๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ?
Mohamad Mostafa Nassar
Twitter:@NassarMohamadMR
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ
If you refer to Arabic language dictionaries, you will find that the meaning of the word Islam is: “submission, humbling oneself, obeying commands and heeding prohibitions without objection, sincerely worshipping Allah alone, believing what He tells us, and having faith in Him”.
And merely submission as wrongly translated by meaning. I ask when you say submission, submission to what? To paul? A president? Do you mean if I submit to my leader in crime then I’m practicing Islam? No
The word Islam has become the name of the religion which was brought by Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ
All the religions on earth are called by various names, either the name of a specific man or a specific nation. So Christianity takes its name from Christ; Buddhism takes its name from its founder, the Buddha; the Zoroastrians became well known by this name because their founder and standard-bearer were Zoroaster.
Similarly, Judaism took its name from a tribe known as Yehudah (Judah), so it became known as Judaism. And so on.
Except for Islam; for it is not attributed to any specific man or to any specific nation, rather its name refers to the meaning of the word Islam. What this name indicates is that the establishment and founding of this religion was not the work of one particular man and that it is not only for one particular nation to the exclusion of all others.
Rather its aim is to give the attribute implied by the word Islam to all the peoples of the earth. So everyone who acquires this attribute, whether he is from the past or the present, is a Muslim, and everyone who acquires this attribute in the future will also be a Muslim.
Islam means submitting to Allaah, worshipping Him alone and obeying Him, and shunning shirk (polytheism, associating others with Allaah) and those who believe in that. This is the religion that Allaah approves for His slaves.
Allaah says:
โTruly, the religion with Allaah is Islamโ [Aal- โImraan 3:19]
โAnd whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter, he will be one of the losersโ [Aal โImraan 3:85]
๐๐ก๐จ’๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ?
The person who enters this religion is called a Muslim (one who submits himself solely to Allah), because he has submitted (aslama) to all the rulings that have come from Allaah and from the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Allaah says:
โAnd who turns away from the religion of Ibraaheem (Abraham) (i.e. Islamic Monotheism) except him who befools himself? Truly, We chose him in this world and verily, in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous.
When his Lord said to him, โSubmit (i.e. be a Muslim)!โ He said, โI have submitted myself (as a Muslim) to the Lord of the โAalameen (mankind, jinn and all that exists).โโ [al-Baqarah 2:130-131]
โYes, but whoever submits his face (himself) to Allaah (i.e. follows Allaahโs religion of Islamic Monotheism) and he is a Muhsin ( a doer of good who does good deeds solely for the sake of Allaah) then his reward is with his Lord (Allaah), on such shall be no fear, nor shall they grieveโ [al-Baqarah 2:112].
Allah knows Best.
Source: Online Islamic Comparative Religions Study