The Difference Between “Muslimism” And The “Deen-i ISLAM”

In our days, either because of our ignorance in terminology or because of our conditioning to accept some information without any thinking and any inquiry of basis in fact, we are not aware of the extremely important difference between “Muslimism” and the “Deen-i ISLAM” and therefore we fall into serious misunderstandings. These two are far different concepts.

My primary goal in all these writings, is to make two very significant facts known:

1. The most significant difference in meaning between a concept of “God” and the name “ALLAH.”

2. The most important difference in meaning between the words of “Muslimism” and the “Deen-i Islam.”

I have already explained the first one in my previous chapters. Those of you who would like to learn more about it in details may apply to our book entitled “Mohammed's ALLAH,” that is published thirteen times in Turkish and nine times in English. We have also its German, French and Russian translations just for the interest of those who would like to distribute abroad. Our free booklets can be requested from Kitsan Publishing House at the fax number: ++90.212.5115144

As far as the difference between “Muslimism” and the “Deen-i ISLAM” is concerned...

The “Deen-i ISLAM” is a time-free universal SYSTEM and ORDER at the sight of “ALLAH.” “ALLAH” has informed to the humanity that time-free universal SYSTEM and ORDER that HU created, through the words of Hu's Rasul. The goal is to make people realize the current and eternal facts beyond daily anxieties and desires, in order to both recognize “ALLAH” as their own truth; and at the same time construct their eternal lives by means of the qualities of ALLAH, that are unfolded (expressed) from within themselves.

A “Muslim” follows the RasulAllah's instructions to the extent of his understanding.

“Muslimism” is people's overall acceptance concerning their understanding and interpretations of the RasulAllah's explanations depending on their personal capacity. This involves all Muslims.

Each of us can have our personal interpretation about the “Deen” based on our experience, understanding, insight, environment of growth and education, our ability and capacity, the capacities of people who had role in our development and finally the social conditionings and judgements of the environment of our growth and education. All they form up our “Muslimism.”

The “Deen-i ISLAM” is not attributional or relative; and it does not vary with reference to someone's personal perception. It is absolute, firm and invariable. This SYSTEM and ORDER is also called as “SunnatAllah” in the Koran al Karim.

No matter who one is and whatever spiritual state he shares, everyone can realize this SYSTEM as far as he could understand it. Everything ranging from the formation and existence of galactic masses, down to the consciousness at the level of genes takes part and operates within this “SYSTEM”. No doubt, for a rational person, man is not a missing independent ring of a chain that extends from genes to galaxies. It is not, for insightful people, not for people who are detached from materialistic understanding and have a scientific consideration.

Unfortunately, a great majority of Muslims is born and raised under a religion of Muslimism and do not find out and neither become aware that there were the “Deen-i ISLAM” also outside their cocoons.

And then it is asked: “If the Koran were such a great book, why then do the Muslims in the social world form some undeveloped societies?”

Let me ask, how further would one go on with that religion of “Muslimism” that was replaced with the “Deen-i ISLAM” after being extremely narrowed down and turned into a “cocoon” and that was accepted as a religion of formality and worship in hope for some favor from a sky god-afar-off?

Where would one ever reach by associating so many sagas, superstitions, nonsense stories and countless illogicality with the Deen itself, rather than trying to understand the Book of ALLAH?

By reading and repeating the books of a path leader, perhaps without understanding them at all, one will never get out of the cocoon of the religion of “Muslimism” and get at the “Deen-i Islam!”

You need to construct your own understanding individually by means of exchanging ideas with others. Because, you will pass to the Hereafter (akhirat) on your own and will reckon for yourself there.

Those who let people read the books only of their personal path and forbid the rest, are the waylayers of the “Deen-i Islam,” even though they might seem as the Effendis of the “Religion of Muslimism.”

You need to construct your own understanding upon reading all the leading people of spiritual consciousness and thought — from Imam Ghazali, to Shahi Nakshibandy, from Abdulkadir Geylani to Hadji Bektashi Wali, from Mewlana to Said Nursi and see how they each understood the “Deen-i Islam,” so that you may get away from imitation and from being shepherded, in order to be introduced to the “Deen-i ISLAM” and reach the “Truth” (haqiqat)!

There is no other way of liberation for all people including Muslims than to reconsider the Deen-i Islam,” with an approach that is purified from the materialistic point of view.