04-03-2006, 07:53 PM
Bismillah
As salam alykom all
As recently a number of new non Muslim members joined our board and they all share the same inquiries. They are seeking to know the truth about Islam.
In this attempt, I will try to explain what is the essence of Islam in a nutshell.
Islam is to turn from worshiping people and things to worshiping Allah and only Allah. Don’t u often hear one saying OOO I cannt live without him/her, or how can I leave my home and sell it I just cannt? Or someone is saying OO my job the place I worked in for 7 years? Muslims must try to learn to do without anybody /thing except Allah. We learn to detach except from Allah.
We learn that those who pass away, are not eliminated. They only got rid of the envelop that is keeping them away from meeting with Allah (the body) but the soul is certainly still alive. We learn that this life is not but a transit stop before we depart taking the same plane but the destination is what we work for all our lives.
We learn that divorce should not be the station where people break. But it could be seen as the role of both parties ended in each other's life and it is time to move on. Or when people are moved decision taken to move from one floor or premise to another within the work, it would be taken as a reason to meet other people, play a different role in their lives and receive other's input, perform prayer in different locations which will testify for the person in the Day After, and more. We learn that we should not be attached or receive our value through people or things that are certainly may fade away any time leaving the person without a floor to stand on. Whereas Allah Is Capable to Provide us with a floor to stand on all the time through means that we cannt imagine.
Due to this last phrase, we should not worship anything (wealth, power, position, fame, ..etc) or one except Allah.
This is what Islam is all about.