Assalamualaikum !
Have you been interested in Islam or just wanting to
understand the basics of it, but you are not really sure where to start or who
to ask?
This is a quick little Q&A to help you out ♥
1. What is Islam?
Islam is a way of life.
The word ‘Islam’ means to be in ‘submission’ or to
‘surrender’ to God. Therefore the word Islam is not a noun, it is actually a
verb! Anyone who ‘surrenders to God’ is seen as practicing Islam ♥
2. What is a Muslim?
The word ‘Muslim’ means ‘one who submits to God’ ♥
It is an
adjective describing the person who practices Islam (ie. s/he surrenders to
God) ♥
3. What do Muslims believe?
Muslims understand that there is only One God, and He is
Omnipotent and the Creator of All ♥
We do not need a medium to pray to God (ie. We do not need
to pray to anything else to get to God), we communicate straight to Him ♥
In Islam
the more we pray to God and the more good we do, the closer we can
become to Him ♥
In many religions the belief of humans being impure and
unable to communicate with God directly, is rejected entirely in Islam ♥
Why would God Create you with His Own Hands, to then call
you too dirty and impure to speak to Him?
In Islam, we know God is Merciful ♥
“And We have already created man and know what his soul
whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein.”
Quran (50:16) ♥
4. Who is ‘Allah’?
‘Allah’ is the Aramaic word for ‘God’ ♥
When a
Muslim or anyone says the Name ‘Allah’, they are saying ‘God’ in another
language ♥
Allah = God ♥
5. Why do most Muslim girls, especially, cover their hair?
What is that called?
The covering of the hair and certain parts of the body is
called ‘Hijab’ ♥ The word ‘Hijab’ means ‘veil’ or ‘curtain’ ♥
God Created girls in a certain way and means to protect them
from the potential ‘badness’ of men and other outside elements by veiling them ♥
Girls do
not need to wear Hijab fully in front of other girls and their close
family members, it is only in front of strange men, as it is a ward to
potentially being sexually/in other ways used and/or hurt/taken advantage of ♥
6. What is the defining characteristic of someone who is
truly Muslim?
Peacefulness ♥
“Allah is gentle and loves gentleness in all things.”
(Bukhari and Muslim)
“And We have sent you (O Muhammad ) not but as a mercy for
the Aalameen (mankind, jinns and all that exists)”
Quran (21:107)
7. Why does the media speak so badly about Islam at times?
People would do a lot of things to get ‘buzz’ about their
article, their blog/media posts, and just plainly themselves ♥
Islam is a
hot topic word these days, and people like to misquote Quranic verses and
Hadith to make themselves more popular and/or to stir controversy for
their own reasons.
People who understand that they should not believe
everything that they hear on T.V. or simply just in the media, will research
the topics of confusion themselves and realise that the information on the media
is incorrect and created, not for educational purposes, but rather
entertainment and popularity ♥
If you are not Muslim but you are reading this blog post for
your own educational purposes, I commend you and thank you greatly for your
open-mindedness, and May God Reward you ♥
Thanks for reading !
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