Saturday, August 7, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Be sure that God has given guidance and it is Islam
Thinking about "purpose of life" or "why we exist", one who believes in God, may say one of the three....
1. some may say..be good to others as one understands and thats it
2. some may say....no specific purpose...live and die
3. some may say...no no...we have got guidance from God and He wants us to do this and this and this
Now a honest person will evaluate all three to check which one is correct and follow it right?
So if some says option 1. to be good to others and live life as u understand that’s it, shall we agree to it without considering option 2. or option3? What if option 3. is true and we reject God's guidance knowingly?
What if someone says a particular thing is from God and that thing is the best with all the reason n logic n morality n equality? then is it befit to reject it blindly?
Now....when I say that God must have sent guidance to mankind...It's based on few points...
a. Do we say God created mankind and left just like that...Do we humans do such act...that after creating a beautiful house, detailing out each and everything of it and ignore it? Do we make a nice painting just like that for no reason? How can we expect God to be so poor in wisdom that He created entire Universe and human beings and the perfect order of it...for "nothing"? Is it Wisdom?
b. When we look around, we find so much difference; some are rich while others are poor, some are healthy while some are born blind, deaf, dump or diseased? So the Creator of all, who created everything, and when he knows that there is no specific purpose of it, why didn't He made all of us best of rich, healthy to enjoy the life...? Is it Justice or Mercifulness?
c. When we look around, we find crime around us; someone using their power to kill others, oppress others, loot and rape other fellow human beings and due to his influence many a times even escaping justice of this world. Now just think over it...How Merciful the God is who created people with differences and also allowed the crimes when he knew there will be no hereafter and accountability of deeds or punishment for crime?Is it Justice?
d. When we look around, we find many a people sacrificing their happiness for betterment of others. They even give their life to save others. Knowing that this is the life with no hereafter where a person will get reward for his deeds, why does He allow many a people to take hardship and suffer to do good....? Is it Justice?
e. When we look around, we find a plethora of religions around us..most of them saying they are the truest of the religions and some compromising on everything as truth...no matter what they teach or based upon. Now the God left His beautiful creations in the hands of few mean people who misguide them in His name?...Tell lie in His name that they have received it from God and God says so etc...They make people fight in God's name for filling their pockets and they spread all kind of hatred among peoples for their own benefits...Some religion which claims itself to be true (Islam) and even challenges anyone to bring forward a revelation similar to it or find a contradiction or a single mistake to prove it NOT from God...And He (The God) never replies back to correct them and let people know the truth? Is it Wisdom? Is it Justice?
There can be many more arguments, but I'll restrict to above five...
In reply, a skeptic may answer....So what? Who told you God cannot be unjust and unwise and not merciful?
It is such a great blasphemy on God but let's not get emotional and assess it from an objective view point...What is reply of God to all this? Has God kept silent to above allegations we make directly / indirectly on Him when we say/believe that He has not sent guidance and left us after creating us. He just maintains the Universe in balance for us and thats...it...?
1. God has sent the miracles and unquestionable proofs & logic to guide mankind in all the time, all the place... His miracles and signs were so clear that it separated truth from falsehood and made it very distinct what He wants and what He doesn't want...He has not left it on whims an fancies of prophets, saints, gurus as what they think about Him and what they think about purpose/no-purpose of life. He has revealed clear message of His to the true prophets He chose to deliver His message to mankind. He has set a just criteria of accountability on whatever guidance is received by an individual no matter if one is residing in
2. He has also given mankind the gift of intellect to understand distinction between truth and falsehood. A false religion no matter how much decorated, attractive its made, its bad odour, illogic, unjust, contradiction, inauthenticity
3. I already explained you the basic flaws in the false religions propagated and how they are illogical, based on thoughts and philosophies of people and why they can't be from God. They also don't have a stamp of proof of them being from God. Just anyone saying a message from God doesn't make it from God, right? I also explained you through PPT (The True Religion.ppt) as how and why Islam qualifies to be from God with its attainability not limited to a prophet, book or place. Now let's examine a couple of miracles of Islam and proofs which I feel are unquestionable and justifies it to be truly from God.
a. Existence of Qura'n is the biggest argument and miracle for truth of Islam and Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) then be it....Challenge of Qura'n (find contradictions, bring something similar to it...),Prophet Mohammed's (pbuh) life and teachings, Prophecies (about and of Mohammed (pbuh)) in earlier scriptures and Scientific Facts (not just interpretations to match it), Perfect description of past events and people. 100% true prophecies about future events. Qura'n itself claims of it being from God and asks to prove it wrong. The basic message of Islam is only "Submission to Will of Allah (The God)" - Live life as he has commanded in His revelation and through His prophet (pbuh).
b. Best system for the mankind from individual, family, social, commercial, political, justice, criminal law, family law, societal law perspective. Be it prohibition of interest, gambling, alcohol etc. or be it a system of Zakat, Charity or be it guidelines to settle family disputes or be it guidelines to settle societal/national disputes or be it best and most practical system to curb the crime - not just by punishment but firstly by establishing a system not to let it flourish itself. Be it guideline and examples of treatment with parents, neighbours, relatives and other fellow mankind or be it clear explanation to settle matter of inheritance in peaceful and just manner. Be it guidelines for market to avoid cheating, greed and lust or Be it guidelines to prosper in market in a just and truthful manner. Be it guidelines to enjoin doing good and avoiding evil with all the abilities or be it god fearing and considerate in whatever we do. Be it a simple guideline of Meswaak (brushing teeth between every Namaz) to be it ablution and namaz itself which makes a person more pious. Be it the practical means to unite people in one brotherhood or be it love, affection and respect for all mankind irrespective of religion. Be it a guidance for 24x7 or be it freedom to live the life in line with God's wish which is the best of the system. Be it freedom from the desires and lust and greed of the world or be it a perfect balance between spiritual and materialistic aspects of the life where a person can simultaneously excel in both spheres of life. Be it peace in heart and mind that it offers or be it peace it spreads in lives of mankind. Not a single teaching is asking to do something evil or injustice.
c. You may not agree to some of the above...because you see them in examples of lives of bad Muslims. Like any system/community/group/religion, a person who just has the label of the group but does an activity against the guidelines of the group doesn't make group as wrong or does it? God enjoins us to do good. We will not be spared by pointing..."Oh! but he/she also did wrong"...It is similar to if we don't prepare for exams saying that Mr. XYZ, who is son of the teacher doesn't study as well,...both will fail in the exams...Everyone is accountable for what he/she does...God is most Just, most Merciful...
d. Islam doesn't claim to be a new religion originated by prophet Mohammed (pbuh)...Rather it tells that Islam i.e. Submission to the Lord of the worlds is a religion of all the times of all the people no matter where and when they live(d) on Earth...Islam makes it an article of faith to believe in all the earlier true prophets of God and the revelation revealed to them (in their original forms) to be from God...It virtually links a person with entire humanity of all the times...Islam tells that Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) is the last and final prophet of Allah and Qura'n is the final revelation of Him which is preserved till the last day...
e. Also the standards of morality defined ignoring facts doesn't help in justifying something as false. An example is objection to the Islam's rule of permissibility of polygamy. First of all people fail to understand, Islam allows polygamy and not makes it compulsory. It may be surprising but most of the Muslims have only one wife. At the same time, Islam doesn't allow extra marital affairs. Islam permits marrying more than one wife under necessary conditions with very strict guidelines to maintain justice and equality among wives. It also prohibits polyandry (a woman marrying more than one man) for just and wise reasons.
Now you tell me, Can Islam and Qura'n be from other than God? Had Mohammed (pbuh) thought it? Or His companions? Or people after him?
If it is from people, why can't no one ever met its challenges...Why can't the "most civilized and most intellectual" nations of the world till date lack many of the guidelines which this "uncivilized nation's illiterate" person has presented to the world...Why will a person after presenting such a complete and perfect way of life attribute it to God and at the same time "curse a person who does write something on its own and attribute it to God"...Why didn't God reply/expose/correct people to let them know the truth...What is the source of the accurate information of past and future? What is the source of guidelines most practical and apt for mankind?
Indeed Qura'n and Islam is from Allah - the Lord of the worlds, His final revelation for our guidance...The life of this world is nothing but a moment we should spend as per His wish. We will be accountable for the guidance we received. So u decide, Ignore the message OR ponder over it?..Ask questions with open heart if you have those...May Allah bless you with guidance....
There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth distinct from error. And he who rejecteth false deities and believeth in Allah hath grasped a firm handhold which will never break. Allah is Hearer, Knower. (256) Allah is the Protecting Guardian of those who believe. He bringeth them out of darkness into light. As for those who disbelieve, their patrons are false deities. They bring them out of light into darkness. Such are rightful owners of the Fire. They will abide therein. (257)
Still if you feel..."so what...ignore above, I have lots of material which is against Islam...". Believe me...there are more than 80,000 websites floating on internet which speaks against Islam....I have gone through some of them and their claims as well...These misconceptions and false allegations have no weight. If you don't believe share with me one of the biggest doubt you have against Islam being truth and see for yourself, how wrong the interpretation was....So do not ignore clear facts because you didn't understand few things. Allah will clear them as well...Just have an intention to learn...
I urge u to read Quran and listen to it...Indeed it has cure for the diseases of the heart....Read it as much as possible...http://www.quranexplorer.com/Quran/Default.aspx
When you get guidance pass it on to others who have not received it yet...
Assalam-u-aleikum,
Ahmed
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Truth of Life : Evolution or Creation
The root to belief in God lies in reasoning and reflecting what we see and experience.
Some people claim theory of evolution to be truth of life. They acknowledge Darwin for "proposing" link between Monkeys and us. The claim of the theory of evolution is the unique method of denying the existence of Allah (The God). According to the theory, inorganic molecules formed amino acids by chance, amino acids formed proteins by chance, and finally proteins formed living creatures again by chance. However, the probability of a living creature being formed by coincidence is less than the probability of the Eiffel Tower being formed in the same manner, because even the simplest human cell is more sophisticated than any man-made structure in the world. Even then a "determined" mind may answer this by quoting millions and billions of year process to support the probability...
This "proposed" theory is already dismissed basis scientific findings.
Even simple reasoning can help us understand truth of life...Think about reproduction, death - some basic facts of life...Is it possible for evolution to have decided an intelligent system of reproduction by a combination of masculine and feminine genders. So by evolution a male monkey (or primate) got evolved and at the same time another monkey (or primate) got evolved. The amazing thing is that these two creatures combined and the new baby is born. Who created this intelligence in the system? Who designed this method?
Similarly think about death...What is it?
Another simple refutation with reasoning to this theory is a fact of matter that no intermediate species are available. They may say, the intermediate species are not stable and hence they are wiped out...As process of evolution is continuous, even today a monkey should try to evolve into human being so the intermediate forms should be visible.
Some people confuse adaptation to an environment with evolution. People living in polar regions for thousand of years are still human and those animals living there are still animals. Although they have developed special characteristics to withstand the climate, they in essence remain same.
How is it possible to think that the balance in the world came about by coincidence when the extraordinary harmony of nature is observable even with the naked eye? It is the most unreasonable claim to say that the universe, each point of which suggests the existence of its Creator, has come into being on its own. Therefore, there should be an owner of the balance visible everywhere from our body to the farthest corners of the inconceivably vast universe. So, who is this Creator that ordained everything so subtly and created all?
He cannot be any material being present within the universe, because His must be a will that existed before the universe and created the universe thereupon. The Almighty Creator is One Whom everything finds existence, yet Whose existence is without any beginning or end. Religion teaches us the identity of our Creator Whose existence we discover with our reason. Through what He has revealed to us as religion, we know that He is Allah, the Compassionate and the Merciful, Who created the heavens and the earth from nothing.
To know more...refer http://www.harunyahya.com or send mail to ahmed.dalvi@gmail.com for the book Know Allah through Reasons
Purpose of Life and Religions : Isolated or Integrated
Life and its meaning
Life, a term most of us understand and pass through three stages of the same. We were child once, and then we turn into a young person and finally will become old and die. Everyone is not sure to go through all three stages for some die as child, some as young while others get to the old age. The life is so finite and uncertain.
Temporary Relationships
During this finite and uncertain duration, we get involved in so many relationships some willingly and some by birth. We have parents, relatives, friends, wife, children and so on. If we think for a moment, all these relations and associations with people are temporary and they phase out over a period of time as we get to new area of life. Even if one associates for life time, it’s going to end with the death – a truth of life which is known to all and ignored by many. Everyone gets few moments of happiness and some of sorrow, few moments of being together with others and some of being alone.
As a child we engage ourselves, with wish of parents and guardians, in studies, playing etc. Once we enter into youth, our priorities and aspirations change. We no longer get excited seeing a candy or a toy car. We enter into either business or employment and spend half of our day at work. We get married, have children and then starts role of a parent. Along with it, we also play role of a brother, a son, a husband/wife, a relative etc. Once we grow old, the priorities and aspirations change again and we restrict ourselves to few things and few places. And one day we silently move away from the world leaving all associations, relations, belongings behind.
Death – truth of life known to all and ignored by many
In all these, many of us forget or ignore the truth of life i.e. Death. It’s one of the facts that is universally accepted by people of all races, religions, color and caste. Not a single person denied, denies and can deny it. We all accept that life in this world is finite and will come to end one day irrespective of rich and poor.
We also believe that the duration of life is uncertain and not known to anyone though some claim to know it. A person can die in womb of mother or as a child or as a youth or as an old person. The reasons and excuses for death are many ranging from natural death to accidental to intentional.
To read complete work...please send mail to ahmed.dalvi@gmail.com
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