While Americans celebrate their Declaration of
Independence on the 4th of July every year, we as Muslims(submitters in English)
should be celebrating the greatest book of all principles, the Quran,
every day of our life. We should learn what this Declaration of Independence
means to us as submitters.
The Declaration of Independence, approved by the
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS on July 4, 1776, is a statement of the principles that two
days earlier had led congress to vote for the Independence of the American
colonies from Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson was assigned the task of drafting
the Declaration.
Almost 12 centuries after Quran, The Submitters'
(Muslims) Holy book, was presented to the world, the Declaration of Independence
of the USA was in reality no more than a discovery of all the major and basic
principles given in the Quran.
History is teaching us that when Thomas Jefferson wrote
down the Declaration of Independence, he was influenced by the natural rights
theories of John Locke. John Locke wrote "Just governments are founded on
consent and are designed solely to protect the people in their inherent rights
to life, liberty, and property."
WHAT A GREAT statement, because all of it comes from the
Quran that was revealed over a thousand years earlier.
In Quran, 3:159, God told Muhammed, and those who will
follow him,
" ...and consult them (the
people). Once you make a decision, carry out your plan, and trust in God.
God loves those who trust Him."
In 42 :38 God is describing the qualities of the true
Muslims (Submitters in English),
"They respond to their Lord by observing the contact prayers (Salat).
Their affairs are decided after due CONSULTATION among themselves, and
from our provisions to them they give."
In 2:256:
" There shall be no compulsion
in religion : the right way is now distinct from the wrong way....",
In 6:151:
" Say, "Come let me tell you what
your Lord has really prohibited for you: You shall not set up idols besides Him.
You shall honor your parents. You shall not kill your children from fear of
poverty - we provide for you and for them. You shall not commit gross sins,
obvious or hidden. You shall not kill - GOD has made life sacred - except
in the course of justice. These are His commandments to you, that you may
understand."
In 4:7:
" men get a share of what the
parents and the relatives leave behind. The women too shall get a share of what
the parents and relatives leave behind. Whether it is a small or a large
inheritance, (the women must get) a definite share."
In 2:19:
"....Oppression is worse than
murder...." .
These are the basic democratic principles that was discovered in
The
Declaration of Independence of the United States of America more than a
thousand years after God gave it to us in His book, the Quran. While the true
application of these principles to all the people of all colors and races in the
USA did not take place as it was supposed to be, we are not arguing this point
in this article at this time.
It is interesting to know that most of the so called
Muslim Countries failed to uphold these Quranic democratic principles. For
example, everybody in a Muslim country should have had the freedom to believe in
anything without any compulsion or oppression. God permits all people of all
religions to live freely in a true Muslim society, but that is not what is
happening. The Declaration of Independence of USA guaranteed that basic Quranic
principle.
God has given all those so called Muslim countries enough
time to apply His book (Quran), but they deserted the Quran, denied the basic
life principles to their people, took away the freedom to , think, speak, write,
move, work, worship, choose their leaders, make decisions concerning their life
and future ...etc , defying God's law. They established governments based on
dictatorship, that gave no place to the people to express themselves or run
their countries. They gave the wealth of these countries to a few and left the
rest of the people starving. They put aside God's Book (Quran) and its laws and
made their own man-made laws that is full of contradiction to God's system.
Therefore, God is fulfilling His promise in Sura Muhammed. 47:38
".......If you turn away, He (God)
will substitute other people in your place, and they will not be like you."
and in 70:40-41.
"I solemnly swear by the Lord of the
easts and the wests; we are able... to substitute better people in your place;
we can never be defeated."
We as Muslims (Submitters) should be proud of our perfect
religion, and should realize that Islam (submission) as a law and a way of life
can be seen and practiced in this Country, USA, freely, more than all these so
called Muslim Countries. We should be proud and honored that our Quranic
principles are being discovered by those who live outside Islam (Submission),
because they will realize one day that they are following Islam, and will
realize that Islam (Submission) has nothing to do with what is practiced by the
so called Muslim countries. They will learn to judge Islam (submission) by what
it stands for, not by what these (false) Muslims do.
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Interesting Web Sites:
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The
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