I was talking to a Sikh........

Re: I was talking to a Sikh…

Sir, I know the man-made religion has become a popular term used by muslims in the 21st century, no doubt in that. And I am sure it catches many offguard and possibly ofends them however if accompanied with a proper explanation I think the misunderstanding can be cleared up.

As you might well know, muslims believe Muhammad SAW as the last messenger of Allah SWT. So when we say last messenger, what is meant is the last one to recieve divine revelation. We also believe that Islam was perfected for all mankind 1400 hundred years ago after the completion of Quranic revelation. It was clearly indicated the set or morals and guidelines for achieving salvation with Allah SWT have been indoctrined in Islam (and you will find amy commonalities in Islam with the previously revealed religions i.e. Christianity and Judaism, there definitely were other Prophets whose teachings were divinely revealed however none of them gained widespread foothold as it did with Christianity or Judaism before Islam). Now the term man-made simply means that whatever religion is being propagated after the completion of Islam is in reality borrowing from other previously revealed religions and not because Allah SWT is sending new divine revelation. Or in other words re-inventing the wheel based on their own opinions and choices. It does not mean everything in that religion is bad, there definitely are good things because it is really comprised from the good influences of other religions. The key thing, which sends them astray is, to be a religion it needs to have a creed, this creed sets it apart from other religions and in most part contributes to the salvation of its followers i.e. In Islam it is Tawhid, In Christianity it is Trinity etc. Now if in Sikhism the creed is believing in the Oneness of God than that is nothing new as it is already stressed and ingrained in Islam.