Muslims ....?

Question

please tell us about your beliefs
what inspires you about your religion ?
what words from your religion inspires you the most ?

Answer 1

Islam is an Arabic word that is linguistically derived from silm or salamah; it denotes peace, wholeness, and submission. As a religion, Islam teaches us that it is only through submission to God's will that we can find true peace—peace within ourselves, peace with fellow humans, as well as peace with God's creation.

The fundamental beliefs of Islam can be summed up as follows:

1.Belief in the oneness and unity of God. This entails belief in God as the one and only Creator, Cherisher, and Sovereign Lord of the entire universe.

2.Belief in God's angels. Angels are spiritual beings who are engaged in glorifying God and doing His bidding.

3.Belief in the Scriptures (revelations) that contain God's communications to His prophets and messengers. Among the scriptures are [the original] Torah, [the original] Gospel, and finally the Qur'an, which confirms and preserves intact the pristine, perennial religion revealed to all of God's prophets and messengers.

4.Belief in prophets and messengers. These were message bearers from God, who called mankind unto God; they were ideal Muslims (i.e., they submitted themselves wholly and totally to the will of their Lord). In this sense, the prophets are our true role models, as they represent the best of what humanity can aspire to and become.

5.Belief that both good and bad are decreed by God, as He alone is in charge of the entire universe.

6.Belief in the Last Day when all of humanity will stand before their Lord for final reckoning, where one's good as well bad deeds will be scrutinized by the One Who knows all.

Besides the above fundamental beliefs, a Muslim observes the five pillars, and lives a morally and ethically exemplary life, according to the best of his or her ability.

1.The first and foremost of these pillars is testifying to the oneness of God. By testifying to the divine oneness, one is recognizing God as the sole entity to worship, to attach one's ultimate loyalty. Such recognition frees one from bondage of matter and values that enslave, cripple, and dehumanize one.

2.The next most important pillar is offering five daily Prayers at the appointed times: dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, dusk, and before retiring to bed. Prayer in Islam is a direct communion with God, without any intermediary; it bestows on us grace, serenity, tranquility, and peace.

3.The next foremost pillar of Islam is offering charity. A believer parts with at least a minimum of two and a half percent of his or her wealth for the poor and needy, although he or she is encouraged to give more.

4.Fasting in the month of Ramadan closely follows charity as the fourth pillar. It is an institution intended to teach empathy with the poor, besides inculcating in us the need to overcome and transcend our physical desires in order to deepen our spiritual awareness.

5.Finally, pilgrimage (Hajj) to the house of God in Makkah, the house built by God's prophets Abraham and his son Ishmael. Pilgrimage brings us face to face with people of all races and colors, and challenges us to break the walls that separate us from one another and to embrace the true brotherhood of humanity as the sacred bond that unites all of us under the lordship of the one and only God.

The above cardinal tenets and practices of Islam are intended to instill, nurture, and deepen the basic attitudes and values of submission to the will of God. Islam essentially means to lead a life of mindfulness of God while being compassionate to all of God's creation. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked what was the best teaching of Islam; he said, "To feed the hungry and to spread greeting of peace to everyone, regardless of whether you know the person or not" (Ibn Majah and An-Nasa'i).

At the moral level, Islam teaches us to be truthful, honest, just, compassionate, virtuous; to shun all evils; to be ever bent on doing good deeds while sparing others of any harm or injury. Stated differently, it teaches us to think right, speak right, and act righteously.

At the spiritual level, Islam teaches cultivation of mindfulness of God—being grateful to Him, patient in adversity, and content with His decree and ever willing to make our will conform to His will.

and plz visit that link too:
http://www.islamonline.net/fatwa/english/FatwaDisplay.asp?hFatwaID=55267

Answer 2

Islam is one of the three Abrahamic faiths, and Muslims believe that it is the only one which has not been changed by humans. Muslims believe that there is only one God, and there have been prophets sent throughout the ages, to all civilizations.

I am a very logical thinker, and Islam is a very logical belief. (The nonsense that people will tell you is probably false - if it contradicts the Quran or just seems wrong, it isn't a part of Islam.)

Words which inspire me most. . . "Auzu bilahi min ash Shaytan ir rajeem". "I seek refuge with God from Satan the deciever." Also, the sound of the Muslim call to prayer always makes me feel happy, content, and relaxed.

Edit: and this quote from a great Muslim, Ali ibn abu Talib, "Acquire knowledge, because he who acquires it, in the way of the Lord, performs an act of piety; who speaks of it praises the Lord; who seeks it, adores God, who dispenses instruction in it, bestows alms; and who imparts it to its fitting objects, performs an act of devotion to God."

Answer 3

Praise be to Allah.

First: I hope this is a sign from a FAIR-MINDED person to know the truth of Islam. I cant tell you all beliefs about Islam but these links, I'm sure, will help

1- You can find interesting articles and documents in this beautiful site (this is very and even the most exciting):
http://english.islamway.com/
* especially the sisters area:
http://sisters.islamway.com/

2- You can ask any question and find its answer in Islamic point of view from this site (Islam question and answer):
http://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ln=eng
specially, read this question:
http://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=13804&ln=eng

3- Don't miss that to learn and read the biography of the best human in this whole earth, prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), PLEASE DONT MISS THAT.
http://mohammad.islamway.com/?lang=eng

Second: Feeling that:
a) Allah is watching me all the time
b) My body will speak and vouch about any single sin I made, in the day of Judgement
c) 2 angels are writing evrey action I'm doing in my whole life
makes me think VERY WELL before making any sin.

Third: Allaah says [in the Qur’aan] (interpretation of the meaning):

“And I (Allaah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone)” [al-Dhaariyaat 51:56]

“Indeed in the Messenger of Allaah (Muhammad) you have a good example to follow [al-Ahzaab 33:21]

Finally: I ask Allah with my heart to guide you to his straight path, and I feel that you have the sense of justice, and you'll find by yourself the true religion.

Answer 4

"Come Come whoever you are, Wonderer, Worshipper, Lover of leaving.

Ours is not a caravan of despair, even if you fall a thousand times, Come Come, yet again Come"
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Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them. As the Prophet said, 'The faithful are mirrors to one another'.
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My dear hart never think you are better than others. Listen to their sorrows with compassion. If you want peace, don't harbor bad thoughts do not gossip and don't teach what you do not know.

Sayings of Jallaladin Rumi - A servant who was lost to himself as he had discovred the realities of existance..

Jihad - meaning battle, We are taught that the greatest battle well that of the Self / ego.,

When one destroys his ego, his self of desires and greed, when he becomes happy with whatever he is faced with and however little he is given , and he is Concious that what ever he has and whatever situation he is facing is coming to him direct from his creater and he is settled with that. Then he has accomplished the meaning of becoming a Real Human Being.

Oh my creater you are my soul attention, anything that pleases you is my searching, put love in my heart towards you and a knowledge of you so that I may come to know you.

Answer 5

seeing as how they all cut and paste from websites let me say this muslims believe in the same myths as jews and christians except mohammed rewrote some and the jews werent having it so they labeled him a heretic so he retalliated by waging war on the jews and before you label me a christain im an atheist who was engaged to a muslim woman and i know a few things about our so called prophet