Zakir Naik – How to Prove that Islam is the Only Religion to be Followed

Zakir Naik
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The speaker discusses the definition of Islam, including the use of the word Islam and the need to research the meaning of Islam. They also provide a video about the importance of following the Bible and not following religion. The speaker emphasizes the need to research the meaning of Islam and not judge others' actions by looking at their own actions.

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			The brother asked, I have a good question.
		
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			He
		
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			gave a Christian name, if I heard it
		
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			correctly,
		
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			but said he's not a Christian.
		
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			He says he believes in God. If there's
		
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			a cell phone, it has a creator so
		
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			that way he believes in God. Very good.
		
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			Alhamdulillah. Congratulations.
		
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			But he says
		
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			that, how can you prove to me
		
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			that I should only follow Islam?
		
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			That's a very good question. Brother, Islam is
		
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			Arabic word. You may not know the meaning.
		
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			So forget Arabic. Leave it aside. What you
		
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			should follow is Allah says in the Quran,
		
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			in Surah Al Imran, chapter number 3 verse
		
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			number 19. In the dinah in the laila
		
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			Islam, the only religion acceptable in the sight
		
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			of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, it is Islam,
		
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			which is peace acquired by submitting
		
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			your will to Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala. If you believe in God,
		
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			that he's there.
		
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			You don't believe in religion. What is the
		
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			definition of religion?
		
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			Diligent means
		
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			believing in God.
		
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			So if you believe in God and say
		
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			don't believe in religion, you're contradicting.
		
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			So is it? By definition of Oxford dictionary,
		
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			religion means
		
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			believing in a supernatural
		
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			being or God that deserves obedience.
		
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			So if you believe there is God, you
		
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			also have to obey him. Right or wrong?
		
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			That's a different thing. You may not know
		
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			which book is God's book.
		
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			You understand? So if you believe in God,
		
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			do you want to obey this creator or
		
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			not? Yes or no?
		
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			Finish.
		
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			That's right. I agree with you. I'm not
		
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			telling you, but you have to obey the
		
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			creator. Now what the creator has said, you
		
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			have to find out.
		
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			Correct?
		
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			So now the brother agrees that there's a
		
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			creator. He believes in God, and he agrees
		
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			that he should obey that creator. The same
		
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			thing God is telling, the only way of
		
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			life acceptable is
		
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			submitting your will to God. That's it.
		
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			Now what is submitting? That's a different question,
		
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			correct?
		
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			Forget the word Muslim. Forget the word Islam.
		
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			Muslim means one who submits a will to
		
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			almighty God. If you submit a will to
		
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			God, in Arabic, you call Muslim. Just by
		
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			telling your name is Zakir Abdul, you don't
		
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			become Muslim. If I say my name is
		
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			Zakir, I don't become a Muslim. If someone
		
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			says name is Mohammed, doesn't become a Muslim.
		
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			Muslim by definition means a person who acquires
		
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			peace, one who submits the will to almighty
		
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			God. Now you want to know that how
		
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			will you say that this is
		
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			the right
		
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			will of God, correct?
		
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			For that, you have to refer to my
		
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			video cassette, is the Quran God's word.
		
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			Which is proof scientifically
		
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			that this is the word of God, which
		
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			you and I believe in.
		
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			You and I believe in, this is the
		
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			same word of God, for that referred to
		
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			my video cassette, it is approximately 4 hours.
		
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			I don't intend giving a lecture and a
		
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			question asking for 4 hours here. And tomorrow
		
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			you can come for my talk, Sharia
		
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			Sharia means the law
		
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			of Allah, law of Islam.
		
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			Barbaric or perfect?
		
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			If you hear that talk, it will partly
		
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			convince you. For complete
		
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			answer, refer to my bureauskas, it is the
		
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			Quran God's word. And Insha'Allah Insha'Allah,
		
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			you'll be convinced that this is the only
		
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			way which is right. Names don't go in
		
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			Arabic names.
		
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			Don't look at people or people who don't
		
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			follow them. Don't judge Islam by what the
		
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			followers are doing.
		
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			If you want to judge how good a
		
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			car is. If a driver does not know
		
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			how to drive the car and he bangs
		
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			up the car, who will you blame? The
		
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			driver of the car?
		
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			Driver. So don't judge Islam by looking at
		
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			the Muslims.
		
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			Judge Islam by the authentic sources of Quran.
		
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			And if you judge according to this, if
		
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			you want to judge the car you go
		
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			at the catalog, what is the speed of
		
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			that Mercedes car, what is the safety measures,
		
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			what is the average, etcetera, etcetera. Or you
		
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			judge by putting a driver behind the seat
		
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			who is an expert driver. So if you
		
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			want to observe a human being,
		
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			to know Islam is, the best example is
		
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			the last and final messenger prophet, Muhammad sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wa sallam.