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Essay on World Religions Today
Religion is commonly defined as a group of beliefs concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the moral codes, practices, values, institutions, and rituals associated with such belief. It is sometimes used interchangeably with "faith" or "belief system". In the course of the development of religion, it has taken many forms in various cultures and individuals. Occasionally, the word "religion" is used in the more restrictive sense of "organized religion" — that is, an organization of people supporting the exercise of some religion, often taking the form of a legal entity (see religion-supporting organization).
Islam
(Arabic: الإسلام; al-islām listen (help•info)) is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the Qur'an. It is the world's second-largest religion. Muslims believe that God (Allāh) revealed his word to humanity through many earlier prophets including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus, and that Muhammad was the final prophet. Muslims believe that the core message of Islam, which is submission to God, has been the essential message in the teaching of all God's prophets. The faith went through a period of rapid expansion after Muhammad's death in the 7th century, and its followers can be found all over the world today.
The basic tenet of Islam is found in the shahādatān ("two testimonies"): lā ilāhā illā-llāhu; muhammadu-r-rasūlu-llāhi — "There is no deity other than God (Allah) and Muhammad is the messenger of God (Allah)." A person who truly believes in the meaning of these words is a Muslim.Muslims assert that the main written record of revelation to humanity is the Qur'an , which they believe to be flawless, immutable, and the final revelation of God to humanity and till now, not a single word of Quran has changed since its existence.Hinduism The origins of Hinduism can be traced to the Indus Valley civilization sometime between 4000 and 2500 BCE......
