Bismillahir rahmanir rahim

What is Islam?

Have you fully realized what Islam is?
By Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (A.S.) the successor to Prophet Muhammed (sawas).
Source:  Nahjul Balagha (Sermons and sayings of Ali ibn Abu Talib)

It is indeed a religion founded on truth.
It is such a fountain-head of learning that several streams of wisdom
and knowledge flow from it.
It is such a lamp that several lamps will be lit from it.
It is a lofty beacon of light Illuminating the path of Allah.
It is such a set of principles and beliefs that will fully satisfy every seeker of truth and reality.
 
Know you all that Allah has made Islam, the most sublime path for the attainment of His supreme pleasure and the highest standard of his worship and obedience.

He has favoured it with noble precepts, exalted principles, undoubtable arguements, unchallengable supremecy and undeniable wisdom.

It is up to you to maintain the eminence and dignity granted to it by the Lord, to follow it sincerely, to do justice to its articles of faith and belief, to obey implicitly its tenets and orders, and to give it the proper place in your lives.


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