Why You should consider Islam

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Why Should You Consider Islam as a Religion for You?
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Here are just a few reasons:

Does that sound surprising? Not if you take a moment to first understand what is meant by "Muslim." The word "Muslim" refers to anyone who submits his or her will to the one true God. All the planets, stars and galaxies are in this sense Muslims because they follow the course designed for them by their creator, God. They do not deviate from that. All babies, too, are born in a pure, natural state. They know no sin. They do not have the capacity to differentiate between good and bad. Therefore they cannot be said to commit willful disobedience to God. In this sense, all babies are Muslims. You, too, were born a Muslim.

2. Islam is the religion taught by Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad (Peace be upon them all.

This too seems surprising at first. But it is true. All prophets and messengers of God taught the same religion. God gave us one religion; people made it into many religions. The one true religion as taught by all prophets is based on the worship of the one true God.

Listen then, Israel: Yahweh our God is the one, the only Yahweh. (Deuteronomy 6:4, The New Jerusalem Bible)

It is Yahweh our God, Yahweh alone. When Jesus (peace be upon him) was asked which is the first of all the commandments he replied:

This is the first: Listen, Israel, the lord our God is the one, only Lord . . . (Mark 12: 28-29)

Similarly, the Qur'an revealed to the last of the prophets Muhammad (peace, and the blessings of God, be upon him) says:

Your God is One God; there is no God save Him, the Beneficent, the Merciful. (Qur'an 2:163)

This should not sound surprising to anyone. God will accept only the religion that He revealed through His prophets and messengers. That religion is based on belief in the one true God. That religion is called Islam. God says:

And whoever seeks as religion other than the Surrender (to Allah) it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the Hereafter. (Qur'an 3:85; the Arabic word translated "Surrender" is "Islam")

Whoever affirms with a true heart that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger, Allah has forbidden Hell Fire for such a person.

What is important here is not mere lip service to the affirmation, but true heart-felt acceptance of God's commands, and the example of His noble Messenger.

Some people feel it is pointless to go into an endless search to find the true religion of God. But, as you can see from this brochure, many have found that the search is not endless, and it will cost you nothing to compare Islam with what you already know.