Which Is The True Religion Of God?

Which Is The True Religion Of God?

Each person is born in a circumstance which is not of his own choosing. The

religion of hisfamily or the ideology of the state is thrust upon him from the

very beginning of his existencein this world. By the time he reaches his

teens,he is usually fully brain-washed into believingthat the beliefs of his

particular society are the correct beliefs that everyone should have.However,

when some people mature and are exposed to other belief-systems, they

begin to question the validity of their own beliefs. The seekers of truth often

reach a point of confusionupon realizing that each and every religion, sect,

ideology and philosophy claims to be the one and only correct way for man.

Indeed, they all encourage people to do good. So, which one is right? They

cannot all be right since each claims all others are wrong. Then how does the

seeker of truth choose the right way? God gave us all minds and intellects to

enable us to make this crucial decision. It is the most important decision in

the life of a human being. Upon it depends his future, Consequently, each

and every one of us must examine dispassionately the evidence presented

and choose what appears to be right until further evidence arises.

The Religion’s Name

The first thing that one should know and clearly understand about Islam is

what the word ‘Islam” itself means. The Arabic word “Islam” means the

submission or surrender of one’s will to the only true God, known in Arabic as

“Allah”. One who submits his will to God is termed in Arabic a “Muslim”. The

religion of Islam is not named after a person or a people, nor was it decided

by a later generation of man, as in the case of Christianity which was named

after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gautama Buddha, Confucianism after

Confucius, Marxism after Karl Marx, Judaism after the tribe of Judah and

Hinduism after the Hindus. Islam (submission to the will of God) is the religion

which was given to Adam, the first man and the first prophet of God, and it

was the religion of all the prophets sent by Allah to mankind. Further its name

was chosen by God Himself and clearly mentioned in the final scripture which

He revealed to man. In that final revelation, called in Arabic the Qur’an Allah

states the following:

“This day have I perfected your religion for you,
completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for
you Islam as your religion.” [Qur’an 5:3]

“If anyone desires a religion other than Islam
(submission to God), never will it be accepted of
Him.” [Qur’an 3:85]

Hence, Islam does not claim to be a new religion brought by Prophet

Mohammed into Arabia in the seventh century, but rather to be a re

expression in its final form of the true religion of Almighty God, Allah, as it

was originally revealed to Adam and subsequent prophets.

Thus, Jesus like the prophets before him and the one who came after him,

taught the religion of Islam:
submission to the will of the one true God.