As time passed, the human race forgot and strayed from the Divine Guidance. Allah sent prophets to remind people of the path they ought to follow. In most cases, people even changed and distorted the Divine Guidance after the death of the prophet, therefore a new prophet was sent by the Lord, Glorified be He. This process continued until Allah sent His last Prophet, Muhammad (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam), who was given the final and complete guidance for all human beings for all time to come. The guidance which Allah designed for man was given the name ‘Islam’ by Allah Himself. Islam has been the right path for all human beings throughout the history of mankind, and it will remain the right path for man for all time to come.
Islam simply means obedience and surrender to the will of Allah. This was the main message which was brought by all the prophets. All the prophets obeyed Allah and persuaded their people to follow the same path. Islam is the religion which was practiced and preached by all the prophets of Allah from Adam till Muhammad (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam). All brought the same message for man, i.e. God is One and is unlike His creation, and complete surrender to His will by obeying His commands and orders in every aspect of life.
This guidance was sent by Allah in the form of the last Revelation - The Qur’an. It was not only preached by the final prophet of Allah, Muhammad (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam), but was practiced by him in its minutest details in order to set an example for all people to come. Islam’s demand of obedience and surrender to the will of Allah necessarily means following the teaching of the Qur’an and the Sunnah which encompasses the speech, actions, and tacit approvals of the last prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam). Allah states clearly in the Qur’aan: Today I have perfected your religion for you, and completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. [Al-Maida 5:3] Thus the only right path for man to follow for all time to come is the universal faith of Islam.
Islam simply means obedience and surrender to the will of Allah. This was the main message which was brought by all the prophets. All the prophets obeyed Allah and persuaded their people to follow the same path. Islam is the religion which was practiced and preached by all the prophets of Allah from Adam till Muhammad (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam). All brought the same message for man, i.e. God is One and is unlike His creation, and complete surrender to His will by obeying His commands and orders in every aspect of life.
This guidance was sent by Allah in the form of the last Revelation - The Qur’an. It was not only preached by the final prophet of Allah, Muhammad (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam), but was practiced by him in its minutest details in order to set an example for all people to come. Islam’s demand of obedience and surrender to the will of Allah necessarily means following the teaching of the Qur’an and the Sunnah which encompasses the speech, actions, and tacit approvals of the last prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam). Allah states clearly in the Qur’aan: Today I have perfected your religion for you, and completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. [Al-Maida 5:3] Thus the only right path for man to follow for all time to come is the universal faith of Islam.