Universal Religion of Islam

Islam is the only universal religion and to have perfection in every aspect that can be applied by humans in his life. Islam is the only ideology that can lead people to seek perfection is to be dreams. Although Islam is a religion last but herein lies the perfection of virtue and religion in comparison with other religions, be it divine religions which came down from God or religion or way of life that is born of ideas and spiritual experience a person.

Islam came as falsifies for religions that have come before. And the Prophet as a divine messenger and the message carrier is the last prophet afterwards there will be no prophet and messenger. Allah says in the letter of al-famous anymore as the last paragraph down: "Today have I sempurnankan for you your religion (Islam) and have I perfected everything to you and I pleased nikmatku Islam as your religion." (Qs. al-Maidah [5]:3)
This verse implies that since that day, after all the commandments and God's laws for about 23 years is perfectly up to the task and the minutes of the Messenger of Allah came to an end. This means that prophetic or nubuwah era has ended and a new era has begun the era of the region that serves as guardian and interpreter of the Shari'a of Allah. This verse is much talked about and discussed by the mufassir of the two groups (Shiites and Sunnis), since this verse has a very important position and crucial to the survival aqidah and belief, here we are not going to review the matter at length of this paragraph. For those who are interesting to review the content or asbabun nuzulnya and for those who want to know at length about this verse, we invite to refer to the books of commentary or the book separately and specifically explore this passage.
Therefore, the properties are owned by the perfection of Islam so he could answer all the challenges and issues faced by human life, no one issues and problems of life except Islam is able to respond and provide solutions for him. Islam a religion that does not distinguish one group with another group, in the eyes of Islam all men are equal, there are no physical differences between each other. White with black people, Arabs equal with non-Arab, The rich the same position with the poor, and so forth. But that does not mean Islam does not recognize the differences and levels, but Islam distinguishes degrees and grades of someone not from the outer side where meninjam technical terms of philosophy, humans are mahiyah or lacks essential difference, but all together as human beings that distinguishes it is the level of its existence. The closer to the source of the form he (God), stronger faith and the existence or ketaqwaannya. Unlike other religions, where the symbols and the reality is far different. Differences and discrimination so blatant, people judged in terms of outward, higher social level it becomes a place and position in the religion. Places of worship can be a very clear example of this. Rich people, officials and community leaders memilki major positions in places of worship and the poor and the community who have a low degree must be willing to occupy an equal place with their circumstances. But in Islam it is not visible, anyone can occupy the place he wanted, did not happen dichotomy strata sosial.Rahasia Universality of Islam  
Secrets of universality and eternity of Islam lies in the doctrine and teachings are in line dengan appropriate and human nature, so there is no vacillation and doubt for those who have believed and believe in proficiency level in these religions, another case with lainnya religions, such as religious Christians, where the doctrine and teachings and beliefs contained in it, between one another of a conflict so as not to create followers calm and steady, even on the contrary make them indecisive and unsure of what they believe. Belief in God is one but three or trinity until this moment not able to properly and satisfactorily answered. The more thought and instead of adding direnungi calmness and confidence, but instead to cast doubt and vacillation. So that occurred among the followers of Christianity is the higher level of education a person will get high level of doubt and hesitation he told the Christian religious beliefs. And the fact the people who do not believe in the trinity is of class scientists and scholars. Would not have happened in the history of the fierce and sharp disagreement between scientists and church groups where followers of the church wants to maintain the Christian doctrine of the church or contrary to common thought and logic. On the other hand scientists prefer the more reason and logic in his life not able to rationalize these beliefs and Christian doctrine, so consequently they reject and do not accept these doctrines.
Conflicts between reason and keimananan away due to the beliefs and teachings of Christianity or the church of human nature. If a religion or ideology was contrary to human nature as a consequence then that religion will not be eternal and will be abandoned by his followers, because the nature of another embodiment of the self is not the man himself and has been around since man was created and he will never change, always exist and have the sacred nature, because it only padanyalah mentajallikan or realize God Himself, because there is compatibility of the two properties, namely the existence of God memilki nature, eternal and never changes, so does the nature or the human spirit. This is in accordance with God's words in al-A'raf letter paragraph by paragraph 172 of the famous mitsaq (bai'at decision or agreement).
Therefore, nature is never wrong in determining misdaq truth and will not perish and disappear from the human self, it's just overcast condition can experience the power of light. So only Islam was the only religion that can save and resolve any problems and dilemmas of human life. "Verily, the religion of Islam only acceptable hand of God alone." (Surat al-Imran [3]: 19) Therefore, Islam never contravene the Law brought by the prophets ulul previous Azmi. And even if there is a difference between Shari'a prophet with each other then it just lies on juz'i issues only and not at the core of teaching and was also not significant as the cancellation of the Shari'a other (earlier), because sometimes a teaching or Shari'a adjusted to the conditions faced by the region are owned and or age. The nasakh-mansukh that serves as a cancellation or significant untrue Shari'a previous prophets, this has never happened in the divine religions, since regulators and law makers for men only God alone and everything that comes from God and have the nature of rights true. Allah says Sura Al-Ahzab in paragraph 4: "And God just said is right and just is He the only one who guides the path of righteousness." (Surat al-Ahzab [33]: 4)
Moving on from this thinking illat principles, we will be able to prove that perennial and the universality of Islam against other religions as follows: As other human beings to defend themselves in order to exist then he must try and work hard so that all the hope and goal of life can be achieved. The purpose of human life is very much different with other beings, because humans, although on one side in common with other creatures but on the existential side is very much different from the others. Therefore, God the creator gave two advantages of intellect and spirit or the human nature so that he can realize the perfection of himself.
As for the perfection or virtue is the target and the human purpose lies not in material things such as wealth, rank and position, because all that will be extinct and perish. While the nature (spirit) memilki human nature eternal and will not perish. But sometimes people think that all the beauty and perfection in this world there is something intrinsic and immutable and the goal of his life.
Because there is no relevance between the nature of human creation with all the teachings and rules of life that is in the books of other religions or those taught by other religions it can not be accepted as a way to save and deliver people to the perfection of his life. Despite the nature of human beings have, but he can not automatically know the nature of the perfection of himself and how to achieve it. This is caused by a number of temptation, deception, and the obstacles that bother to make them be deceived by a mirage of the truth. Therefore, the creator who knows the capacity and capabilities possessed by humans, not just let people in confusion and doubt about what he should do to achieve perfection and happiness in life, but with His greatness and lutf guide and watched him stay . And this is in accordance with His word: "... Our Lord is (God) who gave shape to everything that happened, then give him instructions." (Surat Taha [21]: 50)
Therefore, falsifies (mukammil) and an essential guide only belong to God alone, because for the involvement of a close relationship and harmony between the two parts, namely between perfection and the guiding creator or maker of the constitution so requires extraordinary expertise, while the most knowing of the nature of between them and human needs only the creator only, therefore these two matters is the part that can not be separated.
And that is the way falsifies and serves as guidance for mankind is none other religion. That is a religion that does not conflict with the creation of man, so he can bring people to the goals to reach (the perfection and ultimate bliss). Therefore, we will not see the contradiction between reason and science as a place of good deeds of the nature or the human soul as the place to tajallinya the creator. So that in the Qur'an, faith (spirit) and good deeds were inseparable.
Thus, human nature is essentially a need for religion and that too only divine religions, and among divine religions only Islam that with al-Qur'annya keorisinilannya maintained, the religion that came down and came from the creator. And if people find meaningful and essential perfection through divine religions other than religion (Islam), then surely he will not get it and this has diibuktikan by history and experience. [Www.wisdoms4all.com]

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Perkembangan Embrio Manusia - Keajaiban Ilmiah Al Qur'an

Gambar 1. Bagan yang menggambarkan kemiripan dalam hal penampilan antara lintah dan embrio manusia pada fase 'alaqah. (Dari Human Development as Described in the Quran and Sunnah, Moore dkk. hal. 37. Digubah dari Integrated Principles of Zoology, Hickman dkk. Gambar embrio dari The Developing Human, Moore dan Persad, ed. 5, hal. 73)

Gambar 2. Kita dapat melihat pada bagan ini bagaimana embrio pada fase 'alaqah bergantung dan menempel di dalam rahim (uterus) sang ibu. (The Developing Human, Moore dan Persaud, ed 5, hal 66)

Gambar 3. Pada fotomikrograf ini kita dapat melihat bergantungnya embrio (panah B) pada fase 'alaqah (sekitar umur 15 hari) di dalam rahim sang ibu. Ukuran sebenarnya dari embrio ini adalah sekitar 0.6 mm. (The Developing Human, Moore, ed. 3, hal. 66, dari Histology, Leeson dan Leeson)

Gambar 4. Bagan sistem peredaran darah primitif pada embrio dalam fase 'alaqah. Penampilan luar dari embrio dan kantungnya mirip dengan gumpalan darah karena adanya darah yang relatif banyak di dalam embrio. (The Developing Human, Moore, ed. 5, hal. 65)

Di dalam al Qur'an Allah menurunkan beberapa ayat tentang perkembangan embrio manusia.

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ سُلَالَةٍ مِنْ طِينٍ
ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاهُ نُطْفَةً فِي قَرَارٍ مَكِينٍ
ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَةَ عِظَامًا فَكَسَوْنَا الْعِظَامَ لَحْمًا ثُمَّ أَنْشَأْنَاهُ خَلْقًا آخَرَ ۚ فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ

Dan sesungguhnya Kami telah menciptakan manusia dari suatu saripati (berasal) dari tanah. Kemudian Kami jadikan saripati itu air mani (yang disimpan) dalam tempat yang kokoh (rahim). Kemudian air mani itu Kami jadikan segumpal darah, lalu segumpal darah itu Kami jadikan segumpal daging, dan segumpal daging itu Kami jadikan tulang belulang, lalu tulang belulang itu Kami bungkus dengan daging. Kemudian Kami jadikan dia makhluk yang (berbentuk) lain. Maka Maha sucilah Allah, Pencipta Yang Paling Baik. (Al Qur'an, 23:12-14)

Secara bahasa, kata bahasa arab 'alaqah mempunyai tiga makna: 1. lintah, 2. sesuatu yang menempel/tergantung, dan 3. gumpalan darah.

Jika kita membandingkan sebuah lintah dengan embrio pada fase 'alaqah, kita akan menemukan kemiripan di antara keduanya, sebagaimana terlihat dalam gambar 1. Selain itu, sang embrio pada fase ini memperoleh makanan melalui aliran darah dari ibunya, mirip dengan lintah yang menghisap darah dari makhluk lain.

Makna ke dua dari kata 'alaqah adalah sesuatu yang menempel/tergantung. Hal ini dapat kita lihat dalam gambar 2 dan 3, di mana embrio pada fase 'alaqah, menggantung dan menempel pada rahim sang ibu.

Makna ke tiga dari kata 'alaqah adalah gumpalan darah. Kita dapat melihat bahwa tampilan luar dari embrio dan kantungnya pada saat fase 'alaqah sangat mirip dengan darah yang menggumpal. Hal ini disebabkan oleh kehadiran darah yang relatif banyak selama fase ini (lihat gambar 4). Pun pada fase ini, darah di dalam embrio belum mengalami sirkulasi hingga akhir minggu ke tiga. Dengan demikian, embrio pada fase ini memang mirip gumpalan darah.

Jadi, tiga makna dari kata 'alaqah secara akurat amat bersesuaian dengan keaadaan embrio pada fase 'alaqah.

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Bagaimana bisa Nabi Muhammad mengetahui semua rincian ini lebih dari 1400 tahun yang lalu? Padahal para ilmuwan baru bisa mengetahui hal tersebut di masa moderen ini dengan bantuan peralatan mutakhir dan mikroskop yang amat kuat? Hamm dan Leeuwenhoek adalah ilmuwan pertama yang mengamati sel sperma manusia (spermatozoa) melalui mikroskop di tahun 1677 (lebih dari 1000 tahun setelah jaman Nabi Muhammad). Mereka berdua secara salah menganggap bahwa sel sperma mengandung manusia mini yang akan tumbuh ketika ia dibenihkan ke dalam kelamin wanita.

Di tahun 1981, dalam Konferensi Kedokteran Ke Tujuh di Dammam, Arab Saudi, Profesor Moore berkata: "Adalah sebuah kehormatan tersendiri bagi saya untuk bisa membantu memperjelas pernyataan Al Qur'an tentang perkembangan manusia. Sangat jelas bagi saya bahwa pernyataan tersebut tentulah sampai kepada Nabi Muhammad dari Allah, karena hampir semua pengetahuan mengenai hal ini baru ditemukan berabad-abad kemudian. Hal ini membuktikan kepada saya bahwa Nabi Muhammad tentulah merupakan Utusan Allah.

Kemudian, Profesor Moore ditanya: "Apakah ini berarti bahwa anda mempercayai Al Qur'an merupakan firman Allah?" Ia menjawab: "Saya tidak keberatan untuk menerima hal tersebut."

Untuk melihat video komentar sang profesor silakan klik tautan berikut ini: (Bahasa Inggris, format RealPlyer)
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Mengapa membaca Al-Quran ketika kita tidak mengerti artinya?

Baru saja saya membaca sebuah tulisan pada secarik kertas yang tertempel pada dinding kantor teman saya. Sebuah tulisan tua dari internet. Mungkin sebagian pengunjung sudah pernah membacanya, namun merupakan temuan baru bagi saya. Judulnya adalah: Why do we read quran, even when we do not understand even a single arabic word? Sebuah tulisan indah yang amat menyentuh hati yang saya coba terjemahkan dengan judul di atas: Mengapa membaca al Qur’an ketika kita tak mengerti artinya?

Alkisah, hiduplah seorang muslim tua bersama seorang cucunya di sebuah pegunungan di bagian timur Kentucky, Amerika. Sang kakek biasa membaca Qur’an selepas sholat shubuh setiap hari. Sang cucu berusaha meniru setiap tingkah laku kakeknya.

Suatu hari, ia bertanya: “Kek! Aku berusaha membaca Qur’an seperti dirimu tetapi aku tidak mengertiisinya. Jikapun ada sedikit yang kupahami, ia akan terlupakan setiap kali aku menutup kitab itu. Lalu, apa gunanya aku membacanya?”

Dengan perlahan sang kakek membalikkan badan dan berhenti dari memasukkan batu bara ke dalam tungku pemasak. Ia menjawab: “Ambillah keranjang ini, bawalah ke sungai di bawah sana dan bawakan untukku sekeranjang air!”

Sang cucu membawa keranjang hitam penuh jelaga batu bara tersebut ke sungai dan mengambil air. Namun air itu telah habis menetes sebelum sampai ke rumah. Sang kakek tertawa dan meminta sang cucu agar mencobanya sekali lagi: “Mungkin engkau harus lebih cepat membawa airnya kemari.”

Sang cucu berusaha berlari, namun tetap saja air itu lebih cepat keluar dari keranjang sebelum sampai ke rumah. Dengan terengah-engah ia pun mengatakan kepada sang kakek bahwa tidak mungkin mengambil air dengan keranjang. Sebagai gantinya ia akan mengambil air dengan ember.

“Aku tidak perlu satu ember air, yang kuinginkan adalah sekeranjang air!” jawab sang kakek. “Kau saja yang kurang berusaha lebih keras,” timpal sang kakek sambil menyuruhnya mengambil air sekali lagi. Sang kakek pun pergi ke luar rumah untuk melihat usaha sang cucu.

Kali ini sang cucu sangat yakin bahwa tidak mungkin membawa air menggunakan keranjang. Namun ia berusaha memperlihatkan kepada sang kakek bahwa secepat apapun ia berlari, air itu akan habis keluar dari keranjang sebelum ia sampai ke rumah. Kejadian yang sama berulang. Sang cucu sampai kepada kakeknya dengan keranjang kosong. “Lihatlah Kek! Tidak ada gunanya membawa air dengan keranjang.” katanya.

“Jadi, kau pikir tidak ada gunanya?”, sang kakek balik bertanya. “Lihatlah keranjang itu!” pinta sang kakek.

Ketika sang cucu memperhatikan keranjang itu sadarlah ia bahwa kini keranjang hitam itu telah bersihdari jelaga, baik bagian luar maupun dalamnya, dan terlihat seperti keranjang baru.

“Cucuku, demikianlah yang terjadi ketika engkau membaca al Qur’an. Engkau mungkin tidak mengerti atau tidak bisa mengingat apa yang engkau baca darinya. Namun ketika engkau membacanya, engkau akan dibersihkan dan mengalami perubahan, luar maupun dalam. Itulah kekuasaan dan nikmat Allah kepada kita!”

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