In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

There are close to six billion people living on Planet Earth.  Out of the six billion 5.1 billion believe in some sort of Deity or Divine Being.  Different religions give the Deity different names: God, Allah, True Name etc. So why do people believe in God? The uncertain future makes it possible to believe in God.  What happens after we die is the ultimate question and therefore over time different religions came to answer this question. 

From the beginning of time there has been a quest to search for answers. The answers of how humans came into existence. Why are humans created? What is their purpose? And why is everything in such a perfect state [the balance of nature]? How come the planets, the sun, and the moon follow their course without colliding with each other? To answer these questions humans came to an understanding that there must exist Something or Someone that created everything. However, humans did not know who was their Creator. As a result humans took the stars, the sun, the moon, the seasons, stones (statues), animals and plants as their gods, beside God, and started worshipping them.

“When the night covered him over with darkness he saw a star. He said: ‘This is my lord.’ But when it set, he said: ‘I like not those that set.’ When he saw the moon rising up, he said: ‘This is my lord.’ But when it set, he said: ‘Unless my Lord guides me, I shall surely be among the people who went astray.’ When he saw the sun rising up, he said: ‘This is my lord. This is greater.’ But when it set, he said: ‘O my people! I am indeed free from all that you join as partners (in worship with Allah [God]). Verily, I have turned my face towards Him, Who has created the heavens and the earth and I am not of the (idolaters, polytheists, and disbelievers in the oneness of Allah. [God]) Qur’an 6:76-79.

This is the story of Abraham in the Qur’an who later became a prophet. As happened to Abraham, many people worshiped and to this day worship false gods. As a result the Creator of universe sent messengers from amongst the humans to teach mankind to worship one true God because they are created for this purpose.

People like Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, peace be upon all of them, were sent as messengers to humanity to teach monotheism; consequently the seed of monotheistic religion was planted and three monotheistic religions were born: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. These religions share one fundamental concept: the belief in one God as Supreme Being, the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe. Moses said to the Jews: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.” (Deuteronomy 6:4) This creed was repeated word for word 1500 years later by Jesus, “…The first of all the commandments is, Hear O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord.” (Mark 12:29) Muhammad who came 600 years later after Jesus conveyed the same message again, “And your God is One God; there is no god but He …” (Qur’an 2:163)