59] The Hour is certainly coming, there is no doubt about it. But most people do not believe.
60] And your Lord says, “Call upon Me; I will respond to you.” Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible.
61] It is Allah who made for you the night that you may rest therein and the day giving sight. Indeed, Allah is full of bounty to the people, but most of the people are not grateful.
62] That is Allah, your Lord, Creator of all things; there is no deity except Him, so how are you deluded?
63] Thus were those [before you] deluded who were rejecting the signs of Allah .
64] It is Allah who made for you the earth a place of settlement and the sky a ceiling and formed you and perfected your forms and provided you with good things. That is Allah, your Lord; then blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds.
65] He is the Ever-Living; there is no deity except Him, so call upon Him, [being] sincere to Him in religion. [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
(Quran 40 vs 59-65)
﴿إِنَّ السّاعَةَ لَآتِيَةٌ لا رَيبَ فيها وَلكِنَّ أَكثَرَ النّاسِ لا يُؤمِنونَ
Islam is purely monotheistic. We believe in the One True God, the God of Abraham (Allah, an Arabic word meaning, the God) and we worship Him alone. We do not believe in a Trinity as many of Christian do, rather we believe that God is One and has no son and there are none like Him nor equal to Him
We believe God has communicated with us through His prophets. We accept all the prophets God has sent, Adam was the first and Muhammad is the last and final prophet. We share many of the same prophets with the Christian and Jewish , such as Abraham, Noah, Moses, Jonah, etc.
We also believe in Jesus, that he was sent as a righteous prophet of God to the nation of Israel. We accept him as the messiah, we believe he performed many miracles by the power of God, we believe in the virgin birth, and we believe he will return again.
Unlike many of Christians, we do not believe Jesus was divine in any way, nor do we believe that Jesus died on a cross to expiate the sins of the world.
Islam is beautifully simplistic, it is the interaction between the individual and His Creator, there are no mediators in between. Therefore, when we sin, we believe that if we approach Allah directly in repentance, He will forgive us if we have left the sin and are sincere.
We have several other core beliefs. We believe in the Holy books God has given us. He gave the Torah to Moses, the Psalms to David, the Gospel to Jesus (though not the Christian Gospel nowadays) and the Quran to Muhammad. We believe in the angels, we believe that everything happens according to the will of God, and we believe in the Last Day, that is, the day in which every person will stand before His Creator.
We Muslims practice our faith according to the five pillars of Islam. The five pillars are: The shahadah, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage. The shahadah(a simple formula which should be said with conviction in order to convert to Islam)is a simple profession of faith in the One True God, the God of Abraham, and the belief that Muhammad is His prophet and messenger.
Do you know the purpose of our Creation? It’s to Know God, to recognize Him and to worship Him correctly in order to achieve happiness in this life & in the hereafter.. So, it is worth searching for the true religion & the true path to God!
Islam message is Clear .. One God One Message -NEVER changes Several prophets who guided us to worship -> One God Jesus is a prophet Muhammad is the final prophet
“And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, Mat 26:39:
“And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, Mark 14:35,
we are told Jesus fell with his head (face) toward the ground and he prayed.
🔖Kneeling –
1Kin 8:54: “Now as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven;”
; Daniel 6:10 (and prayed three times per day); Acts 7:60, 20:36; Ephesians 3:14; Philippians 2:9-11.
🔖Standing
2Chr 20:5: “And Jehosh′aphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,”
🔖Facedown
Num 16:22: “And they fell on their faces, and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be angry with all the congregation?””
20:6; Joshua 5:14; Revelation 7:11.
🔖Hands Raised
Ps 134:2: “Lift up your hands to the holy place, and bless the LORD!”
Ps 141:2: “Let my prayer be counted as incense before thee, and the lifting up of my hands ..
This is how Almighty God ordered all prophets to pray
👉🏽First they wash some parts from body 👉🏽Then stand 👉🏽Kneel 👉🏽 Prostrate by putting their head on ground
prophets prayers
All prophets prayed the same way, putting their foreheads on the ground.
Before writing these words, I did something simple.
I prayed for you.
Not only for friends and family, but for everyone whose words I have ever read… for those who taught me something without knowing it… and even for those who might be reading these lines now.
This essay was born from a journey — a journey to Makkah and Madinah.
But more than that, it was a journey through faith, memory, and quiet moments that reveal how deeply connected we are as human beings.
Between Safa and Marwa
While walking between Safa and Marwa during the Sa‘i, unfamiliar words drifted into my ears.
I turned to my daughter and asked:
“Is that Arabic?”
She smiled and said:
“Yes… but that’s how they pronounce it.”
I looked again and noticed a group of Indonesian pilgrims repeating a supplication in broken Arabic.
Their pronunciation was imperfect. But their sincerity was unmistakable.
In that moment, something became clear to me:
When faith enters the heart, language no longer matters.
The Qur’an reminds us:
“It is not the eyes that are blind, but the hearts within the chests.”
Islam has always been a meeting place for cultures and nations.
In its early community stood people from every background:
Bilal the Ethiopian
Suhaib the Roman
Salman the Persian
Different languages. Different histories.
Yet one faith united them.
The Train to Madinah
We boarded the Haramain High-Speed Train from Jeddah to Madinah.
Outside the window, white clouds floated above dark desert mountains.
Looking at those mountains, I wondered how the Prophet ﷺ and his companions once crossed this land on foot during their migration.
How many hardships they endured so that this faith could reach us today.
My daughter whispered:
“I thought the train would feel faster.”
We looked up at the screen.
300 kilometers per hour.
We laughed.
The train was incredibly fast — yet we barely felt it moving.
And that reminded me of something we often forget:
Some things in life are relative — speed, movement, perception.
But truth, values, and moral principles are not.
A Mountain That Loves Us
At sunrise, Mount Uhud stood quietly outside our hotel window.
The Prophet ﷺ once said:
“Uhud is a mountain that loves us, and we love it.”
More than seventy companions were martyred there.
Yet the story of Uhud is not merely a story of loss.
It is a lesson.
It reminds us that disobedience can remove blessings, and that obedience protects us from calamity.
Sometimes, even mountains teach.
Inside the Prophet’s Mosque
Inside the Prophet’s Mosque, an elderly woman sitting beside us asked softly:
“Is this where we visit the Prophet? Where is his grave?”
I explained that the visit now requires a simple permit through the Nusuk app.
Within minutes we helped her download it.
Her Moroccan neighbor leaned closer and asked if we could help her too.
Soon strangers from different countries were helping one another as if they had known each other for years.
In that moment I realized something beautiful:
Faith often creates connections faster than language ever could.
The Faith of Simple Hearts
After prayer, the elderly woman continued asking questions about prayer and funeral rites.
Her curiosity reminded me of a beautiful supplication attributed to Umar ibn Al-Khattab:
“O God, grant me faith like the faith of the old women.”
A simple faith.
A sincere faith.
A heart that trusts God without endless doubt or argument.
Sometimes the purest faith belongs to those who ask the simplest questions.
In the Rawdah
While waiting to enter the Rawdah, I noticed a small girl in line — perhaps ten years old.
She was quietly crying.
She feared the line might move before she could enter.
Even children feel the longing to stand near the Prophet ﷺ.
When you finally step into the Rawdah, something happens to the heart.
You greet the Prophet:
Peace be upon you, O Messenger of God. Peace be upon you, the best of God’s creation.
And you feel gratitude for a message carried across centuries of sacrifice.
A Meeting Yet to Come
The Prophet ﷺ told us that he will be waiting for his followers at the Pond (Hawd) on the Day of Judgment.
He described its water as:
whiter than milk
sweeter than honey
more fragrant than musk
Whoever drinks from it will never thirst again.
It is a meeting every believer hopes to reach.
A Lesson at the Airport
Before leaving Jeddah airport, we stopped to buy a meal from the famous restaurant Al Baik.
Many people believe its success comes from its secret recipe.
But perhaps the real secret is something else:
Blessing.
After the founder passed away, the owners decided to donate one riyal from every meal as charity in his name.
Since then, their success has only grown.
The Prophet ﷺ once said:
“Charity does not decrease wealth.”
Before I Go
And so I return to where I began.
I prayed for you.
If you have read these words until the end, perhaps our paths have crossed for a reason.
May God grant us sincere hearts, enduring faith, and the chance to meet one day at the Prophet’s pond.
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