From the perspective of humankind, the question “Why did God create man?” implies “For what purpose was man created?” In the final revelation (the Quran), this question is answered without
What is the Quran?
The Quran is the final revelation of Allah to all of mankind, which was spoken by Allah the Exalted Himself and conveyed through the Arch-Angel Gabriel in Arabic to the
Lara Slack Razi, Ex Christian
I took the Shahadah on September 20, 1991. If you had told me 5 years prior that I would embrace Islam, I never would have believed you. In retrospect, Allah’s
Christianity past and present, By Jerald Dirks
The origin of Christianity is like that of other Divine revelations such as the messages of Noah, Abraham and Moses. Every Divinely revealed message is unanimous in its fundamental religious
Dr. Wilfried Hofmann, Socialist and diplomat, Germany
Dr. Hofmann, who accepted Islam in 1980, was born as a Catholic in Germany in 1931. He graduated from Union College in New York and completed his legal studies at
Gender equity in Islam, By Dr. Jamal Badawi
The spiritual aspect 1. According to the Quran, men and women have the same spiritual human nature: “O mankind: Reverence your Guardian-Lord Who created you from a single person created
Josh Hasan, Ex Jew, USA
I did not have to be a Muslim. Maybe. I could have been a Hindu, worshipping 14,321 gods and goddesses, such as a goddess for my neighbor’s dog, another for
“It was the genius of Muhammad, the spirit that he breathed into the Arabs through the soul of Islam that exalted them. That raised them out of the lethargy and low level of tribal stagnation up to the high watermark of national unity and empire. It was in the sublimity of Muhammad's deism, the simplicity, the sobriety and purity it inculcated the fidelity of its founder to his own tenets, that acted on their moral and intellectual fiber with all the magnetism of true inspiration.”
'Islam, Her Moral and Spiritual Values'
The word 'Messiah' comes from the Arabic and Hebrew word 'masaha', which means to rub, to massage, to anoint. The religious significance is "the one who is anointed" - priests and kings were anointed in consecration to their offices. Messiah translated Christ does not mean God. Even the heathen Cyrus is called 'Christ' in the Bible. (Isaiah 45:1)