TEN COMMANDMENTS: No God But Allah; No Religion But Islam!

There Is No God But Allah,

The Exalted, the Wise!

There Is No Religion

But Islam, i.e., Surrender or

Submission To His Will.

(M. Javed Naseem)

“And your Allah is One Allah!

There is no God but He, Most Gracious,

Most Merciful.”

(al-Quran 2:163)

“Allah forgives not (the sin of) joining other gods

with Him; but He forgives whom He pleases other

sins than this. One who joins other gods with Allah,

has strayed far, far away (from the right).”

(al-Quran 4:116)

Here’s the Divine declaration from Allah, the Almighty God, the Lord of the universe, the Supreme Creator, the Chief Controller, the Sustainer and the Cherisher of the world!

He is the One and Only worthy of worship.

شَهِدَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّهُ لاَ إِلَـٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ وَٱلْمَلاَئِكَةُ وَأُوْلُواْ ٱلْعِلْمِ

قَآئِمَاً بِٱلْقِسْطِ لاَ إِلَـٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
“There is no god but He. That is the witness

of Allah, His angels, and those endued with

knowledge, standing firm on justice. There is

no god but He, the Exalted in Power, the Wise.”

(al-Quran 3:18)

That was verse No.18 from Chapter 3 (Surah Aal-e-Imran). In the very next verse, the Almighty clarifies, if there was any doubt about Allah’s religion in anybody’s mind today, that there is only one religion and that is ‘total submission’ or ‘total surrender’ to the Will of God. The only thing the Creator requires from us, the Creation, is obedience and loyalty (fidelity). He has named that religion Islam in Arabic. In other languages during the times of other Prophets, it might have different names. Christianity and Judaism are NOT the names of God’s religion. Those names are coined by man, particularly the Greek. Later, the modern world adopted their translations. In fact, both Prophets Moses and Jesus practiced Islam and they were Muslims; and so was their forefather Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim), peace be upon them all.

إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلإِسْلاَمُ وَمَا ٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلْكِتَابَ

إِلاَّ مِنْ  بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعِلْمُ بَغْياً بَيْنَهُمْ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ

بِآيَاتِ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَاب
“The Religion before Allah is Islam (submission

to His Will)! Nor did the People of the Book

dissent therefrom except through envy of each

other, after knowledge had come to them. But

if any deny the Signs of Allah, Allah is swift

in calling to account.”

(al-Quran 3:19)

Now, the question arises in the layman’s mind: What is Islam and what do Muslims believe in? Is it different from the teachings of Abraham or Moses or Jesus? Here is the answer from Allah through the Quran:

قُلْ آمَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ

وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَٱلأَسْبَاطِ وَمَا أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ

وَٱلنَّبِيُّونَ مِنْ  رَّبِّهِمْ لاَ نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ
“Say: ‘We believe in Allah, and in what has been

revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham,

Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and in (the

Books) given to Moses, Jesus, and the prophets,

from their Lord. We make no distinction between

one and another among them, and to Allah do we

bow our will in Islam."

(al-Quran 3:84)

“Were ye witnesses when death appeared before

Jacob? Behold, he said to his sons: ‘What will you

worship after me?’ They said: ‘We shall worship

your God and the God of your fathers, of Abraham,

Ishmael and Isaac,- the One (True) Allah!

To Him we bow (in Islam)."

(al-Quran 2:133)

And that is Islam – the religion of the Prophets and Messengers of God throughout the ages, during all eras. Anything else was man-made and not God’s religion. In the very next verse, Allah re-emphasizes this point and declares again that it’s Islam.

وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ ٱلإِسْلاَمِ دِيناً فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ

وَهُوَ فِى ٱلآخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلْخَاسِرِينَ
“If anyone desires a religion other than Islam

(submission to Allah), never will it be accepted

of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in the

ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good).”

(al-Quran 3:85)

Allah, through His Prophets and Messengers, has given mankind many commands. Ten of them were the basic and got a lot of publicity through literature and films because those were given all at one time. Those famous commandments were delivered to Prophet Moses, etched in stone. As a matter of fact those were the same or similar commandments given to other Prophets before Moses and after Moses. The Quran contains hundreds of commands of Allah including those famous Ten Commandments given to Moses (found in the Old Testament, Exodus-20 and Deuteronomy-5).

Ten Commandments

Then God spoke all these words: “I am the Lord your God, Who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.”

1. – “You shall have no other gods before or besides Me!”

2. – “You shall not make yourself any graven image [to worship it] or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; You shall not bow down yourself to them or serve them.”

3. – “You shall not use or repeat the name of the Lord your God in vain [that is, lightly or frivolously, in false affirmations or profanely]; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain!”

4. – “[Earnestly] remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (withdrawn from common employment and dedicated to God)!”

5. – “Regard (treat with honor, due obedience, and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you!”

6. – “You shall not commit murder!

7. – “You shall not commit adultery!”

8. – “You shall not steal!”

9. – “You shall not witness falsely against your neighbor!’

10. – “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s!”

The Quran says:

“And your Allah is One Allah! There is no God but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.” (al-Quran 2:163)

“Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him; and do good- to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbors who are near, neighbors who are strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (you meet), and what your right hands possess. For Allah loves not the arrogant, the vainglorious.” (al-Quran 4:36)

“And make not Allah's (name) an excuse in your oaths against doing good, or acting rightly, or making peace between persons; for Allah is One Who hears and knows all things.” (al-Quran 2:224)

”Say: ‘Come, I will rehearse what Allah has (really) prohibited you from:

Join not anything as equal with Him; be good to your parents; kill not your children on a plea of want –  We provide sustenance for you and for them; come not nigh to shameful deeds, whether open or secret; take not life, which Allah has made sacred, except by way of justice and law: thus does He command you, that you may learn wisdom.” (al-Quran 6:151) 

“O you who believe! When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday (the Day of Assembly), hasten earnestly to the remembrance of Allah, and leave off business (and traffic)! That is best for you if you but knew!” (al-Quran 62:9)

“Nor come near to adultery, for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil, opening the road (to other evils)!” (al-Quran 17:32)

“O Prophet! When believing women come to you to take the oath of fealty to you, that they will not associate in worship any other thing whatever with Allah, that they will not steal, that they will not commit adultery (or fornication), that they will not kill their children, that they will not utter slander, intentionally forging falsehood, and that they will not disobey you in any just matter, then do you receive their fealty, and pray to Allah for the forgiveness (of their sins); for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful!” (al-Quran 60:12) 

“As to the thief, male or female, cut off his or her hands – a punishment by way of example, from Allah, for their crime; and Allah is Exalted in power. But if the thief repents after his crime, and amends his conduct, Allah turns to him in forgiveness; for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.” (al-Quran 5:38-39)

أَفَغَيْرَ دِينِ ٱللَّهِ يَبْغُونَ وَلَهُ أَسْلَمَ مَنْ فِى ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ

وَٱلأَرْضِ طَوْعاً وَكَرْهاً وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ
“Do they seek for other than the Religion of Allah?

While all creatures in the heavens and on earth have,

willing or unwilling, bowed to His Will (accepted

Islam), and to Him shall they all be brought back.”

(al-Quran 3:83)

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