what is Islam

What is Islam?
The Message of Islam can be briefly stated in the following three topics: Principles, Forms of Worship and Standards of Behavior.

(I) - Principles:
There is a collection of principles in Islam that one has to accept to be a Muslim. The most important among them are:

(1) - This material world is not the be-all of existence, and this worldly life is only a stage of our existence.

(2) - Man existed even before he was born and will continue to exist after death: He did not create himself but he has been created before he knew himself.

(3) - The inanimate objects around him did not create him because he is a rational being whereas they are not.

(4) - Everything in this universe has bean created from nothingness by one God, Allah the Almighty.

(5) - Allah (God), Glory Be To Him, is the only One Who grants life and causes
death. It is He who has created everything, and if He wishes He will destroy and obliterate it.

(6) - Allah (God), Glory Be To Him, has no resemblance with any of His creation. He is the infinitely pre-existent, the eternal, the omnipotent and the omniscient.

(7) - He is fully just and His justice cannot be assessed on the norms of human justice.

( - It is He Who has laid down the rules, which we call the laws of nature.

(9) - He has created everything according to a well-defined measure since eternity, consistency and inconsistency that take place in animate and inanimate beings have been clearly defined and demarcated.

(10) - Man has been bestowed with the power of intellect with which he can think and decide on whatever matters that are subject to his disposal. Likewise he has been granted the power of reasoning with which he can make his own choice, and will-power by which he can achieve what he wants.

(11) - Allah, Glory Be To Him, has created an eternal life beyond this temporary life, wherein the good-doers will be rewarded with a life in paradise and the evil-doers will punished in the Hell-fire.