The Straight Path
Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight path, The path of those whom You have favoured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your anger nor of those who go astray.
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. The Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah (verse numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura always stands for a chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is that Muhammad is the perfect example to be followed by all Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith (Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to show the teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is not intended to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have little real knowledge of what their god, Allah and their prophet has said on this topic.
Greetings to you! Today I sincerely pray that the Lord blesses you.
Sometimes, in the busy-ness of our daily lives, the blessings and responsibilities, we forget that our lives are mere breaths in the span of time. We forget that there is an eternity and a God to whom we must give an account.
On Judgement Day, who are you trusting to gain your entry to heaven?
Where will you be? The path you are treading, will it take you to heaven or hell? Scripture says: “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26).
All people are sinners, that is why Muhammad was commanded by Allah to pray for his own sins and the sins of others.
So know (O Muhammad) that there is no God save Allah, and ask forgiveness for your sin and for believing men and believing women. Allah knows (both) your place of turmoil and your place of rest. [Sura Muhammad 47:19]
Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 8 Hadith #407: Narrated by Abu Musa: “The prophet used to call upon Allah saying: “O my Lord! Forgive my sins and my ignorance and my exceeding the limits (boundaries) of righteousness in all my deeds and what you know better than I. O Allah! Forgive my mistakes, those done intentionally or out of my ignorance or (without) or with seriousness, and I confess that all such mistakes are done by me. O Allah!
Forgive my sins of the past and of the future which I did openly or secretly. You are the One Who makes things go before, and You are the One Who delays them, and You are the Omnipotent.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari in Vol. 8 Hadith #319: Narrated by Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "By Allah! I ask for forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a day."
Mizan ul Haqq
You cannot save yourself
Even Muhammad, knew that obedience does not guarantee entry to heaven.
We read in the Qur’an: “Say: I am no new thing among the messengers (of Allah), nor know I what will be done with me or with you. I do but follow that which is inspired in me, and I am but a plain Warner. [Sura 46:9]
Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 5 Hadith #266: ...He [Muhammad] said, "As to him, by Allah, death has overtaken him, and I hope the best for him. By Allah, though I am the Apostle of Allah, yet I do not know what Allah will do to me." By Allah, I will never assert the piety of anyone after him.
Muhammad cannot save you; the word ‘saviour’ does not appear in the Qur’an
For someone to save a drowning person, the saviour must be able to swim. Not just passably well, but enough for two people. From the above quotes we have seen that Muhammad couldn’t “swim” for himself, so he can’t save you either.
When we read in Sura 26:214, “And warn your nearest kindred”, we see that Muhammad was commanded to warn his relatives. To understand this verse let us look at the following Hadith:
Sahih Muslim Vol. 1 Hadith #398 and 402: Abu Huraira reported: When this verse was revealed: “And warn your nearest kindred” (26:214), the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) called the Quraish; so they gathered and he gave them a general warning. O sons of Hashim (name of Muhammad’s great grand father), rescue yourselves from Fire; O sons of ‘Abd al Muttalib (name of Muhammad’s grand father), rescue yourselves from Fire; O Fatimah (name of Muhammad’s most beloved daughter), rescue yourself from Fire, for I have no power (to protect you) from Allah in anything except this that I would sustain relationship with you. O Safiya (aunt of the Messenger of Allah) I can’t avail you at all against Allah; O Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad , ask me whatever you like, but I can’t avail you at all against Allah.
The nature of Allah make assurance of salvation even more difficult. Abu Baker the first Rightly Guided Caliph said: “I swear to Allah that do not feel safe from Allah’s cunning (deceit) even if one of my feet is already in Paradise.” (Khalid Muhammad Khalid, Successors of the Apostle, p. 114, quoted by Anwar al-Jundi, Mizan al-Islam, p. 170).
Muhammad tells people to rescue themselves from fire, but as we have already seen, Muhammad’s couldn’t save himself; he didn’t know what Allah would do to him.
Who is sinless, who can save us?
The Qur’an says that Jesus was sinless: “The angel said: I am only a messenger from the Lord tha
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