Islam = Quran <-Muhammad <-Gabriel <-Allah

[B]Islam = Quran <-Muhammad <-Gabriel <-Allah[/B]

I believe the definition of 'Islam' can only be defined as based on the above central formulation and nothing else.

If 'islam' is defined as a verb, i.e. islam-v [note small "i"], this definition is from the Quran within the above formulation.
Islam as a verb, i.e. islam-v cannot stand by itself without its source of the whole of the formulation, i.e.
[B]Quran <-Muhammad <-Gabriel <-Allah.[/B]

The interpretation is as follows;

Proposition:[B] [COLOR=blue]'islam' is defined as a verb, i.e. islam-v[/COLOR][/B] [note small "i"],
1. Who said so?
[I]..Answer:[/I] The [B][COLOR=blue]Quran[/COLOR][/B]
2. Where is the Quran from?
[I]..Answer:[/I] [B][COLOR=blue]Muhammad[/COLOR][/B]
3. What divine authority did Muhammad has
[I]..Answer:[/I] Spoken to by angel [B][COLOR=blue]Gabriel[/COLOR][/B]
4. What divine authority did Gabriel has?
[I]..Answer:[/I] Gabriel is directly commanded by [B][COLOR=blue]Allah[/COLOR][/B].

Note the [COLOR=blue][B]direct link[/B][/COLOR] from the proposition to Allah deductively.

The above process of justification can be done for
[B]Islam [noun] is a Deen or Religion.[/B]
1. Who said so?
[I]..Answer:[/I] The Quran
2. Where is the Quran from?
[I]..Answer:[/I] Muhammad
3. What divine authority did Muhammad has
[I]..Answer:[/I] Spoken to by angel Gabriel
4. What divine authority did Gabriel has?
[I]..Answer:[/I] Gabriel is directly commanded by Allah.

Thus whatever is Islam or anything associated with Islam must be justified by the above process.

The [B]Hadiths[/B] cannot be an imperative part of Islam. The Hadiths can only be explanatory notes and whatever is Islamic out of it must comply with the Quran and justified by the above process.
Here is how we do the verification process;

[B]The penalty for adultery by stoning to death![/B]
Who said so?
[I]..Answer:[/I] The Hadiths
Where is the Hadith from?
[I]..Answer:[/I] Bukhari (6:60:79)
What divine authority did Bukhari has
[I]..Answer:[/I] None,
Then from where is his source?
[I]..Answer:[/I] From hearsays of various people hearing Muhammad sayings then refined and self-verification
Who are these various people who heard from Muhammad
..Answer: ??? :confused: :think:

As one can see once we start with the Hadiths, there is a possibility that it will not get in line with the justification process [1-4] as above to justify it is genuinely from Allah.

The only possibility for the Hadiths to be genuinely from Allah is to link whatever is in the Hadiths to the Quran and from there justified to be from Allah via process 1-4 above. Example;

[B]Muslims shall cast terror on Non-Muslims[/B]
Who said so?
[I]..Answer:[/I] The Hadiths
Where is the Hadith from?
[I]..Answer:[/I] Bukhari :: Book 4 :: Volume 52 :: Hadith 220
What divine authority did Bukhari has
[I]..Answer:[/I] None,
Then from where is his source?
Answer: The Quran 8:12
2. Where is the Quran from?
[I]..Answer:[/I] Muhammad
3. What divine authority did Muhammad has
[I]..Answer:[/I] Spoken to by angel Gabriel
4. What divine authority did Gabriel has?
[I]..Answer:[/I] Gabriel is directly commanded by Allah.

The above 'cast terror' is from the Hadiths, but in this case it is linked to the Quran and thence to Allah. In this case it is Islamic are per [B]Islam = Quran <-Muhammad <-Gabriel <-Allah.[/B]

My point:
The definition of 'Islam' can only be defined as based on the above central formulation i.e.
[B]Islam = Quran <-Muhammad <-Gabriel <-Allah[/B] and nothing else.
[URL]https://www.city-data.com/forum/islam/2466223-islam-quran-muhammad-gabriel-allah.html[/URL]