Islam and Other Faiths

By Ijaz Chaudry

This book consists of twenty articles covering world’s major religions including Atheism and comparing these religions with Islam at a glance. This book would benefit all those who are in search of truth and those who are trying to discover religion and are not sure which religion will suffice their needs. Also this book will help people who are trying to find God but do not know enough about religions of the world and why they would choose Islam as religion of their choice. For those who are from different religion to Islam this book will answer any questions they might have regarding difference between their religion and Islam. Indeed this book is an excellent primer or precursor for those who would like to find more about Islam. Islam is an Arabic word meaning submission and Islam is the oldest religion of the world, the first Muslim was Adam and all the prophets and messengers who came after him were also Muslims or Submitters. This book would interest scholars and layman alike.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Sep 29, 2013
• ISBN: 9781291576047

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Islam and Other Faiths

Islam and Other Faiths review by Cara Sikkema

This book helped me see the truth within religions around the world today. The fact that religions have stemmed from the original religion, Islam, makes it clear why there are connections between them. I was not aware of how many religions there are in the world, where they originated from, if they are based on a scripture, faith, or a way of life, and whether there is evidence of these religions being from God. It is great that the author compares the similarities between Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism to Islam and the differences between them, reaching both points of view. There is a separate article for each of the 20 religions mentioned in this book so it is easy for believers from other faiths to read and follow.

I highly recommend people from all religions to read this book as it gives a great insight into the foundations of each belief. The sole intention is to find truth, therefore it is important to have an understanding of religion as a whole, and by studying each religion the truth becomes apparent. For those who are genuinely interested in seeking the reality of religion, this book is the guidance you need and the stepping stone to finding the truth.

A message to all believers

Islam is easy religion to follow, as long as someone leads a clean life and have good intentions that person is potentially a believer. Islam does not distinguish between, race and creed; anyone from any religion could be a believer. The only main criterion required in Islam is to submit to God alone.

All believers are invited to join the true Islam and contribute in any way they can, and I am not talking about money, I am talking about literary contributions, like coding or better understanding of the Quran. Even if you do not have anything to contribute, but this book makes sense to you and you would like to learn more, please contact us, because amongst us we can help each other to better understanding of Islam and it would be our pleasure by knowing you.

If you are sincere believer and you want to have a say than join us, just email me on; [e-mail] and be part of history in making.

Islam & Other Faiths

Introduction;

Islam & Other Faiths are set of 19 articles illustrating the similarities and dissimilarities between all the major religions of the world as regards to Islam.  There is also included an article about Atheism and how Islam answer their objections regarding world religions thus, the total number of articles sum up to 20.

Very few people know that Islam is the first religion of the world.  The first recipient of Islam was Adam who was sent as a prophet.  In those days belief in God was sufficient to be a believer; later Abraham gave the name Islam to this religion and brought the rights of Islam as practiced today by Muslims with the leave of God.  Islam captures all flavours of belief from Adam to Muhammad and onwards.  Since Adam’s religion was belief in God the minimum requirements of salvation are also believing in God and the Last Day and leading a righteous life, however for more reverent practices of Islam are there, the intention of belief, the five daily prayers called Salat, obligatory charity called Zakat, Fasting in the month of Ramadan, and once in a life time pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

The reason for these, articles are manifold which include to educate the people, to introduce Islam to one of those who belong to these 19 major religions of the world from within their own environment .e.g. a Buddhist, might read Buddhist article and find out what is common in Islam and Buddhism and relate to Islam in that way, for the ones who are Muslim’s it is an opportunity to look at other religions and learn Islamic point of view as regards to other religions and to find out Islam being the oldest religion in the World, how might have other religions started based on Islam, or these articles might help someone who is looking for truth and finding God but is unsure which religion to follow, for him to look at all religions and compare them on one site and then make up mind what to follow with least effort which is really invaluable.

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Minimum Requirements For Salvation

[5:69]  Surely, those who believe, those who are Jewish, the converts, and the Christians; any of them who (1) believe in GOD and (2) believe in the Last Day, and (3) lead a righteous life, have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.

Within these articles references are made to the material found in www.bbc.co.uk/religions site.  This is done under the Section 110 (5) of the Copyright Act 1976).  Lot of care has been taken to leave the reference original and minimize the amount of material taken.

According to the Fair Use Doctrine (Section 110 (5) of the Copyright Act of 1976), it is allowable to use limited portions of a copyrighted item for works such as commentary, news reporting, academic reports, and the like. But you still have to give credit. You cannot claim the work as yours. You must cite where it came from.

Atheism & Islam at a Glance

Difference between Atheism and Islam, Islamic point of view;

Atheism;

Atheists are people who believe that god or gods (or other supernatural beings) are man-made constructs, myths and legends or who believe that these concepts are not meaningful. Many people are atheists because they think there is no evidence for God's existence - or at least no reliable evidence. They argue that a person should only believe in things for which they have good evidence

Islam;

The holy book of Islam the Quran (The Final Testament) has mathematical proof beyond any doubt that this book is revelations from God through angel Gabriel to Muhammad over 1400 years ago.  This mathematical structure was found with the help of the computers by a eminent scientist called Dr. Rashad Khalifa in United States of America in mid to late 20th century.  This structure is simple to understand but impossible to imitate.  No other human made book has or ever had the same or similar structure.  Following are few simple facts about this structure;

The first verse (1:1) consists of 19 letters

The Quran consists of 114 chapters which is 19 x 6

The total number of verses in the Quran is 6346 or 19 x 334

The last revelation chapter 110 consists of 19 words (Quran was revealed in different sequence than what it is today)

The first verse of the last revelation (110:1) consists of 19 letters

These were few examples of simple mathematical facts, there are more complex codes  which require computers to validate one such code is that when you concatenate the Quran in this order by putting the chapter number and its verses side by side and continue doing this for the whole Quran, starting from the first chapter and ending in the last we get a number which is 1/2 a mile long this number is completely multiple of 19, not only that when you count its digits the total number of digits is also multiple of 19.  These codes were found by Dr. Rashad Khalifa there has been much work done after him by me.  The new research has produced phenomenon which enhances the power of the Miracle of the Quran and has refined it so that it could be applied outside the entity of the Quran.  However, due to the brief nature of this article these codes are out of scope.  However, the methodology of the application of these codes are found within this web site with many examples please do read.

Atheism;

Atheists don't use God to explain the existence of the universe. Atheists argue that because everything in the universe can be explained in a satisfactory way without using God as part of the explanation, then there is no point in saying that God exists

Islam;

Islam confirms that the Universe and all creation was created by the Lord of the Heavens and Earth;

The Big Bang Theory Confirmed

[21:30]  Do the unbelievers not realize that the heaven and the earth used to be one solid mass that we exploded into existence? And from water we made all living things. Would they believe?

[21:31]  And we placed on earth stabilizers, lest it tumbles with them, and we placed straight roads therein, that they may be guided.

The Ozone Layer plus more

[21:32]  And we rendered the sky a guarded ceiling. Yet, they are totally oblivious to all the portents therein.

[21:33]  And He is the One who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each floating in its own orbit.

As for believing that the Universe was formed by accident is like believing that a Unabridged Dictionary will result from a explosion in a printing factory.  I would just like to add that there are many things in modern science which have not been explained fully, these include the creation of the Universe, the dualism in the Quantum theory and of course the difference between laws of motion from Newton to the laws of Relativity by Einstein.   All these mentioned have not been proven beyond doubt, which in turn signifies the presence of God who is controlling the laws of the nature.

Atheism;

They think that religion is nonsensical

Islam;

Knowing about where we came from, and where we will go after we die are important issues which one should know about.  Islam is a avenue to do that.  Islam also clarifies the things which should be prohibited and things which should not prohibited.  This maintains once life in balance.  Islam also shows way to Heaven which makes life in this world less important which in turn makes oneself less greedy for material things and makes oneself more spiritual which in turn brings in humanity and humbleness.  But most important of all Muslims are asked to kill their egos and worship God alone.  This is very important because God is goodness and He is the all powerful and all knowing, by worshiping Him, we seek His help, and He provides the believers with happiness.  One might be a billionaire and still be unhappy, thus being happy in this world and the Hereafter is the utmost treasure which is guaranteed for the believers;

Happiness: Now and Forever

[10:62]  Absolutely, GOD's allies have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.

[10:63]  They are those who believe and lead a righteous life.

[10:64]  For them, joy and happiness in this world, as well as in the Hereafter. This is GOD's unchangeable law. Such is the greatest triumph.

I do not see any nonsense in Islam do you?

Atheism;

They once had a religion and have lost faith in it

Islam;

I do understand what Atheist mean by this comment.  The reason for them losing faith in their religion is because all religions are corrupt and based on hearsay.  Thus for a intellectual person it is very hard to believe what does not make sense.  Islam today has been disfigured beyond recognition.  Islam today is more like paganism then Islam.  Today's Muslims follow 6 century laws of ignorance falsely claiming them to be the laws of Islam.  We know from the Quran that Muhammad never associated with these laws and that they are man made.  Islam is the oldest religion in the world.  The first Muslim was Adam and after him there were many prophets and messengers send to us.  Each messenger came with the same message, worship God alone, Christian choose to worship Christ and Muslims choose to worship Muhammad.  Both these messengers never advocated this;

[3:79]  Never would a human being whom GOD blessed with the scripture and prophet hood say to the people, Idolize me beside GOD. Instead, (he would say), Devote yourselves absolutely to your Lord alone, according to the scripture you preach and the teachings you learn.

Today we are blessed with the Quran, which is kept in its original form full of wisdom and mercy.  Also I am blessed with messenger ship.  My message is from the Quran Alone to