The History and Pillars of Islam

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How can we define Islam? Is it worship and a way of living? Or it is only performing the Islam pillars (performing payers five times per day, fasting on Ramadan, giving Zakat, and going for Hajj for those who can offer) “Being born Muslims in a Muslim country we don’t bother to look beyond the fact of being followers of Islam” (aslam).Islam is one of the main and major monotheistic religions as Christianity and Judaism which have been there since long time. Globally, it considers the second biggest religion and the most growing one among the other religions. As it has been motioned by Kobeisy (2004) “The number of Muslims in the world is approximately 1.2 billion, one-fifth of the world population” p.11. The importance of Islam lies behind the strong influence in the lives of contemporary Muslim. In this essay, the light will be shot on the strength of the Islamic history. Also, some main points of how the good Muslim can uphold and promote the life of donia and through that, preparing self for the afterlife will be discussed.
Since the time of immemorial term, there were a variety of opinions which tried hard to interpret the role of Islam in regarding the positive impact of Islam on the Muslims life. Islamic culture went through many events and obstacles since it was found on the earth. With all this, Islam was not affected negatively by all the tribulations faced. What happened was just the opposite, as this religion inspires and instills a sense of true faith in the heart of whoever tried to study it in depth. Mohamed messenger of Allah (PBUH) said “whoever among you sees an evil action, let him change it with his hand; if can not, then with his tongue; and if he cannot, then with his heart and that is the weakest of ...

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... success in worldly life .But the core prayer which brings long- life happiness is the last third of the night prayer. The reason behind that is that the Muslim will leave the thrill of sleep to fulfill his needs by asking Allah for help.

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To conclude, Islam is the religion that is valid for all time and place. As the same time, it is the only religion that has not been exposed to any alteration. That’s why Islam is called The Truth Religion or the Religion of Nature; because it is a religion full of sense, feelings, gender equality, and humanity (Ahmed.A, 2009). Islam as a religion assists and promotes the body psychologically, physically and mentally as well as the soul. So, it neutralizes the needs of human as whole; that would help to end up of having a healthy person who both made a successful transient life and well prepared for the afterlife.

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