The only Religion Allah will accept is Islam

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Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam. And those who were given the Scripture did not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. And whoever disbelieves in the verses of Allah , then indeed, Allah is swift in [taking] account.

[Quran 3:19]

The only Religion acceptable to God is Islam which means to testify that there is no god except God.

Narrated Abu Hurairah:
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The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: “Faith has seventy-some odd doors, the lowest of which is removing something harmful from the road, and its highest is the statement ‘La Ilaha Illallah (There is no god but Allah).’”**

[Jaami’ Al-Tirmidhi Hadith No. 2614]

That is why Allah says:
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“…This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion…”**

[Quran 5:3]

And He says:

And whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.

[Quran 3:85]

The people of the Scripture differed with one another, not because the evidences were not given to them, but because they had animosity between themselves. They were power hungry and were running after the chattels of this world. This animosity lead to them differing with one another.

Source(s):

Tafsir Al-Qurtubi 1, 2](http://library.islamweb.net/newlibrary/display_book.php?flag=1&bk_no=48&surano=3&ayano=19)

Tafsir Al-Baghawi

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:jazak: :lkk:

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Very nice, thanks for sharing. JazakAllah

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Well I dont need to accepted by such a god who is so narrow minded anyways,
If instead of my deeds he checks my religion.

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The God who created you, then gave you sight to see with, hearing to listen with, a sound mind to think with, and intelligence to explore with, will not overlook your deeds; rest assured of that. Every soul will have what it has earned even if it’s an atom’s worth of good it will be preserved and even if it’s an atom’s worth of evil it will be preserved. God is not unjust.

The dilemma for us all is, are our deeds enough to give thanks for even one of those blessings?

The moment you do a good deed and feel good about it, the very fact that you were able to do that deed was in itself a blessing. Is such a God not worthy of thanks?

Just food for thought. And please avoid remarks which will offend others, you’re all too familiar with the guidelines and do not need to be reminded.

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I was just saying it because of the guy mentioned “The only Religion acceptable to God is Islam”. What sort of mentality these guys carry? This is what gives birth to ISIS.

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The only Religion God will accept is Islam and all others will be in Hell as per unanimous agreement of all scholars of Islam as understood from the above mentioned Verses.

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And that is why the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) clearly mentioned that the Kaafir gets the reward of his goods in this world.

In the end he will have no good deeds left.

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how about those who never heard of Islam or those who were born before Islam?

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They come under a different category. They will present their case before Allah.

Then, like we are tested in this world, they will be tested there. I shall find the Hadith relating to them, in shaa Allah, and paste it here.

If they succeed Heaven otherwise Hell just like for us if we fail here.

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The Prophet of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said:

“There are four (who will protest) to Allaah on the Day of Resurrection: the deaf man who never heard anything, the insane man, the very old man, and the man who died during the fatrah (the interval between the time of ‘Eesaa (Jesus, upon whom be peace) and the time of Muhammad (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam)).

The deaf man will say, ‘O Lord, Islam came but I never heard anything.’ The insane man will say, ‘O Lord, Islam came but the children ran after me and threw stones at me.’ The very old man will say, ‘O Lord, Islam came but I did not understand anything.’ The man who died during the fatrah will say, ‘O Lord, no Messenger from You came to me.’

He will accept their promises of obedience, then word will be sent to them to enter the Fire. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, if they enter it, it will be cool and safe for them.”

 According to another report, he said: “Whoever enters it, it will     be cool and safe for him, and whoever does not enter it will be dragged to it.” (The     hadeeth was reported by Imaam Ahmad and Ibn Hibbaan).
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An extremely poor African born in a christian family, lives a life full of hurdles, barely has anything, occasionally prays to god in the manner he was taught by his parents, develops cancer, suffers and eventually dies. He is sentenced to eternal torment in hell by God.

Middle class Arab, born in a muslim family in one of the wealthier arab states, lives a good life by most accounts, occasionally prays to god in the manner he was taught by his parents, dies a natural death. He is sentenced to eternal bliss by God.

Divine justice, or completely random justice? Or perhaps even injustice, given how God chose which circumstances those two individuals were born into.

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Anas b. Malik reported that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said:

                   Verily, Allah does not treat a believer unjustly  in regard to his virtues. He would confer upon him (His blessing) in  this world and would give him reward in the Hereafter. ***And as regards a  non-believer***, he would be made to taste the reward (of virtue in this  world) what he has done for himself so much that when it would be the  Hereafter, he would find no virtue for which he should be rewarded.

[Sahih Muslim Hadith No. 2808]

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Zeeshan saab, you are saying God will punish people for merely following the religion of their birth. Majority of religious people follow the spiritual teachings of their parents. Even Islam comprise mainly (95% +) of people born in muslim households.

I am using my extremely limited mind, to question why God would do that. My aim is not to offend, merely to debate.

Why would God punish or reward people merely based on what they choose to believe in? Especially when said beliefs are in most cases, inherited from ones parents, and not something people choose to believe in after thorough research on the subject.

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I don’t debate. I am Muslim the very word which means to Submit to the Will of Allah. Hopefully, someone else can debate you.

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I understand that you feel offended by it. And no, I disagree. It is not the verses of Quran that give birth to ISIS, what gives birth to ISIS are different reasons.

What the brother has quoted in the OP are verses of the Quran, and I as a muslim believe in them. That is my mentality.

There’s more to those quoted verses, which if explored will make sense. People who were around during the times of Musa (a.s.)(Moses *Peace be upon him), had to believe in his message, those who rejected it would fall in the same category as today’s non-believers of their time.

Advance forward to the time of Isa (a.s.)(Jesus *Peace be upon him), those who rejected his message fall in the same category as non-believers of their time.

Now after the declared prophethood of Muhammad (Peace be upon him), who is the final messenger to humanity, those who reject his message are considered non-believers because they reject the message.

The reason accepting the message is important is because it dates back to the first human, Adam (a.s.), who when expelled from Jannah was commanded that Adam and those after Adam (us all) will be sent messengers, to believe in them, and those who believe will succeed and those who reject will not succeed.

The logic of this, If I can paraphrase and say in the simplest terms would be: You and/or I cannot claim to believe in the previous messenger(s), but reject the last one because rejection of any messenger is equivalent to disbelief because you have rejected something which is ordained by God. Islam recognizes the previous messengers, some of whom are known to us by names, and many who were not mentioned by name but a total number of 124,000+ was given (This is mentioned in one of the sayings of Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him). The idea is that you believe in the messenger of your generation, and in the entire message. Since the message brought by Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is Islam, it is therefore a requirement of the people who live(d) after Prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him) to believe in him as the messenger and his message. Those who reject were/are non-believers. And for that reason, the only religion accepted will be Islam because it is the final message; in fact all previous messengers brought the same message which was to worship one God alone without any partners, so the at the core of it the message of Islam has always been present from creation of humanity, and will continue to be the case. Submitting to the commands of God is what makes a person Muslim (He/She who submits). Islam being the religion of those who submit.

And it is for that reason that Islam being the religion ordained by God for all of us will be the recognized religion because the final message and messenger has become. Message being that which is known as Islam and the messenger being Muhammad (peace be upon him).

Not believing in religion altogether is one thing, a lot of people don’t believe in religions. To a muslim, what is revealed in the Quran is the ultimate truth from the ultimate Source of truth.

FYI: Your signature is a little twisted, most practicing muslims would fall in that category and if that makes them all terrorists according to your definition, it’s really awful and you should rethink it.

And of course Allah knows best. I seek refuge in Allah from having said anything wrong, or deviation from the truth.

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No, because if that was the case then what about those who despite being raised non-believers, turn to Islam and turn out to be better muslims than the name-sake muslims? If a person is inclined towards God and looks for the way to worship God alone, then he/she will eventually find the guidance if Allah wills it. That was the case of some people before Islam in Makkah, those who wanted to worship God alone, did not partake in the idol worship, sacrifices to idols, and other vices of the time because something in them told them that it was not right, and they had a desire to find the best way to worship God alone. Read about Zayb b. `Amr b. Nufayl; he was such an individual. In one hadith, Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) is recorded to have said that Zayd bin Nufayl will be resurrected as his own Ummah on the day of judgement because he was righteous in a society that was not.

So the poor African born in a christian family, if desires and the desire is there, can look for guidance.

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I don’t mean to argue/convince anyone by what I said.

What is revealed in the Quran is the truth, though some may take offense to it.

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Reminds me of the following Qur’anic Verse

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, you recognize in the faces of those who disbelieve disapproval. They are almost on the verge of assaulting those who recite to them Our verses. Say, “Then shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that? [It is] the Fire which Allah has promised those who disbelieve, and wretched is the destination.”

[22:72]

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This post conflicts with the title of the thread.