\n<\/a><\/p>\n(b)\u00a0 Muhammad is the Messenger of God (Allah).<\/p>\n
Muhammad was born in Mecca in Arabia in the year 570 CE.\u00a0 His ancestry goes back to Ishmael, a son of Prophet Abraham.\u00a0 The second part of the confession of faith asserts that he is not only a prophet but also a messenger of God, a higher role also played by Moses and Jesus before him.\u00a0 Like all prophets before him, he was a human being, but chosen by God to convey His message to all humanity rather than one tribe or nation from among the many that exist.\u00a0 For Muslims, Muhammad brought the last and final revelation.\u00a0 In accepting Muhammad as the \u201clast of the prophets,\u201d they believe that his prophecy confirms and completes all of the revealed messages, beginning with that of Adam.\u00a0 In addition, Muhammad serves as the preeminent role model through his life example.\u00a0 The believer\u2019s effort to follow Muhammad\u2019s example reflects the emphasis of Islam on practice and action.<\/p>\n
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![\n<\/a><\/p>\nIt must be recited by every Muslim at least once in a lifetime with a full understanding of its meaning and with an assent of the heart.\u00a0 Muslims say this when they wake up in the morning, and before they go to sleep at night.\u00a0 It is repeated five times in the call to prayer in every mosque.\u00a0 A person who utters the shahada<\/em> as their last words in this life has been promised Paradise.<\/p>\nMany people ignorant of Islam have misconceived notions about the Allah<\/em>, used by Muslims to denote God. Allah<\/em> is the proper name for God in Arabic, just as “Elah”<\/em>, or often “Elohim”<\/em>, is the proper name for God in Aramaic mentioned in the Old Testament.\u00a0 Allah<\/em> is also His personal name in Islam, as “YHWH”<\/em> is His personal name in Judaism. However, rather than the specific Hebrew denotation of “YHWH<\/em>” as “He Who Is<\/em>“, in Arabic Allah <\/em>denotes the aspect of being \u201cThe One True Deity worthy of all worship\u201d<\/em>.\u00a0 Arabic speaking Jews and Christians also refer to the Supreme Being as Allah<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n(a)\u00a0\u00a0 Nothing deserves worship except God (Allah).<\/p>\nThe first part of this testimony states that God has the exclusive right to be worshipped inwardly and outwardly, by one\u2019s heart and limbs.\u00a0 In Islamic doctrine, not only can no one be worshipped apart<\/em> from Him, absolutely no one else can be worshipped along<\/em> with<\/em> Him.\u00a0 He has no partners or associates in worship.\u00a0 Worship, in its comprehensive sense and all its aspects, is for Him alone.\u00a0 God\u2019s right to be worshipped is the essential meaning of Islam\u2019s testimony of faith: L\u0101 \u2018il\u0101ha \u2018ill\u0101 ll\u0101h<\/em>.\u00a0 A person becomes Muslim by testifying to the divine right to worship.\u00a0 It is the crux of Islamic belief in God, even all of Islam.\u00a0 It is considered the central message of all prophets and messengers sent by God – the message of Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Moses, the Hebrew prophets, Jesus, and Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon them.\u00a0 For instance, Moses declared:<\/p>\n\u201cHear, O Israel The Lord our God is one Lord.\u201d (Deuteronomy 6:4)<\/p>\nJesus repeated the same message 1500 years later when he said:<\/p>\n\u201cThe first of all the commandments is, \u201cHear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord.\u201d (Mark 12:29)<\/p>\n\u2026and reminded Satan:<\/p>\n\u201cAway from me, Satan! \u00a0For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.\u201d (Matthew 4:10)<\/p>\nFinally, the call of Muhammad, some 600 years after Jesus, reverberated across the hills of Mecca,<\/p>\n\u2018And your God is OneGod: there is no god but He.\u2019 (Quran 2:163). <\/strong><\/p>\nThey all declared clearly:<\/p>\n\u201cWorship God! \u00a0You have no other god but Him.\u201d (Quran 7:59, 7:73; 11:50, 11:84; 23:32)<\/strong><\/p>\nBut by a mere verbal profession alone, one does not become a complete Muslim.\u00a0 To become a complete Muslim one has to fully carry out in practice the instruction given by Prophet Muhammad as ordained by God.\u00a0 This brings us to the second part of the testimony.<\/p>\n\n<\/a><\/p>\n(b)\u00a0 Muhammad is the Messenger of God (Allah).<\/p>\nMuhammad was born in Mecca in Arabia in the year 570 CE.\u00a0 His ancestry goes back to Ishmael, a son of Prophet Abraham.\u00a0 The second part of the confession of faith asserts that he is not only a prophet but also a messenger of God, a higher role also played by Moses and Jesus before him.\u00a0 Like all prophets before him, he was a human being, but chosen by God to convey His message to all humanity rather than one tribe or nation from among the many that exist.\u00a0 For Muslims, Muhammad brought the last and final revelation.\u00a0 In accepting Muhammad as the \u201clast of the prophets,\u201d they believe that his prophecy confirms and completes all of the revealed messages, beginning with that of Adam.\u00a0 In addition, Muhammad serves as the preeminent role model through his life example.\u00a0 The believer\u2019s effort to follow Muhammad\u2019s example reflects the emphasis of Islam on practice and action.<\/p>\n[ica_orginalurl]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first part of this testimony states that Allah has the exclusive right to be worshipped inwardly and outwardly, by one\u2019s heart and limbs. 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