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The Fundamental Concepts of Islam

Posted by theislamicsite on April 15, 2012  |  No Comments

Islam is the religion known to be the complete guidance for the mankind. It provides a way of action for all of the activities for every human being. It has introduced the concept of no hierarchy of priests and a direct interaction between ALLAH and the human beings. Following concepts are known to be the roots of Islam;
• Oneness of Allah (Toheed)
o Toheed is declared to be the basic term for someone to accept Islam as his religion. It provides complete acceptance of ALLAH as the sole and the perfect Creator of the whole of the universe. It means to have faith in the concept that He (ALLAH) is the Originator of all causes and effects and He is the only One on whom there can be no effects. He is the One to live forever without any colleagues of partners. No one in the universe created by Him is able to understand His real state because it is more likely to lead his efforts to go useless and the one trying to do so may reach the state of insanity himself. There is no chance of existence of a doubt in any sane mind that He is present all the time and on all the places. His existence has been proven both scientifically and philosophically. Due to the oneness of ALLAH there can be no one in this world who can define Him. As He is beyond the limited perception capabilities of human mind, it would be wrong to give an appearance or a representation for Him. Being the Almighty creator his creations are matchless and nothing in this universe can be titled as imperfect.
• Justice (Adl)
o This concept is somehow related to the concept of Toheed which means to have faith in ALLAH being Just. This part of Toheed relates to the belief that everyone in this universe will be rewarded or punished in accordance with his deeds. This faith gives existence to the idea of destiny where all the judgments are to be made by ALLAH and no one else.
• Prophet Hood (Nabuwat)
o The concept of Nabuwat relates to having belief in Prophets (Peace Be upon Them) sent by ALLAH, these prophets (PBUT) shine among all other human beings to whom they are appointed for guidance. All of the Prophets (PBUT) sent by ALLAH; are meant to be sinless and perfect. The concept of Prophet Hood includes the faith in Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him) to be the last prophet sent by ALLAH and there is no other Prophet to come after him. The total number of prophets (PBUT) sent to the human kind are approximately 124,000 and every single nation on the earth was guided through them. When we consider any religion in existence on the earth, we will find its roots coming from any of these divinely gifted teachers being the messengers of the truth of Almighty ALLAH. If we consider the family tree of all the Prophets sent by ALLAH, we will come to realize that all of them belong to the same family tree. In case of a number of Prophets the Holy Qur’an has addressed their mission on earth.