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ISLAM The Light of Truth

What is life? Man's existence in this world and the creation of this entireuniverse are not mere accidents or products of a fortuitous nature. This universe,every single atom of it, manifests and leads us to the realization of a Loving, Mercifuland All-powerful Creator. Without a Creator, nothing can exist. Every single soul

knows that he is existing and that his existence is dependent upon a Creator heknows for sure that he cannot create himself. Therefore it is his duty to know hismaster, t h e C r e a t o r .

Mankind: Man is a unique creature. God gave man the ability to govern over allother creatures in this world. He is endowed with the faculty of reason which sets himapart from all other animals. Together with this faculty to discriminate and discern,man is given the freedom (free-will) to choose for himself a way of life worthy of hisposition or to fall lower than the lowest of all animals or creations. Man is born pureand sinless and is given the choice to do righteous deeds or indulge in sins.

Divine Guidance: The Creator, out ofHis abundant Love and Mercy for mankind has not left us indarkness to discover the right path by trial and error alone. Coupled with our intellectual capability to

reason, our Creator bestowed upon us Divine Guidance that outlines the criterion for truth, knowledge,as well as the reality of our existence in this world and the Hereafter.

Revelations: From the beginning of mankind, our Creator sent Prophets to convey His revelationand to invite human beings to the path of true peace and obedience to the One True God. This is Islam.This message is conveyed towards successive generations of man through the different prophets, allinviting mankind to the same path. However all the earlier messages or revelations from God were

distorted by people of later generations.

As a result of this distortion, pure Revelation from our Creator was adulterated and polluted withmyths, superstitions, idol worship and irrational philosophical ideologies. The religion of God in asense was lost in a plethora of religions. Human history is a testament of man's drift between light anddarkness, but God out of His abundant love for mankind has not forsaken us.

Final Revelation: When mankind was in the depths of the Dark Ages, our Creator sent His finalMessenger, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to redeem humanity with the final revelationwhich represents the ultimate and permanent source of guidance for the whole world.

C r i t e r i a f o r Tr u t h : The following criteria can best serve as a gauge to find out the authenticity of the

last revelation (the Qur'aan) as the Word of God:

1. Rational Teachings:Since our Creator bestowed reason and intellect upon us, it is our duty to use it to distinguishthe truth from falsehood. True, undistorted revelation from God must be rational and can bereasoned out by all unbiased minds.

2. Perfection:Since our Creator is all perfect, His revelation must be perfect and accurate, free frommistakes, omissions, interpolations and multiplicity of versions. It should be free fromcontradictions in its narration.

3. No Myths or Superstitions:True revelation is free from myths or superstitions that degrade the dignity of our Creator orman himself.

4. Scientific:Since our Creator is the Creator of all knowledge, true revelation is scientific and can withstandthe challenge of science at all times.

5. Factual Prophecy:Our Creator is the Knower of the past, present and future. Thus His prophecies in His

revelation will be fulfilled as prophesied.

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6. Inimitable By Man:True revelation is infallible and cannot be imitated by man. God's true revelation is a Livingmiracle, an open book challenging all mankind to see and prove for themselves its authenticity

or veracity.

H o w t o B e co m e M u s l im

I f a n y o n e h a s a r e a l d e s i r e t o b e a M u s l i m a n d h a s f u l l c o n v i c t i o n a n d

s t r o n g b e l i e f t h a t I s la m i s t h e t r u e r e l i g i o n o r d a i n e d b y A l la h ( SW T ) f o r

a l l h u m a n b e i n g s , t h e n , o n e sh o u l d p r o n o u n c e t h a t " Sh a h a d a " ( T h e

t e s t i m o n y o f f a i t h ) w i t h o u t f u r t h e r d e l ay .

T h e Sh a h a d a c a n b e d e c l a r e d a s f o l lo w s :

' ' A SH - H A DU A N LA A I L A H A I LLA A L LA H , W A A SH H A DU A N N A

MUHAMMADA N A B DUHU W A R A SUU LUH . "

T h e En g l i sh t r a n s l a t i o n i s :

" I b e a r w i t n e ss t h a t t h e r e is n o d e i t y w o r t h y t o b e w o r s h ip p e d b u t

A l l ah , an d I b e a r w i t n e ss t h e M u h am m a d i s H is s er v a n t a n d

m e s s e n g e r . ' '

H o w e v e r , i t w o u l d n o t b e s u f f i ci e n t f o r a n y o n e t o u t t e r o n l y t h i s t e s t im o n y o r a l ly e i t h e r i n p r i v a t e o r i n p u b l ic , b u t r a t h e r , o n e s h o u l d

b e l ie v e i n i t b y h e a r t w i t h a f i rm c o n v i c t i o n w i t h t h e t e a c h i n g s o f I s la m

i n a l l h is l i f e h e w i l l f in d h i m s e l f a n e w b o r n p e r s o n , ( o r n e w m a n ) .

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