A complete code of life
The Arabic word Islam is derived from the word 'Salam' which means 'peace'. As a religion it stands for complete submission and obedience to Allah. It is a universal religion and its objective is to create and cultivate in man the quality and attitude of 'Silm' i.e. submission to Divine Will. 'Islam' is, indeed, an attributive title. Whoever possesses this attribute, may s/he belong to any race, community, country or clan, is a Muslim. Islam is a state of mind, a way of thinking and a mode of life. It is a complete code of life. Human beings are hungry for peace and happiness. But they cannot enjoy peace and happiness unless their physical needs, psychological needs and intellectual needs are satisfied. The world is full of material resources. At the same time, we find lots of people are immersed in a miserable plight. They get only a scanty portion of the vast material resources spread all over the world. It proves that mere abundant availability of resources does not alleviate human sufferings. Unless resources are justly distributed among people at large, poverty continues to pinch the people and they are bound to be deprived of peace and happiness.
In fact, the prevalence of peace and happiness solely depends on a system which ensures equitable distribution of wealth amongst all people, creates a healthy atmosphere for the satisfaction of their psychological needs and develops a congenial environment for the wholesome growth of their intellectual faculty. If we carefully scrutinize the ideologies of the world without harbouring any bias in our minds, we shall definitely come to the conclusion that there is only one ideology in the world which can satisfy all the prerequisites stated above and the name of that ideology is Islam.
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