iman islam
2009-05-23 10:54:20 UTC
What Is The Basic Concept of Islam?
Islam teaches us that this life is a life of worship. We are placed on
this earth in order to worship Allah and obey His command. During this
earthly life we are subjected to a series of trials. We have the
option of enduring these trials and conforming to certain laws, and
our reward will be great in the next life, or we may decline to endure
these trials and choose to not conform to the law, then we will be
made to regret it in the next life.
Each person will be solely and completely responsible for their own
final reward. We are also told that God has designed these laws to
make this life a better, safer, and more tolerable one for us. If we
elect to conform to them then we will see the result in this life even
before moving on to the next.
We are told that the earthly life is a life of faith and work, and the
next life is one of reward and no work. We have been placed on this
earth to worship God, fast, pray, be industrious, good, kind,
respectful, and a source of uprightness and morality. We are told that
God has no need of our worship. Our worship can not increase the
kingdom of God nor add to His power, however, it is in our best
interests both in this life and the next that we do.
Unlike some other religions which claim that God entered in a covenant
with a certain group of people and that this group is genetically
better than all other human beings, or closer to God, Islam on the
other hand teaches that no color, race, tribe, or lineage is better
than any other. Islam teaches that all humans are equal in the sight
of Allah and that the only thing that can distinguish them in His
sight is their piety and worship.
"O humankind! Verily! We have created you from a male and female, and
have made you nations and tribes that you may know one another.
Verily! the noblest among you in the sight of Allah is the most God-
fearing. Verily! Allah is The Knower, The Aware." The noble Qur’an, Al-
Hujrat(49):13.
Islam teaches us that this life is a life of worship. We are placed on
this earth in order to worship Allah and obey His command. During this
earthly life we are subjected to a series of trials. We have the
option of enduring these trials and conforming to certain laws, and
our reward will be great in the next life, or we may decline to endure
these trials and choose to not conform to the law, then we will be
made to regret it in the next life.
Each person will be solely and completely responsible for their own
final reward. We are also told that God has designed these laws to
make this life a better, safer, and more tolerable one for us. If we
elect to conform to them then we will see the result in this life even
before moving on to the next.
We are told that the earthly life is a life of faith and work, and the
next life is one of reward and no work. We have been placed on this
earth to worship God, fast, pray, be industrious, good, kind,
respectful, and a source of uprightness and morality. We are told that
God has no need of our worship. Our worship can not increase the
kingdom of God nor add to His power, however, it is in our best
interests both in this life and the next that we do.
Unlike some other religions which claim that God entered in a covenant
with a certain group of people and that this group is genetically
better than all other human beings, or closer to God, Islam on the
other hand teaches that no color, race, tribe, or lineage is better
than any other. Islam teaches that all humans are equal in the sight
of Allah and that the only thing that can distinguish them in His
sight is their piety and worship.
"O humankind! Verily! We have created you from a male and female, and
have made you nations and tribes that you may know one another.
Verily! the noblest among you in the sight of Allah is the most God-
fearing. Verily! Allah is The Knower, The Aware." The noble Qur’an, Al-
Hujrat(49):13.