Phantse umntu omnye kwabane abaphilayo namhlanje liSilamsi — phantse izigidigidi ezimbini zabantu, bawo onke umbala, ulwimi, nesizwe. Kanti kubaninzi abangaphandle kwenkolo (nakwabanye abaphakathi kwayo), umbuzo olula usalinde impendulo: yintoni ngokwenene i-Islam?
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: iQuran, amaSilamsi 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
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 liSilamsi, ngokoqobo "lowo uzinikelayo." I-Islam ayiyonkolo yabantu abathile okanye yendawo enye. Yethulwa kwiQuran 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)
Indlela Yokufunda Esi Sikhokelo
I-Islam inokuqondwa ngeminyango emithathu: oko amaSilamsi akukholelwayo, ukuba uMprofeti ﷺ wayengubani, kunye nencwadi amaSilamsi ayigqala njengommangaliso. Isahluko ngasinye esingezantsi sivula omnye wale minyango. Fundani ngokulandelelana, okanye qalani nakuwuphi na umbuzo ophila kakhulu engqondweni yenu.
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 amaSilamsi amthande.
Isahluko 3 — IQuran: Ummangaliso We-Islam
Ukuba yintoni iQuran, yagcinwa njani ingatshintshwanga, nomngeni eyenzayo kubo bonke abantu.
Isahluko 4 — Kutheni AmaSilamsi Ekholelwa Ukuba IQuran Lilizwi LikaThixo?
Izizathu ezingasemva kwenkolelo: ubuchule, ukugcinwa, ukungangqubaniyo, isiprofeto, nemiqondiso.
Isahluko 5 — Imiqondiso Yesayensi KwiQuran
Isingeniso kwimiqondiso endalweni iQuran ekhomba kuyo — nendlela amaSilamsi ayifunda ngayo.
Isahluko 6 — Ukudalwa Kwendalo Iphela KwiQuran
Indalo eyayidibene yaza yahlulwa, izulu elinwenwayo, nobomi obenziwe ngamanzi.
Isahluko 7 — I-Embryology (Ukukhula Kwembryo) KwiQuran
Ukukhula komntu okuchazwe ngamanqanaba alandelelanayo, anamagama.
Isahluko 8 — Iintaba Nendima Yazo KwiQuran
Iintaba "njengezikhonkwane" ezimilisela zize ziqinise umhlaba.
Isahluko 9 — Iilwandle Nomda Ophakathi Kwazo
Iilwandle ezimbini ezidibanayo kodwa zingaxubani, zibanjwe ngumda ongabonwayo.
Isahluko 10 — IiNtsika eziNtlanu Ze-Islam Zichaziwe
Isivumo, umthandazo, isisa, ukuzila, nohambo olungcwele — isakhelo sobomi beSilamsi.
Isahluko 11 — IiNqaku eziThandathu zoKholo
UThixo, iingelosi zakhe, iincwadi zakhe, abathunywa bakhe, uSuku Lokugqibela, nesigqibo sikaThixo.
Isahluko 12 — Amalungelo Abasetyhini E-Islam
Ukulingana ngokomoya, ipropati, ilifa, imvume, nembeko kamama.
Isahluko 13 — Iimbono Eziphosakeleyo Eziqhelekileyo Nge-Islam
Iimpendulo ezinyanisekileyo kwimibuzo ebuzwa rhoqo nge-Islam.
Ilizwi Phambi Kokuba Uqale
I-Islam ayikuceli ukuba ulahle ingqiqo yakho. Ngokwahlukileyo, iQuran 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 amaSilamsi ngokwawo ayiqonda: kungekhona njengoluhlu lwezithintelo, kodwa njengesimemo sokwazi uMdali wakho, nasekumazini, ukufumana uxolo.
Qala nanini na xa sele ulungile. Isahluko 1 — Yintoni I-Islam?