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give thanks to Allah for the moon and
the stars Praise Him all day for what is
and what was take hold of your IM don't
give into Shan oh you who believe please
give thanks to Allah
Allah
Allah I'm asked how how do I know
there's a God how could I be sure that
there is a God and I tell that person to
number one look with inside the M
themselves there's enough evidence right
inside yourself to know that there is a
God um and then look around you look at
the beauty of the things that are around
you and the harmonious things that
around you these things could not have
happened by accident these things cannot
be as those who want to deny the
existence of God say that these things
came about by big bang big Theory so
you're trying to tell me for instance to
put a very close example that I can take
all of the parts that are necessary to
make a car toss it into a machine shake
it up and it's going to produce me a BMW
doesn't happen it's not going to happen
so you mean to tell me that all of this
Cosmos all of these Heavens in the
perfect order that they're in came about
just by accident they run themselves in
such perfect order just by accident your
body runs itself in such a perfect order
just by accident these things cannot
happen by accident they have to be a
well planned
well-designed uh scheme of things by
someone far greater than anything that
we can comprehend so we just look inside
our own selves and the things that
around do give us more than enough
evidence to realize that there's
something else behind this than just
accidents I'm asked what does God want
from us what does he desire from us the
only thing he desires from us is the
purpose that he created us for he did
not create us out of Need for
companionship he did not create us just
because he was bored and he wanted
something to do he created us in order
that he may be glorified he created us
in order that his dominance and his
power his authority could be exemplified
in in in the world he created us solely
for his worship this was our only
purpose of creation and if we take that
into our life this does not mean we we
go and we pray for 24 hours a day from
the time we're born to the time we die
but it is a more or less a mindset that
we have that everything we do that
everywhere we go that everything we say
is all for the pleasure and the sake of
God and that we do it all in accordance
with the lifestyle that God has set down
this is all he wanted from us he gave us
a free will a choice between right right
and wrong and all he asked is that we
return that free will to him in order to
live according to his will and for that
small price he has given us the great
reward that we will enter into Paradise
if we return that will to him this is
all he
asks I'm questioned what if I wanted to
stay away from organized religion and
just step back and worship God on my own
according to my own understandings and
own thinkings and I say that this is the
downfall
of every religion that God has sent
every way that God has sent which we
know is one way and that's to worship
him alone this is how every religion
came to be distorted people step back
formulate who they think God is in their
own mind and to worship Him in their own
way without a connection they say I want
to be my only connection with God and we
know that God does not speak to us we
have to have some connection we have to
have some mod of reaching God and
understanding his way and this was the
reason why the prophets were sent and
this is the reason why their example
must be followed because if not our own
understanding will not lead us to God
even in in in the Bible it says in
Proverbs lean not on th own
understanding you cannot use your own
understanding to derive judgments about
God this is how every religion became
distorted every way came distorted this
is how you ended up with millions of
religions hundreds and thousands of
different ways from people taking God's
way stepping back and then thinking this
is the way I want to do it I'm going to
do it my own way and then some people
follow him his family follows him they
praise him he dies they follow his way
then a religion becomes named after him
for instance uh Buddhism taoism
Confucianism these things happen because
they stepped away from religion and said
that they wanted to do their own thing
and then ended up being
followed and I'm questioning how do we
know which way is the right way and of
course we are saying that Islam is the
right way or submission to the will of
God is the right way I challenge you
pick up a Quran for yourself read it
read it with an open mind and then pick
up a book about Prophet Muhammad peace
be upon him about his life example read
it with an open mind and you will come
to the same conclusion that I came to
that this book and this man cannot have
been any Normal book or any normal man
this must be from a higher source this
must be from that source which created
the heavens and the Earth this book
cannot be any other book this book is
like no other book this man was like no
other man I tell I challenge you study
the life of prophet Muhammad peace be
upon Him study his example study his way
study his tradition study his sayings
and I tell you that those things have
proof in them themselves that if you're
looking for the right way for sure you
will realize and come to realize the
same as I did that Islam is the right
way not only is it the right way but
it's the only way it's the only way God
has ever had it's the way of Adam it's
the way of Noah it's the way of Abraham
it was the way of Moses it was the way
of David Jesus all the prophets peace be
upon him and it was the way of our final
messenger Muhammad peace be upon all of
them and you will come to realize that
this way is the way to connect with God
and the way to etern Eternal
paradise and I'm asked what is the
Quran the Quran are the direct words
from God from Allah revealed to his
Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him
during a period of 23 years this is not
a book invented by Prophet Muhammad
peace be upon him was not copied from
the Bible the stories are repeated in
the Bible because the Bible stories are
corrupted the Bible teachings were
corrupted the stories of the prophets
were corrupted the the prophets were
blasphemy and being said to have done
things they did not do so some of these
stories are retold in order to put the
correct message AC cross that they
always were the best examples for
Humanity and that God always called to
his one worship this is what is known as
the Quran or the recitation it is
something which Muslims try to live by
and instill within their hearts memorize
and we use it every day in our prayers
but it is the direct word of God not the
word of prophet Muhammad deal revealed
directly to him for our
benefit I'm asked what is Islam and what
is a Muslim Islam is a complete total
comprehensive way of life it is a way of
life revealed to us by God through
prophet Muhammad peace be upon him how
to live our life in every single aspect
Islam is so detailed in our life that
not one single detail was left out from
the time we wake up to the time we go to
bed every action has been dictated To Us
by God through his Prophet Muhammad this
is Islam a systematic way of life and it
encompasses six beliefs in Five Pillars
the the six beliefs being that we
believe in Allah we believe in the
prophets we believe in the Angels We
Believe in the books we believe in in
the day of judgment and we believe in
the determination or the knowledge that
God knows everything that's going to
happen and that has happened and the
five pillars of the five foundational uh
uh actions of Islam are number one
testifying that there is no God but
Allah and Muhammad is a messenger
accepting this with your heart after
this comes the five daily prayers
praying towards God submitting yourself
as an act of this submission that you
have accepted then paying the charity or
the poor do onto the poor and then of
course fasting the month of Ramadan
fasting for 30 days during the month of
Ramadan in order to purify and Purge
one's own soul and then making Hajj or
pilgrimage to the house of Allah in
Mecca if one is financially able to do
so this is Islam