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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

                                                                  


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Islam, God and the Shining Light of Love  
"God is love," the New Testament teaches, and Muslim theologians would respond, "But of course." The problem is that we are not God. As Jesus said, "Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God " (Mark 10:18). There is no authentic love but one, that is, God. This is tawhid, the assertion of divine unity that is the foundation of Islamic thought.

Religious discussions of love sometimes address how it descends from its divine status and intermingles with human affairs. In any case, everyone recognizes its attractive power, even if they disagree as to what it is and where it comes from. Rumi mentions the two extremes of disagreement in the verse,

For the elect, love is a tremendous eternal light, 
for the common people, love is form and appetite. (Divan 18197)

"The elect and the common people" is an expression used in all branches of Islamic learning to distinguish between the experts and the uninformed. For Rumi, the experts are the prophets and saints.

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Superiority of Knowledge Over Devotions  
The following is excerpted from the book "Reliance of the Traveler." The Classic Manual of Islamic Law 'Umdat al-Salik by Ahmed ibn Naqib al-Misri (d769/1368) English translation by Nuh Ha Mim Keller.

a2.1 (Nawawi:) Allah Most High says: 

(1) "Say, 'Are those who know and those who do not know equal?' " (Koran 39:9). 

(2)  "Only the knowledgeable of His slaves fear Allah" (Koran 35:28). 

(3) "Allah raises those of you who believe and those who have been given knowledge whole degrees" (Koran 58:11). 

a2.2 The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: 

(1) "Whoever Allah wishes well, He gives knowledge of religion." 

(2) The superiority of the learned Muslim over the devotee is as my superiority over the least of you." Then the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, "Allah and His angels, the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth, the very ant in its anthill and the fish bless those who teach people what is good." 

(3) "When a human being dies his work comes to an end except for three things: ongoing charity, knowledge benefitted from, or a pious son who prays for him." 

(4) "A single learned Muslim is harder on the Devil than a thousand worshippers." 

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Human Brotherhood and Equality I  
Dr. Jamal Badawi is "Professor Emeritus" at St. Mary's University in Halifax, Canada, where he served as Professor of both Management and Religious Studies.

In this part 1 interview Jamal Badawi discusses Foundations of Human Brotherhood and Equality.


   

 

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