Islam – submission (to allah) basic

ISLAM – SUBMISSION (TO ALLAH)
• Muhammad – Born AD 570 in Mecca – Died June
8, 632 in Medina and buried there at his home.
• His tribe responsible for upkeep of the Ka’aba
• His father Abdullah died before he was born
• His mother Amina died when he was 6 yrs old
• His grandfather Abd al-Muttalib cared for him
for 2 years and died.
• His uncle Abu Talib became his custodian
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• As a young man he gained the patronage of a
wealthy widow Khadija and conducted a
successful caravan trade to Syria.
• Eventually he married her who was 15 years
older than him.
• Their marriage proved fulfilling to both although
their two sons died in infancy.
• They also had 4 daughters, two of which
married future caliphs which are spiritual and
political leaders in Islam.
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• When Muhammad was 50, Khadija died.
• For 25 years he had known only one woman and
they were very happy together.
• In this regard, Muhammad was, in fact, an
exception in his culture. Most men of high status
took numerous wives.
• Only later did he have other women as wives
and concubines – twelve in total. The youngest
was 9 when the marriage was consummated.
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• When Muhammad was 40 yrs old in July 610, he
claimed to receive a revelation from Allah while
in the Hira cave 3 miles northeast of Mecca,
through the angel Gabriel, calling him as the last
and most authoritative prophet per surah 96:1-5
in the Qur’an.
• As related in the Hadith 1.1.3, he was deathly
afraid of the source of the revelation, believing
at first that he was possessed by an evil spirit or
“jinn”.
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• According to orthodox Islamic scholarship the
Qur’an was compiled in the years 646-650 from
materials written by Muhammad before his
death in 632.
• According to Islam, the Qur’an is the final
revelation from Allah.
• It contains 114 chapters (surahs) and 6,616
verses (ayas).
• According to Islamic scholars, 86 surahs were
revealed to Muhammad in Mecca, while 28
were revealed in Medina.
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• Islam teaches that the Qur’an is an exact word-
for word copy of Allah’s final revelation, words
inscribed on tablets that have always existed in
heaven. Muslims point to surah 85:21-22 which
says “Nay, this is the glorious Qur’an, (inscribed)
in a tablet preserved”.
• Muslims regard any translation of the Qur’an
with suspicion. They believe that only in the
Arabic does the Qur’an contain fully the words
and testimony of Allah.
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• How Muhammad received revelations is
explained in accounts by Ibn Ishaq, Ibn
Hisham, Ibn Athir, and ‘Ali Halabi. They say;
• Muhammad had seizures, during which time
he sweat vigorously during revelations.
• Bells rang in his ears. He became upset and
his face changed. He shivered, his mouth
foamed and he roared like a camel.
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• Revelation came in dreams.
• Inspiration came in visions.
• Sometimes he saw an angel in the form of a young,
tall man.
• At other times he saw actual angels (surah 42:51)
• During one evening (known as the Mir’aj) he received
the revelation as he crossed the “seven heavens” to
receive it.
• Allah spoke to him from behind a veil (surah 42:51).
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• The other books
• The Sunnah is the basis of the legal code of
Islamic jurisprudence (shari’a – the path) and
is authoritative in rulings among Islamic
states.
• It depicts the events of the life of
Mohammad, and offers examples for ethics
and living.
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• Hadiths (or ahidiths) are similar to the sunnahs
but not identical.
• Each hadith is a narration from the life of the so-
called prophet and what he said as opposed to a
biographical sketch.
• Therefore the entirety of the Sunnah gives the
significant story of Muhammad, the Hadith
expound Muhammad’s crucial, commandments.
• The Qur’an orders Muslims to follow all of
Mohammad’s deeds and sayings. Thus all that is
in the Sunnah and the Hadiths as well.
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• Not a religion of peace.
• Muhammad led 27 military campaigns
against innocent villages and caravans and
planned 38 others.
• “I am the prophet that laughs when killimg
my enemies.” (Hadith)
• Christians say “I will die for what I believe”
• Muslims say, “You will die for what I believe”
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• Surah 47:4 - Therefore, WHEN YOU MEET THE
UNBELIEVERS, SMITE AT THEIR NECKS; At length,
when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a
bond firmly (on them): thereafter (is the time
for) either generosity or ransom: Until the war
lays down its burdens. Thus (are ye
commanded): but if it had been Allah's Will, He
could certainly have exacted retribution from
them (Himself); but (He lets you fight) in order
to test you, some with others. But those who
are slain in the Way of Allah,- He will never let
their deeds be lost.
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• Quran (5:33) -"The punishment of those who
wage war against Allah and His messenger
and strive to make mischief in the land is only
this, that they should be murdered or
crucified or their hands and their feet should
be cut off on opposite sides or they should be
imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for
them in this world, and in the hereafter they
shall have a grievous chastisement"
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• Quran (8:12) - "I will cast terror into the hearts
of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off
their heads and strike off every fingertip of
them"
• Quran (8:39)- "And fight with them until there is
no more fitna (disorder, unbelief) and religion
should be only for Allah"
• Quran (8:67)- "It is not for a Prophet that he
should have prisoners of war until he had made
a great slaughter in the land..."
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• Quran (9:29)- "Fight those who believe not in
Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that
forbidden which hath been forbidden by
Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge
the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the
People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya
with willing submission, and feel themselves
subdued."
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• Quran (9:30)- "And the Jews say: Ezra is the son
of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is
the son of Allah; these are the words of their
mouths; they imitate the saying of those who
disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them;
how they are turned away!“
• Quran (9:123) - "O you who believe! fight those
of the unbelievers who are near to you and let
them find in you hardness."
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• 1 Cor 15:3-4 3 For I delivered unto you first of all
that which I also received, how that Christ died
for our sins according to the scriptures;
• 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again
the third day according to the scriptures: KJV
• Rom 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with
power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the
resurrection from the dead: KJV
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• John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me. KJV
• John 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall
die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am
(he), ye shall die in your sins. KJV
• John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth
not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the
word that I have spoken, the same shall judge
him in the last day. KJV
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• So, what are Jesus’ words?
• John 8:24 one must believe
• Luke 13:3 & 5 one must repent
• Matt 10:32 one must confess
• Mark 16:16 one must be baptized
• Rev 2:10 one must remain faithful
• Heb 5:8-9 He is the author of eternal
salvation to all who obey Him
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