Islam The Definition Islam, is in essence a verb not a noun, since it is the act of Passive Submission.

A Muslim by definition submits his will, possessions, and his references, to his Deity. The act of Islam is to enslave one's self to his Deity henceforth the relationship will be that of a slave to his master a one-way relationship of obedience, and aspiration of reward and forgiveness from his almighty creator. There is no other acceptable relationship between the slave and his almighty master but total submission and obedience. All doubts qualms and hesitation should be discussed and resolved before the act of Islam. Islam is a contract between two parties one being the individual the other is his Deity. Like all contracts there are terms; the terms of this contract are: The individual will attest that there is no Divinity no Sovereign (Elah) but Allah It is therefore imperative that a person should know the attributes of who he submits to and worships. Allah being the sole creator and proprietor of existence and has two major attributes: 1. The Elah 2. The Rab Elah, : this word as the Arabs understood it meant the following: 1. Legislator 2. Sovereign 3. Custodian 4. Sole ruler and arbitrator 5. Savior 6. Worship 7. To whom one yearns 8. Has power over natural phenomena 9. He who can relieve pain and evil 10.To whom one feels predilection and fondness 11.He who is turned to in panic and distress

12.He who achieves his intentions in mysterious ways

Those are the attributes of the Elah; as people who lived during the prophet's mission - peace and praises be upon him - understood it. The word God as used by the Christians conveys vague undefined characteristics of the divine being, Allah. The word Allah is the name of the divinity; the word started as Al Elah meaning the Elah since the Arab peninsula started monotheistic Ismail son of Abraham spread the true monotheistic belief. By time the Al and Elah were joined to form the word Allah; thus the name of Allah implies that he is the sole ruler sovereign and arbitrator. The relationship between the individual and his Deity, depends on the conception, and visualization of the Deity, the more precise the characteristics and attributes of the Deity, in the mind and soul of the individual, the more profound and vivid the relationship becomes. The rulers and elite were not staunch believers in their idols, as a matter of fact worship of idols was a tool of dominance. They used the priests and their idols to issue legislations for commercial reasons; such as a law that forbids any pilgrim from performing the rituals of Hagg in clothes that have been sinned in, so either by new clothes from the Mecca merchants or complete the rituals nude. Different tribes worshiped different idols, because that gave them uniqueness, the powerful tribe would influence the weaker tribes to worship their idol as a sign of subordination. It is quite evident that the prevailing polytheistic religion was a means of control and dominance, more so than piety and devotion. When the prophet - peace and praises be upon him - declared that there is no Elah but Allah; the heads of the tribes and the rich elite, knowing exactly what that meant, fought him, since that meant that those rulers and elite of society shall not rule or legislate anymore. By definition of Elah, he is a legislator; thus by declaring Allah, to be the one and only Elah, meant that all legislative authority was prohibited for any human and that this authority was exclusively reserved to Allah, being the one and only Elah.