Why Americans Are Asking About Islam Now
Jummah Khutbah: Engaging American Neighbors Through Quranic Dialogue on Monotheism and Prophethood
Summary
This is a Jummah (Friday) prayer sermon delivered at the Muslim Community Center of Tucson. The imam begins with the traditional Adhan (call to prayer) and Khutbah (sermon) in Arabic, followed by a detailed discussion in English about Islam's relevance to contemporary America. The sermon analyzes demographic data showing declining Christian identification in America (from 73% to 63% over a decade) and increasing openness to spiritual exploration, presenting this as an opportunity for Muslim outreach. The imam then highlights three Quranic passages (particularly from Surah Al-Imran) that address Christian-Muslim theological differences, specifically about Jesus (Isa) being a messenger rather than divine, the oneness of Allah, and Prophet Muhammad being foretold in earlier scriptures. The sermon emphasizes polite and respectful dialogue with American neighbors and fellow citizens about Islam.
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السلام عليكم ورحمه الله وبركاته السلام الله اكبر الله اكبر الله اكبر الله اكبر اشهد ان لا اله الا الله اشهد ان لا لا اله الا الله اشهد ان محمدا رسول الله اشهد ان محمدا رسول الله حي على الصلاه حي على الصلاه حي على الفلاح حي على الفلاح الله اكبر الله اكبر لا اله الا الله.
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الحمد لله ثم الحمد لله نحمده ونشكره ونستغفره ونستعين به ونعوذ بالله من شرور انفسنا ومن سيئات اعمالنا من يهدي الله فلا مضل له ومن يضلل فلا هادي له واشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له له الملك وله الحمد يحيي ويميت وهو على كل شيء قدير واشهد ان محمدا عبده ورسوله اللهم صل وسلم على سيدنا محمد وعلى ال وصحبه اجمعين وعلى من تبعهم باحسان الى يوم الدين اما بعد قال الله تعالى في كتاب المبين بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا ايها الذين امنوا اتقوا الله حق تقاته ولا تموتن الا وانتم مسلمون صدق الله العظيم.
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تالى اللهى الله things so challenges we one of us and our families today i'd to look at perhaps some of the potential we have as muslims in america at this time and some of the potential we have to make posi changes here to make posi ches in this country and we always take surve a little bit as we there been some fascinating surveys that are done by professional organizations the pew organization which find that masallah 88% of americans believe in god or some higher power 88% that's way higher than in europe that's way higher than in many many places interestingly only 54% of americans believe in a god that's described in the bible so there's a big gap there there's a big gap between people who believe religion they init are providing answ that they find saory also over 80 amans 20 over 83% americans hum soul know teach elementary mid school how much the soul is about that's a very large number of people and that's that's very promising because if you believe that we have a soul and if you believe that part of being a human being one of the objectives is to purify that soul is to enhance that soul is to treat other souls embodied souls other people with kindness this op up potentially someone to believing more easily in islam also very interestingly in these surve a different but done in 2021 only 63% of americans identified as christian this is very surprising and even the posters were surprised because 10 years earlier 73% did so something happening in america and this is i think there a lot of poti a lot of people are question may their inherited bel and quan talks a l about people questioning their inherited bel saying we do this because our ancestors did and so there's a lot of potential here and so today i'd highlight three passes in the ho qu that i think can be very eyeing and helpful for our fellow christian citizens in this country and neighbors and so come may عليه الس 171 اللهى اللهى بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا اهل التاب لا تخلوا في دين ولا تقولوا على الله الا الحى.
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المسيح عسى ابن مريم رسول الله وكلمته القاها الى مريم وحظ jesus son of mary of of mary عليه was only a messenger of allah only a messenger fully human and his word which he cast into mary because عليه was created in a way different from the way most human beings are created and a spirit from him and there many interpretations that means we're not going to worry about that right now but the ke message here is ان المسح مريم رسول الله mary aeng عليه السلام الله تعالى فامنوا بالله ورس ولا تقولوا اللهى all مصل علم not ولا تقول انته لالى انم الله ال الله سبحانه ان.
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له له ما في السماوات وما فيض وف بالله وكي صدق الله العظم الله تعالى sayan all allent حسب ونكح الله politely right how clearly that allaha is singular allah is one hamdah we have debates over the qualities of allah and names and so forth hamdah that's something different but allah is one that's something we all agree upon and it's a message that we can and we need to share politely among our fellow americans in this country also in this sur a little bit earlier in verse 157 the people in الله تالى وما قتلوه وما صبوه ولكن ش لقظ اللهى عل jeu is very differ between isam and chr و شب complicated expr for day but it was made to that but this is a very important difference teaching that we need to hold firm to as muslim we crosses every in country there رما قتلوه وما صبه سبحان الله يا بني اسرايل اني رسول الله الي مصدقا لما بين يدي من الترات مبشرا برسول من بعض اسمه احمد صق الله العظم عليه understanding of the mion ofa alam that prophet mammam was sent to the whole world anda was sent toam was sent israelites this is what the message this is whom isa alam is adding here the israelites and he saying i am a messenger of god to verify and to clarify the scripture that came before me the and to give good news of a messenger whose name is as any who arabic knows and are from the right not the ex word but from the interchangeable considered one theed علس i was a student many years ago in yemen i heard a st about some europeans who volunteering there mas they doing good deeds but they also kind trying to get musim to become chran and they tried the whole well you jesus we likees jes that kindo and the y very very they said aha عليه السلام pr محد صلى الله عليه وسل that's the that's عليه السران and my understanding is they didn't have a good answer to that they w really sure they thought they kind got these الله عليه السلام to a limited community to clarify to explain the scripture meaning and to let them know that another prophet another messenger was going to follow in his footsteps and that messenger any messengers عليه and محسم was the حمه الله صح البخاري صل الله عليه وسلم انا اول الناسن م في الدن والخره ما الله world near alles والبيا لهم ش ودين teeng wor alleng teach te صل الله عليه وسلم in رايت عسى وموسى وابراهيم علسلم صح بخاري حث فاما عيسى فاحمر ج عض صدر ج واما موسى فادم جسيم كانه من رجال الز was br white عل brown comple straight hair and tall stature as if he was from the people of who understood probably be people from south asia who settled in arab and known for having some darker shades skin blessed our community truth nature truth nature عليه عليه وسم especially in country where islam is poorly known and underst and we have freedom to talk about religion we have many neighbors and fellow cens who are very interested in learning more curious already have a belief inal it might not be the correct belief but it's one perhaps we can help them and educate them as they go along their journeys ازو اقول قولي هذا واستغفر الله لي ولكم بعد الله استغفر الله ان الله غفور.
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الرحيم الحمد لله الحمد اشهد اله الا الله وحده لا شر له واشهد ان محمدا عبده وسوله الل صل وسلم على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وحه اجم الله الله الفاتحه سقران اللهى القره ايه اللهى بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم واقيموا الصلاه وات وعع.
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Together عليهم can maybe don't feel we have very maybe we in may we are pay pay and صل الله عليهم us a.
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حديث الله صل الله عليه وسم سلام من الناس عليه صدقه كل يوم تطلع فيه الشمس الله صل علسلم.
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ex ما الله صل علس تعدلين اثنين صدقه وترج في دابته فتحمله عليها او ترفع له عليها.
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صقه والمه طيبه صدقه ما شا الله والمه طيبه صدقه وبكل خطوه تمشيها الى الصلاه.
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صدقه take acc te.
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ull out i have careful.
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علق الله ربنا اتنا في الدنيا حسنه وفي الاخره حسنه وقنا عب النار ربنا لا تؤخذنا ان نسينا واخط ربنا ولا تحمل علينا اسرا كما حملت الذين من قبلنا ربنا ولا تحملنا ملا طاقه لنا به واعف عنا واغفر لنا وارحمنا انت مولانا فانصرنا على قوم كافرين سبحان ربك رب العزه عما يصفون والسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين عباد الله ان الله يامر بالعدل والحسان واء ذ القربا وينهانا الفحشاء والمنكر والخي يعذ لعلكم تذكرون اذكروا الله واقم الصلاه الله اكبر الله اكبر اشهد ان لا اله الا الله اشهد ان محمدا رسول الله حي على الصلاه حي على الفلاح قد قامت الصلاه قد قامت الصلاه الله اكبر الله اكبر لا اله الا.
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الله pleas الله اكبر بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين الرحمن الرحيم مالك يوم الدين اياك نعبد واياك نستعين اهدنا الصراط المستقيم صراط الذين انعمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالين امين بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح لله ما في السماوات وما في الارض وهو العزيز الحكيم يا ايها الذين امنوا لما تقولون ما لا تفعلون كبر مقتا عند الله ان تقولوا ما لا تفعلون ان الله يحب الذين يقاتلون في سبيله صفا كانهم بنيان مرصوص واذ قال موسى لقومه يا قومي لما تؤذن وقد تعلمون اني رسول الله اليكم فلم لما زاخ وزخ الله قلوبهم الله لا يهدي القوم الفاسقين واذ قال عيسى ابن مريم يا بني اسرائيل اني رسول الله اليكم مصدق لما بين يدي من التوراه مبشرا برسول ياتي من بعض اسمه احمد فلما جاءوا بالبينات قالوا هذا سحر مبين ومن اظم ممن افترى على الله الكذب وهو يدعى على الاسلام والله لا يهدي القوم الظالمين يريدون ليطفئ نور الله بافواههم والله متم نور ولو كره الكافرون هو الذي ارسل رسوله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون الله اكبر سمع الله لمن حمده الله اكبر الله اكبر الله اكبر الله اكبر بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين الرحمن الرحيم مالك يوم الدين اياك نعبد واياك اك نستعين اهدنا صراط المستقيم صراط الذين انعمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالين امين بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قل هو الله احد الله الصمد لم يلد ولم يولد ولم يكن له كفوا احد الله اك سمع الله لمن حمده الله اكبر الله اكبر الله اكبر الله اكبر.
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السلام عليكم ورحمه الله السلام عليكم ورحمه.
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الله السلام علي ورحمه الله وبركاته جزاك الله خيرا جزاء الله سبحان وتال.
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