The simplest reason to believe in islam

Fatima wrote:

Hi senekark, so when you have read Holy Quran and if decided that it is a divine book, is that when you believe that Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wassalam was a Prophet because it is mentioned in Holy Quran?

let me clarify, instead of saying Muhhamad (pbuh) is a prophet, never told a lie therefore the Qur'an is holy, the final word of Allah, therefore you should believe in Islam.

I say The Qur'an is inspired word of Allah, therefore believe in Islam, and I quess Fatima you are right if I accept Islam on the basis of the Qur'an being holy, I must accept Muhhamad as a prophet.

so the steps for me are:

1. Read Qur'an- let it speak to your heart

2. Belief the Qur'an if a holy and inspired book of Allah

3. Accept Islam

4. Belief in the prophet Mohhamad (pbuh)

Those are my simplest reason to believe in Islam

Our prophet has continuously been  criticized for his lifestyle especially for his private life. As a believer I certainly accept that whatever Allah planned and did for the last prophet is true and correct. Belief is beyond thinking. This last statement is questionable of course but there is one limiting line -I believe-through which human mind cannot cross, and that line is cleared away only by believing by heart. The story of Jacob impresses me in that aspect. He had been waiting for his son for years, although he had his bloody shirt in hand-brought by his brothers to convince their father to the death of Yusuf- He had the logical proof against the possibility of living of his loved one but he waited for him. Look what happened then! He met Yusuf!

So whenever your mind is stuck in a positivistic and pessimistic labirynth, you should look into your heart.

Muhammad's (pbuh) lifestyle can be evaluated within the context of his own lifetime. His family life and marriages carry messages from his social perspective. But in the year 2007 we probably misunderstand these messages. At least we should accept that in that age in the arabic population where blood relations are more important than anything else, marriages of the leader brought important gain to the newly developing Islamic population. Polygami was not something specific to our prophet but was common in that time for all families.

To go back to the subject we muslims believe what is written in Kuran is accepted in all ages. And maybe rules about marriage can be interpreted as a widened circle of freedom either used or not used by human, and if we are to use this area of freedom we are invited to be very careful and even our unsuccesfulness in keeping the advice of Allah about the subject is stated in Kuran.

Allah knows the best. Selam to all.