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The True Religion of God<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips – 3rd Edition, 1994<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which Is The True Religion Of God?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Each person is born in a circumstance which is not of his own choosing. The religion of his
\nfamily or the ideology of the state is thrust upon him from the very beginning of his existence
\nin this world. By the time he reaches his teens, he is usually fully brain-washed into believing
\nthat the beliefs of his particular society are the correct beliefs that everyone should have.
\nHowever, when some people mature and are exposed to other belief-systems, they begin to
\nquestion the validity of their own beliefs. The seekers of truth often reach a point of confusion
\nupon realizing that each and every religion, sect, ideology and philosophy claims to be the one
\nand only correct way for man. Indeed, they all encourage people to do good. So, which one is
\nright? They cannot all be right since each claims all others are wrong. Then how does the
\nseeker of truth choose the right way?
\nGod gave us all minds and intellects to enable us to make this crucial decision. It is the most
\nimportant decision in the life of a human being. Upon it depends his future, Consequently,
\neach and every one of us must examine dispassionately the evidence presented and choose
\nwhat appears to be right until further evidence arises.
\nLike every other religion or philosophy, Islam also claims to be the one and only true way to
\nGod. In this respect it is no different from other systems. This booklet intends to provide some
\nevidence for the validity of that claim. However, it must always be kept in mind that one can
\nonly determine the true path by putting aside emotions and prejudices, which often blind us to
\nreality. Then, and only then, will we be able to use our God-given intelligence and make a
\nrational and correct decision.<\/p>\n


\nThere are several arguments, which may be advanced to support Islam\u2019s claim to be the true
\nreligion of God. The following are only three of the most obvious. The first argument is based on
\nthe divine origin of the names of the religion and the comprehensiveness of its meaning. The
\nsecond deals with the unique and uncomplicated teachings concerning the relationship
\nbetween God, man, and creation. The third argument derives from the fact that Islam is
\nuniversally attainable by all men at all times. These are the three basic components of what
\nlogic and reason dictate necessary for a religion to be considered the true religion of God. The
\nfollowing pages will develop these concepts in some detail.
\nThe Religion\u2019s Name
\nThe first thing that one should know and clearly understand about Islam is what the word
\n\u2018Islam\u201d itself means. The Arabic word \u201cIslam\u201d means the submission or surrender of one\u2019s will
\nto the only true God, known in Arabic as \u201cAllah\u201d. One who submits his will to God is termed in
\nArabic a \u201cMuslim\u201d. The religion of Islam is not named after a person or a people, nor was it
\ndecided by a later generation of man, as in the case of Christianity which was named after
\nJesus Christ, Buddhism after Gautama Buddha, Confucianism after Confucius, Marxism after
\nKarl Marx, Judaism after the tribe of Judah and Hinduism after the Hindus. Islam (submission
\nto the will of God) is the religion which was given to Adam, the first man and the first prophet
\nof God, and it was the religion of all the prophets sent by Allah to mankind. Further its name
\nwas chosen by God Himself and clearly mentioned in the final scripture which He revealed to
\nman. In that final revelation, called in Arabic the Qur\u2019an Allah states the following:
\n\u201cThis day have I perfected your religion for you,
\ncompleted My favour upon you, and have chosen for
\nyou Islam as your religion.\u201d [Qur\u2019an 5:3]
\n\u201cIf anyone desires a religion other than Islam
\n(submission to God), never will it be accepted of
\nHim.\u201d [Qur\u2019an 3:85]
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\nHence, Islam does not claim to be a new religion brought by Prophet Mohammed into Arabia in
\nthe seventh century, but rather to be a re-expression in its final form of the true religion of
\nAlmighty God, Allah, as it was originally revealed to Adam and subsequent prophets.
\nAt this point we might comment briefly on two other religions that claim to be the true path.
\nNowhere in the Bible will you find God revealing to Prophet Moses\u2019 people or their descendants
\nthat their religion is called Judaism, or to the followers of Christ that their religion is called
\nChristianity. In other words, the names \u201cJudaism\u201d and \u201cChristianity\u201d had no divine origin or
\napproval. It was not until long after his departure that the name Christianity was given to
\nJesus\u2019 religion.
\nWhat, then, was Jesus\u2019 religion in actual fact, as distinct from its name? (Both the name Jesus
\nand the name Christ are derived from Hebrew words, through Greek and Latin. Jesus is the
\nEnglish and Latin form of the Greek Iesous, which in Hebrew Is Yeshua or Yehoshua\u2019 (Joshua).
\nThe Greek word Christos is a translation of the Hebrew [for] ‘messiah’, which is a title meaning
\n‘the anointed’.) His religion was reflected in his teachings, which he urged his followers to
\naccept as guiding principles in their relationship with God. In Islam, Jesus is a prophet sent by
\nAllah and his Arabic name is Eesa. Like the prophets before him, he called upon the people to
\nsurrender their will to the will of God (which is what Islam stands for). For example, in the New
\nTestament it is stated that Jesus taught his followers to pray to God as follows:
\n\u201cOur father in heaven, hallowed be your name, may your
\nwill be done on earth as it is in heaven.\u201d [Luke
\n11:2\/Matthew 6:9-10]
\nThis concept was emphasised by Jesus in a number of his statements recorded in the Gospels.
\nHe taught, for example, that only those who submitted would inherit paradise. Jesus also
\npointed out that he himself submitted to the will of God.
\n\u201cNone of those who call me \u2018Lord\u2019 will enter the kingdom
\nof God, but only the one who does the will of my Father
\nin heaven.\u201d [Matthew 7:21]
\n\u201cI cannot do anything of myself I judge as I hear and my
\njudgment is honest because I am not seeking my own
\nwill but the will of Him who sent me.\u201d [John 5:30]
\nThere are many reports in the Gospels which show that Jesus made it clear to his followers
\nthat he was not the one true God. For example, when speaking about the final Hour, he said:
\n\u201cNo-one knows about the day or hour, not even the
\nangels in heaven, not the son, but only the Father.\u201d
\n[Mark 13:32]
\nThus, Jesus like the prophets before him and the one who came after him, taught the religion
\nof Islam: submission to the will of the one true God.
\nGod And Creation
\nSince the total submission of one\u2019s will to God represents the essence of worship, the basic
\nmessage of God\u2019s divine religion, Islam, is the worship of God alone. It also requires the
\navoidance of worship directed to any person, place or thing other than God. Since everything
\nother than God, the creator of all the things, is God\u2019s creation, it may be said that Islam, in
\nessence, calls man away from worship of creation and invites him to worship only his Creator.
\nHe is the only one deserving of man\u2019s worship, because it is only by His will that prayers are
\nanswered.
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\nAccordingly, if a man prays to a tree and his prayers are answered, it is not the tree which
\nanswers his prayers but God, who allows the circumstances prayed for to take place. One
\nmight say, \u201cThat is obvious\u201d. However, to tree-worshippers, it might not be so. Similarly,
\nprayers to Jesus, Buddha, or Krishna or Saint Christopher, or Saint Jude or even to
\nMuhammad, are not answered by them, but are answered by God. Jesus did not tell his
\nfollowers to worship him but to worship God, as the Quran states:
\n\u201cAnd behold! Allah will say: \u2018O Jesus, the son of
\nMary! Did you say to men, worship me and my
\nmother as gods besides Allah?, He will say: \u201cGlory to
\nyou, I could never say what I had no right (to say).\u201d
\n[Qur\u2019an 5:118]
\nNor did Jesus worship himself when he worshipped, but rather he worshipped God. And Jesus
\nwas reported in the Gospels to have said,
\n\u201cIt is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him
\nonly.\u2019\u201d [Luke 4:8]
\nThis basic principle is contained in the opening chapter of the Qur\u2019an, known as Soorah alFaatihah, verse 4:
\n\u201cyou alone do we worship and from you alone do we
\nseek help.\u201d
\nElsewhere, in the final book of revelation, the Quran, God also said:
\n\u201cAnd you Lord says: \u2018Call on Me and I will answer
\nyour (prayer).\u2019\u201d [Qur\u2019an 40:60]
\nIt is worth emphasizing that the basic message of Islam (namely, the worship of God alone) also
\nproclaims that God and His creation are distinctly different entities. God is neither equal to His
\ncreation nor a part of it, nor is His creation equal to Him or a part of Him.
\nThis might seem obvious, but man\u2019s worship of creation, instead of the Creator is to a large
\ndegree based on ignorance, or neglect, of this concept. It is the belief that the essence of God is
\neverywhere in His creation or that His divine being is or was present in some parts of His
\ncreation, which has provided justification for the worship of God\u2019s creation and naming it the
\nworship of God. However, the message of Islam, as brought by the prophets of God, is to
\nworship only God and to avoid the worship of His creation either directly or indirectly.
\nIn the Qur\u2019an God clearly states:
\n\u201cFor we assuredly sent amongst every people a
\nprophet, with the command Worship Me and avoid
\nfalse Gods.\u201d [Qur\u2019an 16:36]
\nWhen idol worshippers are questioned as to why they bow down to idols created by men, the
\ninvariable reply is that they are not actually worshipping the stone image, but God who is
\npresent within it. They claim that the stone idol is only a focal point for God\u2019s essence and is
\nnot in itself God! One who has accepted the concept of God being present in any way within His
\ncreation will be obliged to accept this argument for idolatry. Whereas, one who understands the
\nbasic message of Islam and its implications would never agree to idolatry no matter how it is
\nrationalized.
\nThose who have claimed divinity for themselves down through the ages have often based their
\nclaims on the mistaken belief that God is present in man. Taking one step further, they claim
\nthat God is more present in them than in the rest of us, and that other humans should
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\ntherefore submit to them and worship them as God in person or as God concentrated within
\ntheir persons. Similarly, those who have asserted the godhood of others after their deaths have
\nfound fertile ground among those who accept the false belief of God\u2019s presence in man.
\nIt should be abundantly clear by now that one who has grasped the basic message of Islam and
\nits implications could never agree to worship another human being under any circumstance.
\nGod\u2019s religion, in essence, is a clear call to the worship of the Creator and the rejection of
\ncreation-worship in any form. This is the meaning of the motto of Islam:
\n\u201cLaa Ilaaha Ill Allah\u201d (there is no God but Allah)
\nThe sincere declaration of this phrase and the acceptance of prophethood automatically bring
\none within the fold of Islam, and sincere belief in it guarantees one Paradise. Thus, the final
\nProphet of Islam (p.b.u.h) is reported to have said, \u201cAny one who says: There is no God but
\nAllah, and dies holding that (belief) will enter paradise.\u201d
\nBelief in this declaration of faith requires that one submit his\/her will to God in the way taught
\nby the prophets of God. It also requires the believer to give up the worship of false gods.
\nThe Message Of False Religions
\nThere are so many sects, cults, religions, philosophies, and movements in the world, all of
\nwhich claim to be the right way or the only true path of God How can one determine which one
\nis correct or whether, in fact, all are correct? One method by which the answer can be found is
\nto clear away the superficial differences in the teachings of the various claimants to the
\nultimate truth, and identifies the central object of worship upon which they call, directly or
\nindirectly. False religions all have in common one basic concept with regard to God they either
\nclaim that all men are gods, or that specific men were God, or that nature is God, or that God
\nis a figment of man\u2019s imagination.
\nThus, it may be stated that the basic message of false religion is that God may be worshipped
\nin the form of His creation. False religions invite man to the worship of creation by calling the
\ncreation or some aspect of it God. For example, prophet Jesus invited his followers to worship
\nGod, but those who claim to be Jesus\u2019 followers today call people to worship Jesus, claiming
\nthat he was God.
\nBuddha was a reformer who introduced a number of humanistic principles in the religion of
\nIndia. He did not claim to be God, nor did he suggest to his followers that he be an object of
\nworship. Yet today most Buddhists who are to be found outside of India have taken him to be
\nGod and they prostrate themselves to idols made in their perception of his likeness.
\nBy using the principle of identifying the object of worship, we can easily detect false religions
\nand the contrived nature of their origin. As God said in the Qur\u2019an:
\n\u201cThat which you worship besides Him are only names
\nand you and your forefathers have invented for
\nwhich Allah has sent down no authority: the
\ncommand belongs only to Allah He has command
\nthat you worship Him; that is the right religion, but
\nmost men do not understand.\u201d [Qur\u2019an 12:40]
\nIt may be argued that all religions teach good things, so why should it matter which one we
\nfollow? The reply is that all false religions teach the greatest evil the worship of creation.
\nCreation-worship is the greatest sin that man can commit because it contradicts the very
\npurpose of his creation. Man was created to worship God alone as Allah has explicitly stated in
\nthe Qur\u2019an:
\n\u201cI have only created jinns and men, that they may
\nworship Me\u201d [Qur\u2019an 51:56]
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\nConsequently , the worship of creation, which is the essence of idolatry is the only unforgivable
\nsin. One who dies in this state of idolatry, has sealed his fate in the next life. This is not an
\nopinion, but a revealed fact stated by God in his final revelation to man:
\n\u201cVerily Allah will not forgive the joining of partners
\nwith Him, but He may forgive (sins) less than that for
\nwhomsoever He wishes.\u201d [Qur\u2019an 4:48 and 116]
\nUniversality Of God\u2019s Religion
\nSince the consequences of following a false religion are so grave, the true religion of God must
\nhave been universally understandable and universally attainable in the past and it must
\ncontinue eternally to be understandable and attainable throughout the entire world. In other
\nwords, the true religion of God cannot be confined to any one people, place, or period of time.
\nNor is it logical that such a religion should impose conditions that have nothing to do with the
\nrelationship of man with God, such as baptism, or belief in man as a savior, or an
\nintermediary. Within the central principle of Islam and its definition (the surrender of one\u2019s will
\nto God) lie the roots of Islam\u2019s universality. Whenever man comes to the realization that God is
\none and distinct from His creation, and submits himself to God, he becomes a Muslim in body
\nand spirit and is eligible for paradise.
\nConsequently, anyone at any time in the most remote regions of the world can become Muslim,
\na follower of God\u2019s religion, Islam, by merely rejecting the worship of creation and turning to
\nGod alone. It should be noted, however, that in order to actually submit to God\u2019s will, one must
\ncontinually choose between right and wrong. Indeed, man is endowed by God with the power
\nnot only to distinguish right from wrong but also to choose between them. These God-given
\npowers carry with them an important responsibility, namely, that man is answerable to God for
\nthe choices he makes. It follows, then, that man should try his utmost to do good and avoid
\nevil. These concepts are expressed in the final revelation as follows:
\n\u201cVerily, those who believe (in the Qur\u2019an), and those
\nwho follow the Jewish faith, and the Christians, and
\nthe Sabians (angel-and-star-worshippers) — any of
\nthese who believe in Allah and the Last Day and work
\nrighteousness shall have their reward with their
\nLord. They will not be overcome by fear or grief.\u201d
\n[Qur\u2019an 2:62]
\nIf, for whatever reason, they fail to accept the final message after it has been clearly explained
\nto them, they will be in grave danger. The last Prophet said:
\n\u201cWhoever among the Christians and Jews hears of me but
\ndoes not affirm his belief in what I brought and dies in
\nthis state will be among the inhabitants of hell.\u201d (Sahih
\nMuslim [English Translation], Vol.1 P.91 No, 284)
\nRecognition Of God
\nThe question which arises here is : How can all people be expected to believe in the one true
\nGod, given their varying backgrounds, societies and cultures? For people to be held responsible
\nfor worshipping the one true God, they all need to have access to knowledge of Him. The final
\nrevelation teaches that all humans being have the recognition of the one true God imprinted on
\ntheir souls as a part of their very nature with which they are created.
\nIn the seventh chapter of the Qur\u2019an (Al-A\u2019raaf, verses 172-173), God explained that when He
\ncreated Adam He caused all of Adam\u2019s descendants to come into existence and He took a
\npledge from them saying:
\nPage 6 of 7
\n\u201c\u2018Am I not your Lord?\u2019 To which they all replied,
\n\u2018Yes, we testify to it\u2019\u201d
\nAllah then explained why He had all of mankind bear witness that He is their creator and the
\nonly true God worthy of worship. He said:
\n\u201cThat was in case you (mankind) should say on the
\nday of Resurrection, \u2018Verily we were unaware of all
\nthis\u2019\u201d [Qur\u2019an 7:172]
\nThat is to say, we cannot claim on that day that we had no idea that Allah, was our God and
\nthat no one told us that we were only supposed to worship Allah alone. Allah went on to further
\nexplain that:
\n\u201cIt was also in case you should say, \u2018Certainly it was
\nour ancestors who made partners (with Allah) and we
\nare only their descendants; will you then destroy us
\nfor what those liars did?\u2019\u201d [Qur\u2019an 7:173]
\nThus, every child is born with a natural belief in God and an in-born inclination to worship
\nHim alone. This in-born belief and inclination is called in Arabic the \u201cFitrah\u201c.
\nThe Prophet Muhammad reported that Allah said, \u201cI created my servants in the right
\nreligion, but devils made them go astray.\u201d The Prophet also said, \u201cEach child is born in a
\nstate of Fitrah. Then his parents make him a Jew, Christian or a Zoroastrian.\u201d If the child
\nwere left alone, he would worship God in his own way, but all children are affected by the
\nenvironment. So, just as the child submits to the physical laws, which Allah has imposed on
\nnature, in the same way his soul also submits naturally to the fact that Allah is his Lord and
\nCreator. But, if his parents try to make him follow a different path, the child is not strong
\nenough in the early stages of his life to resist or oppose the will of his parents. In such cases,
\nthe religion, which the child follows, is one of custom and upbringing, and God does not hold
\nhim to account or punish him for his religion up to a certain stage of his life.
\nThe Signs Of God
\nThroughout people\u2019s lives, from childhood until the time they die, signs of the one and only
\ntrue God are shown to them in all regions of the earth and in their own souls, until it becomes
\nclear that there is only one true God (Allah). God says in the Qur\u2019an:
\n\u201cWe will show them our signs In the furthest regions
\n(of the earth) and in their souls, until it becomes
\nclear to them that this is the truth.\u201d [Qur\u2019an 41:53]
\nThe following is an example of God revealing by a sign to one man the error of his idol-worship.
\nIn the south-eastern region of the Amazon jungle in Brazil, South America, a primitive tribe
\nerected a new hut to house their man-idol Skwatch, representing the supreme God of all
\ncreation. The following day a young man entered the hut to pay homage to the God, and while
\nhe was in prostration to what he had been taught was his Creator and Sustainer, a mangy old
\nflea-ridden dog slunk into the hut. The young man looked up in time to see the dog lift his hind
\nleg and pass urine on the idol.
\nOutraged, the youth chased the dog out of the temple; but when his rage died down he realized
\nthat the idol could not be the Lord of the Universe. God must be elsewhere, he concluded. As
\nstrange as it may seem, the dog urinated on the idol was a sign from God for that young man.
\nThis sign contained the divine message that what he was worshipping was false. It liberated
\nfrom slavishly following his traditionally learned worship of a false god. As a result, this man
\nwas given a choice: either to seek the true god or to continue in the error of his ways.
\nAllah mentions Prophet Abraham\u2019s quest for God as an example of how those who follow His
\nsigns will be rightly guided:
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\n\u201cSo also did we show Abraham the power and the
\nLaws of the heavens and the earth that he might
\n(with understanding) have certitude. When the night
\ncovered him over, he saw a star. He said: \u2018This is my
\nLord.\u2019 But when it set, he said: \u2018I love not those that
\nset\u2019 When he saw the moon rising in splendor, he
\nsaid: \u2018This is my Lord.\u2019 But when the moon set, he
\nsaid: \u2018Unless my Lord guide me, I shall surely be
\namong those who go astray.\u2019 When he saw the rising
\nsun in splendor, he said: \u2018This is my Lord this is the
\ngreatest (of all).\u2019 But when the sun set, he said; \u2018O
\nmy people I am indeed free from your (guilt) of giving
\npartners to Allah. For me, I have set my face, firmly
\nand truly, towards Him who created the heavens and
\nthe earth, and never shall I give partners to Allah\u201d
\n[Qur\u2019an 6:75-79]
\nAs was mentioned earlier, prophets have been sent to every nation and tribe to support man\u2019s
\nnatural belief in God and man\u2019s in-born inclination to worship Him, as well as to reinforce the
\ndivine truth in the daily signs revealed by God. Although much of these prophets\u2019 teachings
\nbecame distorted, portions revealing their God-inspired messages have remained untainted and
\nhave served to guide mankind in the choice between right and wrong. The influence of Godinspired messages down through the ages can be seen in the \u201cTen Commandments\u201d of
\nJudaism\u2019s Torah which were later adopted into Christianity\u2019s teachings, as well as in the
\nexistence of laws against murder, stealing and adultery in most societies throughout the
\nancient and modern world.
\nAs a result of God\u2019s signs to mankind through the ages combined with His revelation through
\nHis prophets, all mankind has been given a chance to recognize the one only true God.
\nConsequently, every soul will be held accountable for its belief in God and its acceptance of the
\ntrue religion of God, namely Islam, which means total submission to the will of Allah.
\nConclusion
\nThe preceding presentation has demonstrated that the name of the religion of Islam expresses
\nIslam\u2019s most central principle, submission to God, and that the name \u201cIslam\u201d was chosen not
\nby man, but by God, according to the holy scriptures of Islam. It has also been shown that
\nIslam alone teaches the uniqueness of God and His attributes and enjoins the worship of God
\nalone without intermediaries. Finally, due to the divinely instilled inclination of man to worship
\nGod and the signs revealed by God throughout the ages to each individual, Islam may be
\nachieved by all men at all times.
\nIn short, the significance of the name Islam (submission to God), Islam\u2019s fundamental
\nacknowledgment of the uniqueness of God and Islam\u2019s accessibility to all mankind at all times
\nconvincingly support Islam\u2019s claim that from the beginning of time in whatever language it was
\nexpressed, Islam alone has been, and will be the true religion of God.
\nIn conclusion we ask Allah, the exalted, to keep us on the right path to which He has guided
\nus, and to bestow on us His blessings and mercy, for He is indeed the Most Merciful. Praise be
\nto Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and peace and blessings be on prophet Muhammad and on all
\nthe prophets of God and their righteous followers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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