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How does one get saved according to Islam?

Cordoba

Cordoba

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(Belief in God, following His Guidance and doing good in this world) is the way to salvation, by God's Mercy
 
Manahel.Fatima

Manahel.Fatima

Member
Well i was thinking one thing that the one who is very near to ALLAH ALLAH trial him too much. this is not because ALLAH has stop loving and caring him it is just to check that weather that person remain hopeful from that Almighty and still thankful to him.
 
A-ManESL

A-ManESL

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The concept of being saved (as you are thinking in the Christian sense) is just not there in Islam. Nor is the concept of the original sin. Instead of a human being in need of being saved, Muslims approach the Everlasting Reality differently. As human beings we are born as perfect human beings, and as we go on in our lives we are expected to strive to conform to being perfect human beings. Our natural state is towards what Islam calls us, instead of the a priory assumption that our natural state is corrupted and needs to be saved. This submission to the natural order (of being righteous and turning towards God) is termed as following Islam.

Islam is the meeting between God as such and man as such.

God as such: that is to say God envisaged, not as He manifested Himself in a particular way at a particular time, but independently of history and inasmuch as He is what He is and also as He creates and reveals by His nature.

Man as such: that is to say man envisaged, not as a fallen being needing a miracle to save him, but as man, a theomorphic being endowed with an intelligence capable of conceiving of the Absolute and with a will capable of choosing what leads to the Absolute.

-Opening sentences of Schuon's Understanding Islam
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IsmailaGodHasHeard

IsmailaGodHasHeard

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A-ManESL said:
The concept of being saved (as you are thinking in the Christian sense) is just not there in Islam. Nor is the concept of the original sin. Instead of a human being in need of being saved, Muslims approach the Everlasting Reality differently. As human beings we are born as perfect human beings, and as we go on in our lives we are expected to strive to conform to being perfect human beings. Our natural state is towards what Islam calls us, instead of the a priory assumption that our natural state is corrupted and needs to be saved. This submission to the natural order (of being righteous and turning towards God) is termed as following Islam.
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Oh, okay. Thank you for telling me.
 
M

muslim-

Active Member
Humans will always sin, as they arent perfect. Theres no concept of original sin, though.

The answer is

1- Belief and submission to God, directing all actions of worship to Him alone, and believing in all prophets, scriptures they came with etc. If one for instance doesnt believe in Jesus or that God sent Jesus to deliver Gods word (Injeel/Gospel) hes not considered Muslim.

2- Practicing upon that belief (prayers, fasting Ramadhan, avoiding sin etc). Yes we are far from perfection, but one cannot be Muslim without involving the category of "works" as a whole that would naturally follow true belief.

3- The mercy of Allah, of course. It is always needed, we dont "earn" heaven and consider it a right but its all with the mercy and forgiveness of Allah.
 
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