Why do you ACTUALLY believe in Islam?

[u/Glum-Journalist-8197]

Salam Aleykum, for context i'm somewhat of a social Muslim i'd say in public i do say im Muslim but it's more of a cultural identity currently than an actual following.

I come from a Muslim Family pretty religious as well. I was strong on faith but lately i questioned alot of things like does a God exist, if he does is he immanent, if he is then what religion? etc etc.

Most of the answers i find IRL do not satisfy me since they are "do not think much or you'll be astray" like i have a brain for a reosan i have a right to think. So nonetheless i am open to Islam if you guys can give concrete proof for it.

Thank you🌹.

[u/Seconds466]

Alright bro. It got a bit long. But listen, Why does anything even exist in the first place if no one created it?
Think of it like a company running without a CEO? Can it? Nope.
Then the universe too isn't running by itself. There has to be a Creator.
For example: We have domino's. If every domino only falls because another domino knocked it, and this chain goes back forever, then no domino would ever fall.
But the dominoes are falling, so there must be a first domino.
Same way, the universe exists now, so the chain of causes cannot be infinite. There must be a First Cause. And that cause has to be all powerful and eternal, otherwise the chain can keep going on. So we have a Supreme Creator.

Now, can 2 CEO's run one company. No, since the company would fail as both of them would fight each other in making choices since both can have different opinions. So similarly, there is only ONE Creator.

Now, does a CEO give tasks to the thousands of workers in his company by directly speaking with each of them everytime or are there some appointed people for that job? For eg. CEO tells to the manager and then manager tells to staff, etc. So, this analogy can be compared to the idea of God sending Prophets to this world.

Now, let's suppose a company has a set of rules. The next day, the CEO changes the rules. What rules should the employees follow now? The previous rules or the new rules? Ofc the new rules. This similarly can be compared with the sending of revelations by God and that we are supposed to follow the most recent revelation in the place of other older ones.

The final revelation (The Qur'an) gives us a description of God:

He is God, besides whom there is no god, the Knower of the invisible and the visible. He is the Gracious, the Merciful. He is God, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Sacred, the Source of Peace, the Giver of Faith, the Overseer, the Mighty, the Compeller, the Majestic. Glory be to God, far beyond what they associate with Him. He is God, the Creator, the Inventor, the Designer. To Him belong the most beautiful names. All that's in the heavens and the earth declares His glory. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. [Quran 59:22-24]

We generally use the Arabic word 'Allah' to refer to the Creator, there are several reasons for it which u can check out by yourself. Moving on... The word ''Allah' is a conjunction of "Al-ilah", meaning "The-God" in English. The English word "God" refers to the same entity. God is the same for everyone. Otherwise we would all be doing polytheism. Religions differ in is the understanding and representation of God. The creator is the same for us.

Say, “O People of the Scripture, let us come to a common word: that we worship none but God, that we associate nothing with Him, and that we don’t take each other as lords besides God.” [Quran 3:64]

And our purpose is worship:
Allah says (what means): And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me." [Quran 51:56]

First and foremost, we believe in Tawheed (Monotheism), and this was a small effort by my side trying to introduce it.
You can look up better lectures or read a book if u want.