THE CONCEPT OF RELIGION

THE CONCEPT OF RELIGION the explanation of the four terms. These errors usually fall into three categories: 1. Treating the core meaning and its implications as identical. 2. Taking an implication to be the core meaning, and then deriving other matters from it. 3. Finally, presenting this very construct as the original call of the Quran. According to the interpretation in this book, the message of the Quran is: “Allah alone is the only Lord and God. There is no other god or lord, nor does anyone share in His divinity or lordship. Therefore, accept Him as your only Ilah and Rabb, reject the divinity and lordship of all others, worship Him alone and do not worship anyone else, and purify your religion solely for Him, rejecting all other religions.” This is essentially an invitation to live in a system where every aspect of individual and community life, from beliefs and worship to political and social matters, is organized according to a specific model. And if this is taken to be the Quran’s message, then even today the only way to work for it would be to strive to make this detailed blueprint prevail in the world.