The Religion with Allah is Islam Throughout history, Allah has sent His messengers to many peoples. These messengers of Allah summoned mankind to the true path and communicated to them His ways. However today, some believe that the various messengers brought different religions to mankind. This is a misconception. The religions revealed by Allah to separate peoples in distinct periods were in fact one and the same. For instance, although the revelation given to the Prophet Jesus (as) abolished some of the prohibitions of the previous revelation, there are in principle no huge differences between the religions revealed by Allah. What has been revealed to the former prophets, the Prophets Moses (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as), and to the last Prophet Muhammad (SAW) are essentially the single true religion in Allahs Sight. Verses of the Quran confirm this: Say, We believe in Allah and what has been sent down to us and what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Tribes, and what Moses and Jesus and all the prophets were given by their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. We are Muslims submitted to Him. If anyone desires anything other than Islam as a religion, it will not be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers. (Surah Al Imran, 84-85) These verses indicate that the right way revealed to man is Islam and that all the prophets summoned their peoples to a common way. In another verse Allah ordains: ... I am pleased with Islam as a religion (deen) for you!... (Surat al-Maida, 3) Allah sent His messengers to convey this religion, the one He is pleased with, to their peoples and thus warn mankind. Each person, to whom Allahs message is conveyed, and who is thus summoned to this religion is held responsible for adhering to it. However, some societies have accepted the message while others have denied it. In some societies, on the other hand, the right way has degenerated into perverted beliefs after the death of their messenger. This is related in the Quran as follows: The Religion with Allah is Islam. Those given the Book only differed after knowledge had come to them, envying one another. As for those who reject Allahs Signs, Allah is swift at reckoning. (Surah Al Imran, 19) One of the societies that went astray after following the right way for a while was a section of the Children of Israel (Bani Israil). As the Quran informs us, Allah sent many prophets to the Children of Israel and informed them about the right way. Yet, each time some of them revolted against a prophet or, after the death of a prophet, they transformed the right way into a set of perverted beliefs. Furthermore, from the Quran we know that even when the Prophet Moses (as) was still alive, some among the Children of Israel worshipped the golden calf during his short absence (See Surah Ta Ha: 83-94). After the death of the Prophet Moses (as), Allah sent many other prophets to the Children of Israel to warn them and the last of these prophets was the Prophet Jesus (as).
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