WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MUSLIM

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WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MUSLIM

To accept the Divine covenant brings up the question of living according to the

Divine Will. The very idea of Islam is that through the use of intelligence

which discerns between the Absolute and the relative one should come to

surrender to the Will of the Absolute.

This is the meaning of Muslim: one who has accepted through free choice to

conform his will to the Divine Will.

Islam is actually like a several storied mountain and everything in it has

different degrees and levels of meaning, including the concept of Muslim itself.

Firstly, anyone who accepts a Divine revelation is a ‘Muslim’ in its

universal sense, be he a Muslim, Christian, Jew or Zoroastrian. In its first

meaning, Muslim refers to that human being who through the use of his

intelligence and free will accepts a divinely revealed law.

Secondly, ‘muslim’ refers to all creatures of the Universe who accept Divine

law in the sense that they conform to the unbreakable laws which the Western

world calls ‘laws of Nature.’

It is the Will of the Creator that expresses itself in what is called ‘laws of

nature’ in Western thought, and everything in the Universe is in a profound

sense Muslim except for man who, because of this free choice given to him as a

trust to bear, can refuse to submit to His Will.

It is only man who can stop being Muslim in this second meaning of the term

‘muslim’, whereas all other beings are ‘muslim’ in this sense by virtue

of their complete submission to the Divine Will which manifests itself as

‘laws of nature’.

Finally, there is the highest meaning of Muslim which applies to the saint. The

saint is like nature in that every moment of his life is lived in conformity

with the Divine Will, but his participation in the Divine Will is conscious and

active whereas that of nature is passive

In summary,

The first meaning of Muslim pertains to nature;

The second meaning of Muslim pertains to man who has accepted a revelation;

The third meaning of Muslim pertains to the saint who not only has accepted

revelation, but lives fully in conformity with the Divine Will.

 

 

 

 

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Dear Friend

 

The divine revelations of any religion if you see, will have the same common

things which are good virtues.

 

There can be only 2 category of people namely believers and non belivers.

 

The God is the almighty and can take any form.

 

The Vedas also say that the supreme is formless.

 

Remeber the way you learnt 2+2. You used your fingers to count. The fingers are

not numbers eventually but you learnt the numbers through fingers.

 

The idol worship is like that. The realisation of the formless is through forms.

 

All religions lead to a single end. God revealed himself to various people and

showed various ways. It is like a doctor prescribing different medicines to

different people for the same diecease depending on their body strength.

 

A True Hindu/Musalman/Christian/Jew should be one who respects the others. I was

told that there is a saying in the Holy Quaran that " Your way is for you and

our way is for us " . 

 

Regards

 

Sankar

 

--- On Wed, 11/18/09, Why Islam <alshimaa_eg2 wrote:

 

 

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WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MUSLIM

To accept the Divine covenant brings up the question of living according to the

Divine Will. The very idea of Islam is that through the use of intelligence

which discerns between the Absolute and the relative one should come to

surrender to the Will of the Absolute.

This is the meaning of Muslim: one who has accepted through free choice to

conform his will to the Divine Will.

Islam is actually like a several storied mountain and everything in it has

different degrees and levels of meaning, including the concept of Muslim itself.

Firstly, anyone who accepts a Divine revelation is a ‘Muslim’ in its

universal sense, be he a Muslim, Christian, Jew or Zoroastrian. In its first

meaning, Muslim refers to that human being who through the use of his

intelligence and free will accepts a divinely revealed law.

Secondly, ‘muslim’ refers to all creatures of the Universe who accept Divine

law in the sense that they conform to the unbreakable laws which the Western

world calls ‘laws of Nature.’

It is the Will of the Creator that expresses itself in what is called ‘laws of

nature’ in Western thought, and everything in the Universe is in a profound

sense Muslim except for man who, because of this free choice given to him as a

trust to bear, can refuse to submit to His Will.

It is only man who can stop being Muslim in this second meaning of the term

‘muslim’, whereas all other beings are ‘muslim’ in this sense by virtue

of their complete submission to the Divine Will which manifests itself as

‘laws of nature’.

Finally, there is the highest meaning of Muslim which applies to the saint. The

saint is like nature in that every moment of his life is lived in conformity

with the Divine Will, but his participation in the Divine Will is conscious and

active whereas that of nature is passive

In summary,

The first meaning of Muslim pertains to nature;

The second meaning of Muslim pertains to man who has accepted a revelation;

The third meaning of Muslim pertains to the saint who not only has accepted

revelation, but lives fully in conformity with the Divine Will.

 

 

 

 

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