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Megatron 
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 Posted: 29 August 2009 at 10:02am |
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It seems to me like you're questioning the origins of God. What possesses a being to create the universe and its inhabitants (I hope we aren't the only ones) and then expects these inhabitants to worship this God? Nobody will ever be able to answer that. I find it hard to understand how not comprehending this would cause you to lose faith.
If you're questioning the existence of God then that is a different matter. What proves the existence of God? Absolutely nothing. There is nothing on this earth or this universe that proves that God exists. It is something that you can only believe in your heart. Nobody can ever help you prove that God exists except yourself. That is something you'll have to figure out yourself. Why don't people embrace Islam? Islam itself recognizes people who aren't Muslim but who are pious. I know a few non-Muslims who are more likely to enter Paradise than myself. Not every good person is Muslim...but then again a lot of them are. Also what is a Muslim? Somebody that follows the teaching of Muhammad? No. A Muslim is a person that worships one God and does good deeds. That is a Muslim. |
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Full of Hopes
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Posted: 14 August 2009 at 5:29pm |
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My brother .. What you feel is from Satan " Shaitan". The prophet's fellowmen complained to him they find these questions in their hearts and he told them they have to stop thinking and say "I believe in Allah" آمنت بالله This the best way to stop thinking of that because the Satan sees you are a good Muslim he wants to make you back again and far from Allah. Allah who created your mind puts limits on it.For example, how much you imagine, you won't reach the true look of Jannah "the paradise" because our brains can't imagine something we have not seen before. If I ask you to imagine a walking tree then you will have a tree and add foot to it. So you didn't bring something new you have not seen. How long you think and imagine, you will never reach Allah, Subhan Allah. I say this because here you heart has to work. You believe in Allah and you bileve he is the the first and no one was before Him and that he is the last and no one will stay after Him. He never dies.. So seek refuge form Allah and fight those bad thoughts. Try to do more useful things for your Islam. Read Qura'an. Read an Islamic book. Stay with your friends and talk about Allah's blessings on you. I mean anything rather than thinking of useless questions. And something important for me and you and every one; we must ask Allah all the time to keep and protect our faith in Him tell the time we pass away. Edited by Full of Hopes - 14 August 2009 at 5:31pm |
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 And whoever seeks a religion other than Isl�m, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers(3:85)
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Friendship
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Posted: 18 June 2009 at 12:31pm |
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Assalamu alaikum.
Brother Nazerene. May Allah forgive you! I love your observation that islam does not want or need " BLIND SHEEP ". we must question ourselves and all things at times to overcome doubt. overcoming ourselves is a main goal in islam. how can this be done ? through question, with REASON, and GUIDENCE{ Qu'ran } AND THE SUNNA
But you know that some members of this forum do not believe in that. They want to teach victim of determinism, hopelessness, helplessness and uncertainty! The life of Muhammad Rasulullah and all the positive teaching in the Old and New Testament are our guidelines. Muhammad Rasulullah would listen to a child, but no one wants to listen to Muhammad today! Look at what is going on between the Arabs and the Children of Israel! How can the grandchildren of Shem fight each other! Did not Muhammad marry a Jewish lady form the Aaron Tribe - the Levites!. They deny Holocaust. But is not the killing of 8 innocent life another Holocaust? Friendship. |
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Friendship
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Posted: 18 June 2009 at 12:18pm |
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Assalamu alaikum.
Brother Nabil. Your faith cannot be lost, but it is always strengthening. You do not have to understand everything. There are about 340,000 alphabets, 75,000 words, 6200 verses and 114 chapters in the Holy Qur'an. Your faith will be measured and strengthened on only one alphabet, one word, one chapter and one Sura. So look for them and then keep quiet. Remember chapter 42:11, "There is nothing like Him; and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer. Friendship. |
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seekshidayath
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Posted: 11 June 2009 at 7:28pm |
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You always fill up the vacant space i miss, sis Chrysallis.
JazakiAllahu khayr.
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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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Chrysalis
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Posted: 11 June 2009 at 6:35am |
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Salaam Brother Nabil . . . Hope you are fine, apart from the recent pitfall in faith. That happens - Imaan keeps going up and down - just like the economy. I hope Seeks' response helped you. It is good to question life, and phenomenon's around us - but some questions are just never ending and complex. Brother, read the Qur'an with translation - it ALWAYS helps revive the faith/imaan in Islam. When we lose contact with Allah (i.e have not been making dua or praying) , such doubts start coming into mind. Inshallah you will find verses in the Qur'an in which you will feel that Allah Himself is adderessing you. . . So make wudhu today - and randomly open the Qur'an . . . insha'allah it will help.
Keep in touch Bro.
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"O Lord, forgive me, my parents and Muslims in the Hereafter. O Lord, show mercy on them as they showed mercy to me when I was young."
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seekshidayath
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Posted: 10 June 2009 at 11:09am |
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Now, coming to you, kindly recite these duas, at times when you are stricken by your faith. Its from the book of authentic hadiths
{Say} : I seek refuge in Allah {Sahih Muslim}
{ Then shud desist from doing what you are in doubt about} Sahih Muslim, sahih Bukhari
Aamantu billahi wa Rusulihi
{Say} : I believe in Allah and His messenger { Sahih Muslim}
Recite third ayah of Surah Hadid
"Huwwal 'Awwalu wal -Aakhiru waz zahiru wal baatinu, wa Huwa bikulli shay'in 'Aleem
These are supplications to be made. They are very easy to recite and ward off the whisperings of satan. Instead of pondering over who created Allah swt, why don't we ponder over and look at ourselves, and ask, 'Why did Allah swt create us ? Try to read and reflect over Qur'an. Be in company of righteous friends and mummy ko thang nahi karna
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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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seekshidayath
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Posted: 10 June 2009 at 10:54am |
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As Salamu Alaikum,
Br. Nabil, i wish you read the above post well. Just let out your questions any, but do remember, never get into an area of those questions of which only Allah swt knows of it. For instance, when will The Hour exactly come, how is the hand of Allah swt, Chair of Allah swt --- etc. We would not get its answer, but its only an attempt from satan , our open enemy to disturb us and weaken our faith. Allah swt also commanded us, not go into it.
Coming to your question, here is the answer to the exact question, posed to Zakir Naik.
Here's a very tricky question, asked usually by an atheist and the rationalist. Once a close friend of mine, while beginning a discussion with a rationalist in an atheist organisation in Mumbay started off by asking, �This is a pencil, how did it come into existence, it has to have a creator�. �This is a book, how did it come into existence, it has to have a creator�. Thus giving answers to his own questions, proved that everything has a creator.
He then posed the following questions- if the pencil is created in a factory, who created the factory? The answer is an engineer or some similar person. Who created that engineer? There also has to be a Creator of this engineer. Similarly who created the sun, the moon, the stars etc? There has to be a creator for everything. Then he posed the question: �Do you agree that everything in the world has a creator?� The atheist of that organisation replied, �we will agree only on the condition, that you should not back out in future from your own statement that everything has a creator.�
My friend was very satisfied, thinking he had succeeded in convincing about God and said, �Yes I will stick to my statement that everything has a creator, but you still have not replied to my question: that who created the human beings, the sun, the moon, the stars etc�. He further helps them with the answer by saying �It is God Almighty,� the atheist replied, �We will believe in God if you tell us �Who created God? and my friend got the biggest shock of his life. He knew he was trapped.
He was disturbed so much that he did not sleep for the whole night. The next day, while he was narrating this incident to me, I realised that he was using the methodology of proving the existence of God, written by some scholars. In this methodology, a very important rule of logic i.e. self analysis is overlooked. During my talks while proving the existence of Allah, I never make any statement saying everything has a creator.
I start my explanation by asking the atheist, �Who will be the first to know the mechanism of an unknown object? It is the atheist who replies; the creator, the manufacturer, not Me Using his answer that the creator is the first person who knows the mechanism of any object I further prove to him using scientific knowledge that the creator of the Universe i.e. God Almighty is the first to know the mechanism of the universe and has mentioned it in his book �The Quran�.
But if somebody was to pose me the same Question:, that who will be the first to know the mechanism of an unknown object, I will not reply just by saying �the creator� or �the manufacturer,� but I will reply, that every object and all things which have a beginning, the mechanism of all these things will be first known by its creator, since they are all created things. Even after using this answer of mine, we can still scientifically prove that all the signs that we see i.e. the sun, the moon, the earth etc have a beginning of their mechanism�.
That is the way they function and behave. This has been discovered recently by science, but was mentioned 1400 years ago in the Quran which proves that it is a book which is revealed by Allah. Now if someone asks me the question �Who created Allah?� I will reply that once my friend asked me a similar question that his brother Tom was admitted to the hospital and he conceived and gave birth to a baby: guess, is the baby a girl or a boy? It is an absurd statement. Only females can conceive and give birth to a baby. It is impossible for Tom, who is a male, to conceive and give a birth to a child. One of the qualities and characteristics of a male is that he cannot conceive and give birth to a child. Similarly one of the characteristics of Allah is He is uncreated and does not have a beginning. Therefore asking a question, �Who created the uncreated?� is as absurd as asking, �My brother Tom conceived and gave birth to a child, is the child a girl or a boy?�.
Edited by seekshidayath - 10 June 2009 at 10:56am |
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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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