Islam Its Belief and Practices - Radical Truth

CHAPTER 1.
The Foundations of Faith.
ISLAM is the name of the religion founded by Muhammad.
The word is derived from Slm to resign, surrender,
submit oneself, and Islam irs infinitive form means the act
of submission and of resignation of oneself. One who
professes Islam is a Muslim (pI. Muslimin), resigned.
According to the interpretation of the modern Muhammadans
the word Islam also means the religion of peace.
It is said to be the religion of all the prophets from Adam
down to MuQ.ammad. The true religion with Allah is
Islam (3: 17), "He who desireth any other religion than
Islam that religion will not be accepted of him and in the
next world he shall be lost (3: 79)."
The following terms are also used to designate
religion:-
1. Din: means religion as it stands in relation to
God.
2. Millat: means religion in relation to prophets.
3. Madhhab: means religion in relation to founders
of religious system of Islam.
Muslim doctors treat of the various subjects of Islam
under two general divisions:-
1. The Theoretical or Dogmatical part. which
deals with the articles of faith, foundations
ofreligion (u~iilu'd-din), the Science of the
Unity of the Godhead (,Ilmu't-TawQ.id),
the Science of the Articles of Belief,or
Dogmas ('Ilmu'l-'Aqii'id) and the Scholastic
Theology ('Ilmu'l-Kaliim).