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I could not digest this practice as this was contradicting verse 1:2
which says “Praise be to God, Lord of the universe.”
After coming into submission by the grace of God, I retrieved the “missing
link” which was Submission to God Alone in the true sense
and not mere lip service as God says in 2:112: “Indeed,
those who submit themselves absolutely to GOD alone, while leading
a righteous life, will receive their recompense from their Lord;
they have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.” Today by the grace of God I have submitted myself absolutely to God Alone.
Now what do I mean by submit? If you look up in the dictionary “Submit”
means surrender or comply. This immediately brings to my mind the
feud in the High Society that was triggered by Satan’s challenge
to God’s absolute authority. This is definitely the most important
event in the history of the human race that I was not aware of when
I was a traditional Muslim. I was not aware that I failed to make
a firm stand regarding God’s absolute authority and this life
represents the third and final chance to redeem ourselves.
So by submitting myself absolutely to God alone, I surrender to
God and accept God’s absolute authority — recognizing
the most important information from the verse 3:18 where God says:
“GOD bears witness that there is no god except He, and
so do the angels and those who possess knowledge. Truthfully and
equitably, He is the absolute god; there is no god but He, the Almighty,
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The proclamation of faith (Shahaadah) that
is decreed by God is: “There is no god except God,”
— in Arabic “La Elaaha Ella Allah” The corrupted
Muslims insist upon adding a second “Shahaadah” proclaiming
that Muhammad is God’s messenger and that God loves Muhammad
so much that he has added Muhammad to His name in the Shahaadah.
This contradicts 47:19 which says: “You shall know that:
‘There is no other god beside GOD,’ and ask forgiveness
of your sins and the sins of all believing men and women. GOD is
fully aware of your decisions and your ultimate destiny.”
Significantly, this First Pillar of religion is stated in
the Sura entitled Muhammad, and is utterly devoted to God alone.
Muhammad’s name was added by his idolizers against his will.
This is by definition ‘Shirk’ (idolatry) and a flagrant
defiance of God and His messenger. Additionally, it violates the
major commandments in 2:136, 2:285, 3:84, & 4:150-152 prohibiting
any distinction among God’s messengers. By proclaiming that
‘Muhammad is a messenger of God’ and failing to make
the same proclamation for other messengers such as Abraham, Moses,
Jesus, Saleh, and Jonah, a distinction is committed and a major
commandment is violated.
Now we come to 2:112 which says “Indeed, those who submit themselves
absolutely to GOD alone, while leading a righteous life, will receive
their recompense from their Lord; they have nothing to fear, nor
will they grieve.”
We immediately realize that the words “while leading a righteous
life” mean that submitting ourselves absolutely to God alone
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itself without leading a righteous life is
not sufficient for our redemption. This may have been sufficient
in the first and second chance but in this life, which represents
the third (and last) chance, it is essential that we accept God’s
absolute authority and also lead a righteous life.
Now how do we lead a righteous life? Let us look in Quran, God’s
Final Testament and the only and sufficient source
of guidance for Submitters. God tells us in 2:177 “Righteousness
is not turning your faces towards the east or the west. Righteous
are those who believe in GOD, the Last Day, the angels, the scripture,
and the prophets; and they give the money, cheerfully, to the relatives,
the orphans, the needy, the travelling alien, the beggars, and to
free the slaves; and they observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and
give the obligatory charity (Zakat); and they keep their word whenever
they make a promise; and they steadfastly persevere in the face
of persecution, hardship, and war. These are the truthful; these
are the righteous.”
The first part of the verse deals mainly with believing, i.e. believing
in God, the day of judgment, the angels, the scriptures, and the
prophets. The second part deals with giving money cheerfully to
the relatives, the orphans, the needy, the traveling alien, the
beggars, and to free the slaves.
The third part of 2:177 deals with observing Contact Prayers (Salat)
and giving of Obligatory Charity (Zakat)— may God help us
in observing Contact Prayers more reverently, punctually and to
give Zakat on harvest as it should be given.
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