Islam means submission and peace,
and it altogether signifies the religion and the way of life of man. Someone
who sincerely says that he belongs to Islam will make it a must to make his
life an embodiment of peace. He will strive to obey all the commandments of
Allah, the Overpowering Lord, the Unique God. He will find himself surrounded
by noble teachings, and as a responsible human being filled with the innate
willpower to spread goodwill everywhere, he strives to establish securely the
bond between man and Allah, between man and man, and between man and the rest
of Allah’s creation.
Islam reflects the true nature of
the soul of man. When he is born in this temporal world, he is Muslim. He has
no religion, no creed whatsoever except being intrinsically and extrinsically
devoted to Allah. While the magnet of the earth pulls him to connect with the
material, yet his soul is ever thirsty of the spiritual, of the great divine
love which has enable for him this journey to earth. Thus his soul strives to
soar high above everything material and flimsy, i.e., all mundane connections
to connect with the True Reality, i.e. Allah.
Islam reinvigorates the individual,
giving him the necessary baggage to last a lifetime on earth whilst being only
a temporary traveller. Islam is the true religion of all mankind; it is their
true identity and it is that belongingness which ultimately connects him to His
Maker, Allah (swt). It is only with the touch of this material world, that man
temporary loses his true sense of direction. Some progress further into Islam,
while some get beguiled by the attractions of this world and lose the aura of
their purpose of being born on earth. As such, man devises several gods of
their own making to fill the gap of their lost touch with the true Maker,
unable to recall their promises made to Him before their advent on earth.
To guide peoples or nations aright,
Allah sent thousands of prophets and messengers among them to re-establish that
lost bond which they once had with their Creator. While the accursed one (i.e.
Satan) and his army strive to “honour” his word to misguide man and remove him
from the righteous path, the purpose of every Adam, in the capacity of
Representative (Caliph) of Allah is to preach the word of Allah to the people,
to wake up their consciousness and revive the essence of their Islam which has
been concealed deep within by layers of worldliness.
From Adam to Muhammad (pbuh), Allah
perfected the identity of man by defining once and for all the true name for
his creed, faith and religion. Allah consolidated His word, His promise to the
Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), by making him the Seal of all Prophets and by
revealing to him his true status of Muslim, and for all his true followers and
giving him the perfect book, the Quran so that he, and the rest of Muslim
believers till the Day of Judgement abide by it in a true way. But Allah knows
that man is weak and falls prey from time to time to the attractions of the
satans. That is why, He already revealed that whenever religion will be in
danger, he shall send His elect, a truthful guide to lead the people out of the
darkness of the world into the divine light. If Islam is the first and foremost
religion and identity of man, yet man is beguiled from time to time by his abased
desires/ passions which make him cut connection with Allah. Sometimes again, he
interprets the Holy verses of God, without the support of a man of God and acts
upon them according to his own thoughts and thus ruins the real commandments of
Allah. Such is the case concerning Terrorism.
Terrorism in itself knows no
religion. It is not specific to any religion. Anybody, whatever his creed and
faith may fall prey to terrorism. Terror, the act of terror belongs to the
field of the malicious Satan. Islam, being peace cannot refer to the domain of
terror. Peace and terror – except of course the FEAR
OF ALLAH – cannot cohabit, then how and why did Islam earn the title of ‘Religion of Terror’?
