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Those who believe that the truth is relative and that
all beliefs are correct deem that it is not possible to say that a person’s
beliefs are wrong, because religion to them is a purely individual belief. The
falsehood of this statement is quite apparent and we do not need to delve into
great detail to prove it. If one religion believes that Jesus was a false
prophet, another maintains he is God, and yet another that he was a human
specially chosen to be a prophet, how can they all be true? Jesus, may God praise
him, must inevitably be one of the three things mentioned above, and all three
statements cannot be correct. Therefore, as only one of these statements can
be correct, whichever is established as true determines that the others must then
be considered as false.
This does not, however, mean that a person does not have
the right to believe as they wish, as this is a right that God has invested to
all humans. But at the same time, it does not mean that one must take the
other extreme and say that they are all correct, and that one does not have the
right to form a judgment about them. Also, giving a person the right to
believe what he wishes does not necessitate that they have right to openly
practice or publicize these beliefs, for laws implemented in society always
look at the effects of actions at the greater societal level and whether those
actions are advantageous or harmful to the society at large.
From what we have discussed, we can unequivocally come
to the conclusion that all the religions found today in the world are either
all false, or that there exists one among them which is the comprehensive Truth;
for although various religions do contain similarities, they also have
fundamental differences.
If we were to say that no religion in the world today is
correct, then this would entail believing that God is unjust because He left us
to wander about on earth in sin and transgression without showing us the right
way to do things, and this is impossible for a Just God. Therefore the only
logical conclusion is that there is One True Religion, which contains guidance
in all spheres of life, religious, moral, societal, and individual.
How do we know what this one true religion is? It is
upon each and every human to investigate this matter. Humans were created to
fulfill a great purpose, not just to eat, sleep and go about finding their
daily sustenance and satiate their desires. In order to fulfill this purpose,
one must try to find what their purpose is, and this can only be done by
investigation. If one believes that there is a God, and that God must not have
left humans to wander in misguidance, then they must search for the religion
and way of life which God revealed. Furthermore, this religion would not be
hidden or hard for humans to find or understand, for that would defeat the
purpose of guidance. Also, the religion must contain the same message
throughout time, since we mentioned that everything returns to one absolute
truth. Also, this religion cannot contain any falsities or contradictions, for
falseness or contradiction in one matter of the religion proves the falsity of
the religion as a whole, since we would then doubt the integrity of its texts.
There is no other religion which fulfills the conditions
mentioned above except for religion of Islam, the religion which is accordance
to human nature, the religion which has been preached by all prophets since the
dawn of man. Other religions found today, such as Christianity and Judaism,
are the remnants of the religion brought by the prophets in their time, which
was Islam. However, over time, they have been altered and lost, and what is
left today of these religions is a mix of truth and falsehood. The only
religion which has been preserved and preaches the same message brought by all
prophets is the religion of Islam, the one true religion, which rules all
sphere’s of humans’ lives, religious, political, societal, and individual, and
it is upon all humans to investigate this religion, to ascertain its truth, and
to follow it.
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