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I personally can give you countless reasons why it is a good idea to become a Muslim. However, I'm very curious to find out what the 30 concise reasons of Dr. Shabir Ali are. With no further ado, let's have a look. Bismillah Alhamdulillah. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. Peace be with you and the mercy and blessings of Allah and Ramadan Mubarak. I'm very excited to be here in the month of Ramadan. May Allah SWT bless you, bless all of your people around you, bless all of your loved ones, this Ramadan and forever. I'm your brother in faith, Shabir Ali. And today we want to start our series of dealing with 30 reasons for being a Muslim. And you know the old story, a mom says to child do this and the child says why and the mom says because we are Muslim and the child says but mommy why do we have to be Muslim? So here are 30 reasons starting today with the first one. Obviously, I cannot relate because I haven't been born into a Muslim family quite the opposite. I actually reverted three weeks ago. Nevertheless, it is still of course very interesting for me to hear what the reasoning is coming from a born Muslim. And I personally do believe that it translates for us reverts as well. The first reason is that our belief in one God is not only assuring to us and it becomes clear for us in our worship. So we're not confused between gods. But it also puts us in harmony with other people who are maybe worshiping God in a different way. But our belief that there is only one God means that we are open to thinking that other people are worshiping the same one God but maybe in a different way even if they call him by different names. And thirdly, we have the sense that all things are created by the same one God that we worship and therefore we have respect for all things as creatures of God. So he starts with the most powerful argument right away, the worship of one God. Obviously, this is the strongest point of Islam, the strict monotheism. It is this strict monotheism that clears up any doubt whatsoever. It is logical if we go into even C nice contingency argument. It is just logical then to come to the conclusion that there is a first cause for everything. And this first cause can only be one. You cannot have multiple causes to begin something. If you have one God as the beginning, this rational, this logical. However, if you have three gods for example, then the question is who created those three gods? Because they're already in a state of separation. But if we're talking about one God, the Almighty, the inseparable, the perfect unity, then you have a reasonable cause for existence. But moreover, he said something very important there in the end as well, that we're all worshiping the same one God even though we're using different names. And I would agree here of course because in the discussion with my family members what is not truly understood by them is that Allah is God, is the God of everything. The God of the universe, the God of the Christians, the God of the Jews. There is only one God. Therefore, if you become a Muslim, no, you're not worshiping another God. You're worshiping the God. Let me set back a bit then from this conclusion and look at the general picture and see where the problem lies. The problem comes about when people try to think about who exactly might be the creator of the universe. In one sense, the entire universe is all one thing. Some people describe it almost like an ocean in which we are just simply droplets. And so everything is a unified whole. But what if that ocean itself has a creation, a creator? Is there a creator of the universe, creator of the cosmos? And we believe yes. But then if there is a creator, the question arises, how many creators are there? Like is there one or many? And the Muslim belief is that there is only one creator. But where do we get this belief from? Where is that belief stated in our Islamic sources? Well, let's say in the Quran and in the Hadith. First, in the Quran, it is very clear that there is only one God. The Muslim declaration of faith, which says La ilaha illallah, there is no God but God, is mentioned throughout the Quran. And we find this statement dozens of times. We also find it sometimes in other, in addition to the dozens of times in those specific words, we find also that there is a declaration and a variety of wordings which mean the same thing. For example, what do you think of the second chapter of the Quran, the 255th verse, that many Muslims have memorized since they were children? The verse that is referred to us, Ayatul Kursi, which reads at the beginning, Allahu la ilaha illahu, Allah, there is no God but He. So it's the same words of the kalima, but in a slightly reversed order, meaning exactly the same thing, there is no God but God. There is also a short surah of the Quran that Muslim children have memorized. The shahada is so powerful because it is a negative statement. It's a negation. Think about it. It doesn't say there is only one God. Period. It says there is no God but God by that you're discarding actively everything around you and everything that you can imagine, everything that you can think of is discarded right away. There is no God but God. Like this, you're setting up the framework, you're destroying every other conceptualization, everything else that you could think of and add to it, such as the Trinity, for example. It is impossible because it says there is no God but God. If it would only say there is one God, then you can of course go further down the line and say, yes, sure, there is one God, but this one God is actually three persons, etc., etc., you name it. So this is a fail-safe mechanism, ultimately, when it says there is no God but God. That is the 112th chapter known as Surat al-Ikhlas. And it reads, Qul hu lau ahad, Allahu sumad, Lameelit walameulat, walameekullahu kufuwan ahad. Say, he is Allah, one, Allah, the eternal. He beget not, nor is he begotten, and there is none like unto him. So, we see that this is a clear declaration of monotheism. There is only one God and this is the eternal God. He doesn't have any children. He himself is not a child of someone else. Which yet again, of course, resonated so deeply with me personally. When I opened up the Koran back in the day, I wanted to debunk it. I wanted to find the devil within the Koran. However, when you read such statements, man, you have to be so ignorant and such an idiot, to be totally honest, to then still say this is the devil's book. Clearly, it's the book of monotheism. It brings back your attention onto one God alone. There is none like unto God. There's not comparable. There's no co-equal along with God. So, this belief then is very clearly entrenched in the Koran. Also, we find in Hadith, many references to the belief in the oneness of God, to the extent that there are Hadiths which promise that if a person says that there is no God but God and one sincerely believes that, then that person will be in paradise forever. We all pray that God is going to welcome us into paradise, especially as we are here in the month of Ramadan. And we are coming from a Christian family. Of course, I can only hope that this is true, that the realization of monotheism is enough. Trying our best to serve God and please Him, especially during this sacred month. So, back to our topic here. We find that the Hadith is emphasizing belief in one God. A Hadith even promises that if anyone believes that there is only one God and believes in, let's say, Jesus on home B.P. says the messenger of God, then that person will also enter paradise. So, that is a good news for our Jewish and Christian friends that if one believes in Moses but believes also in God who is the one God that sent Moses, believes in Jesus but also believes in the one God that sent Jesus into the world, then one will be in paradise forever. So, this then, in short, is a unifying belief. So, what are the benefits? One is that it gives Muslims a clear sense of whom they are worshiping. There's no confusion among the many gods. It's not like we have to please one God today and one God tomorrow or maybe all of the gods all at once. And then it becomes rather confusing. Absolutely, man. This is the clarity of mind that you get once you submit yourself to God. And actually, even during me reading the Quran, pondering the Quran, not even having reverted yet during that time, I already got so much clarity in my mind because I finally could let go of that confusing trinity. It was really daunting. It was so confusing and so outrageous, something that I could not believe. It was something that I had to force upon myself, make myself believe. Okay, today I'm going to pray to Jesus. I'm doing the Jesus prayer. Tomorrow I'm doing the Father's prayer. But how about the Holy Spirit? Should I pray to the Holy Spirit today or to everybody at once? Who is it? Who comes first? The Quran clearly tells you it is only one God yet again. Our belief in the fact that there is only one God is a unifying belief among human beings in that one we see that other people are referring to God in a different way or trying to worship God in a different way. We realize that there are still, despite their differences, worshiping the same God that we are worshiping. And finally, a third benefit is that we recognize that everything are creatures of the same one God that we worship. And so we can have respect for all of the creatures of God. We can have respect for all people of all stripes, all colors, knowing that all of these people are worshippers of the same one God and they are creatures of the same one God that we worship. And so we find that there are many good benefits in believing that there is only one God. So, in sum, is the Muslim belief in the oneness of God a reason for being a Muslim? You bet. So that's our first reason. And join me tomorrow again for another reason for being Muslim. Peace be with you and blessings of Allah. Ramadan Mubarak. Ramadan Mubarak. Alright, this man, I announced this as the 30 reasons to be a Muslim, but apparently it is a series and we got only one reason. Nevertheless, it was the strongest reason. Of course, Allah is one. God is one. I agreed with most points made here by Dr. Shabir Ali. However, that we all worship the same God directly, I cannot fully agree with. So, if we're talking about the so-called Abrahamic faiths, yes, I could agree that we're talking about the same one God. However, the conceptualization of that God is of course very, very different and therefore it might be that certain groups actually do not pray to the same God. Because if we talk about the Christians and they believe that Jesus is God and they're praying directly towards Jesus, then I cannot say that we're praying to the same God. Of course not, because they are praying to the creation and not to the Creator. Or if we're talking about Buddhism, they don't even believe in one God. I will however agree that we of course are all creatures of God and Allah guides who He wills. Therefore, it is not for us to judge them. They have their path and ultimately we can only hope that they will be guided. However, I personally do believe that it has to be clarified of course that there are certain belief systems that do not go hand in hand with the worship of one God. And you can of course make an argument for this if you look into the Arabic Peninsula where Islam stemmed from. What was Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him, faced with? He was faced with the pagans and they were attacking him. And he was of course demolishing their belief system. Yes, it was not a tolerant act of, hey, let's all just believe whatever we want to believe. Of course not. He said clearly there is no God but God worship him alone. So this is of course already a discriminatory statement, if you will, and rightfully so. It is good because he discarded the pagan beliefs of the Arabic Peninsula. And the same applies of course for the Christian conquistadors that went over to South America, for example. So therefore yet again to boil it down. No, we're not all worshipping the same God directly. Indirectly? Yes, of course, because there is only one God. So no matter what you think you are doing, you cannot worship anything else. But God, because he is the only God there is. But in practice, of course, there are differences and we cannot say that we're worshipping all the same one God. All right, guys, but this is it for today's video. If you liked it, leave the thumbs up. If you haven't subscribed already, guys, please do so. And if you want to support this channel by Patreon, for example, all the links are in the description box below. Thank you so much for your ongoing support, guys. And as always, may God bless you all. Much love and peace.