16. WHY ISLAM?
Every person should revert to Islam because: it is the birthright of every person and the original print on every human soul when he or she was born.
Every person should revert to Islam because: Allah has sealed and superseded all previous messages with Islam. Allah has mentioned to all people in the Qur’an: {…This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favour upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion…} (Qur’an 5: 3)
Every person should revert to Islam because: people in every age must worship their Lord (Allah) according to the law prescribed by Him as revealed to His Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him). The tribes of Israel, for example, were ordered to worship Allah according to the Law of Moses. When Prophet Jesus was sent to them, they were ordered to worship Allah according to what was prescribed in the Gospel. Then when Allah sent Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) with the message of Islam to all people, it became incumbent on all people, the tribes of Israel and all others, to enter Islam.
After all, what could be more serious than the rejection of the religion which the Creator and Sustainer of everything has enjoined upon all people? Indeed, this is the greatest injustice committed by human beings. It is sad but true that if a person dies in this state, he or she will be punished and cast into the hellfire to live there for eternity. This concept has been emphasized hundreds of times in the Qur’an and in the
statements of Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him).
Allah has mentioned in the Qur’an: {And whoever desires other than Islam as religion – never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the hereafter, will be among the losers.} (Qur’an 3: 85)
Also, Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) said: <<Whoever among the Christians and Jews hears of me and does not follow what I have brought, and dies in this state will be among the inhabitants of hellfire.>> (Muslim)
Note that Allah was reported to have said in the prophecy of Deuteronomy 18, “If anyone does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name, I Myself will call him to account.” (Deuteronomy 18:19)
Having proved that the prophet referred to here is Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him), this means that whoever believes in the Bible must believe in this prophet and in what this prophet says; else, he or she will be called to account for that. After the realization of who this prophet is, it follows logically that one must adhere to his teachings.
There are those who may not accept Islam because they think that becoming a Muslim means to turn one’s back on all previous prophets sent by Allah. This is a false concept because of the following:
Firstly, belief in all messengers of Allah is a pillar of Islamic faith and hence, no Muslim is a believing Muslim if he or she does not believe in Jesus, Moses or any other prophet.
Secondly, belief in the messengers is a part of what each messenger taught (that is, every prophet called his people to believe in the next prophet who comes after him and follow him whenever he appears). So, rejecting a prophet amounts to rejecting the predecessor.
Thirdly, rejecting any messenger amounts to the rejection of the One Who sent him: Allah.
Fourthly, Islam promises the followers of previous faiths great rewards if they add belief in Islam to belief in their previous faith.
The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him) said: <<Three people have a double reward: a person from the People of the Scriptures (the Jews and the Christians) who believed in his prophet (Jesus or Moses) and then believes in Prophet Muhammad (by embracing Islam)…>> (Bukhari)
The first reward is for believing in his or her faith before he or she knew about Islam; the second reward is for recognizing the truth and believing in Islam.
Hence, the Islamic perspective on the relationship between the messengers is like the relationship between the links in a chain; rejecting one of them amounts to rejecting all of them. Therefore, becoming a Muslim means having the honour of believing in all the prophets who came before Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) and not turning one’s back on any previous prophets.
Finally, we have to accept Islam because Islam, has revived the eternal divine teachings that had been either forgotten or distorted in the previous messages. Islam retains and maintains the practical teachings mentioned in the previous scriptures that are part of the birthright of all people till the end of this world.
Source: (THE PURPOSE OF CREATION)
Compiled by Majed S. Al-Rassi
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