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The Islamic Bulletin
The Purpose Of Life
“Muhammad is not the father of any of your men,
but (he is) the Messenger of Allah, and the Seal of
the Prophets: and Allah has full knowledge of all
things.”
[Quran 33:40]
Muslims do not worship Muhammad, we’re
not ‘Muhammadans.’ We have not the right to change
the name ‘Muhammad’ and say we are ‘Muhammad-
ans.’ No, the people who had followed Moses, they
were not ‘Moseans.’ The people who followed Jacob
were not ‘Jacobites.’ Or the people who followed
Abraham were not ‘Abrahamians.’ Or ‘Davidians.’
...No, no ,no. So how do people call themselves
‘Christians?’ Christ did not call himself a ‘Christian,’ so
how do people call themselves ‘Christians?’
Jesus Christ (PBUH) said that whatever he re-
ceived from Almighty God was the word of God, and
what he heard is what he said! That’s what he did! So
how do people call themselves ‘Christians?’ We have
to be Christ-like! And what was Christ like? He was a
servant of the Almighty God; so we should be servants
of Almighty God, that’s all!
As the final scripture and divine revelation, the
Quran makes the very clear and concise statement,
‘‘This day have I perfected your religion and com-
pleted my favor upon you. And chose the Islam as a
complete way of life.’’ [Quran 5:3].
So through the Quran, the word ‘Islam’ came.
Because, when the building is complete, you call it
‘a house.’ When the car is on the assembly line, it is
not ‘an automobile’ - it is in the process of assembly!
When it has been completed, it has been certified, it
has been test-driven - it is now ‘an automobile.’ When
Islam was completed as a revelation, as a book, as an
example through the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), it
then became ‘Islam.’ It became a complete way of
life.
So it is the word that was new… But not the
practice...not the prophet...not the order from God...
not a new God...not a new revelation...But only the
name, Islam. And as I said previously, who were all the
prophets? They were all Muslims. Another distinction
to keep in mind is that Muhammad (PBUH), unlike his
predecessors - he did not come to the Arabs or to his
own people exclusively. No… Therefore, Islam is not
a religion of the Arabs. Although the Prophet Muham-
mad, the son of Abdullah, was born in Mecca, a city
in the Arabian Peninsula, and was an Arab by birth,
he did not bring Islam to only the Arabs. He brought
Islam to all people.
Although the Quran was revealed in the Arabic
language, it dispels any inclinations or assertions that
the message of Muhammad was limited or meant for
the Arabs exclusively. In the Holy Quran Allah says,
“And you have not been sent, oh Muhammad, ex-
cept to the all of humanity.” [Quran 21:107]
The Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said:
All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no
superiority over a non-Arab, nor a non Arab has any
superiority over an Arab; also a White has no superior-
ity over a Black nor a Black has any superiority over a
White except by piety and good action.
As such, Muhammad (PBUH) is the finality and
crown of the great prophets and messengers before
him. Most human beings--they simply don’t know this
information. And since I am making reference to the
Quran to support my presentation, I will give some
background information on the Quran itself. First of
all, the Quran makes the claim that it is the product of
divine revelation. That is, it was sent down from the
Almighty God to Muhammad for inspiration.
Allah says, “Nor does he say (aught) of (his own)
Desire.”
“It is no less than inspiration sent down to him.”
[Quran 53:3-4]
Muhammad is not speaking for himself, his
ideas, his own ambition, or his own emotion and feel-
ings. But, this is a revelation which is being revealed
to him! This is the statement of Allah. Therefore, if I
am to convince you of the authenticity of the Quran,
I must prove - one, that it was impossible for Muham-
mad to have manufactured such a book. Secondly,
I must prove that it was equally impossible for any
human agency to have created it. Let us think about
this.
The Quran makes the statement,
“And we created the human beings from the hang-
ing clot that was clinging to the wall of the womb.”
[Quran 23:13].
“Created man from a clinging substance.”
[Quran 96:2]