Quote :
"I have found it necessary to deny knowledge in order to provide room for faith" - Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804); A German philosopher from Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) in East Prussia.

To begin with, I would like to say that the above statement of Immanuel Kant stands true in context with all religions except Islam.

You will see that in general, faith is blind where as in Islam you will find that knowledge is faith and faith is knowledge.

The definition of Islam is multi-layered and deep. It can be defined at various stages of reason and in various meanings. For instance, you cannot define Islam as surrender to the will of Allah; to a person who doesn't believe in Allah at all. You cannot define Islam as the way to God; to a person who doesn't believe in God a.k.a atheist. Although both above definitions are not incorrect. To quench reason, volumes can be written on proof of existence of God and proof of the God being none other than Allah. And the same can be understood just by observing the highly synchronized and best designed system of Nature that there is no conflict between any two laws of nature implying that all the laws are set by one law-giver. Every object in the universes points towards being created under one design scheme and at that point
the essence of Islam is unity of God "tawhiid". Once you believe that there is a creator and he is one, you will start looking for his instructions just as you would look for instruction-set for a home appliance given by the manufacturer. At that level, you will find Islamic law to be complete and in accordance with the laws of nature as the law-giver for both is one.

Now, the technical definition of the word 'Islam' is acceptance; and it is human nature to accept something only after a profound confirmation. It is human nature to attain certainty after confirmation.

Thus a general definition of Islam is as simple as:

-" Islam is acceptance of the confirmed in its certainty "-

Salam,
Sayyid Irfan Hussayn Naqvi (urf Zohaer).