The Fiscal Rescript Of Umar II :: Islam Religion Essays

The Fiscal Rescript Of Umar IIFrom Umar b. Abd al Azz, dominationant of the Faithful, to the governors Verily perfection move Muhammad with the Guidance and the Religion of Truth that He should make it supreme over every form of religion, rage the associators of gods with immortal as they may. Koran, 934 And verily the religion of God wherewith He sent Muhammad is His Book which He sent d bear upon him, that God should be obeyed in that and that His command should be followed and what He has forbidden be avoided, and that His limits should be upheld and His ordinances observed, that what He has made unlawful should be prohibited, and that His right should be confessed and that men should be ruled by what He has revealed therein. Wherefore whoso follows the guidance of God is command aright, and whoso turns away from it he hath erred from the even way. Koran 2108 And verity of obedience to God, as He has revealed in His Book, is that all men everywhere should be summoned to Isl am and that the adit of emigration should be opened to all the people of Islam, that the alms and fifths should be utilize according to the revisal of God and His ordinances, and that men should seek their livelihood with their own possessions on land and sea, being neither hindered nor withheld. As for Islam, verily God sent Muhammad to all men everywhere, as He hath said And we shake not sent thee save universally to men as a messenger of good tidings and of warning. Koran 3428 And He hath said O ye people, verily I am the Messenger of God to you all. Koran 7157 And God, raise and exalted is He, hath said in that wherewith He commands the Believers in regard to the associators thus if they repent and observe the prayers and pay the zakt, they are your brethren in the Faith. Koran 911 This is His decree and law to follow it is obedience to God, to depart from it is rebellion. Wherefore summon to Islam and command thereto, for God hath said And who is better of speech that he who summons to God, and doeth good, and saith,I am indeed one of the Muslims. Koran 4132 Wherefore, whosoever accepts Islam, whether Christian or Jew or Magian, of those who are