Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim; Today’s topic of discussion is What is the meaning and definition of Islam in English.
What is the meaning of Islam?
Islam is an Arabic word. The word Islam originates from the word Salam. Which means peace. And Islam means surrender. And if Islam is followed; peace comes. In the technical sense, Islam is submission to the rule of one God. Surrender is a combination of two things. One of which is the verbal acknowledgment of Tawheed and the other is the implementation of Tauhid in deeds.
Verbal recognition is the essence of Islam. Through this one has to enter Islam.
And the implementation of Tauhid in the work is the branch of Islam. It is very important to follow Islam after entering it. However, this is not the central part. Islam will not be violated if one disobeys any deed in deeds, that is; if one does not follow any command or obligatory provision of Allah; if one does not abstain from any forbidden or haraam acts unless one commits shirk in it.
The condition for Islam is faith. And faith is the firm belief of Tauhid in the heart. Islam is worthless if there is no faith. Conversion to Islam without faith will be of no use. That is, if there is no firm belief in Tauhid in the heart, then Islam, that is, recognition and implementation of deeds will not be of any use. The hypocritical leader Abdullah bin Ubayy’s observance of Islam did not work because he did not have faith in his heart.
Accepting Islam is a demand of Iman
And Islam is words and deeds. In other words, Islam is the name of giving recognition and putting it into action. Islam is very important along with faith. Islam is the manifestation of faith. Iman means faith in the heart is worthless unless Islam is accepted. Faith alone, that is, faith in the heart alone, will not work unless Islam is accepted, that is, it is accepted and practiced. For example, the faith of Emperor Heraclius did not work because he did not accept Islam.
Faith and Islam are interrelated. Just as Islam is worthless without faith, religion is worthless without Islam. One without the other is not acceptable. Ibadat is a combination of faith and Islam. Ibadah is the name of believing in the heart of Tawheed, that is, the Oneness of God, acknowledging it with one’s mouth and putting it into practice. And Allah Ta’ala has created us only to worship Him. Without Islam, only faith will not be considered worship and without faith, only Islam will not be considered worship. So we have to have a firm belief in all aspects of Tauhid in our hearts, and then we have to acknowledge it verbally and act accordingly. Only then will it be acceptable to Allah as an act of worship?
