Born muslims, or new reverts : Why do you love Islam ?
I really love Islam and I will die muslim InshallAllah, whatever happens. But I want to collect more ideas about : why people love Islam despite all these reppellent images and misconceptions surrounding Islam and muslims.
Personally, I love Islam because I feel I'm on the right path and I can see a clear vision about my whole existence and responses to all my questions in Islam, and I'm really satisfied with these responses, I found the truth I need in Islam. I also feel that I'm really close to Allah, I feel Him present in my life and intervening every time to guide me and give me His mercy. I don't need anything else.
When I hear that some non-muslim who was known to be attacking Islam and trying to cast people away from Islam, but amazingly, that same person accepts Islam after a long anti-islam life. I really find that I really love that person, It's amazing because I was uncomfortable with him for years, but at the moment he enters in Islam, I find a strong love inside me to this person. I mean I can love him before as a brother in humanity, but when he enters in Islam, I start to love him as a brother. I feel that he is like one of my family. I feel like I knew him before, that makes me feel that all the humans are born muslims but ther diverted from the right path, and when he revert back to Islam, you feel that you recongnize him, and that you knew him before.
That love between muslims is what makes me love islam more.
Last edited by marwen; 10-25-2010 at 02:57 PM.
"O you who believe! Fear ALLAH as He should be feared" [aal 'Imraan, 102]
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
I think it has to do with the fact that Islam is the true religion and one's mind and body all feel that it is the truth. There isn't any conflict between Islamic rulings and what one's mind requires.
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
i love islam...............but islam in my life not in books...i mean i want islam to be in my life...bcz i have read this at the time near to qiyama ppl will make much noise that they love islam but they have nothing of islam in their life....
anyway i like all the things in islam and trying for them to be in my life in perfect way.....
on top i say...haya...then saadgi...then contenment...then no israf,,,no hasd,,,no heart disease like this....then salat...fasting...and much more.....love for Allah SWT and Prophet PBUH is also very sweet thing in islam....
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
One thing? That's hard... Only one?
I don't know I can't think of any one particular thing. I guess it's knowing where you stand. Instead of wondering... are we the greatest beings in the universe, or is there something much greater out there? Should we take control as masters of this Earth, or is there someone greater we should answer to? With no knowledge of Allah, one who is ignorant may ask themselves are we part of a galactic empire, are we the only life forms, is there any god, are the aliens like the gods of ancient times, etc. Instead you KNOW the answer to this, and that's really comforting. It's even interesting how it doesn't matter if there are beings out there in the universe who are superior in smarts and technology, or even other human beings with more intellect and control than yourself, you still know there is only ONE whom you may answer to and anyone who tells you to do otherwise you know where they stand too.
I feel it puts everything and everyone in its place so people know where they stand with one another and also how to treat and respect one another because following these rules means respecting Allah and His guidance.
Personally, it was a stress being ignorant. If you don't know who makes the rules or who is in control, or that there even is a supreme being in control, you feel you have to compensate for that chaos by trying to take control yourself. Because that cannot be done, it becomes frustrating. Whereas if you accept that you are not in complete control and that Allah controls the universe, well you can accept it without getting stressed. It's a mindset too though because it takes a while to get out of the old mindset, it's not really an instant transition, but it helps with healing the old scars.
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
salaam
Simple understanding of God with no complicated ideas.
Lifes of the prophets
I know I did 2 although there are many more things..............
peace
Do you think the pious don't sin?
They merely:
Veiled themselves and didn't flaunt it
Sought forgiveness and didn't persist
Took ownership of it and don't justify it
And acted with excellence after they had erred - Ibn al-Qayyim
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
There's so many things I love about Islam. The teachings of the prophet Muhammed (pbuh) is such an inspiration, what he achieved with the guidance of Allah (swt) is just amazing.
If I was to say one thing that I trully admire about my religion is the equality. Where race is never an issue, every Muslim no matter where they are from or what colour they are, they are all strongly connected together with a single belief, the one true god and his messengers (Islam). The brotherhood/sisterhood in this religion is heartwarming aswell.
And there's so many others things Islam achieves to do that no other religion or cult can come close to mimicking.
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
format_quote Originally Posted by marwen
love between muslims is what makes me love islam
^^ agreed like one big happy family especially when you meet a new muslim its like meeting a bro/sis that you never knew you had.
I just love how Islam is not just a religion but a way of life and how if you have any questions all you have to do is open the Quran or read a hadith....Islam is just beautiful the real question is how can you not love it.
"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it 'The Present'."
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
I love Islam because it's a complete way of life and I love it because although there are certain things we embrace on faith Islam is a fairly straightforward and easy to understand religion.
Salam
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
For me it is impossible to name only one thing I love about Islam, but certainly
the single, direct, pure connection to God ranks among the top
there is no embellishment, there is no adulteration.
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
Every time someone tells you some book or other has all the answers, it always turns out that they’re full of it. The Koran is the first and only book I’ve read that really does, and provides answers that make sense, some of which you just want to kick yourself for missing before; including:
“Why are we here?” (51:56)
“Does the universe end somewhere?” (55:33)
“Why do we suffer?” (6:42)
“Are we alone in the universe?” (65:12)
And so on. Even the basic questions “Is there a God?” and, “Do we continue on after we die?” are not just given the predictable answers but also argued for (30:21, 50 are just two of many examples). Even the minor logical squabbles that you positively itch with when it ordinarily comes to religion always seem to have some answer in the Koran or at least the Sunnah. I wonder if this is the primary reason why more people these days in the west seem to come to Islam from Catholicism than any other previous position.
Peace be to any prophets I may have mentioned above. Praised and exalted be my Maker, if I have mentioned Him. (Come to think of it praise Him anyway.)
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
when Frithjof Shuon was asked "Why do you like Islam?"---he replied "Because the Muslims take God seriously....."
There is some truth to this statement in that though we may fail on occassion---we Muslims do strive to "take God seriously".
I am a born Muslim---I like Islam because it grows with you...at whaterver stage in life you are---it manages to guide you.....I think that is what is so unique about the Quran....that it, it manages to speak to you personally no matter what you intellectual or spiritual level!!!
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
There are many things but first of all it`s the unique distinction of having no association with any particular nation or founder and it is not the product of a human mind.
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
I love how Allah (swt) is so Merciful. A true muslim is not one who never sins because we all sin but one who realises that as long as he is alive, his/her chance of Jannah will insha Allah still remain true.
I also love how Islam remains consistent over time. I look back to how I used to pray salat as a little girl and I still do the exact same thing, same actions, say the same things today. Very few things have remained truly consistent through our lives and yet this is definitely one of them. Islam is for always.
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
i luv Islam because its the religion of peace and provides the complete way of live. rights are equally given to men and women.. Islam is not a collection of practices, things to do, clothes to wear, or a bunch of Arabic vocabularies to share with your friends. Islam is composed of a true understanding of the existence of Allah and feeling true devotion to Allah only.
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
Bringing justice to the people like Sultan Mohamed II (Mehmed II the Conqueror) 1451–1481: Filling the promise that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: "Verily you shall conquer Constantinople. What a wonderful leader will he be, and what a wonderful army will that army be!" Allah (SWT) sent the Sultan Mohamed II the Conqueror at a young age 21 to conquer Constantinople crush the crusaders & bring people to Islam. Turning the Hagia Sophia church into a Mosque (Ayasofya Mosque) so people are worshiping the one & only god Allah (SWT). Than the Great City Islambul (Istanbul) was born the new Muslim State Capital 1453–1922. May Allah (SWT) be pleased with him. The justice Islam had like helpping the poor freeing slaves allowing freedom of worship something you were not allow to do in christian europe. Many more.
Re: Q. For muslims only : If there is one thing you love about Islam, what is it ?
format_quote Originally Posted by Yahya Sulaiman
Every time someone tells you some book or other has all the answers, it always turns out that they’re full of it. The Koran is the first and only book I’ve read that really does, and provides answers that make sense, some of which you just want to kick yourself for missing before; including:
“Why are we here?” (51:56)
“Does the universe end somewhere?” (55:33)
“Why do we suffer?” (6:42)
“Are we alone in the universe?” (65:12)
And so on. Even the basic questions “Is there a God?” and, “Do we continue on after we die?” are not just given the predictable answers but also argued for (30:21, 50 are just two of many examples). Even the minor logical squabbles that you positively itch with when it ordinarily comes to religion always seem to have some answer in the Koran or at least the Sunnah. I wonder if this is the primary reason why more people these days in the west seem to come to Islam from Catholicism than any other previous position.
Asalaamu Alaikum,
That "Is there a God" answer really made me think especially, because it's not like there were many or if any Athiests living in the world at the time of the Prophet, pretty much everyone had some belief in a Divinity. It was only after Darwin came along did Athiesm start to spread and plummet.
I guess there's no suprises since this book is a guidance sent for all of Mankind and for all times.
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