Why Islam

Bismillaah

A muslim is one who submits herself. Submits the will of Allaah. As  a muslim, I don’t wish for anything but to follow the decree  of  Allaah, the Allmighty. But why do I want that? Some  people  might think that submission is something bad, they can not see the good in it. They see  it as lowering  oneself, or  denying oneself. But that is what makes my life complete  in this world, and hopefully, in shaa Allaah, the complete and absolute perfection in the next life. I will inshaAllaah, Godwilling, explain myself here and why I choose this for my life, for my way of living my life.

Allaah, God, is  the one that has created the earth and the heavens. Look around in the creation of Allaah. How amazing isn’t it? How magnificent, beautiful, wonderful.  No human being can ever make  anything like it. The way it all works in perfection, subhanAllaah. Everything with its specific  purpose and specific cycle.  

إِنَّ فِى خَلۡقِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱخۡتِلَـٰفِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّہَارِ لَأَيَـٰتٍ۬ لِّأُوْلِى ٱلۡأَلۡبَـٰبِ

Verily! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, there are indeed signs for men of understanding. [Soorah Aal Imraan:190.] 

وَفِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَـٰتٌ۬ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ‌ۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

 And on the earth are signs for those who have Faith with certainty, And also in your ownselves. Will you not then see? [Soorah Adh-Dhaariyaat: 20, 21] 

وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ نَبَاتً۬ا ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمۡ فِيہَا وَيُخۡرِجُڪُمۡ إِخۡرَاجً۬ا

 And Allâh has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth. Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of Resurrection)?  [Soorah Nooh: 17, 18].

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً۬ فَسَلَكَهُ ۥ يَنَـٰبِيعَ فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ثُمَّ يُخۡرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرۡعً۬ا مُّخۡتَلِفًا أَلۡوَٲنُهُ ۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَٮٰهُ مُصۡفَرًّ۬ا ثُمَّ يَجۡعَلُهُ ۥ حُطَـٰمًا‌ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٲلِكَ لَذِكۡرَىٰ لِأُوْلِى ٱلۡأَلۡبَـٰبِ

See you not, that Allâh sends down water (rain) from the sky, and causes it to penetrate the earth, (and then makes it to spring up) as water-springs and afterward thereby produces crops of different colours, and afterward they wither and you see them turn yellow, then He makes them dry and broken pieces. Verily, in this, is a Reminder for men of understanding. [Soorah Az-Zumaar:21]

And the amazing miracle when a new life begins! Imagine that inside of me, a human being, a new life, a new human being starts its own cycle, its own path in this life towards the hereafter.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمۡ فِى رَيۡبٍ۬ مِّنَ ٱلۡبَعۡثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقۡنَـٰكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ۬ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ۬ ثُمَّ مِنۡ عَلَقَةٍ۬ ثُمَّ مِن مُّضۡغَةٍ۬ مُّخَلَّقَةٍ۬ وَغَيۡرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ۬ لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمۡ‌ۚ وَنُقِرُّ فِى ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِ مَا نَشَآءُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ۬ مُّسَمًّ۬ى ثُمَّ نُخۡرِجُكُمۡ طِفۡلاً۬ ثُمَّ لِتَبۡلُغُوٓاْ أَشُدَّڪُمۡ‌ۖ وَمِنڪُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ وَمِنڪُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرۡذَلِ ٱلۡعُمُرِ لِڪَيۡلَا يَعۡلَمَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ عِلۡمٍ۬ شَيۡـًٔ۬ا‌ۚ وَتَرَى ٱلۡأَرۡضَ هَامِدَةً۬ فَإِذَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱهۡتَزَّتۡ وَرَبَتۡ وَأَنۢبَتَتۡ مِن ڪُلِّ زَوۡجِۭ بَهِيجٍ۬

O mankind! If you are in doubt about the Resurrection, then verily! We have created you (i.e. Adam) from dust, then from a Nutfah (mixed drops of male and female sexual discharge i.e. offspring of Adam), then from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood) then from a little lump of flesh,— some formed and some unformed (as in the case of miscarriage), that We may make (it) clear to you (i.e. to show you Our Power and Ability to do what We will). And We cause whom We will to remain in the wombs for an appointed term, then We bring you out as infants,[] then (give you growth) that you may reach your age of full strength. And among you there is he who dies (young), and among you there is he who is brought back to the miserable old age, so that he knows nothing after having known. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down water (rain) on it, it is stirred (to life), it swells and puts forth every lovely kind (of growth). [Soorah Al-Hajj: 5]

All these amazing and  incredible miracles  are the clear proofs for someone or something that has created all this. It is not a coincidence  that everything works in this perfect way.  It is not  a coincidence that it all once started and became and then developed in this fantastic way. There is a thought, a meaning, behind it all, behind the creation. There is a Creator. This Creator is  also the One who created me and given me everything I need and more than that. The Creator is always present. How  lost wouldn’t mankind be if He left us all alone. How destroyed wouldn’t the creation, the earth and the heavens be if He left all this without supervision. The Creator is the one who  is constantly watching over His  creation. It is He who guides us.  Who leads  us upon the straight path. The path towards the complete and utter perfection, bliss and blessing. The proofs are there, but do we  want to see them? Do we want to follow them? Do we want to submit to them? The creation has been guided all the time. All the way from the beginning of  the creation, Allaah has sent  us guides, prophets and messengers, may Allaahs peace and blessings be upon them  all. They all came to us with the same message. The message of the One and  Only Creator, the One God and for us to submit and believe in this Creator and God and worship Him and not to associate any partners with Him. If  we do that, we will receive the greatest reward we ever can imagine. It is even greater than we can imagine. 

وَبَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٍ۬ تَجۡرِى مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُ‌ۖ ڪُلَّمَا رُزِقُواْ مِنۡہَا مِن ثَمَرَةٍ۬ رِّزۡقً۬ا‌ۙ قَالُواْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى رُزِقۡنَا مِن قَبۡلُ‌ۖ وَأُتُواْ بِهِۦ مُتَشَـٰبِهً۬ا‌ۖ وَلَهُمۡ فِيهَآ أَزۡوَٲجٌ۬ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ۬‌ۖ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

 But give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that their portion is Gardens, beneath which rivers flow. Every time they are fed with fruits therefrom they say: ”Why this is what we were fed with before” for they are given things in similitude; and they have therein companions pure (and holy); and they abide therein (forever). [soorah Al-Baqarah: 25] 

سَابِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَغۡفِرَةٍ۬ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرۡضُہَا كَعَرۡضِ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ أُعِدَّتۡ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦ‌ۚ ذَٲلِكَ فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ يُؤۡتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ‌ۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلۡفَضۡلِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

 Race with one another in hastening towards forgiveness from your Lord (Allâh), and Paradise the width whereof is as the width of the heaven and the earth, prepared for those who believe in Allâh and His Messengers. That is the Grace of Allâh which He bestows on whom He is pleased with. And Allâh is the Owner of Great Bounty. [soorah Al-Hadid: 21]

 فَلَا تَعۡلَمُ نَفۡسٌ۬ مَّآ أُخۡفِىَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعۡيُنٍ۬ جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ

 No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward for what they used to do [soorah As-Sajda:  12]