What is Islam?

• 발행기관: 한국이슬람학회
• 저자명: H E Abdul Kareem M aL Amri
• 간행물 정보: 『한국이슬람학회논총』제4권 1호, 5~8쪽, 전체 4쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 종교학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 1994.06.30

영문 초록

My presentation today is a humble attempt to explain "What is Islam." The word Islam in Arabic language means "the attitude of complete submission to God (ALLAH) the creator of man and of the whole universe." Islam's basic postulates are that God. who is the ruler and the Lord of the universe created man and provided him with temporary station on earth. God gave man the ability to thinking and understanding, and has also given him the power to distinguish righ from wrong. According to Islam man has been given (from God) a sort f autonomy while being appointed God's vicegerent on the earth. God made it explictly clear to man that He (God) alone is the Lord. the Ruler and the Deity. All creatures must submit to Him alone. Hence, man, according to Islam. must not think himself totally free and should know that this earth is not him permanent place. In due course. man dies and returns to his Lord to be judged according to the way he has utilized the period of his living on earth. The only right course for man is to acknowledge Allah(God) as the only Lord, the sustainer and the deity and to follow His guidance and His commands in all walks of life. If man chooses the course of piety and godliness he will succeed in this world and in the next. In this world he will live a life of peace and contentment and in the here=after he will qualify himself for the heaven of eternal bliss. On the other hand, if man chooses to follow the other course i.e. that of Godlessness and evil his life will be one of corruption. disruption and frustration in this world and he will meet colossal misfortune in the life to come that abode of pain and misery which called Hell. According to Islam to very first man(Adam) was provided with a burning torch of light and guidance so that humanity might attain its glorious destiny, that torch was in fact Islam. Houwever later generations drifted away from the right path and adopted different erroneous paths. And because of their negligence, they lost the original teaching. They associated with God innumerable human beings, non-human objects and imaginary entities as deities and indulged in polythesim(shirk) of worst type. Since Adam, God appointed certain virtuoun peraons from amongst people themselves. to discharge responsibilities of recalling and guiding men to the right path during their sojourn on the earth. These men known as prophets (peace be upon them all) were assinged the task of perserving the message of truth to humanity and of asking people to come to the path of Lord. These prophets were raised in all epochs. in all lands and in all nations. Their number exceeds many thousands. All of them brought the same message, all of them advocated the same way of life i.e., the way which was revealed to man on the first day of his existence. At last God raised prophet Muhammed (Peace be upon him) in the land of Arabia and assinged to him the completion of the mission for which earlier prophets were ordained. He presented anew the teaching of Islam in their pure form and provided humanity once again with the divine guidance which they had lost in its original form. This guidance is enshrined in the Holy Quran which constitutes the only right code of conduct for mankind.

목차

Abstract

1. Pillars of Islam

2. Islam and Other Religions

3. Islam and Equality

4. Sources