Cishe umuntu oyedwa kwabane abaphila namuhla uyiSilamu — cishe izigidigidi ezimbili zabantu, bawo wonke umbala, ulimi, nesizwe. Nokho kubaningi abangaphandle kwenkolo (ngisho nakwabanye abaphakathi kwayo), umbuzo olula usalindele impendulo: yini ngempela i-Islam?
Lo mhlahlandlela uyimpendulo yethu. Uyisingeniso esicacile, esiqotho, nesamukelayo se-Islam, esibhalelwe umqondo onelukuluku nomfuni oqotho ngokufanayo. Awenzi imibono ngalokho osuvele ukukholwa. Ucela nje ukuthi ufunde ngenhliziyo evulekile.
Konke lapha kuncike emithonjeni emibili kuphela: iQuran, amaSilamu akholwa ukuthi iyizwi elingokoqobo likaNkulunkulu, kanye neSunnah eqinisekisiwe, izimfundiso nesibonelo sikaMprofethi uMuhammad ﷺ. Lapho sicaphuna khona, sisho umthombo. Lapho sichaza khona, sichaza ngamazwi ethu. Lokhu akusona isifinyezo sencwadi eyodwa, kodwa umhlahlandlela woqobo ophefumulelwe yisiko elikhulu lezingeniso ze-Islam — kufaka phakathi incwadi eyaziwayo A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam — kanti usekelwe ngqo emibhalweni eyembuliwe.
I-Islam Ngomusho Owodwa
Enhliziyweni yayo, i-Islam ilula ngobuhle. Kuyinkolelo yokuthi kukhona uNkulunkulu oyedwa kuphela, uMdali wakho konke, nokuthi abantu bathola ukuthula nenjongo ngokuzinikela kuye yedwa ngokwazi. Igama elithi Islam livela empandeni yesi-Arabhu esho kokubili ukuzinikela kanye nokuthula — ngoba ekuzinikeleni entandweni yoMdali, umphefumulo uthola ukuthula kwawo.
"Ithi: Nguye u-Allah, oyedwa. U-Allah, isiphephelo saphakade. Akazali futhi akazalwa, futhi akekho ofana naye."
(Surah Al-Ikhlas, 112:1–4)
Umuntu owamukela lokhu — ukuthi uNkulunkulu munye, nokuthi uMuhammad ﷺ uyisithunywa sakhe sokugcina — ubizwa ngokuthi iSilamu, ngokwezwi "lowo ozinikelayo." I-Islam ayiyona inkolo yabantu abathile noma yendawo eyodwa. Yethulwa eQuran njengomyalezo ofanayo owalethwa yiwo wonke umprofethi, kusukela ku-Adamu kuya kuNowa, u-Abrahama, uMose, noJesu, ekugcineni waphelela ngoMuhammad ﷺ.
"Ngempela, inkolo emehlweni ka-Allah yi-Islam."
(Surah Aal 'Imran, 3:19)
Indlela Yokufunda Lo Mhlahlandlela
I-Islam ingaqondwa ngeminyango emithathu: lokho amaSilamu akukholwayo, ukuthi uMprofethi ﷺ wayengubani, kanye nencwadi amaSilamu ayibheka njengesimangaliso. Isahluko ngasinye esingezansi sivula omunye wale minyango. Fundani ngokulandelana, noma qalani nganoma yimuphi umbuzo ophila kakhulu engqondweni yenu.
Isahluko 1 — Yini I-Islam? Isingeniso Esiphelele
Incazelo ye-Islam, ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu oyedwa, iziNsika Ezinhlanu, neziGxivizo Eziyisithupha Zokholo.
Isahluko 2 — Ngubani UMprofethi UMuhammad ﷺ?
Impilo, isimilo, nomyalezo woMprofethi wokugcina — nokuthi kungani amaSilamu emthanda.
Isahluko 3 — IQuran: Isimangaliso Se-Islam
Ukuthi iyini iQuran, yagcinwa kanjani ingashintshiwe, nenselele eyenza kubo bonke abantu.
Isahluko 4 — Kungani AmaSilamu Ekholwa Ukuthi IQuran Iyizwi LikaNkulunkulu?
Izizathu ezingemuva kwenkolelo: ubuciko, ukugcinwa, ukungaphikisani, isiprofetho, nezimpawu.
Isahluko 5 — Izimpawu Zesayensi EQuran
Isingeniso ezimpawini endalweni iQuran ekhomba kuzo — nokuthi amaSilamu azifunda kanjani.
Isahluko 6 — Ukudalwa Kwendawo Yonke EQuran
Umkhathi owawuhlangene wabe usuhlukaniswa, izulu elinwebekayo, nokuphila okwenziwe ngamanzi.
Isahluko 7 — I-Embryology (Ukukhula Kombungu) EQuran
Ukukhula komuntu okuchazwe ngezigaba ezilandelanayo, eziqanjwe amagama.
Isahluko 8 — Izintaba Nendima Yazo EQuran
Izintaba "njengezikhonkwane" ezigxilisa futhi ziqinise umhlaba.
Isahluko 9 — Izilwandle Nomgoqo Ophakathi Kwazo
Izilwandle ezimbili ezihlangana kodwa zingahlanganisi, zibanjwe umgoqo ongabonwayo.
Isahluko 10 — IziNsika Ezinhlanu Ze-Islam Zichaziwe
Isivumo, umthandazo, isadaka, ukuzila, nohambo olungcwele — uhlaka lwempilo yeSilamu.
Isahluko 11 — IziGxivizo Eziyisithupha Zokholo
UNkulunkulu, izingelosi zakhe, izincwadi zakhe, izithunywa zakhe, uSuku Lokugcina, nesinqumo saphezulu.
Isahluko 12 — Amalungelo Abesifazane E-Islam
Ukulingana ngokomoya, impahla, ifa, imvume, nodumo lukamama.
Isahluko 13 — Imibono Eyiphutha Evamile Nge-Islam
Izimpendulo eziqotho kwimibuzo evame ukubuzwa nge-Islam.
Izwi Ngaphambi Kokuqala
I-Islam ayikuceli ukuthi ulahle ukucabanga kwakho. Kunalokho, iQuran imema umfundi ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuba acabange, azindle, futhi abheke ubufakazi ngobuqotho:
"Akukho kuphoqelela enkolweni. Indlela eqondile isicacile kokungalungile."
(Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:256)
Ukholo, e-Islam, alukaze luphoqelelwe — kungumnyango ongena kuwo ngokukhululeka, noma ungangeni nhlobo. Ithemba lethu kuphela ekubhaleni lo mhlahlandlela ukuthi lapho uqeda, uzoqonda i-Islam njengoba amaSilamu ngokwawo ayiqonda: hhayi njengeqoqo lezithiyo, kodwa njengesimemo sokwazi uMdali wakho, nasekwazini kwakhe, uthole ukuthula.
Qala noma nini uma usulungele. Isahluko 1 — Yini I-Islam?