There is nothing like Islam on earth

There is nothing like Islam on earth. There is no faith, no religion,
no ideology, no system of belief that can rival Islam in its clarity
and simplicity ; in its submission to God, the One and Only; in its
rationality and intellectual depth; in its egalitarianism and
equality; in its spirituality; in its code of ethics; in its
unparalleled balance between the needs of this life and the demands of
the hereafter. Islam has elevated the human soul, body, and mind to
heights that have never been reached by any other faith or tradition.
Islam is the only religion that has truly enabled human beings to
fulfill their humanity.

Islam is like a perfect piece of art at which the human eye can keep
looking and scrutinizing for days, weeks, years on end and still can
find no flaws, no defects, and no contradictions. All the human eye
can do is to keep wondering at the amazing beauty and coherence of
this faith of ours: Islam.

Leopold Wiess, the Austrian Jew who embraced Islam in 1926 and became
one of the greatest Muslim intellects of the twentieth century has
expressed the same level of astonishment at the overwhelming beauty
and coherence of Islam, "I was asked, time and again: 'Why did you
embrace Islam ? What was it that attracted you particularly ?' -- and
I must confess: I don't know of any satisfactory answer. It was not
any particular teaching that attracted me, but the whole wonderful,
inexplicably coherent structure of moral teaching and practical life
programme. I could not say, even now, which aspect of it appeals to me
more than any other. Islam appears to me like a perfect work of
architecture. All its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement
and support each other: nothing is superfluous and nothing lacking,
with the result of an absolute balance and solid composure. Probably
this feeling that everything in the teachings and postulates of Islam
is 'in its proper place,' has created the strongest impression on
me."

In a nutshell, Islam is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth.

It is important to note that Islam is not just a set of ideals, it is
a tremendous force capable of transforming and regenerating
individuals as well societies and whole nations. The influence of
Islam upon the first society that embraced it, the Arabian peninsula,
was nothing short of a revolution. Islam has revolutionized Arabia in
all aspects of life: politically, economically, socially, and above
all morally

http://www.themodernreligion.com/convert/revolution.htm

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