{"id":129887,"date":"2024-10-24T16:05:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T20:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/?page_id=129887"},"modified":"2025-12-12T10:55:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:55:25","slug":"what-is-islam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/what-is-islam","title":{"rendered":"What is Islam?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"section section--full-width section--hero section--acf-block section--acf-block-hero section--has-background section--hero-sticky section--color-scheme-light text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section__background\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"parallax\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Mecca_Islam-1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"overlay\" style=\"\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container container-sticky\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 section__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero-title\">What is Islam?<\/h1>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Islam?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Islam (Arabic: \u0625\u0633\u0652\u0644\u0627\u0645) is a monotheistic religion and is understood as the continuation and completion of the Abrahamic faiths. It is the final divinely revealed religion to humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islam comprises a system of beliefs and practices with the ultimate aim of guiding mankind towards human perfection and achieving happiness and success in this world and the next world; which is meant to be lived in perpetuity after temporal life in this transient realm. Therefore, Islam offers guidance in all aspects of life. Simply put, it is a way of life. In addition, it provides answers to man\u2019s deepest questions about this world and the hereafter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term \u2018Islam\u2019 means submission, total acceptance, and unconditional obedience to the divine ruling. God says in the Holy Quran in several verses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>\u201cAnd who will [ever] forsake Abraham\u2019s creed except one who debases himself? We certainly chose him in the [present] world, and in the Hereafter, he will indeed be among the Righteous (2:130).\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>When his Lord said to him, \u2018Submit,\u2019 he said, \u2018I submit to the Lord of all the worlds\u2019 (2:131).\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Abraham enjoined this [creed] upon his children, and [so did] Jacob, [saying], \u2018My children! God has indeed chosen this religion for you; so, do not die except as those who have surrendered themselves [to God]. (2:132)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Were you witnesses when death approached Jacob, when he said to his children, \u2018What will you worship after me?\u2019 They said, \u2018We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac, the One God, and to Him do we submit.\u2019 (2:133)\u201d.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The religion of Islam was brought to humanity at the hands of God\u2019s final messenger\u2014Prophet Muhammad (pbuh&amp;hp), to whom God\u2019s final scripture was revealed\u2014the Holy Quran. The first invitation to Islam by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh&amp;hp) was made in 610 CE in the city of Mecca, where he was born and resided. The Muslim community increasingly expanded after the immigration, a little more than a decade later, known as the \u2018Hijra\u2019 of the Prophet (pbuh&amp;hp) and the early Muslim community to the city of Medina.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Islam is a religion of nearly two billion people, nearly a quarter of the world\u2019s population. Muslims of today form a diverse population of different races, ethnicities, and languages all over the world. It is the second most practiced faith, globally and the fastest-growing religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about Islam, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-islam.org\/discover\/converts-to-islam\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1fb9aab6 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/islamic-awareness\/islam-101\/\" style=\"border-radius:0px;font-size:16px\">&lt; Back to Contents<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/islamic-awareness\/islam-101\/who-is-allah\" style=\"border-radius:0px;font-size:16px\">Who is Allah? &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Islam? 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