Omar Suleiman

So it confirms much of what came before it and it resides amongst us and within us for the rest of time and through it.

we honor those revelations that came through the prophets of old, because the essence, the core of what came through those revelations is preserved in the Quran and with us.

And I tell people this all the time that, you know, the prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, introduced Jesus peace be upon him,

and even Moses, peace be upon him, to much of the world.

There are Muslims around the world that are named Isa, that are named Jesus.

There are Muslims around the world that are named Ibrahim, Abraham.

Muslims around the world named Musa.

And they learned of these figures through the revelation that came to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, Noah.

Maryam, one of the most popular names in Islam, Mary, peace be upon her, whole chapter in the Quran named after Maryam, which is actually what I was reciting in the prayer was the chapter of Maryam, the chapter of the story of Mary, peace be upon her.

So the Quran contains the stories it contains,

legislation and law, but primarily it was revealed over 23 years.

So it actually was coming in accordance with some of the events that were unfolding in the life of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.

The first 13 years of that was primarily belief in God, belief in the hereafter and things that surrounded the core creed of Islam.

And then legislation, law, stories of the prophets came down in accordance with the unfolding events.

as well as prophesizing some of the things that were to come and speaking about some of the things that had just happened.

And it is completed in the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, memorized and then communicated to generation after generation after generation so that we have it in its pristine fashion.

So Islam has, I think it would be good to maybe lay this out for people, the articles of faith and the pillars of Islam.

So the articles of faith, there are six articles of faith, and this kind of lays the foundation for Islam.

the creed of islam so belief in god belief in the angels belief in the messages belief in the messengers okay belief in the day of judgment and belief in divine decree so these are the six articles of faith

Belief in God, belief in the angels, belief in the messages being the scriptures, belief in the messengers being the prophets, belief in the day of judgment and belief in divine decree.