Muhammad

Islam means "surrender to God." When we surrender ourselves fully, there is nothing but God: not even a "there"; not even an "is"; not even a "God."
I think that is my favorite part of the entire reading. I think what he's trying to say is that there is not beginning and no end, and there isn't even a thought of what is God or that there is a God, God is just there and everywhere. No thought needed, it's plain and simple. Like being enlightened, you don't have to think about it to know it, you just simply know it.

The second part of the reading just sounds like it's coming from a preacher. "All that is in the heavens and in the earth magnifies God. He is the all-strong, the all-wise. To Him belongs the kingdom of the heavens and of the earth. He gives life and He brings on death and He is omnipotent over all things.." It's weird studying Islam and hearing it the same way the Christians teach. But at the same time where it says things like "Whoever knows himself knows God" and "True religion is surrender" are phrases that remind me of Buddhism back to the clearing your mind thing. I think it all comes down to knowing God. We all were born with him and know he's in us and in everything. So by knowing ourselves or clearing our minds, we can remind ourselves of what we already know deep down.