Peace everyone, In the interest of promoting unity and to give people a chance to express their position, I would like to start a list of people who consider themselves to be serving God alone with their lives. This is meant to be a list of people who are interested in making their best efforts to develop themselves spiritually and materially in a way that serves God alone. Since I am not to be the judge of who is and who isn't true to this cause, I will happily add your name to the list, if you ask me to. God, being the final judge of our intentions and actions, will decide our position on the Day of Judgement. Starting such a list, which doesn't discriminate against people, is an inherently difficult task. I will attempt to be fair, and add people in an alphabetical order, rather than any other way. If you have suggestions for improvement, please let me know. I have to add that those who choose not to add themselves to such a list, are doing no wrong, since a list kept by us humans is completely meaningless when it comes to how God will judge us in the hereafter. The (non-exhaustive) list of God alone people Alireza Ash Shuura dhanti dhulqarnain (Allah and Qur'an only and alone) FearfulOfAllah Moby Mommy24 Sara savage_carrot YankeeDoodle zenje

This is a really wonderful essay, and epitomizes why I am drawn to Islam. I agree that people who truly strive to surrender to God's will come in all different sorts of labels. I do my best in life to tune myself into the will of God, so in the most literal and strictest sense of the word, perhaps I can be called a Muslim. The reason I don't necessarily use that label is because I think that labels (particularly in these troubled times) divide, and because I believe that Allah is universal, I feel that my path is best left unlabeled. I really like the section about the hypocrites. Some truly awful people tend to populate the higher ranks of various religions, and using God's name (in whatever context) as a means to dominate the lives of other people is sickening. I think Islam is appealing, because in my overstanding, it is ultimately about an individual's relationship with God. In its best manifestation, it seems like Islam could provide the world with a means to truly interact with each other in a truly egalitarian manner (God willing!). There are definitely parts of the Koran that I find difficult to digest. However, I realize that since I have no knowledge of Arabic, I am not reading the true Koran. I think that at our core, a book is not needed to live the best life that an individual is capable of living. If we acknowledge God's existence, and strive to surrender to God's cosmic order, then the life we are hardwired to live will manifest itself in our daily lives.

Salam, I came across this site in the course of my doing research on Islam. I was born in a strict Sunni family and raised as a Sunni Muslim. I eventually rejected that faith and become an atheist. I am not so sure about what I am anymore, although I would say that agnostic Muslim would describe me. I'm going through a tough time because of all this new information and I am undergoing a strained and difficult argument with my brother about what is true Islam. Judging from his reaction, it seems to me that the rest of my family is going to be hostile to my views after I tell them about it. It was much easier to be an atheist and remain shut about my views. ? It is simply amazing how much information of different sorts is out there on the Internet. It was completely random that I came across Quran alone information, although it seems to be most logically consistent with the rest of the message in the Quran and I'm happy that I've learnt about it. I ask you all to be patient with me if I post anything offensive and to correct me if I post anything that is incorrect or misleading. I am very much at a learning stage and plan to remain at that stage till I die.