The word Islam
by Sikku
In my previous post I talked about the word Allah. Here I am not going
to explain about the religion Islam. In this post I just want to explain
you about the word Islam which is one of the most misunderstood words
today. If you know what the real meaning of Islam is, you won't say that
it is a religion. Islam is an Arabic word. It is derived from two root words, Salaam and
Slm. The word Salaam means Peace. As it is usually used while greeting
someone. And the word Slm means Submission or Obedience. By combining these two words we get the word Islam. So the word Islam
means to get Peace by Submitting your will to the Almighty. In other
words it stands for complete submission or obedience to the One Who has
power over you. Simply to say, there is an unalterable law and you
follow it, which means you are following Islam. For example the planets around the Sun. They are following a set of
laws, which means they are following Islam. Same way the Sun the moon
the stars and all the heavenly bodies are knit together in a splendid
system. They follow an unalterable law and do not make even a slightest
deviation from this course. Together they are peaceful with each other.
If they deviate from their ordained course they end up in destruction.
Their wont be peace. The one who (or the thing which) follows Islam in a complete way is
called a Muslim. For example the eye is a Muslim, as it is ordained to
see, it follows the law of seeing, it follows Islam. In fact every organ
in the body is governed by laws prescribed to them. If I use any of my
organs to do something which it is not supposed to do, then I end up
harming it. Hence the word Islam has nothing to do with religion. It is an
independent word which means submission and obedience to the All
Powerful.
to explain about the religion Islam. In this post I just want to explain
you about the word Islam which is one of the most misunderstood words
today. If you know what the real meaning of Islam is, you won't say that
it is a religion. Islam is an Arabic word. It is derived from two root words, Salaam and
Slm. The word Salaam means Peace. As it is usually used while greeting
someone. And the word Slm means Submission or Obedience. By combining these two words we get the word Islam. So the word Islam
means to get Peace by Submitting your will to the Almighty. In other
words it stands for complete submission or obedience to the One Who has
power over you. Simply to say, there is an unalterable law and you
follow it, which means you are following Islam. For example the planets around the Sun. They are following a set of
laws, which means they are following Islam. Same way the Sun the moon
the stars and all the heavenly bodies are knit together in a splendid
system. They follow an unalterable law and do not make even a slightest
deviation from this course. Together they are peaceful with each other.
If they deviate from their ordained course they end up in destruction.
Their wont be peace. The one who (or the thing which) follows Islam in a complete way is
called a Muslim. For example the eye is a Muslim, as it is ordained to
see, it follows the law of seeing, it follows Islam. In fact every organ
in the body is governed by laws prescribed to them. If I use any of my
organs to do something which it is not supposed to do, then I end up
harming it. Hence the word Islam has nothing to do with religion. It is an
independent word which means submission and obedience to the All
Powerful.
