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As-salaam alaykum warahaamtullah wabarakatuh
 
According to your statement,"my understanding is that the fitrah we are born on refers to the Oath allah made all souls take before entering this world and that is to believe in only him......."
This sounds like"Tawheed" to me.And if this is Monotheism,what is Islam?
"I have conviction that Allah has power over everything.Verily!Allah's knowledge includes and encompasses everything".
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Bi ismillahi rahmani raheem

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Yes essentially this Fitra is Tawheed its also the reason why Allah in the Quran states that the sin of shirk is the only he can never forgive. If you look at history all nations, tribes, people of all lands had this instinct in them that a God existed regardless of whether or not they had 50 Gods or just 1. You could say the ones with the pure hearts searched for it and didnt simply accept what they where raised on. For example Saydinah Ibrahim, Rasul Allah [sallah llahu alaihi wa sallam], Abu Bakr, salman al farsi...anyway essentially all humans know enough in themselves that a higher being exists.

if Fitrah is like an instinct to believe in god or rather how upright humans know in themselves that monotheism is the truth Islam the religion is the particulars of how Allah wants us to live our lives. He didnt take an oath from all souls to pray 5 times a day, fast, pay 2.5% zakkat...etc.

If you are referring to what the word Islam with out context means then it means submitting your will to him, his will is known through his Deen not by fitrah, either way you can not interchange Fitrah with Islam becouse Islam is more than Tawheed. submitting your will is a choice we each make its not binding on us and why only believing in him alone is.

here is a short clip [which i found recently] explaining the meaning and quoting the entire hadith.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0trElMCi4o



Edited by rami - 26 May 2008 at 11:12am
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As'Salamu Alaikum,
 
I was surprised to read brother Rami, that Fitrah is the Oath taken by all the souls. Though i do agree at few points of yours but not the whole post. This made me to study the following which am pasting below. Kindly, highlight the points you disagree with. And yes brother Rami, as i cannot open Youtubes, so cud not view it.
 
Extracted with slight modifications from "Fitrah: The Islamic Concept of Human Nature" � 1996 TA-HA Publishers Ltd.
 
In attempting a definition of �fitrah�, I give an exposition of its linguistic and religious meaning. The religious understanding of fitrah is based on the positive interpretation of fitrah�
 
Suffice it to say that linguistic and positive religious explanations have one thing in common: both define fitrah as an inborn natural predisposition which cannot change, and which exists at birth in all human beings. What makes our religious understanding positive is that it not only acknowledges fitrah as a natural predisposition, but also one which is inclined towards right action and submission to Allah, the One God.
 
1. The Linguistic Meaning of Fitrah
�Every new-born child is born in a state of fitrah. Then his parents make him a Jew, a Christian or a Magian, just as an animal is born intact. Do you observe any among them that are maimed (at birth)?�[1]
The word fitrah comes from the Arabic radicals fa ta ra, the verbal noun being fatrun. The root action means, he clove, split, slit, rent or cracked it. Note the usage of the first form fatarahu (He created it); that is, He caused it to exist, newly, for the first time. Thus fatiru�s-sam�w�t, the Originator or Creator of the heavens.
 
The second form, fattara(hu) (verbal noun taftir), denotes repetition, muchness and frequency of the root action which means, as we saw, he clove, split, slit, rent or cracked it. Futira (�ala shay�) is equivalent to tubi�a, which is the passive form of taba�a (verbal noun tab�un) he sealed, stamped, printed or impressed, being a synonym of khatama, he sealed. Ar-R�ghib says that it means the impression of a thing with the engraving of the signet and stamp; thus taba�a�ll�hu �al� qalbih� �All�h sealed his heart�, that is the unbeliever�s heart. Similarly, khatama �alaihi, pertains to the natural constitution which denotes a quality of the soul; either by creation or habit, but more especially the creation. Also, taba �a�ll�hu �al� amr � �All�h created (him) with a disposition to the affair, state or condition�. Likewise, tubi�a �ala shay� �he was created with a disposition to a thing� which is synonymous with jubila or futira. Tab�un � originally a verbal noun � signifies nature or an inborn disposition. Its synonyms are sajjiyah, jibillah, khal�qah, tab�ah and miz�j. These are names for innate natural disposition which cannot change, and which exists at birth in all human beings. Thus, fitrah, having the same meaning as tab�un, linguistically means an inborn natural disposition.
 
The term fitrah literally means, creation; the causing a thing to exist for the first time; and the natural constitution with which a child is created in his mother�s womb. It is said that is the meaning in the Qur'an (30:29), and in the central, opening hadith.
 
2. The Religious Meaning of Fitrah
 
In the context of the hadith, according to Ab� Haytham, fitrah means to be born either prosperous or unprosperous [in relation to the soul]:
�And if his parents are Jews, they make him a Jew, with respect to his worldly situation; [i.e. with respect to inheritance, etc.] and if Christians, they make him a Christian, with respect to that situation; and if Magians, they make him a Magian, with respect to that situation; his situation is the same as that of his parents until his tongue speaks for him; but if he dies before his attaining to the age when sexual maturity begins to show itself, he dies in a state of conformity to his preceding natural constitution, with which he was created in his mother�s womb.�
 
Fitrah is also associated with Islam and being born as a Muslim. This is when fitrah is viewed in respect to Shahadah � that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah � which makes a person a Muslim. Fitrah, in this sense, is the faculty, which He has created in mankind, of knowing Allah. It is the natural constitution with which the child is created in his mother�s womb, whereby he is capable of accepting the religion of truth..That fitrah refers to religion is further shown in a tradition in which it is related that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, taught a man to repeat certain words when lying down to sleep, and said: �Then if you die that same night, you die upon the fitrah (in the true d�n).� Also by the saying: �The paring of the nails is of the fitrah (i.e. of the d�n).�
 
This meaning is affirmed by s�rah 30 �yah 30:
 
�Set your face to the d�n in sincerity (han�fan) which is Allah's fitrah (the nature made by Allah) upon which He created mankind (fat�ra�n-n�s). There is no changing the creation of Allah. That is the right d�n but most people know not.�
 
Apparently Ab� Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, cited this verse after the central hadith which means that, in his view, the fitrah of the hadith is the same fitrah in the ayah. The ayah refers to the fitrah as good because the right religion is being described as Allah's fitrah. Thus according to Ab� Hurairah, fitrah is associated with the d�n of Islam.
Since Allah's fitrah is engraved upon the human soul, mankind is born in a state in which tawh�d is integral. Since tawh�d is intrinsic to man�s fitrah, the prophets, peace be upon them, came to remind man of it, and to guide him to that which is integral to his original nature. The ayah describes a fitrah of primordial faith which Allah Himself implanted in human nature. It implies Islam's essential message of submission to the will of Allah as taught as practised by the prophets.
 
The Laws or the shar�ahs, which the prophets were sent with, are guiding lights to the essential faith in Allah which is created in every human being. Furthermore, since this faith comes from Allah, it naturally follows that only laws capable of guiding man back to it must also come from Allah, hence Islam is also called d�n al-fitrah, the religion of human nature.
That every child is born in this pure state of fitrah is also supported by the following hadith concerning the polytheists:
 
�It is related that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said that he saw in a vision an old man at the front of a large tree and around him were children and in the vision he was told that the old man was Ibrihim and that the children who were around him were the children who, before attaining the age of discretion, had died. At this, some Muslims had asked hum: "And the children of the polytheists too, Messenger of Allah?" The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, replied: "The children of the polytheists as well."
 
Being with Ibr�h�m meant being in Paradise, and this includes children of polytheistic families. It is clear, from the Qur'an and from the hadith, that every child is born with a pure nature, as a Muslim. Islam recognises that all children, whether born of believing or unbelieving parents, go to Paradise if they die before attaining the age of discretion.
 
Im�m Nawaw� defined fitrah as the unconfirmed state which exists until the individual consciously acknowledges his belief. Hence, if a child were to die before he attains discretion he would be on of the inmates of Paradise. This view applies to the children of polytheists as well, and is supported by the above-quoted hadith. The legal implication of this hadith is that all children are born pure, sinless and predisposed to belief in one God; moreover they are of the inmates of Paradise; however, if their parents are non-Muslims, the religion of their parents will be applicable to them in this world.
 
Islam is also called d�n al-fitrah, the religion of human nature, because its laws and its teachings are in full harmony with the normal and the natural inclination of the human fitrah to believe in and submit to the Creator. Like the word al-Islam, the word d�n also means, according to Lane, obedience and submission, among other meanings.
 
Allah states:
�And who is better in obedience (in d�n) than he who resigns himself to Allah?� (Qur'an 4:125)
 
�There shall be no compulsion in obedience (d�n).� (Qur��n 2:256)
 
Ad-d�n implies religion in the widest sense of the word, embracing both the practical aspects of the acts of worship and ordinary transactions of life, and the teachings of religion; and it is a name for that whereby one serves Allah.
 
�Truly, the religion (d�n) in the sight of Allah is al-Islam.� (Qur��n 3:19)
And, according to Lane, it means particularly the religion of al-Islam. The synonyms of ad-d�n are ash-Shariah (the law), tawh�d (Oneness of Allah) and wara� (caution). Ad-d�n also comes from the verb dana, meaning �he had indebted�. This is significant, according to al-Attas, because man is indebted to Allah for his existence and sustenance. The believer will realise that his spirit acknowledged Allah in pre-existence, and that the debt that he must return is his self, and this can be done by service and submission to Allah. This return implies a return to man�s inherent spiritual nature, to his fitrah. The one who submits to Allah is called �abd (a slave) of Allah, and his service is called �ib�dah (slavehood or conscious submission to the will of Allah). By worshipping Allah in such a manner, man in fulfilling the purpose of his creation and existence.
 
�I have not created the Jinn and man but that they should serve Me (li ya�bud�n�).� (Qur'an 51:56)
 
Such worship or submission does not entail loss of freedom, for, freedom is to act as one�s true nature demands; that is, as one�s fitrah demands. Al-Attas succinctly explains the connection between submission, fitrah and d�n as follows:
 
�When we say that such a man is fulfilling the purpose for his creation and existence, it is obvious that that man�s obligation to serve God is felt by him as normal because it comes as a natural inclination on the man�s part to do so. This natural tendency in man to serve and worship God is also referred to as d�n, � here in the religious context it has a more specific signification of the natural state of being called fitrah. In fact d�n also means fitrah. Fitrah is the pattern according to which God has created all things� Submission to it brings harmony, for it means realisation of what is inherent in one�s true nature; opposition to it brings discord, for it means realisation of what is extraneous to one�s true nature.�
 
 
 


Edited by seekshidayath - 26 May 2008 at 7:10pm
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3. Fitrah and Human Responsibility

 �Man is distinguished from the rest of the creation because he has been endowed with intellect (�aql) and free-will (ir�dah). The intellect enables him to discern right from wrong. He can use these faculties to complement his fitrah and to please Allah or to be untrue to it and displease Allah. The choice is his. The prophets and Divine revelation are external sources of guidance to guide the intellect and will of man. The Qur'an declares that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, enjoins the right and lawful things (ma�r�f) and forbids the wrong and unlawful things (munkar). Man is responsible for his actions and accountable to Allah for every atom of right and wrong that he does. It is in this sense of accountability that guides man to act in accordance with the Divine will. It empowers him to struggle against the wrong-doing of his lower self (nafs) as well as the negative influences of the social circumstances. The central hadith makes plain that it is the social circumstances after the birth of the child that causes the individual to diverge from fitrah. Hence if someone follows an aberrant path it is not because of any innate wrong within his nature, but because of the emergence of the lower self or nafs after birth, and negative effects in the social circumstances.

The concept of fitrah as original goodness, in my view, does not merely connote a passive receptivity to good and right action, but an active inclination and a natural innate predisposition to know Allah, to submit to Him and to do right. This is man�s natural tendency in the absence of contrary factors. Although all children are born in a state of fitrah, the influence of the environment is decisive; parents may influence the religion of the child by making him a Christian, Jew or Magian. If there are no adverse influences, then the child will continuously manifest his fitrah as his true nature. Since many infants are born with gross physical deformities, the maiming referred to in this hadith is not meant in the physical sense; it means that all children are born spiritually pure, in a state of fitrah. The reference to animals born intact in the central hadith should be viewed as an analogy to illustrate the parallel spiritual wholeness of children at birth.

It is precisely because of man�s free-will and intellect that he is able to overcome the negative influences of the environment and attain to the highest level of psycho-spiritual development, an-nafs al-mutma�innah, �the self made tranquil�. At this level, his inner and outer being, his soul and body, are able to conform to the requirements of his fitrah and the dictates of the Shariah. He actualises his fitrah, and attains psycho-spiritual integration and inner peace.

 

4. Alienation from Fitrah

The central hadith suggest that circumstantial (i.e. parental and other social) influences cause man to change and become alienated from his fitrah. However in Qur'an 30:30 (�There is no changing in the creation of Allah.�) suggests that fitrah is universal unchanging given of the human constitution. This meaning is consistent with the linguistic definition of fitrah as innate natural disposition which cannot change, and which exists at birth in all human beings. The synthesis of the meanings of both statements is that although fitrah remains a universal unchanging given of the human constitution, people may, because of the elements of intellect and free-will, decide and choose to conduct themselves in a wrong or unlawful manner. All the children of Adam, including those who deviated from the path of tawh�d, possessed fitrah. Civilisations which have been condemned and destroyed by Allah because of their practice of polytheism (shirk) and unbelief (kufr), possessed fitrah. Fitrah is a universal and immutable given of the metaphysical human constitution, and as a rule, cannot be corrupted or altered. No wrong action can pollute the Divine spirit [maintainer�s note: i.e. spirit created by God] which Allah has blown into man (Qur'an 15:29) despite the many generations of polytheism and unbelief. For example, a generation whose forefathers were mushrik�n (those who practice shirk) does not possess a fitrah of a lesser quality than a generation of believers. However, both shirk and kufr represent the antithesis of fitrah by undermining its very object and raison d�etre; kufr is a rejection of the oneness of Allah (tawh�d). When a individual commits shirk or kufr he denies his own nature. Fitrah which is integral to man�s spirit (r�h) was created by Allah so that he man acknowledge Him as the Lord Who has power over all things. Tawh�d is intrinsic to man�s fitrah because Allah in His infinite wisdom intended for man to know Him as the One God. This is why man was able to acknowledge his Lord before his existence on earth, that is, in pre-existence state.

The function of the prophets and Divine revelation is not only to remind man about that which he already knows (that is, tawh�d), but also to teach him that which he does not yet know (that is, Shariah). Man already knows tawh�d because of the pre-existent fitrah as well as his earthly unchanging fitrah. The prophets have come only to remind man of tawh�d; the choice is left to the individual, as suggested in the following verse:

�Surely, this is a reminder; so whoever wills, let him take a way to his Lord.� (Qur'an 76:29).

Knowledge of the Divinely revealed laws, the methodology of worship and devotion, etc. are acquired by man from Shariah which is based on Divine revelation and the teachings of the prophets. Since every individual is endowed with the innate knowledge of tawh�d, he is held accountable for his belief in Allah precisely because of his fitrah. Not every soul, however, will be held accountable for not practicing Shariah because knowledge of Shariah is acquired only by those who received the message of the Divine revelations and the teachings of he prophets.

The distinction between the inborn knowledge of tawh�d (which includes the knowledge of right and wrong) and the acquired knowledge of Shariah (which includes what is lawful and unlawful) is significant because of the legal implications of each. The mushrik, one who violates tawh�d, will not be pardoned for his polytheism, irrespective of whether he received the message of Islam or not. On the other hand, the practice of Shariah is only required from the Muslim while the non-Muslim (who did not receive the message of Islam) is not expected to fulfil this obligation. An individual may be forgiven for not practising the Shariah if he had not received the message of Islam, but he will not be forgiven for rejecting tawh�d. The Muslim will thus be held responsible for tawh�d and Shariah. Dr. Faruqi Ahmad Dasuqi, who holds this view, adds that the hunafa� of past centuries had acknowledged tawh�d and will not be held accountable for Shariah.

Apart from the chosen prophets, I venture to say that there is no difference between the fitrah of individual men: all men are endowed with the same or an �equal� fitrah. The believer is in harmony with his fitrah because his instincts are directed in service of Allah, but the unbeliever is alienated from his fitrah because his instincts are in the service of everything else besides Allah. The reason for man�s destruction of himself and his environment is that he has become alienated. Nevertheless, he can overcome this estrangement his will and intellect with the Divine will and knowledge. It is man�s recourse to Islam which will enable him to effect such a reconciliation.

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: �All the descendants of Adam are sinners, and the best of sinners are those who repent."
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Bi ismillahi rahmani raheem

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Just so you know the reaction of surprise means you are astounded that the person said or did something becouse prior to this you could not believe that they could say or do such a thing. So unless you literally believed that i could never say something wrong your reaction of surprise makes no sence and frankly leads me to believe this wasnt your genuine reaction.

that Fitrah is the Oath taken by all the souls.


I think you are taking what i said to extremes and beyond what the words i said could possibly mean. Does it make sense to you that Fitrah IS [literaly] the oath, no what i rather said was that it is its cause or the reason why it is there in us even the article you quote equates fitrah with the oneness of Allah but over extends its meaning by implication ["Since Allah's fitrah is engraved upon the human soul [and what caused tawheed to be engraved], mankind is born in a state in which tawh�d is integral."].

The term fitrah literally means, creation; the causing a thing to exist for the first time; and the natural constitution with which a child is created in his mother�s womb. It is said that is the meaning in the Qur'an (30:29), and in the central, opening hadith.


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YUSUFALI: Nay, the wrong-doers (merely) follow their own lusts, being devoid of knowledge. But who will guide those whom Allah leaves astray? To them there will be no helpers.

So basically what the author is saying is that a child is born a "wrong doer" and his lust is there in his natural disposition i.e fitrah which he is following.....so essentially we DONT have free will and are doomed to hell from infancy. well that's what the literal meaning of these words are anyway so please correct me if i understood them wrong becouse they are so outlandish i am suprised anyone would say this.

Fitrah is also associated with Islam and being born as a Muslim. This is when fitrah is viewed in respect to Shahadah


You cant be a muslim without the shahadah he acknowledges this plainly but goes on to make a conclusion that he hasn't established and is not even remotely connected to what the word means. Humans and jinn are created with the Fitrah of La illaha illah llah only not "Lah illaha illah llah muhamad rasul allah".

So when and how has fitrah ever been viewed "in respect" to the shahadah?

which makes a person a Muslim. Fitrah, in this sense, is the faculty, which He has created in mankind, of knowing Allah.


Where is "Muhamad Rasul allah" in any of this?

This meaning is affirmed by s�rah 30 �yah 30:

No its not.

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YUSUFALI: So set thou thy face steadily and truly to the Faith: (establish) Allah's handiwork according to the pattern on which He has made mankind: no change (let there be) in the work (wrought) by Allah: that is the standard Religion: but most among mankind understand not.

This has nothing to do with the Fitrah of man being "La illaha illah llah muhamad rasul allah", all the verse is referring to is that man is created in a clean state upright and with the ability to lead a good life but the parents psychologically scar the child for life with there baggage. What does the Quran say about the mushriks on Qiyamah they will say we were following what our forefathers where following [not exact wording] meaning they didn't challenge there parents and blindly followed them.

Apparently Ab� Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, cited this verse after the central hadith which means that, in his view, the fitrah of the hadith is the same fitrah in the ayah. The ayah refers to the fitrah as good because the right religion is being described as Allah's fitrah. Thus according to Ab� Hurairah, fitrah is associated with the d�n of Islam.


you cant draw that conclusion from what Abu Hurairah said, yes they refer to each other but neither refers to Islam the religion being the Fitrah the author just made that up.

It implies Islam's essential message of submission to the will of Allah as taught as practised by the prophets.

Even here he admits it only refers to Tawheed and not Islam as a whole, clearly he is over extending the meaning of the word fitrah by what he presumes it implies.

Islam is also called d�n al-fitrah, the religion of human nature, because its laws and its teachings are in full harmony with the normal and the natural inclination of the human fitrah to believe in and submit to the Creator.


how can the laws of islam be in harmony with the fitrah of man [from the beginning of time] every time allah brought a new religion he changed those laws. Did he change man to conform to the laws NO he changed the laws to conform to mans changing nature.

So how can all humans from the time of Adam be born muslims when each had there own religion which conformed to the fitrah that the humans of the time where born on.

I mean this only in the general sense as no amount of purifying our heart [so we know our pure nature clearly] will ever lead me to realise that my fitrah is to pay 2.5% zakkat, the reality is all these laws are commandments from Allah we are not expected to know them specifically in our hearts.

"Each child is born in a state of "Fitrah", then his parents make him a Jew, Christian or a Zoroastrian, the way an animal gives birth to a normal offspring. Have you noticed any that were born mutilated?" [according to the shaykh in the video] the full hadith [he gives his sources] states then the sahabah asked rasul allah what if the child dies in its infancy or once it is small the prophet replied when allah created them allah knew best what they where going to do.

The shaykh goes on to say; so if the word fitrah means they where all muslims there was no need for the sahabah to ask what happens if they do die in that state.


as i said the author is over extending the meaning of the word to the point where it contradicts other things in the religion.




Edited by rami - 27 May 2008 at 11:05am
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As-salaam alaykum warahamatullah wabarakatuh
 
Jazakallahu seekshidayath for keeping this topic going&most especially for getting"facts and figures".
Meanwhile,bro,rami...I would have even replied,not with these facts of course as I haven't been able to do the research I intended to.I had some personal stuff to take care of.And,I must confess I haven't read this post because I have problem reading for long on screen.Masha Allahu,I'll have it printed out from work.And I wasn't able to listen to that Video from youtube but hope to try it later.I just saw the picture,no sounds as the system I used then didn't have a speaker( I was at work,actually).
 
So,insha Allahu,I'd get back to you once I've read&digested it.
 
May Allah increase our Ilm.
BYW bro. rami.Am not going to drag this with you as am not in the habit of doing that.I personally believe Allah has given us brains and minds to reason-freewill.So,humans don't always have to agree with everything.Even when presented with facts (referring to life in general).And what I do personally is state my point (s),it is not my duty to convince or persuade people to accept what I have stated.So,let's keep learning masha Allahu.May Allah guide us from straying away from the purpose of this dicsuss.
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As'Salamu Alaikum,
 
Brother Rami, i was surprised to know that fitrah is Oath taken by all souls. Since it was totally new and quite astonishing for me. Be it from any other person too, my reaction would have been same. Anyways, discussions of  my emotions are unimportant Smile. I  really wish to add up to my knowledge, from the discussions esp with  you.
 
Yes, i took the meaning in the literal sense.  JazakAllah for correcting my understanding.
 
And i think that verse 30 : 29 was misquoted in this article. It is no where connected to the subject. Lust there means, {refering prior to the ayah of it i.e 30 :28 too} , lust in there means worship of idols and own Gods.
 
Insha-Allah, brother, shall answer the rest of the part later. Am to leave now.  I think you got confused between deen and shariah.
 
 
 


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Bi ismillahi rahmani raheem

If you haven't read the ahadith about allah making all souls take this oath before man was created [which i assumed was general knowledge] then i misunderstood your post, Allahu Allam.

just to preempt what you might say,

I think you got confused between deen and shariah.


the word deen itself does not mean religion, shariah or islam it has a much wider meanig like "a way", "path taken", "the way you live your life" or "lead your life".

http://islam1.org/khutub/Defn__of_Deen_&_Islam.htm [i dont agree with everything btw]

your article states it is synonimous with shariah but i dont agree [as the article above states and other islamic sources] since shariah limits its meaning to what the word shariah itself means.

so when allah says

�Truly, the religion [din] in the sight of Allah is al-Islam.� (Qur��n 3:19)

and

s�rah 30 �yah 30:
 
�Set your face to the d�n in sincerity (han�fan) which is Allah's fitrah (the nature made by Allah) upon which He created mankind (fat�ra�n-n�s). There is no changing the creation of Allah. That is the right d�n but most people know not.�

in the first quote the full meaning of the verse is narrowed down [or lost] to what the word religion means [which shariah is a part of]. In the second quote the word deen in no way is reffering to religion the meaning is much deeper [although the translation is not wrong it isnt entirely correct or rather giving us the full meaning] Yusuf Ali's translation is much more accurate [but also doesnt convey the full meaning of deen in relation to fitrah, due to the nature of the english language],

030.030
YUSUFALI: So set thou thy face steadily and truly to the Faith: (establish) Allah's handiwork according to the pattern on which He has made mankind: no change (let there be) in the work (wrought) by Allah: that is the standard Religion: but most among mankind understand not.

the word deen is used twice the first time he translates it as faith the second time as religion, while pickthal and shakir translate it both times as religion.

PICKTHAL: So set thy purpose (O Muhammad) for religion as a man by nature upright - the nature (framed) of Allah, in which He hath created man. There is no altering (the laws of) Allah's creation. That is the right religion, but most men know not -
SHAKIR: Then set your face upright for religion in the right state-- the nature made by Allah in which He has made men; there is no altering of Allah's creation; that is the right religion, but most people do not know--

In the end the words Deen, Shariah, Islam, Muslim and Fitrah all have different meanings and refer to different things Fitrah doesn't mean Islam just like Islam doesnt mean Muslim or shariah doesn't mean Deen.


Edited by rami - 27 May 2008 at 11:07pm
Rasul Allah (sallah llahu alaihi wa sallam) said: "Whoever knows himself, knows his Lord" and whoever knows his Lord has been given His gnosis and nearness.
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