Islam is an Arabic word meaning “the act of submission to Allah.” The word from which it is derived is slm, pronounced salm or silm, which means peace or reconciliation. Al-Islam or Islam is the religion which brings peace to mankind when man commits himself to God and submits himself to his will. Such a life of obedience brings peace of heart and established real peace in society at large. Allah said in Surah ar-ra’d (13):28-9: “those who believe and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah-indeed it is in the thought of Allah alone that the heart of man really find rest-those who believe and act righteously, joy is for them, and a blissful home to return to.”
According to the scripture revealed to Muhammad s.a.w., Islam is the only true religion professed by all prophets; from Adam to the last prophet, Muhammad s.a.w. the same basic message was preached by all the prophets of God, who guided humanity to the right path. But humanity not only veered away from the right path again and again, but also lost or distorted the code of guidance which the prophets had bequeathed. That was why other prophets were sent to restate the original message and guide man to the man to the right path.
A Muslim is one who submits himself to God and professes the faith of Islam. Muslims believe that God has sent prophets to all corners of the earth to preach the same religion. They also believe that God’s message stopped coming after the last revelations received by the last prophet, Muhammad s.a.w., and that the last revelation was the final and most comprehensive form of God’s message to man.
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