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General Discussions / Re: Surah like it?
« on: May 18, 2014, 05:13:27 AM »
Once again, Sir, I must thank you from the bottom of my heart. God Bless.
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General Discussions / Surah like it?
« on: May 18, 2014, 03:44:42 AM »
Salamun Àlaykum everyone,
Forgive my ignorance, but I don't really understand what the "Bring forth a Sūrah like it" challenge is about. As in:
"And if you are in
doubt about what We have sent down
upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then
produce a Surah the like thereof and
call upon your witnesses other than
Allah , if you should be truthful." (2:23).
What exactly is this about? On what criteria do we judge whether a given text is like a Quranic Sūrah?
Forgive my ignorance, but I don't really understand what the "Bring forth a Sūrah like it" challenge is about. As in:
"And if you are in
doubt about what We have sent down
upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then
produce a Surah the like thereof and
call upon your witnesses other than
Allah , if you should be truthful." (2:23).
What exactly is this about? On what criteria do we judge whether a given text is like a Quranic Sūrah?
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General Discussions / Is the fire of Gehenna an allegory?
« on: May 14, 2014, 02:38:38 AM »
Salaam everyone,
Is the fire of Gehenna/Jahannum an allegory? Or is it to be taken literally?
Thanks.
Is the fire of Gehenna/Jahannum an allegory? Or is it to be taken literally?
Thanks.
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General Discussions / A philosophical question
« on: May 06, 2014, 04:15:59 AM »
This is a rather philosophical question. I begin from the very first verse of the Qur'an, which declares the mercy of God. Since He is merciful, He is also loving. If so, and since the Qur'an emphasizes the merciful nature of God, shouldn't He delight in mercy, the mercy that His creatures show one another? Should not that be what He desires more than worship? So as long as a man show mercy to his fellow creatures, why would God care how many idols he worships? I mean, monotheism is the truth, but what harm can polytheism do? Why should it be deserving of hell?
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General Discussions / Re: On the soul
« on: May 04, 2014, 07:19:56 PM »
I believe in the pre-existence of the soul.
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General Discussions / Re: On the soul
« on: May 04, 2014, 10:48:53 AM »
Nothing, just thought this would be helpful, that is all.
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General Discussions / Re: How best to respond to this objection?
« on: May 04, 2014, 08:57:06 AM »
Might I suggest that miracles are not against nature, they only contradict what we know about nature?
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General Discussions / Re: On the soul
« on: May 04, 2014, 08:53:13 AM »
Yeah, this is a scientific case for the existence of the soul.
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General Discussions / On the soul
« on: May 04, 2014, 07:00:03 AM »
Salaamun Àlaykum
This, IMHO, is a good resource on the existence of the soul. Hope this helps. :-)
http://bookre.org/reader?file=1325637
This, IMHO, is a good resource on the existence of the soul. Hope this helps. :-)
http://bookre.org/reader?file=1325637
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Discussions / Re: Are we at the beginning of the end of Darwinism?
« on: April 15, 2014, 10:28:26 PM »
Well, I have no problem with guided evolution. If by evolution one means merely common descent, then I have no problems. Where I would disagree is the mechanism by which said descent occurs.
www.evolutionnews.org
www.evolutionnews.org
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General Discussions / Re: Fate of idolaters
« on: April 15, 2014, 10:07:29 PM »
On a related issue, what about Trinitarian Christians? I have Catholic and Protestant friends, and they're good folk, so I can't easily imagine them going to hell. Anther thing is, I have found that in the Qur'an, idolatry is always mentioned with other sins. So the real reason idolatry is forbidden is that idolatrous religions enjoin injustice and corruption i.e., Fasaad?
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General Discussions / Re: Fate of idolaters
« on: April 15, 2014, 10:04:23 PM »
Yes, it does help, thank you 
Anyone who can think for himself can realize that God cannot be representd in a form, if by God, one understands Him to be the first cause.
Anyone who can think for himself can realize that God cannot be representd in a form, if by God, one understands Him to be the first cause.
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Discussions / Re: Samaritan Error
« on: April 15, 2014, 09:25:48 PM »
Yes, this is possible. Often, I suppose, when a Hebrew word is Arabized, the consonants may change, such as Mizmor (Psalm) becoming Zabur.
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General Discussions / Fate of idolaters
« on: April 15, 2014, 09:13:29 PM »
Salaamun alaykum,
This is something I have always wondered about. Until Islam 9or perhaps Christianity), monotheism was just confined to the Jewish people. Even after Islam, there were many communities that did not get the message for a long time. What about polytheists and idolaters who lived in those times and places? Will they be punished for Shirk?
This is something I have always wondered about. Until Islam 9or perhaps Christianity), monotheism was just confined to the Jewish people. Even after Islam, there were many communities that did not get the message for a long time. What about polytheists and idolaters who lived in those times and places? Will they be punished for Shirk?
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