Why Islam, Among 10,000 Religions? Here's Why...

To James

As-salāmu 'alaykum, everyone. I'm back! It's been a while, hasn't it? You would think the longer you are off from something, the more you’d have to say when you come back, but… my mind is blank.

I could, of course, discuss the usual: politics, power plays… crises and corruption, billionaires, business, and enterprise. I could write on the Don Lemon arrest, Maduro's capture, ICE; Renée Good; Alex Pretti — I could discuss all of that, and so much more, but what do I really have to say that hasn't already been said?

Killing is tragic, yet migration must be managed.

Maduro was bad, yet installing a Zionist puppet isn't much better either.

Don Lemon is gay, and that's kind of it with him, to be honest.

All jokes aside, though, I would prefer to address something much more important this week… submission. But to whom is the question? And why.

Most fair and reasonable folk will, all things considered, accept the existence of God. With that, they will conclude that if it is that there is a God, God can only be one, indivisible from anything else; outside of time and space.

On those conditions, only three religions are, widely considered to be, left:

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Let's pick apart each of these and, once and for all, decipher which really harbours the truth — rather, the absolute, incontrovertible truth and nothing less. What would be the point in being 99% sure? We must be certain. So, with that, let's begin…

I thought we would start with the world's largest religion, albeit only by a technicality. Nevertheless, Christianity was the second faith to emerge after the Abrahamic covenant; the central piece of the faith being Jesus of Nazareth, who is treated even higher than that of the Gospels and the Old Testament.

Christians claim that Jesus is quite literally the word of God: God in man form, God incarnated… God Himself. They also hold a similar posture to an angel-like presence, known as the Holy Spirit, an omnipresent force, immanent and active amongst all things, said to guide man, and even did so to the prophets from aforetime, they say.

On paper, it's a mix-up of theology, and I don't intend to attack it. The obvious critique, for anyone logical, however, would be the fact that God being localised to one human form negates the idea that He can also be omnipresent and everywhere (i.e. God cannot be a human in being subject to restriction in man form, whilst also being everywhere in spirit form). The only real way this could be explained is if there are two Gods, and if it is that there are two Gods, or three Gods, then that is no longer monotheism, and, by extension, can no longer be correct, meaning truthhood is not met.

I would also like to add this too. You see all of these Evangelicals, and Catholics, and apologists all apologising, ironically, for their own respective faiths. Why Jesus is, and apparently has always been, God. But how so? Really… Jesus was born some 2,000 years ago, were they or weren't there Prophets that lived before him? Well, of course there were — Noah, Abraham, Moses… all before that of Jesus.

Who did they worship? Open your heart, and ask yourself that question. True monotheism can only be the answer, and, therefore, Christianity does not satisfy the standard, but another one of our religions does…

Religious Jews believe that God is unlimited, independent, singular — they believe He is one, indivisible from anything else; outside of time and space. Judaism, therefore, theologically, aligns with our standard.

In terms of preservation, though, Judaism falls short. The Old Testament, much like the New Testament, has been preserved about as well as, say… the Espstein Files — no relation, of course. As well as the five books revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai, the Oral Torah, later the Mishnah, was originally planned to be passed down generation to generation, all by just word of mouth. The grand rabbi of the second century, Rabbi Yehuda, got word of this and ordered the oral transmission, or at least what was left of it, be immediately written down to prevent further error, by then, though, it was too late. And thus, both the Written Torah (the Tanakh), and the Oral Torah (now the Mishnah) fall into the same problem the Christians face, incomplete preservation.

That said, Jews do, in fact, accept the early prophets like Adam, Noah, and Abraham. They do not, however, accept Jesus. Certainly not as a God, but not even as a prophet, not even as the Messiah. Jews believe that the Messiah is yet to come, but when he does, he will establish his reign and form the true state of Israel, not a phoney one. Other than the fact that the highest form of leader in Judaism, even among that of the prophets, would denounce such a state drawn before him — rejecting Jesus as a liar isn't just inherently incorrect, but wholly inaccurate.

However, it doesn't stop there: Jews also do not acknowledge the prophethood of the Prophet Muhammad. So, it stands to reason, that if we can, in fact, prove that Muhammad was a prophet sent down by God Himself, then, therefore, the religion of the Prophet Muhammad can only be the absolute, incontrovertible, truth; thereby fulfilling our standard.

Islam is today's most rapidly increasing religion, followed by some two billion people, all adhering to one single book, and the way of whom they see to be the final messenger, a prophet… the Prophet.

Before that, however, I must note that whether, or whether not Islam was as widespread as it is today, that doesn't necessarily determine its truth. After all, if Islam were followed by two billion people like today, or just two like at the time of the Prophet and his wife Khadijah… Islam would still be the truth, irrespective of adherence.

Nevertheless, Islam is, in fact, widespread today, and thus the Prophet is too. In fact, the Prophet is widely considered to be the most influential of men to ever walk this earth, even more than that of Jesus. But why…

The Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca, Arabia, 6th century Arabia. At this time, the sand dunes of the city were plagued by idol worship, pagan ritual, and unashamed polytheism. The Prophet, however, believed in one deity, worthy of worship; he did not associate partners with God, unlike his fellow communions. At age 30, he acted as a merchant, buying and selling caravans for his soon-to-be wife Khadijah. He was known to be the most trusting of people, even before prophethood. Both his enemies and allies alike referred to him as the Trustworthy (Al-Amin), to such a degree that even the enemies of his trusted him with their treasures, like their jewellery, coins, and other commodities.

This reminds me of a story, actually, of where the Prophet asked his people a simple question, he said: "If I told you that there were horsemen emerging from the foot of this mountain, would you believe me?" They replied, yes: “We have never known you to tell a lie." Even the most logistically impossible of claims, like an army emerging from atop a mountain, was taken as the absolute truth.

But honesty doesn't necessarily necessitate prophethood; yes, it's true that the Prophet was perhaps the most trustworthy and truthful of people, but did he correctly prophesize? After all, that's the standard by which prophethood is judged, not withstanding, of course, truthfulness and honesty, which have now been met.

The Prophet made many prophecies during his reign, some predicting political developments like the expansion of Islam in countries like Egypt, and present-day Palestine. Others regarding signs of the future like societal moral decay, specifying that there would be an advent of sexually transmitted diseases. Both of which are true today.

The Prophet also predicted the conquest of Mecca. Imagine this: a tiny, persecuted minority, facing powerful enemies on every side, being told they would one day triumph and rule the very city that oppressed them. And yet, just after the Prophet passed away (may peace and blessings be upon him), the Quraysh tribe were overthrown, and Mecca was now theirs.

That would be like the people of Gaza today, a weak, oppressed population facing one of the most powerful militaries in the world, funded by the most powerful country in the world, suddenly overthrowing the Israeli occupants and thus taking control of the entire region. Yet, centuries ago, a prophecy about a tiny Muslim minority accomplishing the very same came true.

What's more is that the Prophet also foretold a similar type of prognostication involving the two largest empires of his time: the Romans (specifically the Byzantine Empire) and the Persian Empire (the Sassanids). The Prophet predicted that the Romans would defeat the Persians, "within three to nine years" it specifies in the Quran, this was at a time when the Romans were seriously weak and a Byzantine comeback would have thought to be impossible by many.

Even contemporary texts outside that of the Quran and the Hadiths of the Prophet, like The Chronicles of Theophanes, describe such a prediction as unnecessarily precise — why risk an entire religion and its teachings on one single prediction? Scholars have compared such a prediction as to, say, the Russians and the Eskimos defeating the Americans in a hypothetical conflict. Needless to say… that wouldn't, and could never, happen. Any yet, the Quran, corroborated by the Prophet, predict an army even weaker than that of the Russians defeating an army even stronger than what we see from the Americans today.

And while all of this renders itself true today, while all authentic predictions by the Prophet have rendered themselves wholly inarguable, that which have been measured under intense scrutiny, that which secular scholars of the past and the present alike have accepted as entirely correct, that which said Prophet was known to be so trustworthy his enemies would entrust him with their valuables, commodities, and their treasures — a prophet unlike any other prophet: bravery, prowess, righteousness; an honest man, a humble man, a man amongst men.

Not just a prophet, but the Prophet ﷺ.

And thus, Islam being not just truthful, but the absolute, incontrovertible truth, and nothing less.

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Jazak Allah khair for your time and attention throughout!

Faithfully, STN.