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General Discussions / Re: how enter faith in my heart ?

« on: February 27, 2016, 10:38:52 AM »

@Hassan

Aleikum salam,

<<Muhammad Assad commentary on that event, in which he explains that Isra and Mira were spiritual journeys undertaken by Muhammad (pbuh) and not necessarily a physical one, is also helpful>>

This is not the belief of the majority of Muslims.  By the way, there are a lot of pages, like the world’s first propagandist of the scientific miracles [Answering Christianity] who publish  this http://www.answering-christianity.com/moon_split.htm and other crazy articles like this http://www.answering-christianity.com/did_prophet_muhammad_split_moon.htm
Any way, I can’t take seriously Mr. Asad. If he is not a perennialist, well, is very pretty close to them. Read the Perennialist Poison In Martin Ling’s Biography of the Prophet. A Discussion with Martin Lings, by the ultra-orthodox Salafi Abu Bilal Mustafa al-Kanadi. Kanadi complete destroyed Lings [and of course the like of he: Schuon, Guénon, …].

<<May Allah assist you. And I and the other members on this forum will be happy to answer any questions/concerns you may have>>

Thanks for your availability. I hope God will reward you.

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General Discussions / Re: how enter faith in my heart ?

« on: February 27, 2016, 10:33:07 AM »

@mia666

Is this 666 a Satan issue? 

<<Second of all, you don't need to believe in Muhammad's alleged ascent to heaven or any of that fluff. These things are not in the Quran and are based on the corpus of hadiths/sunnah. Muhammad did not split the moon. The Quran is the only legitimate religious authority>>

I know this forum are a little heretical (for a random Muslim/a) and of course I’m aware that is based in hadith’s rejection. But the rejection of the travel in the Heaven is considered like being the rejection of the generally understanding of the sura. That is, there are people who (sincerely or not, isn’t the problem) understand, after a lecture, that the travel really happened. That isn’t an allegorical sentence.

The other problem is that rejecting the Travel is like rejecting the majesty of Allah because if He created the Earth from nothing, He can easily move his Messenger from a city to another in the unseen and unknown dimensions of the live.
And discuss about it with any random Muslim, whoever is (Ahmadi, Sunni orthodox, Reformist, Shia, Wahabi, Sufi ,Alevi, even Quranist) will be seen like a negation of the power of God.

<<Ritual salah can be performed in any way that works for you. It does not need to be an act. You don't need to have a set number of rakahs for every prayer. You can improvise>>

If I understand correctly Islam, this religion is of course a relation between the Creator and his creature, but also a relation between people who follow the dogma, or the mainly accepted Aqida. Tell that salah can be performed in any way will be inevitably enter in conflict with all schools of teaching; even reformists says that we must follow the example of Ibrahim in his salah. The salah of Ibrahim is realized by Muhammad, and the processus is explained in the Hadiths, not in the Qu’ran. So, affirm this will scandalize everyone, even the most tolerant and open-minded people.

<<Also, your heart is obviously not sealed, because you are pretty close to recognizing the truth of the Quran, and you seem to want to believe in God>>

Yes, I am pretty close to recognizing the truth. But not the enough to believe in it, and that’s the dilemma.

<<God must exist for the universe to exist. The universe had a beginning. It's only 13.5 billion years old. Something existed before the advent of the universe. That was God. God exists outside of space and time and He is the originator of everything. No other theory makes sense. If God didn't exist, then you wouldn't either>>

As explained before, I have no problem in rationally admit the existence of God, but the heart [or the soul] is not quick to recognizing yet. And this schizophrenic behaviour is not my fault. Is for that I’m starting to think that my heart is sealed. God guide who He will. Even if we want to believe in He, isn’t not our ability, it’s a gift which He gives to us.

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General Discussions / how enter faith in my heart ?

« on: February 26, 2016, 10:08:43 AM »

First, I want to say that English isn't my maternal language and this text can contain grammatical errors. I reverted to Islam only for fear of the Hell, when I was introduced to the astonishing mathematical miracles of the Qu'ran [see here http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/mathematical_index.html]. I think that these stuff is too special to be developped by humans.

Therefore, it must come from God. These numerical patterns created in my mind a trouble I never experimented before: the possibility of a life after death, with all the consequences.

The possibility of an everlasting Hell is the real cause of my "reversion".

But, despite all these proofs, I'm still not 100% persuaded about the existence of God. I know that's may sound contradictory, but my nihilistic attitude is too strong.

I know that the universe, the Earth, the Sun and so on can't be their own creators, it must be one essence that created them, but my heart is very different of my rationality. So I can rational admit the existence of God and the veracity of the Qu'ran but at the same time not believe in both, neither God's existence neither Qu'ran. This is the great deal, I think my heart is sealed.

And, I'm still forcing into believe in Moon split, Isra and Miraj...but is hard, my brain can't swallow this, even if I acknowledge the unseen dimension in which these phenomenon may have been realized...

So, of course I'm not Mu'min... not even a Muslim [a Submitted] ! Because the ritual of the salat is pure theatre, and being an actor starting to be so boring...

But I have a question: if I will submit, so I will make salat, Ramadan, without believe deeping in it, can I reach the Paradise however ?

I fear about because Qu'ran say:

018.104: Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?
018.105: They are those who deny the Signs of their Lord and the fact of their having to meet Him (in the Hereafter): vain will be their works, nor shall We, on the Day of Judgment, give them any weight.
018.106: That is their reward, Hell, because they rejected Faith, and took My Signs and My Messengers by way of jest.
009.073: O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites! Be harsh with them. Their ultimate abode is hell, a hapless journey's end.