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Alhamdulillah. Praise be to Allah the
creator of the heavens and earth and
blessings unto the prophet Muhammad
peace be upon him. Now that most of the
human beings believe in the creator of
the heavens and the earth, we believe in
God. That this universe that we live in
is in such a magnificent way that speaks
for itself that the creator is one, the
provider is one and he's the most
merciful and he's the most
gracious. What is the purpose of our
creation then? a human being. We claim
for ourselves that we don't do things
just out of no reason or no purpose. And
when it comes to the most perfect, the
creator of the heavens and the earth,
everything he does is by great wisdom.
And that's why he's the most wise. So he
created the human beings for a great
wisdom. And that is to worship him
alone. to worship him alone. Because
when we look around us, everything
submitted itself to the creator of the
heavens and the earth. Everything is set
to do what it's been created for. The
air is created for the human beings and
animals and plants to use and to breathe
to sustain their lives. The earth, the
plantations, the trees, everything that
exists around us, it has its own job and
it's very clear. never changes from one
place to the other. It has the same job
whether it's animals or plants or
whatever there exists. Except for the
human being, he has the choice. The rest
of the creation of the creator, they
don't have a choice in fulfilling the
purpose of their life. Except the human
beings, he has a part in which he choose
choose to do what? To submit himself to
the creator of the heavens and the
earth. And this is where it comes the
issue of religion or way of life. When a
person believes in God and the question
comes in with the organized religions
that are present, which one is the
truth? Everybody's claiming that he is
the is on on the truth? Everyone. No
human being will claim that he is on
falsehood or he is deviated. Everybody
claims that he is on the truth. So how
can we find for ourselves in each and
every one of us that we are sure that we
are on the truth? It's such an important
question. A question for us that if we
spend time and time to find an answer to
it, it's not waste because it basically
would fulfill the purpose of our
creation. First we have to agree that we
are created for a great purpose. We're
not created for nothing but we're
created for a great purpose. And this
purpose is to worship the creator of the
heavens and the earth to be dutiful to
him and comes as as as a result of that
the things that would organize our lives
to fulfill the rights of others to be
kind to the neighbors to the friends to
every everything that exists to the
animals to the environment to
everything. So there's a purpose of our
creation and that is to worship the
creator of the heavens and the earth. If
we look at the different religions or
the different ways of lives that are
present on the face of earth, let's
examine the simplest fact that we should
agree upon that were created to worship
the creator of the heavens and the
earth. What is the way of life that is
calling you to worship God alone, to
worship him alone? Meaning that he is
the only one that we turn to. What is
worship? Worship is anything that the
creator of the heavens and the earth
likes. Whether it's something that we
say, whether it's something that we
believe, whether it's something that we
do physically or with our own hearts,
everything that he likes, then this is
an act of worship. One of which is
supplication, one of which prayers,
being kind to others, seeking the
rewards from the creator of the heavens
and the earth, giving charity. All of
these are acts of worship. Worship has
to be done sincerely and devotely only
for the sake of the creator of the
heavens and the earth. There is the
creator and there's the creation. The
creation as a main characteristic to a
creation that means it is in need of the
creator. It is missing something. It is
weak. Cannot sustain its own life by its
own self. It always in need of someone
that is powerful than the creation. And
that is the creator. And that's why the
normal way of living our life is for the
creation to turn to the most rich, to
the most powerful, to the creator of the
heavens and the earth. And this is what
is the meaning of worship. If we see in
the world that we're living in today,
Islam is a way of life that is calling
the human beings to turn to the creator
of the heavens and the earth without no
inter intermediaries between us as a
human beings and the creator of the
heavens and earth. to turn to him alone,
to worship him alone, to seek help from
him alone, to seek salvation and
goodness and happiness from him alone
because he's the creator of the heavens
and the earth. And this is the
simplicity of the message of the
religion of Alis Islam. And it's the
same message by the way that every
messenger was sent from the creator of
the heavens and the earth that he called
people to to worship the one in the
heavens, the creator of the heavens and
the earth. No one called the people to
worship the creation but to worship the
creator. And that is the consistency
that we need to think about that would
make sense of everything. When people
claim in their beliefs that God has sent
his son and sacrificed his son for the
people to worship the son of God. What
about the people that were present
before that exist? Did they worship the
true God? If we talk about Abraham peace
be upon him, did he know the proper God
to worship? He did not worship a son of
God. He worshiped God, the creator of
the heavens and the earth. How did he
know the true God? It's the same
message. The same thing for the people
before him and after him,
Moses. How what did he call the people
to? He did not call the people to
worship Jesus peace be upon him. But he
called the people to worship the creator
of Jesus, the creator of Moses, the
creator of Abraham, the creator of all
that exists to turn to him alone without
nobody is in between us when it comes to
acts of worship. And this is the beauty
of submitting ourselves to the creator
of the heavens and the earth. And this
is the message of al- Islam. Some people
they are confused when they hear the
word Islam. They think it's another
religion, another religion that pertains
to a certain group or race or an
individual. And this is a wrong
conception. Islam means submit yourself.
Submit yourself to the one that created
you in matters of worship. believe in
all the messengers before that they had
a job that God sent them as human beings
to call the other human beings to the
worship of the creator of the heavens
and the earth. They did not manipulate
the people. They did not seek the wealth
or seek status in their life but they
sought for the salvation of the human
being to turn alone and for the human
being to turn alone without heaven an
intermediary between them and the
creator of the heavens and the earth.
And this is the message of alam that is
consistent from one messenger to the
other. So we say that Adam the first of
the creation that Noah that Abraham that
Jacob that Moses that Jesus that prophet
Muhammad peace be upon all of them they
came with one religion and that's the
only thing that makes sense. They came
with one religion and that is submit
yourself to the creator of the heavens
and the earth. Worship him alone. Do not
call any idols, any deities, any human
being. Just call the creator of the
heavens and the earth in your prayers,
in your actions. Seek his reward alone.
And this is what makes sense or should
make sense to each and every one of us.
And that's why the message of al-Islam,
it's a way of life. It's not another
religion. It's a way of life that should
make perfect sense in everything that we
do.
The final of all these messengers was
prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. When
we examine how he called his people and
called the all the race of the human
being to do one thing and that is to
worship the creator of the heavens and
the earth and he was the most truthful
individual among his people. He called
them not for his own glory but for
people to turn to the creator of the
heavens and the earth to worship him
alone. And this is the meaning of Islam.
Muhammad rasool Allah there is no one
worthy of worship except Allah the
creator of the heavens and the earth and
that prophet Muhammad is the final
messenger with the same message of all
the prophets that Jesus and Moses are
prophets of Allah are messengers of the
almighty God called their people to
worship none but the creator of the
heavens and the earth and the same
message came with prophet Muhammad but
the difference of the last message and
why it's the last message because he
came with such a comprehensive ive
message that there is no need for
another messenger to come. Each each
messenger when he was sent to his
people, he was sent specifically through
a group of people with certain rulings
and regulations that fit the nature of
the society that he was sent to. But
when it come to the last messenger, the
message was completed. It's very
comprehensive. It is affecting our life
in every aspect of it. Not just the
spiritual needs but our physical needs.
did not ignore our physical needs. Did
not even ignore how to treat our enemies
and our
friends, how to eat, how to drink, how
to earn money, our transactions, our
neighbors, our friends, our enemies,
everything. You find it very
comprehensive in the way of the life of
Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. And
that's why his message is the only
message that has been saved in every
single detail of it. The Quran, the
words of Allah sent and revealed to
Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him was
saved in every letter of it. Nothing of
it is changed 1400 years ago till now.
We believe in the Bible. We believe in
the Torah. We believe in all the books
that God revealed to the messengers. But
the human being were entrusted with this
message. So things changed. Translation
changed the meanings from one place to
the other. But when it comes to the
final message, the miraculous wordings
of Allah, of God, you find it very
consistent and very clear and very
miraculous. There is no contradiction in
the religion of Al Islam in the way of
life, which is the message of the final
messenger, Prophet Muhammad. There's no
contradiction between scientific facts
and spiritual needs and matters
mentioned in the Quran and in the way of
the prophet Muhammad which is opposite
to what in centuries there's always a
war between science and religion. This
is not the case in the perfect way of
life when people submit themselves to
the creator of the heavens and the earth
because the creator of the heavens and
the earth he's the creator of all the
scientific laws and scientific facts and
as a result his orders comes in harmony
with this and this is something for you
to examine and to read the book of Allah
the Quran and the sayings of the prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him he you will
find how much harmony there is between
these scientific facts and there's no
contradiction between these facts And
what's in the Quran and in the way of
prophet Muhammad peace be upon
him. Allah the first one there is no one
worthy of worship except Allah shows the
human being who is the creator of the
heavens and the earth with his names and
attributes. Almost every verse in the
Quran it would tell you and mention one
of the attributes of the creator of the
heavens and the earth. He's the most
forgiver. We do not need to seek
forgiveness from another human being. We
can just turn to the creator of the
heavens and the earth. As simple as
that. You say, "Oh God, I committed
sins. I transgressed against my own self
and I'm turning to you alone for
forgiveness. I'm asking you to forgive
my sins." And believe it or not, he's
the most merciful. He's the most
forgiver. The matter is over. But then
the person has to be sincere. And what's
in the heart only the creator of the
heavens and the earth knows. And that's
why the person has to be sincere. He has
to regret what he did is of evil and he
has to have the strong intention that he
won't do it again. And that's it. And we
don't need to have someone else to grant
us this forgiveness. And the same thing
when it comes to the acts of worship. We
pray, we do the acts of worship not to
an idol, not to a moon or a son or a
creation of the creator, but the creator
himself directly. And we humble
ourselves to him with what we say in our
prayers, praising him, supplicating him
and saying all the things that seek in
his pleasure. And the same thing when it
comes to the rights of others, helping
the poor, given in charity, given the
rights of our parents and our neighbors
and our friends and even our enemies.
Everything is all laid down in the
religion of Al Islam in a perfect way to
give you peace and harmony and happiness
in this life. This heart that God
created, it can never have the real
happiness unless it fulfill what the
creator had created it for. If this
heart is not turning to the creator of
the heavens and the earth alone, it
would always feel deficient. It would
always feel in need till it turns to the
creator of the heavens and the earth
alone. Then the real contentment and the
real happiness will be there in this
life and in the hereafter. So it's for
each and every one of us to judge for
his own self. What makes sense? If you
have a man in the desert somewhere and
he grows up and you're presenting to
that one individual that that never had
any influence from anyone, no one taught
him any religion and you come and
present to him what people are calling
others to
embrace. Would that person without
having any influence from before would
he take the fact that God is three in
one or that God is from the fire or from
all these different types of beliefs or
you're presenting to him that see this
world that you live in the skies and the
earth it's all created by the creator of
the heavens and the earth. He will agree
actually when you come and talk to that
person he already have the belief that
God exists and then you will tell him
worship him alone and that's it be
dutiful to him call unto him pray to him
wouldn't that be the easiest and the
simplest way of calling someone to adopt
the true religion and this is the
religion of al-Ilam this is the way of
life of Islam or submitting ourselves to
the creator of the heavens and the earth
so I call everyone to embrace raised
this beautiful way of life to worship
none but the one that created you.
Otherwise, you'll be committing
injustice against your own self. He's
the one that created you. How can you
worship other than him? If you have if
you are hired by someone and instead of
working for that someone, you would work
for someone else and get paid from the
one that hired you. This is injustice.
The one that created us is the creator
of the heavens and the earth. How can we
turn to other than him? How can we
worship other than him? So we need to
submit ourselves and to
sayahillah no one is worthy of worship
except Allah the creator of the heavens
and the earth and we say I bear witness
that prophet Muhammad the messenger of
Allah the final messenger is the
messenger of Allah and this is how we
live our life in a peaceful manner and I
ask the creator of the heavens and the
earth to guide us and to make us see the
truth and to pray to find the truth and
he is the all hearer and he's the
allseer
Peace be upon you.