This is a quick introduction to Islam and some of the reasons why I believe it is
the truth:
Allah is one. He is perfect, most powerful, most merciful, knows everything,
eternal. Allah is independent and everything is dependant on him. He is the creator
not the creation. There is nothing like him. He does not have children, neither
does he have parents. He does not have a gender, he is not a man or a woman. He is
not a man that he is going to feel hungry, thirsty or need to go the toilet or
require to go to sleep and rest, he is above all of this.
This great creator did not leave us alone without guidance or purpose. Adam was the
first man and prophet of God and God appointed messengers throughout history, for
example Abraham, Moses who was given the Torah, Jesus who was given the Injil etc.
God gave the same core message to all these prophets to the community they were
sent to: to worship God alone without any partners and to follow the messenger of
your time. However these messengers were only sent to a specific community at a
specific time. The revelation that was given to these messengers are lost or
corrupted by men. God appointed Muhammad as the final messenger with the same core
message as all these other prophets and was given the final revelation called the
Quran. Since this is the final message, this scripture is for the whole of mankind
unlike the previous prophets who were only sent to their community during a
specific time. All prophets were righteous people and were given miracles to prove
that they are messengers of God.
Prophet Muhammad's main miracle is the Quran, you can verify this miracle unlike
miracles that were given to previous prophets as you were not there to witness it.
The Quran is the only preserved scripture that claims to be from God and prophet
Muhammad is the only messenger to claim to have come for the whole world. When the
Quran was first revealed to Muhammad from God, he memorized it and so did his
companions. Today alone, we have millions of muslims that have memorized the whole
Quran. We have kids as young as 6 that have memorized the whole Quran. Allah even
says in the Quran that he has made this revelation easy to be memorized and Allah
even promises in the Quran that he will preserve and protect the Quran. If we were
to throw all the religious scriptures in the ocean, the only book we can bring back
is the Quran because we have it memorized by millions of muslims. I would challenge
anyone to find me just one christian that has memorized their Bible in its original
language. We also have manuscripts that have been radiocarbon dated to the time
that Muhammad was alive. For example, "the Birmingham Quran manuscript" that was
recently discovered in the last decade in the university of Birmingham in England.
Allah gives falsification tests. Allah says in the Quran that if you believe that
the Quran is from other than the one true God then produce a book like it. This is
known as the linguistic miracle of the Quran that can not be imitated by a human.
1400 years have passed and no one has been able to meet this challenge.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n-
flvFktgzU&pp=ygUnTGluZ3Vpc3RpYyBtaXJhY2xlIHF1cmFuIG11c2xpbSBsYW50ZXJu
Allah also says that if you think the Quran is from other than the one true God
then you should be able to find within it contradictions.
Islam gives the best way of life and I challenge anyone to give a better way of
life. For example, it prohibits the poisons that are destroying individuals,
families and communities: gambling, alcohol, drugs, sexual immorality,
prostitution, pornography, interest dealings etc. We have politicians educated at
the best university possible but they can not provide guidance and a way of life
better than an illiterate man 1400 years ago that has solutions to the poisons that
are destroying societies today and instead encourage it and profit out of them.
The Quran contains knowledge that could not have been known such as scientific
facts, historical facts and prophecies. To suggest the the facts mentioned in the
Quran is a coincidence when it has been demonstrated to be correct over and over
again is absurd and delusional. Also, if the Quran copied from the Bible then how
was it able to correct the historical mistakes the Bible makes? To say that the
Quran copied from the Greeks is also absurd because there are things that the
Greeks were wrong about which the Quran gets right. Also if it copied from the
Greeks then it would have copied the the things that they got wrong too but that is
not the case. For some examples, go to minute 21:40 of this video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7HhWSHopwFc&pp=ygUVTXVzbGltIGxhbnRlcm4gYWZnaGFu
We can also study the life of prophet Muhammad and can rule out that he was crazy,
liar, delusional, deceived and therefore the only possible explanation remaining is
that he has indeed who he claim to be, the final messenger of God. The authentic
sayings and teachings of Muhammad (hadiths) is also more preserved than any history
book due to the way it has been preserved. https://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=dWwbHO5Owpc&pp=ygUWTXVzbGltIGxhbnRlcm4gaGFkaXRocw%3D%3D
Islam is simple, makes sense and it fits in with your natural
inclination/disposition that you were born with. For example, one great creator
that did not leave us alone without guidance or purpose and sent messengers with
the same core message . He does not switch up the message and confuse people. He is
not racist or ethnocentric where he believes that you have to be born from a
particular tribe or nation to be saved or to receive guidance. He does not punish
someone unless the message has been sent to them through messengers and prophets.
Everyone is born sinless, a kid is not held accountable for his actions until he
reaches the age of maturity, neither is a person who is mentally insane and not
aware of his actions. The main beliefs in Islam is to believe in the one true God,
his angels, his messengers, revelation that was given to these messengers, destiny,
day of judgement and life after death. Allah warns us about eternal hellfire and
gives us glad tidings of the opportunity to live eternally in paradise by
worshiping him alone without any partners and following and obeying the messenger
of your time. Islam is simply the submission of will to the one true God, a person
who does this is called a muslim.
This is an example of a youtube channel that you can watch to learn more about
Islam and how it compares to other religions such as atheism, christianity etc:
https://m.youtube.com/@TheMuslimLantern/videos
