❞ كتاب Whom Should We Worship ❝ ⏤ Majed S Al Rassi

 Honorific Phrases in this Book ............................................... 12
About the Word ‘Lord’............................................................ 13
About the Word ‘Allah’........................................................... 14
Preface..................................................................................... 17
Introduction............................................................................. 19
1. Proof of Allah’s Existence .................................................. 21
2. The Purpose of Creation ..................................................... 23
3. Monotheism: the Message of All the Prophets................... 25
4. The Basic Message of Islam............................................... 27
5. Proofs that Only Allah Deserves to be Worshipped............ 28
6. The Message of False Religions......................................... 34
7. Allah and His Creation........................................................ 37
8. The Meaning of the Religion’s Name: ‘Islam’.................... 41
9. The Six Articles of Islamic Faith ........................................ 43
9.1 Belief in Allah............................................................ 43
9.2 Belief in the angels.................................................... 44
9.3 Belief in the scriptures............................................... 45
Biblical proofs of the Bible’s distortion............................ 48
Distorting revelations is the biggest sin........................... 49
An important note............................................................. 49
Revelation of the Quran ................................................... 49
The entire Quran is a proclamation of monotheism......... 51
The Prophet’s teachings ................................................... 52
Preservation of Islamic teachings.................................... 53
9.4 Belief in the messengers of Allah .............................. 54

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Obedience to the Prophet (bpuh)..................................... 56
Loving the Prophet (bpuh) ............................................... 57
9.5 Belief in the Last Day................................................ 59
9.6 Belief in predestination.............................................. 60
10. The Five Pillars of Islam................................................... 62
a) The declaration of the two testimonies of faith ........... 62
b) Prayers......................................................................... 63
c) Zakah (obligatory charity)........................................... 63
d) Fasting the month of Ramadan.................................... 64
e) Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah) ....................................... 65
11. The Meaning of Worship in Islam..................................... 66
12. The Moral System in Islam............................................... 67
12.1 Relation with the Lord ............................................. 67
12.2 Relations with people—general............................... 68
12.3 Relations with parents.............................................. 69
12.4 Relations with relatives............................................ 69
12.5 Relations with neighbours....................................... 70
12.6 Food—moral conduct .............................................. 71
12.7 Hygiene—Islamic moral conduct ............................ 71
12.8 Spiritual—Islamic moral conduct............................ 72
12.9 Family structure and rights...................................... 72
12.10 Decency and veiling .............................................. 73
12.11 The rights of the wife............................................. 73
12.12 Polygyny ................................................................ 74
12.13 Divorce rules.......................................................... 75
12.14 Protection of life .................................................... 75
12.15 Protection of property ............................................ 76
12.16 Maintaining health ................................................. 76
12.17 Animal rights......................................................... 78
12.18 Rights of the deceased ........................................... 78
13. Islam and Other Religions................................................ 80

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14. Eleven Facts about Jesus (pbuh) and His Mother (Mary)
in the Islamic Teachings.................................................... 81
14.1 The status of Jesus (pbuh) in Islam.......................... 81
14.2 The beginning of Jesus’ lineage............................... 82
14.3 The status of Mary................................................... 83
14.4 The news about Jesus (pbuh)................................... 84
14.5 The birth of Jesus (pbuh)......................................... 84
14.6 Subsequent miracles of Jesus (pbuh)....................... 85
An important note ......................................................... 87
14.7 Human qualities of Jesus (pbuh).............................. 88
14.8 Jesus’ prophethood................................................... 89
14.9 The mission of Jesus (pbuh) .................................... 90
14.10 Jesus’ ascension ..................................................... 91
14.11 The second coming of Jesus (pbuh)....................... 92
15. The Amazing Prophecies of Muhammad (bpuh)
in the Bible: Twenty-eight Proofs from the Bible
on Muhammad’s Prophethood .......................................... 94
The main attributes of Prophet Muhammad’s
profile in the Bible........................................................ 96
15.1 His name .................................................................. 97
15.2 His characteristics.................................................... 97
OtherBiblical characteristics of Prophet Muhammad (bpuh) 109
%A15.3 The location from which he was to emerge ............. 115
15.4 The message to be revealed through him................. 117
15.5 Fulfilment of prophecies which he foretold............. 119
15.6 The time when he was to appear.............................. 121
15.7 The unique proof...................................................... 124
15.8 The lack of warnings from previous prophets......... 124
15.9 The consistency between Muhammad’s
and Jesus’ teachings...................................................... 125
16. The Facts about Original Sin ............................................ 127
Background...................................................................... 127

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Analysis........................................................................... 128
Original sin and atonement from an Islamic perspective 134
Conclusion ....................................................................... 136
17. Islam’s Revival of the Basic Teachings of Jesus (pbuh)... 137
Introduction...................................................................... 137
17.1 Revival of the creed of Allah’s Oneness of essence 137
17.2 Revival of Allah’ssupremacy in terms of
His attributes and qualities........................................... 140
17.3 Revival of the doctrine of monotheism
(worship of Allah alone) ............................................... 142
17.4 Revival of the creed of Jesus’ prophethood ............. 144
17.5 Revival of the creed of Jesus’ humanness...............
17.6 Revival of the doctrine of Jesus’ ascension
(negating the crucifixion).............................................
146
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17.7 Revival of the prohibition of augury ....................... 151
17.8 Revival of the prohibition of witchcraft .................. 152
17.9 Revival of the prohibition of taking interest............ 153
17.10 Revival of the prohibition of consuming pork....... 155
17.11 Revival of the prohibition of consuming blood ..... 155
17.12 Revival of the prohibition of adultery ................... 156
17.13 Revival of ablution before prayer .......................... 157
17.14 Revival of performing prayers physically ............. 158
17.15 Revival of compulsory charity (zakah).................. 159
17.16 Revival of fasting................................................... 160
17.17 Revival of greeting with the supplication of peace 161
17.18 Revival of veiling (hijab) for women .................... 162
17.19 Revival of polygyny .............................................. 163
17.20 Revival of male circumcision ................................ 164
Conclusion ....................................................................... 165
18. Features of Islamic Teachings........................................... 166
18.1 Rationality................................................................ 166
18.2 Perfection................................................................. 166

The creation and existence of everything in this world has a purpose and wisdom behind it. Human beings are the superior creation as Allah has given them the intellect, has created everything for them, and has given them power and knowledge over most of the creation. There is, obviously, a specific purpose behind their existence, which is what has been elaborated in this book.