What is Islam?

What is Islam?

What is Islam? Islam is a religion originating with the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad's revelations from God, or Allah, he did to it. The word Islam comes from the Arabic and can be translated into Spanish as peace, purity, acceptance and commitment.
This religion proclaims that God must be considered above all things, postulates that are quite similar to those of St. Augustine, who, like Islamic believers, or so-called Muslims profess that in the search for God is wisdom.
Islam began to develop in the seventh century in the Arabian territory, between the Red Sea, the Sea of ​​Oman and the Persian Gulf. This vast area, which takes up almost a quarter of the European continent, sheltering Islamic culture in a tremendously desert terrain, where sedentary life is quite complex.
In these desert landscapes Muslim civilization developed, rich intellectual and material. However, prior to this development, there were many tribes in the Arabian territory, each worshiped many deities, angels and spirits, until a charismatic character managed to unify, Muhammad.
Muhammad, better known as the prophet Muhammad was a person who, influenced by certain currents of Judaism and Christianity, taking into account both the Old and New Testament, proclaiming the oneness of God.
According to the religion of Islam, man is the greatest creation of God and have the freedom to decide whether to continue or not will the path that God has shown, however, the life of the Prophet Muhammad are presented as exemplary life will lead to salvation.
Muslim life is governed by the commands written in two texts, the Koran and the Sunna. The Quran is the word of God revealed through Muhammad, and Sunnah, is the collection of Hadith, ie the sayings, deeds and gestures made by the prophet that are constituted as legal and political solutions were not referred to in the Koran. Thus, the Qur'an and the Sunna, together, constitute the foundations of law and the Islamic religion.

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