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[quote][size=2]Salam bro.

Q:-  Can you tell me that the kalimah you recite to become a muslim as a verse of Qur'an? So is that also not correct because it is out of Qur'an?

Reply:-  So your Theory is to become a Muslim we should recite Only (at least) Kalimah!!! From where did you get this Theory brother? I did not find any such theory in the Qur’an. By the way, what is your kalimah according to your followed books (sources)???

[u]My opinion as follows[/u]:

The Testimony of faith in the Torah reads:

[red]"Hear, O' Israel : the Lord our God, the Lord is One." Deuteronomy 6:4-5[/red]

The Testimony given in the Quran affirms the same truth:

[red]"God bears witness that there is no god except He, and so do the angels and those who possess knowledge."[/red] 3:18

The correct Testimony has no name in it except the name of God for the following reasons:

First and foremost, because it is the only Testimony authorised by God in the Quran.

"God bears witness that there is no god except He, and so do the angels and those who possess knowledge. Truthfully and equitably, there is no god but He, the Almighty, Most Wise." 3:18

The words (there is no god but God), which in Arabic are (La Ilaha Ila Allah), are the exact words which God Himself utters, also the angels and those who possess knowledge.

To add any words or names to the Testimony given by God, is like saying that the Testimony given to us by God is incomplete, or that God forgot the second half of the Testimony!!!

[b]Needless to say, God NEVER forgets ……. !!! [/b]

God's Greatness is far beyond human understanding, so much so that we are not to associate anything or anybody with the name of God.

"You shall worship God alone, do not associate ANYTHING with Him."  4:36

"Say (O Muhammad), "I am no more than a human like you, being inspired that your God is One God. Those who hope to meet their Lord shall work righteousness, and never associate ANYBODY with the worship of their Lord."  18:110

Note the words:

"do not associate [red]ANYTHING[/red]"

and in another other verse we read:

"do not associate [b]ANYBODY[/b]" ........ this is to emphasis that we should not put the name of ANYTHING nor ANYBODY next to the name of God.

According to the Quranic definition (2:285), the concept of Al-Iman (Belief/Faith) comprises belief in the following items:

1- God

2- His Angels

3- His Scripture

4- His messengers

Belief in all four items is required for a person to be a believer, however there is no testiment required of the believer except for the first of these items (God).

There are those who try to justify their inclusion of the name of Muhammad in their Testimony by saying that when the Quran was revealed and Muhammad was sent by God, the Jews rejected him as a true messenger of God, and thus they say that they testify that Muhammad is the messenger of God to proclaime their acceptance of him, as opposed to the Jews and Christians who rejected him.

This argument is clearly flawed.  It is clear that the Jews and Christians also reject the Quran as being the true word of God, hence and if these Muslims are sincere in merely wanting to proclaim their belief in what the Jews and Christians have rejected, then they should (by the same logic and motives) utter an additional testimony to say:

'There is no god but God and the Quran is the word of God' …. but do they?

[i]To be continued…….[/i][/size=2][/quote]

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