Phantse umntu omnye kwabane abaphilayo namhlanje ngumMuslim, phantse izigidigidi ezimbini zabantu, bawo onke umbala, ulwimi, nesizwe. Kanti kubaninzi abangaphandle kwenkolo (nakwabanye abaphakathi kwayo), umbuzo olula usalinde impendulo: yintoni ngokwenene i-Islam?
Kanti i-Islam idla ngokuba yenye yeenkolo ezingaqondwa kakuhle emhlabeni. Uninzi lwento abantu abacinga ukuba bayayazi luvela kwiindaba, kwimifanekiso engeyonyani, okanye kwizenzo zabantu abathile, kungekhona kwinkolo ngokwayo. Esi sikhokelo sikumema ukuba ufumanise i-Islam ngemithombo yayo eqinisekisiweyo.
Esi sikhokelo yimpendulo yethu. Sisingeniso esicacileyo, esinyanisekileyo, nesamkelayo se-Islam, esibhalelwe ingqondo enomdla nomkhangeli onyanisekileyo ngokufanayo. Asenzi ngqiqo ngoko sele ukukholelwa. Sicela kuphela ukuba ufunde ngentliziyo evulekileyo.
Yonke into apha ixhomekeke kwimithombo emibini kuphela: iQur'an, amaMuslim akholelwa ukuba lilizwi lokwenene lika-Thixo, kunye ne-Sunnah eqinisekisiweyo, iimfundiso nomzekelo woMprofeti uMuhammad ﷺ. Apho sicaphula khona, sichaza umthombo. Apho sichaza khona, sichaza ngamagama ethu. Esi asisosishwankathelo sencwadi enye, kodwa sisikhokelo soqobo esiphefumlelwe sisithethe esikhulu seengeniso ze-Islam, kubandakanya incwadi eyaziwayo A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam, kwaye sisekelwe ngokuthe ngqo kwimibhalo etyhiliweyo.
I-Islam Ngesivakalisi Esinye Esihle
Entliziyweni yayo, i-Islam ilula ngobuhle. Yinkolelo yokuba kukho uThixo omnye kuphela, uMdali wayo yonke into, nokuba abantu bafumana uxolo nenjongo ngokuzinikela kuye yedwa ngokwazi. Igama elithi Islam livela kwingcambu yesiArabhu ethetha kokubini ukuzinikela kunye noxolo, kuba ekuzinikeleni kwintando yoMdali, umphefumlo ufumana uxolo lwawo.
"Yithi: Nguye uAllah, oMnye. UAllah, isiphephelo saphakade. Akazali kwaye akazalwa, kwaye akukho namnye ofanayo naye."
(Surah Al-Ikhlas, 112:1–4)
Umntu owamkela oku, ukuba uThixo mnye, nokuba uMuhammad ﷺ ngumthunywa wakhe wokugqibela, ubizwa ngokuba ngumMuslim, ngokoqobo "lowo uzinikelayo." I-Islam ayiyonkolo yabantu abathile okanye yendawo enye. Yethulwa kwiQur'an njengomyalezo ofanayo owaziswa nguwo wonke umprofeti, ukususela ku-Adam ukuya kuNowa, u-Abraham, uMoses, noYesu, ekugqibeleni yagqitywa ngoMuhammad ﷺ.
"Inene, inkolo emehlweni ka-Allah yi-Islam."
(Surah Aal 'Imran, 3:19)
Ngoko i-Islam ayethulwa njengenkolo entsha, kodwa njengokuqhubeka nokugqitywa komyalezo owawushunyayelwa nguwo wonke umprofeti owathunywa nguThixo.
Indlela Yokufunda Esi Sikhokelo
I-Islam inokuqondwa ngeminyango emithathu: oko amaMuslim akukholelwayo, ukuba uMprofeti ﷺ wayengubani, kunye nencwadi amaMuslim ayigqala njengommangaliso. Isahluko ngasinye esingezantsi sivula omnye wale minyango. Fundani ngokulandelelana, okanye qalani nakuwuphi na umbuzo ophila kakhulu engqondweni yenu.
Nokuba ungumMuslim ofuna isiseko esiqinileyo, okanye ungumMuslim omtsha oqala uhambo lwakhe, okanye nje umntu ofuna iimpendulo, esi sikhokelo sabhalelwa wena.
Isahluko 1 — Yintoni I-Islam? Isingeniso Esipheleleyo
Intsingiselo ye-Islam, ukukholelwa kuThixo omnye, iiNtsika eziNtlanu, neeNqaku eziThandathu zoKholo.
Isahluko 2 — Ngubani UMprofeti UMuhammad ﷺ?
Ubomi, isimilo, nomyalezo woMprofeti wokugqibela — nesizathu sokuba amaMuslim amthande.
Isahluko 3 — Kutheni UMprofeti UMuhammad ﷺ Wathunywa?
Injongo engasemva koMprofeti wokugqibela — inceba, isikhokelo, ukugqitywa, nesimilo esihle.
Isahluko 4 — IQur'an: Ummangaliso We-Islam
Ukuba yintoni iQur'an, yagcinwa njani ingatshintshwanga, nomngeni eyenzayo kubo bonke abantu.
Isahluko 5 — Kutheni AmaMuslim Ekholelwa Ukuba IQur'an Lilizwi LikaThixo?
Izizathu ezingasemva kwenkolelo: ubuchule, ukugcinwa, ukungangqubaniyo, isiprofeto, nemiqondiso.
Isahluko 6 — Imiqondiso Yesayensi KwiQur'an
Isingeniso kwimiqondiso endalweni iQur'an ekhomba kuyo — nendlela amaMuslim ayifunda ngayo.
Isahluko 7 — Ukudalwa Kwendalo Iphela KwiQur'an
Indalo eyayidibene yaza yahlulwa, izulu elinwenwayo, nobomi obenziwe ngamanzi.
Isahluko 8 — I-Embryology (Ukukhula Kwembryo) KwiQur'an
Ukukhula komntu okuchazwe ngamanqanaba alandelelanayo, anamagama.
Isahluko 9 — Iintaba Nendima Yazo KwiQur'an
Iintaba "njengezikhonkwane" ezimilisela zize ziqinise umhlaba.
Isahluko 10 — Iilwandle Nomda Ophakathi Kwazo
Iilwandle ezimbini ezidibanayo kodwa zingaxubani, zibanjwe ngumda ongabonwayo.
Isahluko 11 — IiNtsika eziNtlanu Ze-Islam Zichaziwe
Isivumo, umthandazo, isisa, ukuzila, nohambo olungcwele — isakhelo sobomi bomMuslim.
Isahluko 12 — IiNqaku eziThandathu zoKholo
UThixo, iingelosi zakhe, iincwadi zakhe, abathunywa bakhe, uSuku Lokugqibela, nesigqibo sikaThixo.
Isahluko 13 — Amalungelo Abasetyhini E-Islam
Ukulingana ngokomoya, ipropati, ilifa, imvume, nembeko kamama.
Isahluko 14 — Iimbono Eziphosakeleyo Eziqhelekileyo Nge-Islam
Iimpendulo ezinyanisekileyo kwimibuzo ebuzwa rhoqo nge-Islam.
Ilizwi Phambi Kokuba Uqale
I-Islam ayikuceli ukuba ulahle ingqiqo yakho. Ngokwahlukileyo, iQur'an imema umfundi ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukuba acinge, acamngce, aze aqwalasele ubungqina ngokunyaniseka:
"Akukho nyanzelo enkolweni. Indlela elungileyo icacile kweyona ingalunganga."
(Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:256)
Ukholo, e-Islam, alunyanzelwa, ngumnyango ongena kuwo ngokukhululeka, okanye ungangeni konke. Ithemba lethu kuphela ekubhaleni esi sikhokelo lelokuba xa ugqiba, uya kuyiqonda i-Islam njengoko amaMuslim ngokwawo ayiqonda: kungekhona njengoluhlu lwezithintelo, kodwa njengesimemo sokwazi uMdali wakho, nasekumazini, ukufumana uxolo.
Uhambo lwakho luqala apha.