First of all is the verse...

First of all is the verse: إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِندَ اللّهِ الإِسْلاَمُ “Surely the (true) religion with Allah is Islam…” (Surah Aale Imran 3:19 Then the Almighty Allah says: مِّلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ هُوَ سَمَّاكُمُ الْمُسْلِمينَ “…the faith of your father Ibrahim; He named you Muslims…” (Surah Hajj 22:78) Also with regard to Prophet Ibrahim and Ismail it was said: رَبَّنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَا أُمَّةً مُّسْلِمَةً لَّكَ “Our Lord!

and make us both submissive to Thee and (raise) from our offspring a nation submitting to Thee…” (Surah Baqarah 2:128) And in the story of Firon it is said: حَتَّى إِذَا أَدْرَكَهُ الْغَرَقُ قَالَ آمَنتُ أَنَّهُ لا إِلِـهَ إِلاَّ الَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَنَاْ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ “…until when drowning overtook him, he said: I believe that there is no god but He in Whom the children of Israel believe and I am of those who submit.” (Surah Yunus 10:90) Also it is mentioned in the story of Prophet Sulaiman and Bilquis as follows: قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتُونِي مُسْلِمِينَ “…before they come to me in submission?” (Surah Naml 27:38) And the statement of Bilquis that: وَأَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمَانَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ “…and I submit with Sulaiman to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.” (Surah Naml 27:44) And Prophet Isa (a.s.) has said: مَنْ أَنصَارِي إِلَى اللّهِ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنصَارُ اللّهِ آمَنَّا بِاللّهِ وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ “Who will be my helpers in Allah’s way?