The Islamic religion is the
final religion and is therefore at the zenith of perfection. This fact is
acknowledged even by (George) Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)[1], the well-known Irish writer
and critic, whose personal comments on Islam can be summarized as, “Were we to
choose a common religion for the entire world, it would definitely be the
Islamic religion.” This conclusion is quite natural. For the Islamic religion
is the sole religion that has preserved its intact purity owing to the promised
protection against the interpolations suffered by all the religious systems
previous to it. Judaism, one of the greatest monotheistic cults, had foretold
about the advent of a Messiah. Îsâ ‘alaihis-salâm’ (Jesus) was hailed as the
promised Messiah, yet the Injil (Bible), the heavenly book of the religion he
spread, was lost. Later, various gospels were written in the name of Injil, and
these new gospels, which were no more than interpolations themselves, were
interpolated again and again. All these facts, along with various other
portents, announced the coming of a final prophet, the real Messiah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’. As a matter of
fact, the name of this Messiah is literally written in the Gospel of Barnabas.
Then, the Islamic religion is the last, the most true, the most perfect
religion wherein all the true religions converge and which, therefore, reflects
the full approval of Allâhu ta’âlâ. A friend of ours, [namely, Dr. Nûrî Refet Korur], who had spent
his entire youth among Christians in Europe, said to us: “I am a Muslim born
from Muslim parents. I spent my life in Europe, where I had the chance and time
to study all religions and to compare them with each other. If I had seen that
another religion was superior to Islam, I would have given up Islam and
accepted that religion. For there was no one to force me to remain a Muslim.
Yet, all the research and the comparative studies I carried on, reinforced by
the debates that I, in the meantime,
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[1] Shaw’s clever plays, e.g. Pygmalion, are based on faults in moral attitudes and in society.
indulged in with Christians, revealed the fact that Islam is by
far superior to all the world’s present religions and that it is the only
intact true religion, so clearly that I became attached to Islam with all my
heart.”
Sad to say, today’s western
world still accommodates Christians who insist on the wrong and call Muslims
“heretics”, “idle-minded”, “devil-worshippers”, “irreligious”. These
misconceptions are inculcated in the minds of Christian children by priests,
whose real purpose is to distract their young and inquisitive brains. These
interceptive activities are fed with the slanderous propaganda that the Islamic
religion embodies aspects disagreeable with modern civilization. The fact, on
the other hand, is that Islam is the only religion suitable for today’s
civilized world. Our book Islam and Christianity
deals with and refutes these misconceptions. In addition to English, we
translated that book into French and German and sent the translated versions to
countries all over the world. Thereby we tried to countermand the
falsifications spread by priests and thus to state the actual facts. It did not
take us long to see how appropriate and useful our work had been. No sooner had
we distributed the books to the world than they gave their fruits. We received
a letter from India, in which wrote an Indian Christian: “When I read your book
Islam
and Christianity, I realized that Islam is the
true religion and I decided to become a Muslim.” We have been receiving similar
letters from young Africans. Anyone who has the opportunity to study the pure,
clean, civilized and humane aspects of Islam will feel an irresistable
attraction to this religion. The Islamic religion is spreading over the world
without any such media as propagation and organization. On the other hand, the
missionary organizations belonging to those countries whose primary objective
is to spread Christianity are spending huge amounts of money and offering
various types of social aid, and yet achieving very little success in
comparison with their tremendous efforts.
Despite all this wrongfull and inimical
volley of vituperations carried on against Islam and all the stupendous efforts
put forth for the spreading of Christianity, there has been an ever growing
increase in the number of Muslims on the earth. Later ahead you will find more
extensive information on this subject. Some of these Muslims remained Muslims
because they had been born in Muslim families. However, besides these people
there are also
people
who accepted Islam although their parents had been in other religions and they
therefore had been given their family education in other religions. Among these
people are universally renowned diplomats, statesmen, scientists, scholars, men
of letters, writers, and even men of religion. These people studied Islam well,
admired its greatness, and became Muslims willingly. In addition to these
people, many other universally known celebrities met the Islamic religion with
deep respect and admiration although they did not officially become Muslims;
they even believed in the fact that Islam is the true religion and did not
hesitate to express this belief of theirs. Scientists, philosophers, and
politicians, admired by the entire world, first of all believe in the fact that
Allâhu ta’âlâ exists and is One and that He is
the Creator of all beings. In this chapter you will find the statements and
observations belonging to some of these celebrities.
Among the people who accepted Islam, there
may be those who became Muslims of necessity, for the sake of some advantages,
or for advertisement. For instance, a non-Muslim woman may have accepted Islam
without studying and learning Islam well for the purpose of marrying a certain
man who happened to be a Muslim, or an Indian pariah may have done so in order
to regain his lost civic rights. However, the fact that well-known scholars,
scientists and writers accept the Islamic religion only after a long
observation bears a lofty import. Selections from the explanations given by
these cultured people on why they abandoned their religions and embraced Islam
have been compiled from various sources and books and listed in the following
pages. As you read them you will hear from the very tongues of these
respectable people why the Islamic religion is superior to other religions.
Perhaps a person who was born a Muslim and has spent his life among Muslims is
totally oblivious of these superiorities. Yet when a person belonging to
another religion studies Islam, he will see the difference clearly and will
admire Islam. In fact, reading these explanations will provide you with an
opportunity to see and admire once again the high merits of our religion, and
thus feel and offer gratitude to Allâhu ta’âlâ
for having been Muslims.
A conclusion drawn from all
these explanations, in other words, a summary of the reasons why Islam is
superior to the other religions, has been added in an independent chapter.
We hold the belief that this
work will give you fresh information about the Islamic religion and will
confirm once again that Islam is a great and true religion.
Mîlâdî Hijrî Shamsî
Hijrî Kamarî
2000 1378 1420
WAQF IHLÂS
Who creates the earth and heaven, decorates trees,
And makes flowers bloom, is Allah, alone!
Allah is Omnipresent, and sees whatever thou doest;
Hears whatever thou sayest; He exists, is one, and great.
We love Allah, and obey whatever He commandeth;
Five times do we pray daily, never do we disobey Him.
A Believer is mild-tempered, pleaseth everyone;
Never doth he cruelty to any, and liveth peacefully.