I was listening to a lecture by Ali Tamimi and he mentioned an interesting argument which I have always kind of had somewhere in my subconcious, but never heard verbalized before and I thought I’d share it since it is a powerful one.
Bascially, he said that someone that believes in a perfect and Merciful Creator will also, by necessity, believe that this Creator will not leave humankind without guidance. He will send some type of message which is unadulterated and from Him. So, keeping this in mind, let us look at the various religions. Buddhists and Hindus do not claim to posses God’s message to humankind. Neither do the Jews (they believe that the revelation was exclusively to them). The Christians do not claim that the Gospels contain the direct Word of God, rather they are accounts of the life of Isa ‘alayhi salam as (allegedly) witnessed by some men. So, this only leaves Islam. The Muslims are the only ones claiming to have God’s unadulterated message (which is His Speech) to all of humankind. So if someone believes in God and that He would never leave His creation without guidance, then Islam is the only option since it is the only religion which claims to have His Speech and pure message to all of humankind. Now (and this is something that Yasir Qadhi stresses), add to this the fact that the message itself is a coherent one which is in total harmony with the fitrah, being the only religion preaching pure monotheism as opposed to claiming that God has children, or that He changes His mind, or that you should wear a red string to protect yourself and other such nonsense.
This is a powerful argument for the seeker of truth, I believe.
