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[quote]thats what our studies are based on-no worries [8)] i.e. the teachings of God and the Messenger; [i]vide infra[/i]

[blue]Sources of Islam 
Reflections[/blue][purple]Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
(Tr. by:Shehzad Saleem)[/purple] 
 
[green]Islam is the guidance which was first inspired by the Almighty in human nature and after that it was given by Him with all details to mankind through His prophets. Muhammad (sws) is the last of these prophets. Consequently, it is now he alone who in this world is the sole source of this religion. It is only through him that man can receive divine guidance and it is only he who, through his words, deeds or tacit approvals, has the authority to regard something as part of Islam until the Day of Judgement. The Qur’an says:

هُوَ الَّذِي بَعَثَ فِي الْأُمِّيِّينَ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُو عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِهِ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ (٢:٦٢)

It is He who has sent among the unlettered a Messenger from amongst themselves who rehearses upon them His verses and purifies them and for this he instructs them in shari‘ah and in hikmah. (62:2)

It is this shari‘ah (law) and this hikmah (wisdom) which is termed as “Islam”. The source of this religion is the Prophet Muhammad (sws) from whom it has been given to the ummah through the consensus of his Companions (rta) and through their perpetual practice and perpetual recitation in two forms:

1. The Qur’an

2. The Sunnah[/green]
for full article ps

http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=76

Edited by: hkhan on Monday, March 24, 2008 9:55 AM[/quote]

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