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Introduction - Are We True Muslims

Our world is full of men who claim to be Muslims because of their birth (parents) or because they fulfill the basic minimum requirements to get through what they believe is the door to heaven. Each of these men, somehow find the security that they are going to Paradise by living their particular understanding of the “true religious life” while often condemning others for not following “their way”. Yet it is in these very people we usually find an inconsistency which causes us to wonder where their authority comes from. This inconsistency is the living of a selfish, unrighteous life, and not feeling personally responsible to ease the suffering of the less fortunate in the world; while others who don’t have a particular religious life or who are atheistic in belief often live a more public, righteous life. Also the fact that these religious people exhibit an unsurety and non-understanding of why they do what they do (but are just doing it on blind faith because those before them did it in such a way) adds to today’s confusion. In fact, it is this very paradox that has and is often turning pure, righteous seekers of truth away from God to some form of atheistic beliefs, in their hopes to solve the problems of mankind.

Yet, this blind faith is quite contrary to the many statement in the Quran that we must not just follow, but we must use our God given minds to question to the point of gaining a deep understanding of why we do what we do. Therefore, the question we must ask is; who is the True Muslim in the eyes of God; and what is the correct understanding of the Quran from God’s point of view? It is very important for each of us to know the answer to these two questions so that we ourselves are not led to believe we are going to Paradise, when in fact we are living outside of God’s requirements.

Muslims Before Muhammad
The answer to our first question is to be found in the fact that Adam and Eve were the first True Muslims. Yet, to the sorrow of all mankind our first parents lost this position (as True Muslims) because they didn’t follow God’s laws completely and cam to put the forbidden fruit first before God. This means they surrendered their wills to their personal desires for the forbidden fruit, rather than surrendering their wills to God first.

This action of putting one’s personal desire above and before God’s desires was passed along to each generation of Adam’s and Eve’s descendants thereafter. Araf 27,29 “.. Whe do aught That is shameful, the say: “We found our fathers doing so;”. Because of man’s difficult situation God had pity on man and in his mercy and forgiveness He sent Prophets (True Muslims), to lead the fallen evil children of Adam back to become True Muslims. The were generally unsuccessful in guiding mankind to become True Muslims, however.

How can there be Muslims before having the Holy Quran and Our Guiding Laws??

The answer to this lies in a person’s understanding of what makes a True Muslim. Is a True Muslim the outer clothes or tradition that one lives by or is it a certain quality of spirit (soul) living within a physical body?

A True Muslim is anyone:

1. Who is on a path of spiritual purification to become as Adam and Eve were
   before they ate the fruit and were meant to be in maturity;
2. A person who believes in one God and who submits to God first in his life,
   having no - one or nothing equal or above;
3. Who loves and believes to follow all the prophets because of their being
   God’s representatives on earth (thus being the embodiment of all we should
   become);
4. Who has the quality of righteousness burning in his spirit, such that whenever
   he sees evil he cannot rest until he has helped to correct it (even if it means
   risking his life);
5. Who prays, fasts, and worships God all day long through his living a pure life;
6. Who doesn’t remove himself from the problems of the world to live a spiritual
   life alone, but who actively works within the society to teach the confused
   people, a way of life centered on God;
7. Who is not afraid of questioning, but who actively seeks to understand the
   Quran in terms of the universal principles of God that are it’s base, and which
   are meant to be the unifying factors between today’s many different races,
   nationalities and religions.

Asr. 103: “By (the Token of) Time (through the Ages), Verily Man is in loss, Except such as have Faith, And do righteous deeds, And (join together) In the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy.” Mu-minun 102, 103 “Then those whose balance (Of good deeds) is heavy, They will attain salvation: “But those whose balance is light, will be those who have lost their souls; In Hell with they abide.” Rad 11 “…Verily never will God change the condition of a people until they change it themselves (with their own souls) …”

Clearly, becoming a True Muslim is a process of change in the quality of the spirit (soul of a person); and not just following certain prescribed laws. This is why there could be True Muslims before we had the Quran and the Prescribed Law; because these previous Prophets had the inner spiritual quality (purity) that denotes a True Muslim. However, if being a True Muslim means having a certain kind of inner spirit, and men were considered True Muslims before having the Quran; then why does the Quran (law) now require us to pray, fast etc. in certain prescribed ways??

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