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Invitation to the Straight Path
That Leads to Paradise
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In the name of Allaah, the Most Beneficent, the Most
Merciful
All praise is clue to Allaah. We praise Him, seek His
aid, and His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allaah
from the evils of our souls and the evils of our actions.
Whomsoever Allaah guides, none can misguide. And
whomsoever Allaah allows to go astray, none can guide
him. I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship
except Allaah, Alone and without any partners, and I
bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and
Messenger.
Dear truth seeker,
Are you sincere? If you were to gain substantiated
knowledge that contradicted what you were
previously taught, would you remain loyal to
falsehood or would you welcome and become
loyal to the substantiated truth?
Know, O People of the Book, that there is none
worthy of worship except for The Creator, who
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created us and brought us into existence,
nurtures and sustains us, and commands us to
worship Him alone. Islam is submission to
the only Creator, singling Him out with that
which is specific to Him, taking none as a
partner alongside Him in worship, and freeing
oneself from polytheism and its people. A
Muslim is someone who submits to The One
Creator, only worshipping Him. He who will test
us on the Day of Judgment based on our
obedience of His Laws (not the ones we create for
ourselves). That Creator's Proper name is Allaah
which means in Arabic, “The Only One Who has
the right to be worshipped in truth”, to whom all
Praise belongs.
Allaah (The Exalted) sent a Messenger to every
nation to warn those nations of worshipping false
deities, and teach mankind right from wrong,
thereby cutting off all excuses. Conveying the
message of Allaah, the Prophets and Messengers
gave the glad tidings of eternal Paradise to those
who obey and submit themselves whole heartedly
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to the Creator, and issued a stern warning of
eternal hellfire to those who reject and deny the
truth when delivered to them.
All the Prophets, from Adam (the first) to
Muhammad (the last), including Noah (the first
Messenger), Abraham, Moses, Jesus - son of Mary
- and many more (may Allaah's peace and
blessings be upon them all), were commanded to
deliver the same monotheistic message. The
Creator sent all of the Prophets with the same
religion and the same creed, He
commanded them all to establish religion and
make no divisions. Their message was one - to
worship Allaah alone, with no partner or
associate, devoting each act of worship to
none except Allaah. The Prophet Muhammad
(may Allaah's peace and blessings be upon him)
said,
“Both in this world and in the hereafter, I am
the nearest of all the people to Jesus, the son of
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Mary [may Allaah's peace and blessings be upon
them]. The Prophets are brothers
(of monotheism); their mothers are different,
but their religion is one.”
That religion is Islam - the religion of every single
Prophet, all of whom submitted as Muslims to
Almighty Allaah, The One and Only Lord.
As Allaah had done with the Prophets before,
choosing them from among their people, Allaah
chose the final Prophet from among the
unlettered Arabs. The last of all the Prophets
was Muhammad ibn (son of) Abdullaah ibn
Abdul-Muttalib ibn Haashim from the tribe of
Quraish, and Quraish were from the Arabs, and
the Arabs were the progeny of Ishmael, the son of
Abraham (whom Allaah called
Khaleel, "the chosen beloved"). The Prophet
Muhammad (may Allaah's peace and blessings be
upon him) was a human being made from dust,
like you and 1; he was born (and died), and he ate
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like we eat. Allaah guided him, and made him
the final Prophet and Messenger.
Allaah - The One Who ordained Islam to all the
Prophets - revealed He is One, The Only, without
partners or parts or equals or peers or rivals,
or parents or children or family or spirits; He is
The Self-Sufficient, Whom all of creation
needs, no one or thing shares in His divinity; He
is All-Hearing, All-Seeing, He is Unique, and to
Him belong all dominion, honor, power and
glory. He is Perfect in every way, All-
Knowing, All-Wise, The Most Merciful, and He
alone gives us life and health, He alone sustains
us and protects us. He alone causes death
and will judge us based on whether or not we
humbly and lovingly submitted ourselves to His
true religion. He is the Ever-Living, neither
slumber, fatigue or sleep overtakes Him. He is
separate from and above His creation. He is a
Witness over all things, and He alone deserves to
be worshipped. Denying any of these Divine
attributes is disbelief. Know, may Allaah guide
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you, that only Allaah The Most Merciful can
forgive and reward with heaven, and only Allaah
can punish with the hellfire. And know with
certainty that Allaah is Most Just.
It is not befitting that Allaah The All Wise
would send Prophets and Messengers with
different religions and messages; some of
them informing their nations that The Creator is
One, yet others informing their nation that The
Creator is three in one. Some saying that He's
the sun, while others saying He's the moon, or a
star, or a cow, or an angel, or a man, and so
forth. Allaah, The Most Generous and The All
Wise is One, and intends good - not confusion -
for those who are sincere and obedient, so much
so He sent 124,000 Prophets with the same
religion, same creed, and the same message.
Allaah also revealed scriptures to His Prophets
and Messengers to guide mankind, to the truth
and justice. From the revelations that have been
made known to us by name are: the Scrolls to
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Abraham, the Tablets and Torah to Moses, the
Psalms to David, the Gospel to Jesus, son of
Mary, and ultimately the Qur'an to Muhammad
(may Allaah's peace and blessings be upon them).
Each revelation Allaah sent abrogated the
previous one. So when Allaah revealed the
Gospel, Jesus the son of Mary told the Children
of Israel that the Gospel was sent to confirm the
Torah and also replace it by making lawful some
of that which was previously unlawful.
The Qur' an is Allaah's last revelation [His Words
- not created], confirming Allaah’s previous
scriptures, and abrogating them. So even if the
previous Divine revelations had not been lost or
corrupted by the hands of mankind, you and
I would still be required to live by the laws of the
Qur'an, the revelation by which you and your
parents, and me and my parents will be judged.
And know - may Allaah guide you - that the
Qur'an is the completion of Allaah's religion of
Islam, not its advent.
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