Islamic Studies Notes (Need Improvement & Suggestions)

[Nadeem Sherazi]

Assalam Alikum friends and member I am preparing for Islamic Studies but very much confuse in almost every thing. I think my english is very week and grammar too so I need suggestion and help from senior members. I am posting a topic I wrote on Concept of Islam . I am very confuse that how should I make notes . I have read many thread in order to get an idea of pattern to create note and to attempt question.
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1. What should I do to improve my English according to the given post.
2. What should I do to improve the flow of thoughts.
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Concept Of Islam

Outline
Meaning of Islam
Basic concept of Islam
Distinctive aspects of Islam
Basic characteristic of Islamic ideology
1. Simplicity
2. Rationalism
3. Practical
4. Unity between matter and spirit
5. Complete way of life
6. Universality and humanism

Meaning of Islam:
Islam is an Arabic word meaning submission, obedience, surrender. Islam in literal meaning is peace. In dictionary Islam is stated as “peacefully complete submission or surrender by will to all mighty Allah”. Islam is a religion which promote message of peace. It states physical and spiritual peace for a man and can only be through complete submission of his will to all mighty Allah. Islam is a universal religion and followers of Islam are called Muslims.

Basic Concept of Islam:
Islam is a religion whose base depends on a man totally submitted to all mighty Allah. The submission in a sense that the person would follow the teachings of Allah which Allah has sent for human being through his messengers. Islam is the first most religion on the earth which start from the advent of Hazrat Adam(AS).Islam completed its overall features in Muhammad(PBUM) period.
Islam in its basic sense would mean recognizing Allah as the one and only one ruler of this universe and every thing in this universe is created by him and Islam is the code of life given by Allah to the people on earth and prophets are the messengers of Allah which are sent for the humans so they can know the true path of Islam.

Islam is not a new religion started in Muhammad (PBUM) time but is a religion of all the times , from Adam(AS) and passing through other prophets to the final prophet Muhammad(PBUM). In Muhammad(PBUM) time Islam reached its compete shape and Allah states in Quran that Islam is the only true religion.

In Islam submission to Allah does not means that a person should submit it self according to his own understanding but indeed is that submission or obedience must be according to the message of Allah which he has revealed through prophets.

Prophets of Allah came in this universe at different times and on different places but the religion that they preach was Islam . The rules and obligations were different for different times because the teachings were for the specific times and when new apostel came the previous teachings became null and void but after the last prophet Muhammad(PBUM) the Islam reached it complete hight and then Islam became the religion for all the people on earth for that time and the times which have to come.

As the prophets came in different time and brought the divine teachings with them but after there death people put changes to the teachings and created a separator religion for them. All these religion like Judaism , Christianity were created after the death of their preaching prophets and people put modification to the real message of Islam and created religions.

Distinctive Aspects of Islam:
Islam is a religion of peace as it is also defined from its meanings. It status that absolute peace is only available through the way of Islam because Islam define the way for prosperity in this life and afterward. Islam is a religion of culture because it covers all the aspects of culture and it is not for a single person but for a society which creates an Islamic culture between them. Islam also have aspects of civilization because Islam provide a complete code of life and thus It includes include every aspect of life and civilization is one aspect of it. Islam is a dynamic religion because It does not define static rules for any particular time or region but is for every time and region. It is also progressive religion because It progress according to the change of time and provides the need of every time. It is a rational religion it rules and thought are not based on any absurd ideas or belief but are ration in nature that every human can understand by thinking rationally on each and every aspect of it. Islam teaches the lesson of universal brotherhood as it is clear from its meaning that it is a religion of peace and not only for individual but also for group of peoples excluding any time or region constraints so it promote brotherhood between peoples.

Islam started from Adam(A.S) but completed in Hazrat Muhammad(PBUM) time and not for a single region or time but for all the times. The followers of Islam are called Muslims as they believe in every aspect of Islam and accept Islam for them selves and spend life according to Islamic rules.

Basic characteristic of Islamic Ideology:
As Islam is a complete code of life it have many characteristics due to its vastness a few basic are given below.
Simplicity
Islam is a complete code of life but it is not much complex and advance in a sense that a human mind can not understand it. It is simple in nature that any human being can understand it because it has direct application in human life it is not an abstract religion which talks only about philosophical thinking because it talks about the human needs which every human wants and it tell then how to get those according to Islamic tenets
Rationalism
Islam ideas and beliefs and very rational in sense that they can be easily relate to life problems and get a valid answer , they are not absurd in nature or complex to relate with life because they are for human beings and for their life.
Practical
Islam is practical in nature because it is directly applied to human life and is for human life and defines different aspects of life in a practical sense. They are not theory base or just thought base that can not be applied to living life.
Unity between matter and spirit
Islam defines the code of life in such a way that the person following Islam will get a spiritual satisfaction because by following Islam a person is doing good deeds and doing good will eventually result into spiritual satisfaction.
Complete way of life
As Islam is a Deen which is a complete code of life and covers every aspect of human life like political , economical and social system in accord with spiritual thoughts and talks about after life also so by following Islam a person gets a complete framework of life.
Universality and Humanism
Islam gives a message of peace among people of earth and that will result in universal humanism among people