DO YOU KNOW WHAT ISLAM IS? Allah is the proper name applied to the true God Who exists necessarily by Himself comprising all the excellent Divine names and attributes of perfection. Allah is One and Unique. He has no son, partner, or equal. He is the sole Creator and Sustainer of the universe. Every creature bears witness to His Oneness, Divinity, and Lordship, and to the uniqueness of His attributes and names. His essence does not resemble any other essences. He does not exist in anything, nor does anything exist in Him. There is none like unto Him The "Qur'an" is Allah's speech, not a created thing that may perish nor is it an attribute of any created thing. Gabriel brought down the Qur'an to Muhammad, peace be upon him, bit by bit as circumstances warranted over a period of twenty-three years. The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, would memorize the verses he received and recite them to the companions who happened to be with him and order them to write the verses down immediately. The Qur'an, the last of Allah's scriiptures, is divided into 114 surah (chapters) of unequal length. It is one of the fundamental sources of Islamic teachings. Allah revealed some of the Qur'an's surah and verses in Makkah, and the rest He revealed in Madinah. The Makkan surah and verses deal mainly with the issues of Aqeedah, such as tawhid, the belief in the Oneness of Allah, the signs of the existence of Allah, resurrection, life after death, or the Day of Resurrection There is no nation that had ever cared about, revered, and preserved its Divine scriptures as the Muslim Ummah (nation) has cared about, revered and preserved the Qur'an. Unlike the other Divine scriptures, the Qur'an is not kept in the hands of a particular group or elite of Muslims, and for this reason it is not subject to suspicion that it might have been tampered with or altered. Rather, it has always been within the reach of all Muslims. The Prophet, peace be upon him, commanded The Muslims to recite Qur'anic verses in their prayers. Allah commands the Muslims to refer all their disputes to the Qur'an for final judgment. The Qur'an was compiled in its final form at a time when the first Muslims to commit it to memory were still alive. Allah has promised to preserve it, and it will be preserved until the Day of Resurrection. The Muslims today read and recite the Qur'anic texts exactly as they were read and recited during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be on him, and his Companions. Not a single letter has been added to the Qur'an or deleted from it. Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the last of Allah's Messengers and Prophets. His name is Muhammad, son of Abdullah, son of Abdul-Muttalib, peace be upon him. His lineage is traced back to Abraham, peace be upon him, the Friend of Allah. He was born in Makkah in 570 AC. Due to the fine reputation he enjoyed among his people, they nicknamed him ???the Trustworthy.??? At the age of 40, he was endowed with Prophet hood when Allah, the Exalted, revealed to him, through the angel Gabriel, the first Qur'anic verses, and asked him to preach the Oneness of Allah and warn people against polytheism. The Arabic term, "Islam," meaning "submission," points to the fundamental religious creed, which dictates that a Muslim submit to the will of Allah by conforming inwardly and outwardly to His law. Islam is the last of all the Divine revealed religions. The name, Islam, for this universal and eternal, Deen (24) of Allah, was instituted by Allah during the farewell pilgrimage; Allah says: "Today I have perfected your deen for you, and I have completed My favor upon you, and I have approved Islam as your religion" 5:3 Islam has shown itself to be not only the most widespread religion in the world, but also the most dynamic, attracting converts at a faster rate than at any time in the last thousand years . Islam is not a "religion" in the narrow sense used by secular humanists, in the West, but is the universal and eternal deen known through Prophets to every nation of people since the human race first began. This Islamic deen lays great emphasis on uncompromising monotheism and strict adherence to its creed and method of worship. It enjoins submission to the will of Allah and urges every person to follow as closely as possible the exemplary way of the life of Muhammad, the last of the Prophets and Messengers, peace be on them all. I insure in all religions and i respect all of them I love the art special the musician. sorry because i can not speak english