What is Islam?
Have you fully
realized what Islam is?
By Imam Ali (A.S.)
It is indeed a
religion founded on truth.
It is such a
fountain-head of learning that several streams of wisdom
and knowledge
flow from it.
It is such a
lamp that several lamps will be lit from it.
It is a lofty
beacon of light Illuminating the path of Allah.
It is such a
set of principles and beliefs
that will
fully satisfy every seeker of truth and reality
Know you all
that Allah has made Islam,
the most sublime
path
for the
attainment of His supreme pleasure
and the
highest standard
of his worship
and obedience.
He has
favoured it with noble precepts,
exalted
principles, undoubtable arguements,
unchallengable
supremecy and undeniable wisdom.
to maintain
the eminence and dignity granted to it by the Lord,
to follow it
sincerely,
to do justice
to its articles of faith and belief,
to obey
implicitly its tenets and orders and
to give it the
proper place in your lives.