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dear doug ,

In Islam, the key to salvation is the belief in and
worship of the One True, Unique and Perfect God and
obedience to His commandments, the same message brought by
all Prophets. Islam preaches that a person must work
righteousness and avoid sin to attain Paradise, and that
if one sins, that they seek repentance for it from their
heart. Through this and the Mercy and Grace of God, they
will enter Paradise. Islam does not deem that all those
before the advent of Muhammad are doomed to Hell, but
rather that each nation was sent a prophet by the same One
God, and it was upon them to follow His commandments.
Those who have not heard of the message are not held
liable to follow Islam, and God will deal with them with
His Perfect Justice on the Day of Judgment. Infants and
children of both Muslims and disbelievers alike are in
enjoyment in Paradise upon death. Due to the infinite
Justice of God:

“No one laden with burdens can bear another’s burden. And
We never punish (people) until We have sent (to them) a
Messenger (to give warning).” (Quran 17:15)
There are many verses in the Qur’an and sayings of the
Prophet -peace be upon him- on the love, mercy and
forgiveness of Allah. In one of the prayers that the
Prophet taught, he said, “O Allah, You are most Forgiving
One, You love to forgive, so forgive me.”(reported by al-
Trimidhi and Ibn Majah). We need Allah’s mercy and
forgiveness all the time. It is wrong to assume at any
time that one will find eternal salvation without the
forgiveness of Allah.

Just as it is important to believe in the mercy and
forgiveness of Allah, it is also necessary to base human
relations on forgiveness. We cannot expect Allah’s
forgiveness unless we also forgive those who do wrong to
us. Forgiving each other, even forgiving one’s enemies is
one of the most important Islamic teaching. In the Qur’an
Allah has described the Believers as “those who avoid
major sins and acts of indecencies and when they are angry
they forgive.” (al-Shura 42:37) Later in the same Surah
Allah says, “The reward of the evil is the evil thereof,
but whosoever forgives and makes amends, his reward is
upon Allah.” (al-Shura 42:40) In another place the Qur’an
says, “If you punish, then punish with the like of that
wherewith you were afflicted. But if you endure patiently,
indeed it is better for the patient. Endure you patiently.
Your patience is not except through the help of Allah (al
-Nahl 16:126-127)
In one Hadith the Prophet -peace be upon him- said that
Allah has commanded him about nine things. One of them he
mentioned was “that I forgive those who do wrong to me.”

My dear friend doug , this is the concept of salavation
and forgivness in islam ,

Nowhere in the four gospels did Jesus explicitly state
that he would die to save mankind from sin. When
approached by a man who asked what he could do to gain
eternal life, Jesus told him to keep the Commandments
(Mat. 19: 16,17); in other words, to obey God's Law. To a
similar question put to him by a lawyer, as recorded in
the gospel of Luke, Jesus told him to love God and his
fellow man (Luke 10:25-28).

The role of Jesus is made clear in the Quran where God
says: "Christ, the son of Mary, was no more than a
Messenger; many were the Messengers that passed away
before him...see how God doth make His Signs clear to
them, yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the
truth" (5:75).
The mission of Jesus was not, therefore, to set up a new
method of achieving salvation, much less the founding of a
new system of belief; as even the Bible points out, Jesus
sought only to take the Jews from their emphasis on ritual
back to that of righteousness (Mat. 6:1-8).

Despite its prominent place in Christianity, the notion of
an "original sin" is not found among the teachings of any
prophet, Jesus included. In the Old Testament, God says:
"...the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father,
neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son"
(Ez.18:20-22). Personal responsibility is also stressed in
the Qur'an where God says: "...no bearer of burdens can
bear the burden of another...man can have nothing but what
he strives for" (53:38,39).


Since God is Almighty, He doesn't need the charade
concocted by Christians in order to forgive man. In the
Qur'an, God says we are all created in a state of goodness
(30:30); He has not burdened man with any "original sin",
having forgiven Adam and Eve (2:36-38; 7:23,24) as He
forgives us (11:90; 39:53-56).

As we are all personally responsible for our actions
(2:286; 6:164) there is no need for a humanly concocted
savior in Islam; salvation comes from God alone (28:67).

Thus did Islam seek to restore the true meaning to
monotheism, for in the Qur'an God asks: "Who can be better
in religion than one who submits his whole self to God,
does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true in
faith?" (4:125; 41:33).

With his very salvation at stake here, the Christian
should take a closer look at what he believes in and why.
God says in the Qur'an: "O People of the Book! Commit no
excesses in your religion, nor say of God aught but the
truth. Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, was no more than a
Messenger of God...for God is One God; glory be to Him:
far exalted is He above having a son. To him belong all
things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is God as a
Disposer of Affairs." (4:171).

My christian Friend, here is a Message that Allah Almighty
wants you to read:
"Say: 'O People of the Book (i.e., Jews and Christians)!
Come to common terms as between us and you: That we
worship none but Allah; that we associate no partners with
Him; that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and
patrons other than Allah.' If then they turn back, say
ye: 'Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing
to Allah's Will).' (The Noble Quran, 3:64)"