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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Islam is not a new religion. It is, in essence, the same message and guidance which Allah revealed to all Prophets: Say, "We believe in Allah, and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Ismael; Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and in (the Books) given to Moses, Jesus, and the Prophets, from their Lord. We make no distinction between one and another among them, and to Allah do we bow our will (in Islam)." (Qur’an 3:84). The message which was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is Islam in its comprehensive, complete and final form. Islam means peace, submission and obedience. The religion of Islam is the complete acceptance of the teachings and guidance of God as N AT GLANCE' (1975 Estimates). Millions Africa 224.20 revealed to His Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). A Muslim is one who believes in God and strives for total reorganization of his life according to His revealed guidance and the sayings of His Prophet. He also works for building human society on the same basis. "Muhammadanism" is a misnomer for Islam and offends its very spirit. The word 'Allah' is the proper name of God in Arabic. It is a unique term because it has no plural form or feminine gender. Islam teaches the sanctity of the human personality and confers equal rights upon all without any distinction of race, sex or color. The law of God, enunciated in the Qur'an and exemplified in the life of the prophet, is supreme in all cases. It applies equally to the highest and the lowest, the prince and the peasant, the ruler and the ruled. QUR'AN AND HADITH: The Qur'an is the last revealed word of God and the basic source of Islamic teachings and law. The Qur'an deals with the bases of creeds, morality, history of humanity, worship, knowledge, wisdom, God-man relationship, and human relationship in all aspects. Comprehensive teachings on which can be built sound systems of social justice, economics, politics, legislation, jurisprudence, law and international relations, are important contents of the Holy Qur'an. Muhammad (PBUH) himself was an unlettered man who could not read or write. Yet, the Holy Qur'an was committed to memory and writing by his followers under his supervision during his lifetime . The original and complete text of the Qur'an is available to everybody in Arabic, the language in which it was revealed. Translations of the meaning into many languages are widely used.ISLAMIC WAY OF LIFE: Islam provides definite guidelines for all peoples to follow in all walks of life. The guidance it gives is comprehensive and includes the social, economic, political, moral and spiritual aspects of life. The Qur'an reminds man of the purpose of his life on earth, of his duties and obligations towards himself, his kith and kin, his community, his fellow human beings and his Creator. Man is given fundamental guidelines about a purposeful life and then he is left with the challenge of human existence before him so that he might put these high ideals into practice. In Islam, man's life is a wholesome integrated unit and not a collection of fragmented competitive parts. The scared and secular are not separate parts of man: they are united in the nature of being human.HADITH, the teachings, sayings and actions of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), were meticulously reported and collected by his devoted companions, explain and elaborate the Qur'anic verses. CONCEPT OF WORSHIP: Islam does not teach or accept mere ritualism. It emphasizes intention and action. To worship God is to know Him and love Him, to act upon His law in every aspect of life, to enjoin goodness and forbid wrongdoing and oppression, to practice charity and justice and to serve Him by serving mankind. The Qur'an presents this concept in the following sublime manner. It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards East or West, but it is righteousness to believe in Allah and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; and to spend of your substance, out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer, and give Zakat, to fulfill the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all period of panic. Such are the people of truth, the God-fearing . (Qur’an 2:177). L'ouverture de l'Islam