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Islam. There is no God but God. One-fifth of the world now belongs to the religion of Islam. Their creed is simple…. “There is no god but God, and Muhammad is his Messenger.”. Tenets of Islam. Original path of monotheism Traced to Abraham like Judaism and Christianity
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Islam There is no God but God www.OneWorldInsight.com
One-fifth of the world now belongs to the religion of Islam. Their creed is simple… “There is no god but God, and Muhammad is his Messenger.” www.OneWorldInsight.com
Tenets of Islam • Original path of monotheism • Traced to Abraham like Judaism and Christianity • “Islam” means surrender to God • Muslims believe like the Torah and the Bible, the Qur’an, is the word of God • The Five Pillars www.OneWorldInsight.com
The Five Pillars • Belief & Witness – (the Shahadah) • Daily prayers – five times • Almsgiving – percentage to the poor • Fasting – daylight during Ramadan • Hajj – pilgrimage to Mecca www.OneWorldInsight.com
The Story of Muhammad www.OneWorldInsight.com
Sayings of Muhammad “An hour of contemplation is better than a year of prayer.” www.OneWorldInsight.com
Sayings of Muhammad “The signs of misfortune lie in four conditions: eyes that have never experienced tears, a heart that is cruel and hard, long chains of desires that never end, and wishing for an extremely prolonged life.” www.OneWorldInsight.com
Sayings of Muhammad “There are as many ways to God as there are created souls.” www.OneWorldInsight.com
Muhammad & the Qur’an • Muhammad was born in 570 A.D. in Mecca • In the Cave of Hira, he received his first revelation from the angel Gabriel in 610 CE. • In 620, he left Mecca for Medina. This date marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar. • By the time he died in 632, Islam was a thriving religion. • The revelations he received were compiled into the Qur’an after his death. www.OneWorldInsight.com
Muhammad Preaching “Revelation sometimes comes like the sound of a bell; that is the most painful way. When it ceases I have remembered what was said. Sometimes it is an angel who talks to me like a human, and I remember what he says.” www.OneWorldInsight.com
“The Qu’ran taught that the Jews and Christians had distorted the pure monotheism of Abraham; Muhammad had been sent to restore and supplement the teachings of the apostles and prophets.” www.OneWorldInsight.com
A Revolutionary Idea… As the multi-cultural , multi-racial embrace of Islam evolved, the Prophet declared that the community of the faithful was more important than the older tribal identities that had divided people. The new ideal was a global family, under God.. www.OneWorldInsight.com
According to the Qur’an, the mission of Islam is to reform society and to actively combat oppression and corruption. Muhamnmad said, “The best Islam is that you feed the hungry and spread peace among people you know and those you do not know.” www.OneWorldInsight.com
The Qur’an • Dictated to a scribe over 23 years • “Weep when you recite them…” • Divided into 114 chapters (suras) • Many stories from Jewish and Christian histories • Multiple levels of meaning www.OneWorldInsight.com
Three Levels…“O thou wrapped up/ In a mantle/Arise and deliver thy warning!” • 1 – go forth boldly and speak • 2 – every good man should speak boldly when his time comes • 3 – give up the outward wrappings and look to the inward purity, and then boldly proclaim itself www.OneWorldInsight.com
Belief in the prophets is a cornerstone of Islam • Ishmael - Isaac - Jacob • Joseph - Job - Moses • Aaron - David - Solomon • Adam - Noah - Abraham • Jonah - John - Jesus www.OneWorldInsight.com
Islam Today • Fastest growing and second largest religion in the world • 20% of the world’s population makes up 1.2 billion Muslims • 43 countries with Muslim majorities www.OneWorldInsight.com
Large Muslim Populations • Indonesia – 183 million • Pakistan – 134 million • India – 121 million • Iran – 62 million • United States – 7 million (but fastest growing religion) • Majority of Arabs in US are not Muslims www.OneWorldInsight.com
The Shahadah(only one Absolute Reality) 90% of Muslim theology deals with the implications of the unity of God. Allah is the name that encompasses all the many attributes. www.OneWorldInsight.com
No One Chosen People Islam states there are no chosen people because… “all are invited into a direct relationship with God.” www.OneWorldInsight.com
Islam honors all religions “Say ye; We believe In God, and the revelation Given to us, and to Abraham, Isma’il, 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 on and another of them: And we bow to God in surrender.” www.OneWorldInsight.com
Shirk – associating divine qualities to anyone but God Kufr– ungratefulness to God, unbelief, or atheism. Two Major Sins www.OneWorldInsight.com
Satan & Hell According to the Qur’an, Satan is a non-submissive being. Those who fall prey to Satan’s devices will go to hell. www.OneWorldInsight.com
Heaven “There will be castles, couches, fruits, sweetmeats, honey, beautiful virgin women, and immortal youths serving goblets and golden platters.” www.OneWorldInsight.com
Suni are 80% Traditional elected caliph Respect the Shari’ah laws of the community Shi’a are 20% Follow bloodline of Muhammad for leaders called the Imam Sunni-Shi’a Split www.OneWorldInsight.com
A True Jihad A true Jihad is the internal fight between wrong and right, error and truth, selfishness and selflessness, hardness of heart and all-embracing love. The Prophet Muhammad said “…the preferred jihad is a truth spoken in the presence of a tyrant.” www.OneWorldInsight.com
Mysticism of the Sufis www.OneWorldInsight.com
After Muhammad… “The position adopted by the successive luminaries who followed Muhammad was to affirm the belief in reincarnation but not to propagate it as a teaching for the masses…. The emphasis in Islamic teachings has throughout been on the purity of action.” Reincarnation Phoenix Fire Mystery, Head & Cranston, page 166 www.OneWorldInsight.com
Whirling Dervishes www.OneWorldInsight.com
Well Known Sufis • Rumi – author & mystic • Dante - • Raymond Lully • Paracelsus • Thomas Aquinas • Roger Bacon www.OneWorldInsight.com
Nasrudin www.OneWorldInsight.com
Nasrudin, your donkey has disappeared! Thank goodness I wasn’t on it, or I would have disappeared too! www.OneWorldInsight.com
Nasrudin agrees to be a judge in a legal dispute. He hears the plaintiff and says, “You are right.” He then hears the defendant and says, “You are right.” Everyone complains and says everyone can’t be right. Nasrudin says, “You are right!” www.OneWorldInsight.com
One evening people saw Nasrudin under a street lamp looking all over the ground for his keys. Soon people gathered around to help him. Finally, someone asked where he last saw his keys. He said it was way over there in the darkness, but it was easier to look here under the street lamp. www.OneWorldInsight.com
“I died as mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I was man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying? Yet once more I shall die as man, to soar with angels blest; But even from angelhood I must pass on…” Rumi www.OneWorldInsight.com
Meher Baba www.OneWorldInsight.com
A Review of The Five Pillars • Belief & Witness – the Shahada • Daily Prayers – five times a day • Almsgiving – Zakat • Fasting – during Ramadan • Pilgrimage to Mecca - Hajj www.OneWorldInsight.com
