Why were you created?
Why are you here?
What are you doing in this world?
We have to answer these most fundamental questions that every single
human being asks him/herself at some point in his or her lifetime.
You can see how many opinions exist about the creation of man and
existence. Because of the variety of philosophies, which are out
there, no one can say this one is correct or that one is incorrect,
because there is no guidance behind it.
It is only from divine revelation that we can determine the reality
of our creation, because it is our creator who has created us and he
knows the purpose of our creation.
The purpose of this life is the worship of the creator, this life is
a test.
The Arabic word for God is Allah. And both arab christians and
muslims use this name in reference to God.
The religion of Islam is not named after a person as in the case of
Christianity which was named after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after
Gotama Buddha, Confucianism after Confucius, and Marxism after Karl
Marx. Nor was it named after a tribe like Judaism after the tribe of
Judah and Hinduism after the Hindus.
The Arabic word "Islam" means the submission or surrender of one's
will to the only true god worthy of worship "Allah" and anyone who
does so is termed a "Muslim", . Hence, it was not a new religion
brought by Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in Arabia in the
seventh century, but only the true religion of Allah re-expressed in
its final form
Allah is the Creator of all that's is in the heavens and the earth.
Allah is the True and only Creator, and only He deserves to be
worshipped. nothing else is worthy of worship; not stones, statues,
crosses, animals, saints, priest or religious people. All of those
are created beings and worshiping them is associate partners with
Allah and this is the only sin which wont be forgiven on the day of
judgment and will condemn a man or women to hell forever.
Islam is for the whole of humanity. Islam unites together people of
different colours, languages, races. and nationalities into one
sister/brotherhood.
To become a Muslim one must simply say a Declaration of Faith which
is said as follows:
"ASH-HADU ANLA ELAHA ILLA-ALLAH WA ASH-HADU ANNA MOHAMMADAN RASUL-
ALLAH".
The English translation is:
"I bear witness that there is no deity worthy to be worshipped but
God, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger."
You can declare the Shahadah to your self or in the presence of
other Muslims or even go to the Mosque and declare it there. It is
not a must for some one to declare the Shahadah in front of Muslim
witness or even in the Mosque. A person does not need to do a course
or obtain a certificate to become a Muslim.
We are given a certain lifespan. We do not know when that life span
will end. It may end this very minute even. Therefore a person should
say the shahadah and then work on becoming the best Muslim he or she
can be.
Some of you will find some aspects of Islam difficult at first. For
instance some new Muslim sisters find it difficult to wear Hijab at
first. However with time they have eventually grown in their faith
and are now wearing the full Islamic dress and encouraging even
sisters born into Muslim families to wear full Islamic dress. Some
were vegetarian before they became Muslim. Eating meat seemed
impossible to them. Now after a few years they have started to even
eat meat. Please do not worry about any barriers you may have. become
Muslims and you will see those barriers crashing down as you grow in
your religion.
However one should recognize that Islam requires a complete
submission to the will of God. What Allah has told us do we should
try to do and what Allah has told us not to do. We should not do.