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By Dr. Gilani –
Islam is based on the belief in One God, the creator of
all.
Just as nothing is made without a maker and no movement is with=
out
a mover,
the entire universe with all the heavens and earth and what=
ever
in-between
is made by One creator with infinite Might,
Knowledge and Wisdom, who made, manages and controls, harmonize=
s,
and coordinates all.
The One creator in the Arabic language is called: Allah =3D God.
God created space, matter, time, energy, life and our spirits (=
the
energy and intellect in our bodies).
God also created energy that we cannot see but we see their
effects,
such as the winds or gravity and also intelligent energy bei=
ngs
such as angels and extraterrestrials called Jinns,
whom we are unable to see.
All energy and power belongs to God, just as the universes and =
the
earth belong to God.
God creates everything, does not produce children, is not born,
does not die,
but creates all and every thing with His Might!
Sex and children, sons or daughters apply to material beings su=
ch
as humans.
God is The Creator of all that and not one of them! God is our
Creator, not our father or mother.
God has no shape and is invisible (since shape and visibility a=
pply
to material beings only).
God is Ever-present and All-aware of all.
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nbsp; In
his limitless Wisdom and Mercy, God decided to create us humans and gifted =
us
with mind,
souls, spirit and the ability to perceive and understand His
Presence and to gain knowledge
by conclusions from known facts.
By the intelligence He gave us, we have lots of important questions,=
such as why and how we came to be here on earth and what will
happen to us after our death,
questions we cannot easily answer, but The Cre=
ator
knows the answer,
since God designed and made us what we ar=
e and
has planned a course for our life and death.
So why God would not let us know why we came here and what will happ=
en
to us after our death?
The fact is that throughout human history, God did send us mess=
ages
of explanation via numerous messengers and prophets such as Adam, Noah,
Abraham, Solomon, David, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad.
History tells us that many of the messages (scriptures) were transla=
ted
and mistranslated and to some extent,
throughout centuries lost, changed, reduc=
ed, or
added to the original messages of God*, except th=
e Book;
Quran, which is exactly the same Arabic text as it was written down
after many gradual revelations
to Muhammad and collected into one Book: The Quran
It is very important to read all the available scriptures, such as t=
he
Hindu and Buddhist writings,
the Zoroastrian Aves=
ta,
the Bible, the Quran, and others without any bias or prejudice
and to compare the contents for yourselves.
When
it comes to choosing to buy a suit or a dress, we are picky, so why shouldn=
’t
we be choosy in our beliefs,
which could affect our entire future and the future
generations?!
The =
Quran
encourages that we should listen and study different sayings and then choose
and follow the best,
with our intellect, and not have blind faith in what o=
ur
forefathers believed, as they might have been wrong!
The Quran teache=
s that
we should be aware of God’s presence wherever we are and learn to be =
good
people
and
honest to ourselves and kind to others and to stand up for justice and fair=
ness
everywhere and be leaders
to
goodness and to forbid and stop wrong doings, so as to promote peace and
harmony in our human societies.
In fact, Islam m=
eans
Peace and also Submission to one Almighty God only.
If you see insta=
nces
of terrorist acts by some people with Muslim names,
what
they do is not according to Islamic teachings, but tribal vengeance,
similar
to the way they themselves were gravely wronged and harmed by others.
Their acts have
nothing to do with true Islam,
since
the Quran explains and teaches that Muslims should always be prepared and
defend themselves
against
all attackers, but not to first attack or harm innocent people. Suicide is also a sin in Islam.
God teaches us i=
n the
Quran that we should improve and educate ourselves to the best of our abili=
ties
during
our life on this earth and be sincere to God, our Creator and to our fellow
human beings,
so
as to be worthy of eternal happy life in God’s mercy, after our
death.
God is just and =
fair
and rewards all good people for all their good acts and makes the evil acts=
of
bad people
become
hellish reflections upon themselves causing them great sorrow and suffering=
in
the permanent life,
after
the Judgment Day, as promised by God in the Quran.
Each person is
responsible for his or her own actions
and
he or she shall reap in the Afterlife what he or she sows during this
lifetime.
Since God is jus=
t but
there is not much justice on this earth, there must be a place and time for
reckoning;
the
good will be rewarded and the evil shall be punished!
God is most Kind=
and
Merciful and pardons our sins, if we truly ask for His Forgiveness and deci=
de
to
return back to follow His Commandments, during our life on earth, as explai=
ned
in detail in the Quran.
By coming to kno=
w by
way of reasoning and wholeheartedly believing in One God,
we
have the Best to trust and lean onto: God’s Majesty and Mercy, that
encompasses everything
and
anywhere in all the heavens and earth we gradually learn to free ourselves =
from
our own unwarranted
and
harmful desires and to dedicate our life and existence to God, by service to
humanity.
That way, we find
immense peace, calm and stability when we live all moments of our life with
God’s
Presence
in our mind.
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First Chapter of the Quran:
(Say:)
In the Name of Go=
d, Most
Gracious and Most Merciful.
All praise is to God, the Creator and
Nurturer of the worlds, Most Gracious and Merciful!
Ruler of the Day of Judgment; You alo=
ne do
we worship and You alone do we ask for help,
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path
(towards You), the path of those,
whom You have greatly blessed, not of tho=
se subjected
to anger,
nor=
of those who deviated and strayed (i=
nto
the wrong directions) ! &n=
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(Amen!)
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sp;
Refer to t=
he
book: “The Bible, the Q=
uran
and the Science” by Dr. Maurice Bucaille =
and
“Who wrote the Bible” by Richard Elliott Friedman.