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Desk of the Imam Magazine April 2018

That all members of the community, irrespective of
The Essential Believers and Non-Believers, are compelled to
submit and comply to this universal ‘Treaty of
Difference Non-Violation and Non-Aggression’ that assures
and protects the rights of individual’s peaceful
existence, peaceful living, peaceful private
between a acquisition and possession of land and properties,
peaceful assimilation and practice of individual’s
Muslim and a faith, religion and culture. For this treaty of
freedom, peace and human rights is designed for
purpose of achieving peace and order in the
Believer Society. As such, there are essentially only two
groups of societal divide, the ‘Muslimuun’
(Submitters to Peace and Human Rights) and the
‘Fasiquun’ (Violaters of Peace and Transgressors
against Human Rights).
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Quran suggests that ‘Fasiquun’ are rebels and
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ٌ مي ِ ح َّ ر ٌ روُفَغ َاللّ َّنإ ۚ اًئأيَش أمُكِلامأعأ أ نِ م مُكأتِلَي enemies of God, and enemies of all Humankind.
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(Al-Quran, Al-Hujarat 49:14) For the majority of Humankind desire life of peace
The Al-A’arab say, “We have believed.” and freedom to acquire and to exercise their basic
Say, “You have not [yet] believed; but human rights freely and peacefully.
say [instead], ‘We have submitted,’ for Meanwhile, developing one from the State
faith has not yet entered your hearts. (Maqam) of a Submitter (Muslim) to the State
And if you obey Allah and His (Maqam) of a Believer (Mukmin), which is
Messenger, He will not deprive you essentially working within one’s own intra-
personal sphere, involves subscription to Faith in
from your deeds of anything. Indeed, God entailing spiritual and moral upbringing that
Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.” calls for one’s freewill submission to a morality
standard and compliance to spiritual guidelines
Islam precedes Faith. Not vice-versa. We become spelt out in the Quran.
Submitter (Muslim) first before we become ِ َّ للَّا ِ ب َن َ مآ أ ن َ م َنيِئ ِ باَّصلاو َٰ ى َ را َ صَّنلاو اوُداَه َنيِذلاو اوُن َ مآ َنيِذلا َّن ِ إ
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Believer (Mukmin). A Believer (Mukmin) is أم ِ هأيَلَع ٌ ف أ وَخ َ لَو أ م ِ ه ِ ب َ ر َدنِع أمُه ُ رأجأ أمُهَلَف اًحِلا َ ص َلِمَعو ِ ر ِ خ أ لْا ِ م أ وَيلاو
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necessarily a Submitter (Muslim), but a Submitter َنوُنَزأحَي أمُه َ لَو َ َ َ
(Muslim) is not necessarily a Believer (Mukmin). َ
Hukum’ in Arabic is ‘Decree’ in English, ‘Hudud’ (Al-Quran, Al-Baqarah 2:62)
in Arabic is ‘Boundary or Limit’ in English, and
‘Islam’ in Arabic is ‘Submission or Compliance’ in Verily! Those who believe and those who are Jews
English. and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in
Allah and the Last Day and do righteous good
Putting all the three terms together, we shall have deeds shall have their reward with their Lord, on
that Muslims are essentially those who are them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
committed to submit and comply to God’s decree
on the social behavioral boundaries (of the DOs This one domain God proposes but Taghut opposes
and DON’Ts) spelt out in the Quran. deals with the question of morality, privy to
individual’s right, that it becomes non-compulsive
as it has no direct relevance or influence to peace
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