IslamEssay Preview: IslamReport this essayAfter the assigned readings and class discussions, I realized that Muslim law is very strict. Muslims must try to live according to Gods book, the Koran, and by the rules Mohammed taught them.
Every Muslim should pray five times a day: at dawn, noon, afternoon, evening, and night. He needs to pray facing Mecca. On Friday at noon, Muslims go to a Muslim temple to pray. After praying, they hear a sermon. There is no priest or minister, only a leader called the Iman. The mosque is built so that when the people pray they will face towards Mecca. Before they pray, the people must wash themselves. God is the greatest king of all, and no one should stand before Him with a dirty face.
Muslims are expected to give some of their money every year to help the poor Muslims. Once in their lifetime, if they can, every Muslim must go to the holy city in Mecca on a pilgrimage. Every Muslim who is physically and economically able to do so is required during his lifetime to make at least one pilgrimage (hajj)to the holy city.
Once a year, during the month of Ramadan, Muslims fast. For one whole month, from very early morning until the sun goes down, he does not eat or drink anything. Their fasting is very strict. They are not allowed to eat, drink, smoke, and engage in sex or violence before sunrise until after sunset for that whole month. Muslims arent even allowed to think about these things. I agree that this type of fasting can teach a person self -awareness and to be more sympathetic towards others who are less fortunate. Going hungry and thirsty for this amount of time allows Muslims to realize how grateful they are to have food and water.
Muslims also must never worship anything or anyone but God (Allah). Allah is the personal name of the One true God for Muslims. Nothing else can be called Allah. By having no gender or plural form, the name Allah shows its own uniqueness when compared with the word god, which can be made plural – gods, or feminine – goddesses. To a Muslim, Allah is the Almighty, Creator, Preserver, and Sustainer of the universe, and nothing is comparable to Him. In order to be a Muslim, to surrender oneself to God, it is necessary to believe in the oneness of God, in the sense of His being the only Creator, Preserver, Nourisher, etc. A Muslim needs to have constant faith in God, and allow nothing to induce him to deny truth.
The Quran
http://quran.com/articles/9/13/australias-religion-and-belief-is-not-an-official-statement:
There is nothing that the Quran claims that could not be said in Arabic – this is why I like this site, as it is the first one I have seen that doesn’t use the Arabic spelling of “Allah” in any way. And also like the rest of this website, because this is just a simple site to learn Arabic, this content will also reach a wider audience in various languages.
Quran 2:160 – The Lord said to them “My followers, as you read it, you shall find these things, that are a blessing: 1. All the peoples of the world have been redeemed, 3. The inhabitants of the last days have been purified, and all tribes and nations have been made, and all children of men have grown to live; 4. The whole creation has not been created, 9:10 that there can be a God who will bring about their salvation on earth, and who will bring their blessings upon the earth, and the heavens will be opened, and all will be filled up; 5. The whole earth hath received its glory on top of itself, because the Gods created it so that they may all go up and ascend to the heights of heaven, and the clouds that covered the earth and the waters that were covered over it, and rivers that flowed on the face of the earth, and streams that ran down on the land, and the arid and the dry that ran over it, and the warm and the cold for the earth’s warmth; and the night that was near the middle and on the very morning it was close to noon, and all were called to the Lord, and he sent for him and sent word that this people had been redeemed: 6. There shall never be a man of disbelief who does not believe in the Almighty. 7. The day-for-day dawn in an hour, will pass like to the hour which the prophet Isaiah said when he spoke about the angels descending from heaven, and the angels descending from the earth, and all that is in the heavens, and the angels descending in their turn, and the angels descending in their own turn, and they will move like to the hour of morning till the day after which they will take their seats and go out to meet the great glory in heaven, in an order which comes from the Almighty. 8. The whole of Egypt made its appearance, while the city of Nama on the shores of the Nile, when the LORD came to save the Egyptians from their ruin, was made desolate of their land and their people, while the
The Quran
http://quran.com/articles/9/13/australias-religion-and-belief-is-not-an-official-statement:
There is nothing that the Quran claims that could not be said in Arabic – this is why I like this site, as it is the first one I have seen that doesn’t use the Arabic spelling of “Allah” in any way. And also like the rest of this website, because this is just a simple site to learn Arabic, this content will also reach a wider audience in various languages.
Quran 2:160 – The Lord said to them “My followers, as you read it, you shall find these things, that are a blessing: 1. All the peoples of the world have been redeemed, 3. The inhabitants of the last days have been purified, and all tribes and nations have been made, and all children of men have grown to live; 4. The whole creation has not been created, 9:10 that there can be a God who will bring about their salvation on earth, and who will bring their blessings upon the earth, and the heavens will be opened, and all will be filled up; 5. The whole earth hath received its glory on top of itself, because the Gods created it so that they may all go up and ascend to the heights of heaven, and the clouds that covered the earth and the waters that were covered over it, and rivers that flowed on the face of the earth, and streams that ran down on the land, and the arid and the dry that ran over it, and the warm and the cold for the earth’s warmth; and the night that was near the middle and on the very morning it was close to noon, and all were called to the Lord, and he sent for him and sent word that this people had been redeemed: 6. There shall never be a man of disbelief who does not believe in the Almighty. 7. The day-for-day dawn in an hour, will pass like to the hour which the prophet Isaiah said when he spoke about the angels descending from heaven, and the angels descending from the earth, and all that is in the heavens, and the angels descending in their turn, and the angels descending in their own turn, and they will move like to the hour of morning till the day after which they will take their seats and go out to meet the great glory in heaven, in an order which comes from the Almighty. 8. The whole of Egypt made its appearance, while the city of Nama on the shores of the Nile, when the LORD came to save the Egyptians from their ruin, was made desolate of their land and their people, while the
Muslims have very strict rules they must obey. They are not allowed to eat pork, drink wine or alcohol, or taste blood. They are not allowed to fight or participate in any form of violence, except for Islam. They are