survive. if he dose not he will die. we see the need and the dependency in plants and animals. they depand on other part of food chain for their existence. the water cycle is dependent in the sun, which is dependent on laws of the galaxies and of burning mass, and so on.. nothing we can see perceive in self-subsistent, so thing exists but do not have the power of existence. they can not control when they die and other bodies die. thus what we see is that everything around us is limited and finite.everything that is limited and finite is dependent and that is everything dependent upon something greater than it self. applying this to everything we see will bring us to a conclusion. is everything in the universe is dependent because it has not the power of bring in existence on its won accords. it also finite and limited. then what is everything dependent upon for its existence? its must be unlimited and independent creator.

today the various theories that the exists about the origin of the universe such as the ''big bang theory'' big bang big crunch theory. dialectic materialism . they contradict the simple fact of the need for an unlimited creator.

one example that highlight this is that origin of life. living things like plants. animals and human being are different from dead thing as they have certain features such as independent growth . motion and reproduction . if people believe that the universe has exist forever or that it evolved from single blast etc . this means that they that life also cvolved from inanimate or dead matter such as gases, liquids and solids.if this is the case then should be able to show us one example at least non-living things producing life.no such example of exists. in fact some of them say that this happened by coincidence million of years ago when certain amino acids and chemicals mixed together to produce the first life. if this is the case, then they should able to reproduce this ''coincidence'' with their billion of dollars worth of technology. but they are unable to produce must basic form. an ameoba, which is a single called organism. what scientists can do is manipulate the attributes that is exists with in living cells such as in genetic cloning. however this dose not mean that they are creating life from dead matter. they are simple manipulating the attributes the Allah he placed within life . just as we manipulate metal to produces knives and cars.

Allah says in the Quran ....

 

''Oh you who believe! believe in  Allah and his messenger and the book which he send to his messenger and the book which he send to those before (him). Any who denies Allah. his angel,his messenger and day of the judgement, has gone far, has gone astray[sura an - nisa].....

''So establish regular pryer''.[sura al-bakarah]

''As to the thief , male or female cut of his or her hands.[sura al- maida]

''Forbidden to you are dead ,meat, blood.the flesh of swine and that on which has been invoked the name of any other than Allah.[sura al-maida]

But no but your lord, they have no real faith, until they make judge in all disputes between them and find in their soul no resistance against your decision but accept them with the fullest submission .[sura an-nisa]......