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Through sincerity, repentance, and direct prayer to God, Muslims strive to establish a personal spiritual relationship with their Creator all throughout the day.
This prayer includes physical motions of bowing and prostrating, which were also performed by Jesus, Moses, and the prophets before them. Devotion to a higher being continues to tie humanity together despite differences in customs and a variety of beliefs.
However, the concept of worship in Islam is all-encompassing and incorporates ritual worship as well as common daily tasks. This pamphlet discusses the balance Islam encourages between our spiritual and worldly endeavors, while also explaining core rites Muslims perform to worship God. In Islam, worship is the very purpose of our existence. Muslims worship God, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe, out of love and submission. Worshipping God is a comprehensive concept within Islam.
Along with traditional rituals, such as praying and fasting, it also consists of any lawful action a person does with God-consciousness and in the hopes of earning reward from Almighty God.
Therefore, devoting oneself to God in Islam does not require a person to enter a place of worship nor embrace monasticism. Rather, fulfilling this purpose of life is an active daily pursuit from the Islamic perspective.
Hence, a Muslim can be engaged in worship throughout the day, be it at home, work or anywhere else. Certain criteria determine whether an act can be considered worship. For an action to be regarded as worship, it must be performed with the pure intention of pleasing God. Therefore, the concept of worship in Islam encourages people to connect with God in every action they take, strengthening their bond with their Creator.
In doing so, a person gains a sense of true peace that comes with carrying out their purpose in life. While God has inspired an intuitive moral sense in every individual, people do not always act in a just and ethical manner. In fact, our ability to judge between right and wrong can often be muddled by external influences, outward appearances or ulterior motives. Hence, having a moral compass alone does not enable one to internalize righteousness or bring one closer to God.
Read more: Morality and Ethics in Islam. In order to guide humans to His worship and to truly differentiate between good and evil, God sent prophets as teachers and role models. He also revealed holy scriptures which provide us with knowledge directly from God and serve as manuals for virtuous living. The combination of prophetic examples and divine scriptures reinforces our moral inclinations and equips us with the knowledge to discern between right and wrong.
They also provide us with the criterion which enables us to assess our own motives and deeds. Above all, they teach us how to worship God and to lead a life that pleases Him. The Quran, the only divine book to remain intact in its original text, upholds the pure teachings of previous revelations.
The guidance of the Quran and the example of Prophet Muhammad p , whose teachings have been meticulously preserved, form the basis of worship in Islam. Some will reply that while there are competing interpretations of the one Jesus, God and Allah have different origins. But the argument that Allah cannot be God because he was originally part of a polytheistic religious system ignores the origins of Jewish monotheism and its Christian and Islamic derivatives.
Biblical writers identified the Canaanite high god El with their own god even though he originally presided over a large pantheon. The closely related plural form elohim is used more often in the Bible, but both derive from the same Semitic root as Allah. El and elohim , the New Testament theos hence theology , the Latin deus hence deism , and the pre-Christian, Germanic god can all refer both to the Judeo-Christian god and other supernatural beings. So Jewish, Christian, and Islamic understandings of the divinity originated in polytheistic contexts.
Just like traditional Jews and Christians, however, Muslims believe that the religion of the first humans, Adam and Eve, was monotheistic. Because it was corrupted into polytheism, Allah sent prophets who all taught that there is only one god. Islam took over from Judaism the notion that Abraham in particular was the one who re discovered monotheism and rejected idolatry.
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