Sunday, November 3, 2013

Who is the Muslim?


"Our Lord! make us Muslim, bowing to Thy (will), and of our progeny a people Muslim, bowing to Thy (will).

Muslim - Those who follow Islam

Says in the Holy Quran:

"Our Lord! make of us Muslim, bowing to They (will), and of our progeny a people Muslim, bowing to Thy (will), and show us our places for the celebration of (due) rites; and turn unto us (in Mercy): Thou art the Oft-Returning, Most Merciful."

"Our Lord! send among them an Apostle of their own, who shall rehearse Thy Signs to them And instruct them in Scripture and Wisdom, and sanctify them: for Thou art the Exalted in Might, The Wise."

"And who turns away from the religion of Abraham but such as debase their souls with folly? Him we choose and rendered pure in this world: and he will be in the Hereafter in the ranks of the righteous."

Behold! his Lord said to him: "Bow (thy will to Me)" he said:
"I bow (my will) to the Lord and Cherisher of the Universe."

And this was the legacy that Abraham left to his sons, and so did Jacob:

"O my sons! Allah hath chosen the Faith for you; then die not except in the Faith of Islam."

Were ye witnesses, when Death appeared before Jacob? 
Behold, he said to his sons: "What will ye worship after me?
They said: "We shall worship they Allah and the Allah of thy fathers, of Abraham, Ismail, and Isaac, the ONE (True) Allah. To Him we bow (in Islam)."

That was a People that hath passed away. They shall reap the fruit of what they did, and yet of what ye do! of their merits there is no question in your case!

They say: 
"Become Jews or Christian if ye would be guided (to Salvation), "Say thou:"
Nay! (I would rather follow) the Religion of Abraham the True, and he joined not gods with Allah."

Say ye: "We believe in Allah, and the revelations given to us and to Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, 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 another of them: and we bow to Allah (in Islam)."

So if they believe and ye believe, they are indeed on the right path; but if they turn back, it is they who are in schism; but Allah will suffice thee as against them, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

(Our religion is) the Baptism of Allah: and who can baptize better than Allah? and it is He whom we worship.

Say: will ye dispute with us about Allah, seeing that He is our Lord and your Lord; that we responsible for our doings and ye for yours; and that we are sincere (in our faith) in Him?

Or do ye say that Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob,and the Tribes were Jews or Christian? 
Say: Do ye know better than Allah?
Ah! who is more unjust than those who conceal the testimony they have from Allah? but Allah is not unmindful of what ye do!

Sura Al Baqarah, 2:128-140

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