I’m not shocked for the extremely offensive comments and emails I, along other Muslims, have been getting lately.
I have blogged earlier about my decision not to defend any longer, but this is a last try to let non-Muslims who have no idea about our religion, learn more, I believe it’s only fair to convey this message, if any of my angry readers, who have been attacking me as well as other readers commenting on my blog, still feel like attacking, well, I guess it’d be them wanting nothing but fight rather than building bridges and spreading awareness.
My brother, a non-blogger, but have been getting his share of horrible attacks on my blog and other blogs, has written the following in an attempt to explain what Islam means. I hope the open-minded readers will benefit from the information.
To ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD:
The word “Islam†is a VERB not a NOUN.
Let me repeat that one more time: The word “Islam†is a VERB not a NOUN.
Judaism is a NOUN after Judah. Christianity is a NOUN after Christ
Islam is an Arabic VERB.
The word MUSLIM is an Arabic word that means: The person who does the VERB ISLAM.
If you WALK then you become a WALKER
If you READ then you become a READER.
If you ISLAM then you become an ISLAMER = MUSLIM in Arabic.
Most statements that come from people who attack Islam would sound to us like:
How come you READERS are acting as WALKERS while you claim to only be READERS?
This is what we Muslims always mean when we ask people to know what Islam is? What does it mean? Where does it come from?
I hear people say Islam = PEACE, this is not correct the word PEACE in Arabic is SALAM not ISLAM.
Islam comes from the ROOT word in Arabic SA’LA’MA which contains the following 5 words:
Surrender, Submission, Obedience, Purity/Sincerity and Peace.
Open any Arabic dictionary if you can read Arabic and you will find what I’ve said above.
ISLAM is a VERB that means: SURRENDER your will to god “Allahâ€; OBEY his commandments; be in total SUBMISSION to what he wants you to do all the time; and do all the above PUERLY / SINCERILY for his sake alone; in order to achieve PEACE between your soul and him the one and only creator.
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