Its a good question that we should all ask ourselves, and more importantly, to try and search for the answer rather than to just blindly go about either believing it or disbelieving it.
I believe that this world, this universe and its inhabitants, the nature of all that exists must have a creator. Basically, every created thing surely must have a creator as it cannot have come into existence by itself. When observing one’s own self and the way the things in this world are there to suit our needs, and then the way the things in and out this world all seem to follow some sort of design, a pattern, brings about the question, who’s pattern? Who’s design? And how is it something like the contents of what we breathe in and out suit every living thing in this earth? The forces of nature such as gravity, upthrust, friction and so on are evident and exist to support both us and what we create to support us. Hope you understand what I’m trying to say.
The most amazing creation is that of man. We are a unique creation. What is it that gave us this shape? This amazing and complex system inside of us that allows us to think, feel, smell, taste and heal itself? The design inside and out that is so specific and does such specific functions in order for us to live cannot have just appeared and created itself. More importantly since everything we humans create has a significant purpose, then what is the purpose of our creation and our lives?
I believe this Creator has to be a force with such attributes that no other person or being can possess otherwise he is not worthy of being the Creator. His qualities need to show to us that He is worthy of worship, and what I’ve just described above are just a few points to show what has been given and what has been created for us that we should be grateful for.
All this I believe has been answered. I believe this Creator, from the very beginning, has not left us without guiding us. Since it is He who created us, it is He who knows what is best for us. To say that this Creator does not know what he created or that he is so pure and holy that he does understand the shortcoming of us human beings that he must come down and be us to know us is absolutely absurd. The Creator knows what He has created and I believe that he chooses a man amongst men, righteous men, who He communicates with on a higher level, bring us to understand Him and know what it is that we should do to not just find inner peace and justice and morality within ourselves but between each other and the world. The answers to our pressing questions and how to live in peace has been given us throughout time and I believe these messengers all spread the same message. Each of them did not differ in the underlying goal, which was to believe in this ‘One Creator’ but added to the teaching of this one religion, this one way of life, that this Creator knows is the only way for us to find inner peace and live in a peaceful world. For all that this way of life teaches is to bring peace to yourself and to your fellow man. So, this creator has not left us without guide and without knowledge of His existence. He has done the exact opposite. He has shown us the right path and completed His message to us through His final messenger and doctrine.
What I’ve just explained in a nutshell, is the religion that every messenger in the major world religions have come to profess. The message that they have shared and put into practice is to obtain peace by submitting yourself to this Creator. Basically, follow the teachings of this creator and you will come to see and know that truly this Creator is the one worthy of worship, not through blind belief, but belief backed by proof. This creator has proved that He exists, through these messengers, through doctrines that tell us information that brings us to understand the purpose of our lives. Those who follow this way of life of obtaining peace acquired by submitting themselves to this Creator are known in one word in the Arabic tongue, Muslims. And this religion described is known as Islam.
You may call this Creator but whatever name you wish but it must be a pure name that does not conjure up any image or indecent thought for He is free from all this. There is nothing like Him. In the Aramaic language, the name of this Creator is Allah. The religion taught by every messenger appointed by Allah has always been the same. None of them has offer professed any other religion apart from saying “I follow not my will, but the will of Allah.” It is a historical fact that these men such as Moses, David, Abraham, Noah, Jesus and Mohammed existed. Their religion is Islam as they never professed to be the creators of any other religion which you hear today and are associated with. In fact they have never heard the names of those religions in which they associated with in their lives, except that of obtaining peace through submission to the Almighty. And this is the way of life I follow.