The Holy Quran Milestones for consolidating the Islamic Identity 10.35781/1637-000-038-001 د/ صادق قاسم حسن مدد(1)

Abstract

Praise be to Allah the Lord of the worlds and may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon the most honored of messengers our master Muhammad and upon all his family and companions.

The vicious attack that currently targets the Islamic nation and which aims at making Muslims lose confidence in their faith and leads them to abandon their values, and keeps them away from the source of their strength and spreads division between them is one of the major problems that require research on how to confront these challenges and address these issues. Hence the importance of this research, entitled “The Holy Quran Milestones for consolidating the Islamic Identity” Which is considered a contribution to strengthening the Islamic identity and addressing its weaknesses. It aims to expose the dangers facing the Islamic identity. It also aims to highlight the features of strengthening the Islamic identity in accordance with the guidance of the Holy Quran.

The nature of this subject required that it should be divided into a preface, an introduction, two topics, and a conclusion.  The preface includes introducing the research terms, and the first topic addresses the elements of the Islamic identity and the challenges it faces. As for the second topic, it examines the features of strengthening the Islamic identity in the areas of belief, worship, morals, transactions and customs.

The study concludes that the most powerful weapons used by enemies to fight the Islamic identity are spreading ignorance among Muslims, questioning the fundamentals of Islam through intellectual invasion and spreading discord among members of the Islamic nation. Moreover, the most prominent components of the Islamic identity and its protective measures are the Islamic faith, knowledge of Shariaah, and the prophetic virtuous ethics. In addition, the most important means of addressing the weaknesses of the Islamic identity and practically enhancing it is adherence to the guidance of the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet.

Keywords: (milestones - consolidation - Islamic identity - intellectual conquest - globalization).