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T X E T R U E R E IG IO OF

BY
r.A . . P h ilips
(PhD Theology.University ofW ales.U.K.)

R evised edition
 I. o _ _ ant. n._ote_ ...

S'L
'nce e Noble Qurm was reve ed in abic
m d is dis nct in s le m d eloquence, it is
m y i possi 'ble to b m slate m to ano er
lm age. As a gener le, its texc shoutd be
wn'tten in its oj al abic fo , then its
em ing could be m slatcd inco m o cr
Im age. Bccause wc felt at e .subject
should be rief m d con , w e decided to

exclude e Arabic tem m d co leave e

n ish m sla on ofits mem ing.
 C O N T EN T S
. . . ._ _ . _
.. .._ ._ _ _ _

ich is eTrue Reli

'd on olG od t 4

TheReli on'sN e 7

G od nd C e 'on 12

The M essage ofFd se Religions IB

Univenali4 ofGod'sRelid un 21

Recoeni'on ofG od 24

Thc Si s ofG od 27

Conclusion 31
I

IC H IS TH E T R u E
L IG Io o F G o D ?
.
Gach person is bom in a circum stance
w hich is lot uf his ow n choosing. The
reli on ofhis f ily or the ideolo ofthe
state is thrust upon him from the vey
beginning of his ej stence in this world .
v thg tim e hc reaches his teens, he is
u iu ty fully brain washed into believine
that the l7eliefs of his p icular society
are the com ecc heliefs that evey one
should have. ttuw cver, w hen som e peopte
m ature d are expnsed to nthRr beligf-
system s, thev begin to question the
vaJidi4 ofthgjrown beliefs.The seekers or
truth often reach a point of confusion
upon re i ing that each and eve
religinn. scct, ieolo m d philosoph
cl m s to be the one and only con ect way
for nl . lndeed , thcv l encour e
peuple to do good. Sn, hi ch one is jghc?
.

They cannot lhe jght since each cl m s

l uthers arc w rong. Then how dnes the
seeker ofrruth choose the jght ay?.
 Lirctc r u s , il m inclx ncl inlclirr!
. ,s tl)
c.rL2l
7lc ih to ))3,)kc lt:is rci:L ;)J ;{c :s,l),: !t
.

.s t
! t)c );1rJxc in.E7nic,n( rlccisin)) ir. rhr ! iItr
.
nf i h un),3I) t)ci)? .R, '
Ei r
))l t d.cttrnL ,
!s h: .
íL)tu ie, 'r In srru r.T.)ti;.r ch d rvrn c)nr
,)s?
,yssic}n,)celi thc
nf u s m Llst Ex rn1n. '
c ;i
rvidcncc rcscntcc3 nd ctiunsc w h )l
y7}E:cc.)s cr ttr ! . il uc)Iil ILi .iIi)c) <:iIc1cncc
rises.

Likr e\en r:thcr rcli ic,n c)) E:h Ic. soph?.

lsth) lsc) c'l:t)m. s to he t. c ;)nr nLlc)nh .

trU? W t' t{J {ì(

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rt.is
. h( t()k ti
intcncls In E:rniic1c s m c r\irlcr,rR fc;) the.

c:)lir{:! ). ì :h ,it Li:lin ., t:n\c ic c. )t m u s L

. .

1t rs t)( k(. in u)Ir) i! ,,,c ,)n( n unth

c)rCcìmi nr :hc 1)):L p,! .1;):\ 1)uttcc)ci, :1,sirlc
ci c:tic:nx ,!,;rì ;:icjL)c3)rrï .'. th irt
i: c7t'cen
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,:
.lin (!
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s :n IL:.! .f , hc,), .)n ii . )n i\ rhrr.,
c)ll \cr t:r hlr '! ,n L:sr )u) (ìcic 1giirn
i))(rllieeq)cc yn;l )..:;kr ,L ):3ti,n: 1l :;nrl
rnrrLccrlcci .sil
7n,

'hcrr ,:rr sriL,:)J :J g:1m rn (s \ch i

.ch
m:3; t)c:3cl):
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3nrccl!
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tc: hr thc tr):c
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.ig.nri uf í'io(! T h,L
.
 follow ing are on ty threc uf the m nsI
nhviou s. The first eu m ent is tased on
the divine njgin of the n, 1m e nf the
relieion j the com prehensiveness of its
m ean ing. Th e second de s w ich rhe
u niqu e and uncom p cated teachings
conccIning the rela(innship t)cM een G od,
m , d creation. The thir gu m ent
derives frum the fact that lst is
uni ers, d l? L
att na le l}y l m cn ac l
tim Cs. ìhese e the three basic
com ponents nf w hat logic d reasçn
d ictace necessq for a reIiginn to be
considc,rcLi che true religion ofCind.The
fullow ing p es w ill dcvelop these
concepts in som e detail.
 T H E R E LIG EO N 'S N A M E
TtT(: Fir.
st thiii.L, tt);I c)n r sh()\lI!
. .j I.IlJ\i , d
clearly underst, 3ncl3ln<\t Isl:, .I,!
.is l.h:.tthc
w ord "IsIQm" itsllfm caT;s 't,c , 4i,ll)ir word
"ist ~ ine s tt)t s\\I;\:,s,;ir)r or
sum enJRr of or,('s \tiIt tn 1 ,lic unlv ( e
God,known in r
i\:!
.'
,
7i ,is'.1ll.ti.{) c ho
sut)m its his wiltIcJ(i(J(lis l(i\\iecl in Arahic
3 UM uslim ~. Th<: i lit, ()n n1 lslam is nnt
n ed after . persur) rr ,if;enple,nnr was
it d(.ci{l(cl t7tTa latcr c c\.,tinn of m ,< 3s
in thc casi of Christi itv which was
\) ed fterJesus C'hnst,R cldhism ter
G auc a H uddha, Confuci, ism aJter
Conf
Juc1muci
smus, M amthc
d ter ism trit
:
7etei
nf' K l M arxd!
Jud3h
Hinduism ,
3ftei the H indu,
s. Islam
(subm ission t() thc will nf 'oclt is the
ieli ;on w hich vas gi en to nd, ,thc nrst
m an and the rirst rnphet of ricml, and it
w as thc relim'
rJn nf 3llthe pr(lphets sent bv
hv nll: tü man nd. Furthe urc, iis
n n) e as chnsen hvCind lim.
selfand this
is cle lv me,ntiune in the n , scjr)turc
which He reve ed (o m .In Ihat Fin
 rcvela on, caJled in An bic the Q ur ,
Allah statcs the follow ing;

"Thj day l h perJe ed yR r

reIigion Jor you, co l ed My fnuour
upon you, and l chosen for you
Islam y r reIigion.''
1C l:lLn í.1t

''IJ nnyone de R a R ligion oth

than l5lam (subm j sion to God), n r
llitbe accepted oJ HiR ~
í()L:r:ul.
3;K.-
i1
H ence, Isl does not cl m tn be a
new rcligion brought bv Prophet
Moh med into Arabia in ìhe seventh
centu n , but rather to be a rc expression
in its Final fonn or the true religion of
Alm ightv od, Atl , as it w as origin lv
revc e to Adam and subseque t
prophets.

At this point w e m ight com m ent brienv

on two otherreligions thatclaim to be thi
true path. Now here in the Bihle w ill you
nnd G ud rc.vcaJing to Prophet M oses'
people or their descend its (h3t thci!
relieion is catled Jud sm , or cn rhe
follow ers or Ch st that their religion is
called Chrisci,anity. In ocher w ords, che
n es 'J uc1 sm " d 'Chj scian it hart
no divirie ujgin or aI}prov,
al.It w s not
u ntil Inng after Jesus'deparcure thar che
n c 'h risti itv . was eh cn to his
relieion.

W haI, then, w as J esu i religion in

acru fact, as distin ct from its n '
.'
?
ttis religirJn wc
as renected in h is teach in es,
which he ur6ed his followers to accc:pt s
guiclin6 pj nciplcs in lheir relatin7iship
w ith Ciorl. ln lsl , Jesu s is a prophet
sent by Allah and his A ra bic nu ne is
esa. Like the µrophets t7eru1e hi1n , he
c le u pon thc pc()ple to sun ender their
w illto the w illufCiurl(which iswhatlslani
mc . st. For ex ple, in the New
- '

' 0o!h Mc mc 'J us' d U1c K9n1e ' t1ns1' K dci1cd

fron1 Hebm :vnrds. ( hrou GRck.nd L (1n JcsusIs1Ilr
En6t1sh .r1d L 11n fun11 of (hc C rLh k Icsous' hlch 1n
Hcbm w rs v'cshw 'or Yctloshwa'(J h1Q) 1cCTR kword
chnnos'Is. LM s 1lon or1hr Hrbrriv 'I11css
, h'.1ylrIrl11s,1
1IUc n1c n. '(h oln(cd'

J
 Test ent it is stated that Jesus taught
hiS followers to pra.y to God as follow s.
~
rfather in henueq JJowgd by your
n am e, M Uy your m '
((be done on ea h as ir
is in heauen."
( uke 2l.2/M atthew 6.9-10)
ThiS concept w as em phasi2ed bv gsus
in a nUmberofhjs,
statemgntsrec rded in
the G ospels. He raught, for gx ple, tha(
Dnly thUSe w ho subm itted w outd inhg (
paradise.
~
NonR of those who (( me r Lo ' (J
R nt
ert M ngdom oJ Cod,butunly t one
w does the un'lloJmy Fatherjn ~
(M atthcw 7;2lt
JeSUS So pointed out that he him self
subm itted to the w illofGod .
'
ICanllotdo clnyt 'rq of myseJ
f I dge as
lhenr and mym dgmentis honesrbec use
I Um nut .
seekirg my ow n 'J( buc r '
((
nJt(im w ho sentme.^
John S:23
 There e m y repon s in the Gnspels
w hich show that Jesus m ade it clear tu
his folow grs that he w as noc the one true
God. Fur exam ple, w hen speaKing about
che naJH our,he s d .

~No-one know s bout the doy or hour, not

e n the rq els '
n he uen,nutthe son,buf
the F ther.'
fM l3:32J
Thus, Jesus like the prophets before
him d the one w ho c e tgr him ,
caught the religion nfIsIRm .su bm ission to
cheWilloftheone true God.

il
 c o D A N D C R E A T IO N
Sincg thg tot subm ission ofone's w illto
riod rgpresgnts the essencg of w orship,
the basic m es e ofGod's divine religion .
IslRm .is Ihe w orship ofGnd Rlone.It so
requires the avoidance ofw orship direcred
to any person , place or thing other than
God.Sinceeve? hingotherth God,the
crgatorof lthi things,is God'screation,
ic m av bc s d that lst , in essence,
caJls man away from worship ofcrgation
and invites him to w orship only his
C reator. He is the only one deserving of
m s w orship,because it is only bv . His
w i1lthat praygrs are answ ered.

Accordinglv, if a m prays to a tR e
L d hisprayìrsareanswgred,icisnutthe
tree w hich 'answ ers his prayers but G od ,
ho lows thc circum stan es prav _ ed f
or
to t e ptace. U ne m ight say. "'rhat is
o0vious". I ow ever. tu tree-w orshippers. it
m ight not bc so. S , im itartv, prayers to
Jesus, E3uddha, or Kjs na or Saint
C hj stopher, or Saint Jude or even to
M uh m ad, are nnc sw ered b} chem ,

l2
but e answered by Go . Jesus did nof
tcll his follnwers t wnr.
ship him ut to
wnrship God,as che Quran scates.
'' 11d JJgJol I Elah roiII suy. 'O eslls,
thc 5on o Mny .
lDid you suy to cn,
w orship m e nnd m y m other as gods
besidcs lInh ? .'. H LJ w ill sny. 'CiIoy tn
.

you, l co11td rrm r suy w hat 7 flud 1lo

rigfIt(to snyJ.'''
II,I ;.. , T) ,
ij,l l

Nor did Jesus w orship him self when he

w orshipped, but rather he w orshipped
God. A nd Jesus w as reported in the
G ospels to have sm d,

Y is w Ren. 'W ors j the rd your Cod

and se e H im onJy ' "
.

(Luke4.8)
This basic pjncíple is cont ned in the
openin$ chapter of the Quran, known as
Soon h al-Faatihah .verse 4.
'You aIone do uJe n hip nnd Jrunr
you ulonc do w e seck heIp .''

lJ
 Elsew here, in the finU book o(
revelacion,rhe Quran,Gud Uso said.
'' nd your rd s ys. 'CRlI on M e nd I
will nsweryour r yer).'''
()iliíji) (I.I)(1j

tt is w orth em phasi ing that the basic

m es e ufisl (nam ely,the orship of
Cìod U one) U su procl m s that God and
H is creation are distinccly enci es.God is
neithcrequU to lis creation nor a partof
it, nnr is His creation enu to H im or a
partofH im .

This m ieht seem obvious, but m an 's

w orship of creation,instead of the C reator
is to a 1arge degree based on i orance, o r
neglect, of this concept. lt is the belief
that thc essence of God is eve here in
His cre6tion nrthatHis divine heing is or
w as present in som e parts of H is creation,
which has provided juscincation for the
w orship of G od's creation and n ing ic
the w orship ofG ocl.H ow ever, the m ess e
of Isl , as brought by the prophets of
G od,is to worship onl_v God and to avoid

l4
the w nrst)tJ of H is creation either directl_v
or indirectly.

In the Quran God clearly states;

''For u redly sent m ongst y
peop e n p rophet, w ith the com nd.
W orship Me nd nuoid J e h ds.''
!
()il1cll lti..3(iI
, .

W hen idolw orshippers e questioned

as to w hy they bow dow n to idols created
bv m en, the inv able reply is that they
e not actu lv worshippìng the stonc
,
im age, but God w ho is presenc w ithin ic.
Thev cl m that the stone idol is only a
foc pointforGod'sessence and isnotin
itself Godl O ne w ho has acceptcd the
concept of Ciod m ing present in any w ay
w iIhin His creation ill be obliged tn
accept this argum ent for idolat .
W hereas, one w ho understan ds would
never ee to idolary no m arcer how it is
ration i ed.

Tho w ho havg ç1 m ed diyinih for

them selves dow n through the æ es 'have

l5
 orten based their claim s on the m isL en
bRliRr that G ocl is prescnt in m .Taking
one step furthcr, thev claim that G od is
mnre presentin them than in the restof
us, d chac nther hum an s should
thcrcfore subm it to chem d w orship
thcm as Ciod in person or as G od
cnncentrate,d w ithin their persuns.
Sim il ly, those w hu havc assertgd the
godhood ofothers tcr theirdeaths have
found fertile 6round am ong those w ho
acccp( (he f se belief of Ciod s presence in
m .

It shoutd be abundantly clear hy now

th<
at l}nc w hu has grasped the basic
m cysagc of Esl and its im plications
could never ree to worship anoIher
hum an heing under v circum stance.
God's rcligion, in esseilce,
'is a clear c l lo
thc w urship of the Creator and rhe
re)ection of crcation worship in any form .
Thisisthe me,
aning nfthemotto oilslam :
'

"lmn ilnnha illna llah"

(There is no God bu tAllaht

l
 'l'tlR sincRre dectaraIion uf this phrasR
m rl the, acccptan cc of prophe,thood
autom atic ly bring one w ithin the folcl uf
Islym ,and iincere betiefin itguarantees
one Purndise. Thus, the nn Prophet nf
Isl (p.b.u.h.Jis reporced to have said,
''Anp one bo s8ps: Tbe e is uo God
but All8b,aDd dies bolding tb8t m elie
w W eDte p8radise."

elief in this decluru on o ruilh

requires that nne subm it his/her will tu
God in the w ay taught by the prophets of
God.I( so requires thë believer Io $ive
up rhe w orship of raJse ¬ods.

!
 THE M SAG E
O F FU S E R E LIG IO N S
l'here are so m any sects,culcs, R li ons
philosophies,and m ovem ents in the w orld,
d lofw hich ctd m to be the right w ay or
the only true path of Godl How can one
det
in ermi
fact,ne w hich con
aJl oneect
is com
? ector
. One m ewrhod
hether
by'
w hich the sw er can be found is to clear
aw ay the supem iciaJ dineR nces in the
teachings of e van'ous ct ts to the
ulU' te truth, d identih the centn l
object ofwonhip upon w ich y ,
dírectly or indiR ctlv. F se religions l
have in common o e basic concept with
reg to God. they eíM R cld m th8t d l
m en are gods, or that speciFic m en w eR
God,or thatnature is G od,or that God is
a Fi entofm an's im æ a on .
Thus. it m ay be stated that the basic
m es e offd se religion is that G od m ay
be w orshipped in the fo ofH is creation.
Fd se reli ons invire m an to the worship
of creation by caJling the crea on or som e
aspect of it God. For ex ple, prophgt

l8
Jesus invited his follow ers to w orship
God, but those w ho cl m to be Jesus
foJlow ers today c l people w orship Jesus,
cl m ing thathe was G od.
Buddha w as a refonner w ho introduced
a num ber of hum anistic pj nciples in the
religion of India. He did not ct m to be
G od, nor did he su est to his followers
that he be an ob)ectofworship.Yettoday
m ost B uddhists w ho are to he found
outside ofIndia have t en him to be God
and they prostrate them selves to idols
m ade in their perception of his likeness.
By using the principle ofidenIif ng the
object of worship. we can easily detect
f se religions and che contrived nature of
theirojgin.As Cod s d in the Qur .
''ThQt w hich you w orship be des H im
Qre on 7y nQ s Qnd you nd your
JoreJQthers in nted Jor which
IlQh h sent down no Qutho ty; the
com nd belongs on7y to IlQh. H e
h com m nded thQt you w orship
H im thQt is the ght reIigion, lt
m ost m en do not under Q nd.~
\l ) ;r;.r
. l t ! l1,I

l9
 It m ay be argued that aJl retigions
teach good thing,s, so w hy should it
m acter w hich nne w e Follow 7
. The rcpl
y is
thac aJl f sc religiuns teach the greatest
evil The worship uf crcation . Creation-
.

wors,hip is the greatest sin that m can

com m it because it contradicts the ve
purpose of his creation . Man wascreated
to w orship God one as Allah has
explicitly statcd in the Quran:
''
lh onIy cre ted j nM nnd J h
thnt thy y w orship e. ''
'
Il,::.:,,:: ;i ,.iI:I
,

Consequentlv, the w nrship of creation

which is the essence ofidolat isthennlv'
unfnrgivahle sin One who dies in th s
.

state ofidolatry, has se ed his fatc in the

next life. This is not an opinion , hut a
reve ed fact stated by G od in his Fin
revelation (o m .
''Vc Iy II h wílI not Jorgi the
joining oJ pnrtners u ith tIim, lw t tlc
y Jorgi (sinsJ Icss thnn tll t Jor
w ho o r e w ishcs. ''
,I);l,
! .:
. ;,. i . ,,. , l
. iI,
. ,

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 OFG0D,
S
RSL1
Ty
cI
oN
Since the con quences oCfoltow;ng a r
rC on e So rc
ave, the ( e religon ur
GOd m ust have been un;vers lv
Underst dable and univgrs lv ac( nabi e
in the past d itm ustcon( egtem l y
to be UndCrst dable d atc nable
th Ughout the en re world. 1n other
WOrds, thP true retjgjon of r,od c nu( be
COnrlned to y one people, place, or
periOd oftim e. Nor ís it logic (hat such a
religiun ShoUld im pose condi(ions chat
havc nothing to do w i(h che rclat;onsh;P
Of m w ith G od , such as baptism , or
belief in m as a sav;or, or an
inte edi . W ithin the ccnIr p ncipte
Of Isl its c3erinitjon f(he surrender oF
One'S Will tU God) lie the roo(s of 1s1 n s
UniVerS i .W henevgr m com es (o the
re tion that G od is one d distinc(
from His creation , d subm its h;m selr (o
God, hc becom es a M usijm in bod.y d
Spirit d is eligible ror p adjse.

2l
 Consequently, yone at any tim e in
the m osc rem ote regions of the w orld can
becom e M u slim , a follow er of G od's
religion, Islam , by m erely rejecting rhe
w orship of creation and turning to God
one.It should be noted,how ever,that in
order to actuaJly subm it to God's w itl,one
must continu ly choose between right
and wrong. Endeed, m an is endowed by
G od w ith the pow er not onl co
distinguish ght From w rong but aJso to
choose betw een them . These God given
pow ers c w ith them im portant
responsibilit}, n ely, rhat m an is
sw erable to G od For the choices he
m es. It follow s, then, that m shoutd
t? his u tm ost to do gnod an d avoid evi1.
These concepts are expressed in the rinal
revetation as follow s:

''VeriIy, those uho beIie (iI tt.E

Quran), urld those Iuho JoIlou, t. te
e sh Juith. nnd the lIris 'nns, und
the S iuns (rlngcI nrld strr
ruorship r t rny oJ thcse w ho
be Ii in Ila h rlnd thc t Dn / n Jlrl
I1Jork j hteoIls ,css slIn lI hcl r. thci7

ll
rE th their lD rd . Thy w ill rtrf
he o rco byJe rurgrief.''
Il.Jt!. ;(I
.! !I I

If, for w hatever rcason , they f l co

accept the rin m essage aJtcr it h s been
clearly explained to them .they w ill be in
grave danger.The lastProphets d:
''W ho er A ong tbe Christians and
Je s bear Df iuc hut does ot afrir his
beliel iu hAt E brougbt a d dies tb
.stAte w W hc anlong tbc inbAbitants uf
HcLI.'' ''
C
. It ''. , . ,. . , .. ..

2.
 Æ C O G N IT Io N o F G o D
The question w hich 'ses here js. H ow
can l people be expected to be2ieve in
the une true G od, given their v 'ng
backerounds, societies d cuttures7 . For

people to be held rgsponsible for

w orshipping the one t e G od , they 2
need to have access to know tedge nf Him .
The rin rgvetation teaches thar 2
hUm an s being have the rgco ition of the
one true G od im p nted on thejr souts a.s
a p of their vey nature with w hich
they are created.

In the seventh chap(er of rhe Quran

(Al-Arac1f,ver s 172-l73 ,God expl ned
that w hen H e creatgd Ad , H e cau sed
l nf Ad 's dgscend ts to com e ;nto
eXiStCnCe and H e took a pledgg from them
sa ng.
'' m I not our LD rd ?
.' 1o w hich thq
Rllre,
rlicrl. ' es,Iue tc.
m ' to it.'''
Allah then expl ned w hy H e had tof
m ankind be w itness that He is thejr

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w orship.H e s d.
~7hat ín c0 e you (nw nkinq
shouId say on the y oJ Rc m ecti 'on,
CVe Iy we weR una re oJ aIlthts.'^
( tLl(.(()í.l-iI
'rhat is to say,we c not cl m on that
{iav
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(hat w e ha(J no idgg that A llah wgS
ou r God and thgt no one told u s that we
vgre only supposcd tn w orship Allah
ong. AIj went on to further expl n
chat.
'Jt also in c e you sh ld say,
'Ce ainIy it w our ancestors w ho
de ers (wíth llahJ and are
onIy their descendants; w tlI you then
de_ y w Jor w hatthose líars did?
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Thus,gvgv (;hild is horn with a ngtural
helier in Ciod d in l}orn inclination to
worship l3im alnne. This in born helief
d jncJingiiçn is c Jgd in Argbic the
KF'itr ^.

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 The Prophet M uh m ad reported that
nllah s d, ~I cre8ted p g
tbe bt re oQ, b t d 8de
tbe go 8 b 8p." The Prophet so g 'd ,
~ 8cb cb d b 8 t8te or Pib 8b '
TbeQ bb p e t8 8 e b 8 Je , 8
C ti8 or 8 ro8 b t ." If the child
w cre left aJone, he w ouId w orship G od in
his ow n way, bur l chi1dren are ected
hv thc environm ent. So,justas the child
s bmits to the physic laws which Allah
has imposed on näture,in the s e way
his soulalsn subm ics natur ly to the fact
that Allah is his rd and Creator. But, if
his p ents t?' to m e him fotlow a
different path , thc child is not strong
enou in the eartv sr es nf his life to
resist or oppose thc'wi'llofhis p ents. In
such cases, the religion w hich the child
follows is one of custom and upbringing
d G od does noc hotd him to account or'
punish him for his religion up to a cRrtain
stage ofhis life.

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 T H E SIG N S o F D
Throughout people's liies, from chilr3huurl
until the rim e the? c1ie, s
.igns uf the unc
cl unlv crue Ciocl e show n (u ther in
lregicìns or(hc carth anclin thelr o n
souls,untititbecnm es clear that there is
onlv one truc God (Allah I.Gud .1.js in thc
s,
QuUan.
''W e IuiII sfIow tfiem our si ns in tk
m rthest m gioM (of the e rth) nd in
their sou Is, untiI it becom es clenr to
the thnt th is the t th.''
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The Follo g i. s ex nple ur 1
re ealing hv a 0 to nne m an che ecTnr cr
hisidol-wnìship. In thR sDuth-eastem region
nf lhe Am, n jungle in il, S<iu
Am ejca,a p iti
ve tjbe eg ted a ncw hut
Io housc the m idol Sk ha(ch
repM n ne thc supR m e G od of '
cM a on. Thc fotlow g day a ),nung m an
enteRd e hutto pay hom e tn e Chd,
d whilc he w as in prns a on tc}w har hc
had been (aum t u 3s his Cm c
1tnr , c'
i
,
 Sust ner, a m an old nea jdden dog
slunk to e hut. The voung m tuoked
up in time to g Me d g liA his h d l
and pass ujnE on the idol.Ou ed,the
youth cham 1 M e dog out of e tem pte;hut
w hen 's e died down he r ' d at
e idol could not be e LD rd uf the
Univerx . G od m ust bc el where, he
concluded. As stn nge as it m ay g m ,the
dog um aced on e idol w as a from
God for that young m an. This si
cont ned the divine m es e atw hat he
was wors pping w as f . Itlihen ted Crom
slavis y foUo g his di on l y lc ed
wors pofar god.AsaNsult,Misman
was given a choice. ei er to seek thc c
god or to con nue e em r ofhis ways.
Allah m en 'ons Prophet Abraham 's
quest for God as e ple of how M o
w ho follow H is signs w illm jghUy ided .

"So lso did E sho br h m t

po r nd the ws of thc he ns
nd the e rth th t hE m ight ( 'th
unde ndim ) uc cErtí dc.

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havc hccn scnt to hc n tiun {1 trihe tr;
suppor1 m 's naturm telief iri Cìnd L rl
in ;.n '.s in hr)rn inclin;i1ii;n trt ;7rshift LlIni.
 as w ellas to reinroR e the divine truth in
the U 'ly si s reveated by G od.Although
much ofthe prophet tiachingsbecome
jiston ed, po inn.s reve ing their G od-
inspired m essages hnve rem ned
un( ntgd d hnve ed to ide
m ankind in the choice betw een jght m d
wrong. The inßuence of God-inspired
m ess es down chrough the es cm be
seen in the Ten Com m m dm ents of
Jud sm 's Torah which w eR later adopted
into Chjstim ity's teachings, as well as in
the e stence of law s 6g nst m Urder,
steaJing and adultey in m ost societies
throughout the m cientm d m odem w orld.

A s n result of God's signs to m m kind

through the a6es com bined with H is
revetation rhrough tlis prophets, atl
m m kind has been given a ch ce to
recogni e the one rrue Ciod.

Con uently, evey soul wi 'll m held

accountahle for its m Lief in God m d its
ac p ce of the t e R Li on of God,
n ely Isl .which m eans totalsubm 3
'ssion
ro the lnfAllm .

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 C O N C k U S Io N
The E: lR
' e pm n ta un hcs (IeM ur)xcr t q
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Lt thR n e of thr R lic on uf ts;, ,)n .

m SX S ISt; '.
S M Ust rentr prin ripl(. .

SU hM iSSion to Ciod , 1n(l th;c ctj n c

A
l.
sIn m w s ch usen nr)t t}v M , hu c t)h
Gn(l,acCording t(} the hni sc pcurcs f ,

lslc3m .lth s su been sh wn ch t tst,

1m
one te chRs th? linin!lRntss uf r o(l , c!
H iS attjbuteS m cl {njoir3s thR w urshiIj (t
CioCl ufone r1Jiffm 11t 'rqfl R inn , tìin,tt, .
dUe tu the diinRly jnstiIl?d incljn:qciur3 ijf
in lcJ w(:rshiti Cud ,
1nrl th{ si s
reVR cd hy Cod 1h rr7ughnu t ;he ;iers tr)
chilch in divi(lu: ,lst;m m ,{v t)( ctlj?hc(l t),
. ..

d linen ( lltim es.

In short, thc sign . .nr; cp r)r

i , ch? i(a7nR
ISl (suIJm issjo cu {ìr)d , t.st m s
fund, (n tal L
. 1c nw I(cEgpr33(rlc l)t ' ch(
Ilnj4u Rr3Rss ufCìud , (1 lsl;un x ;3rcLssit)itjc
.

to itJl m nd 1 :3tl tirnrs c()nvir3Lir3,4i v

xllppurt Ist: 's cl, 1jrn ch t frui33 c .c
beginnine uf tim r in w hatRvpr languw ( 1(
w s e.E:rRss(cl. lsl; :)l()nr h:ts t
. . 7e n,;u)c3
w illhc the tru p rplig?(7n ()f'Cì()rl,
.

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 ln conclusion w e ask Allah, rhe
Ex ted, to keep us on tbe right path to
which He has guided us, an d to bestow
on us H is blessings and m ercy, for H c is
indeed the M ost M erciful. Pr se be ro
Allah . the rd of the w or)ds, d peace
and biessings be on h ophet M uham m ad
d on aJl the prophets of G od and their
righteous follow ers.

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