fabercating islam but unwilling to change urself and system
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if i lend money to family and friend, it is wrong for me to charge interest and harass them to pay me back.
now, i don't consider myself a hypocrite for putting money in my bank and taking interest. the bank is not just holding the money for me. they are investing my money and i get a tiny portion. and i am not a hypocrite either to purchase a car and pay it off with interest. i took out student loans for my education and paid it in full with interests. will be taking out a mortgage to buy a house next.
if you have issues with the system, then don't use it. if you think it is wrong for you to put your money in a bank or buy a house on mortgage then don't but it is not right for you to go around calling people hypocrites based on your understanding and interpretation of the Quran. you live your life the way you see fit and others live their lives the way they see fit. this is the kind of attitude and mentality that is wrong with the so called 'muslim' community and why there will never be unity. if you want unity then it needs to start with you first.
Good response
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If everybody does as he sees fit, then why would we need God (or Qur'an)?
If everybody interprets anything however he wants, then why would we need any set of rules?
If anybody could come to God on their own, then why would God send any messenger or message?
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God gave us the free will to live our lives the way we see fit. You have the free will to not believe in God if you wish. it is not for anyone to take away God given free will or impose his/her belief on others. there is a verse in the Koran where God himself makes it clear that there is no compulsion in the matters of religion.
Rules are there so that one person will not infringe on the rights or cause harm to another person. You can read the Koran and interpret that all non-muslims should be killed but this interpretation clearly violates the rights of others. This obviously cannot be allowed. Now if you interpret the Koran to mean worshiping 5 times, that's your interpretation which you can apply to yourself but not to others who may have a different interpretation. You can live your life anyway you see fit as long as it doesn't interfere affecting my right to live my life the way I see fit. To you your way, to me my way. That's what God says.
a person can believe in God living a righteous life not having read any scriptures. God sent guidance via messengers and each person can come to his/her own about taking God's guidance.
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AGAIN!
If everybody does as he sees fit, then why would we need God (or Qur'an)?
If everybody interprets anything however he wants, then why would we need any set of rules?
If anybody could come to God on their own, then why would God send any messenger or message?
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AGAIN!
If everybody does as he sees fit, then why would we need God (or Qur'an)?
If everybody interprets anything however he wants, then why would we need any set of rules?
If anybody could come to God on their own, then why would God send any messenger or message?
thanks for the question.
i'm not anwering to anyone.. perhaps i'll try to answer it for myself. but just sharing the answer here
and overtime it(answers) may change as i learn more and more.Q If everybody does as he sees fit, then why would we need God (or Qur'an)?
A quran meant for a guidance from god (not the only guidance i believe)
thus it's a minimal guideline for better living (or peaceful life). although everybody does as he sees fit, atleast there's a minimal guidline so people don't transgress or doing something overboard. for example, one might think it's ok to kill. but that'll be overboard according to quran. so it's like everyone can do as they like as long as not overboard etc. thats why there's quran even one can do as he please.
about why we need god, i keep it for now. i can't answer that myself at the moment.
in general i've heard most says (those that believe in god) human nature is tend to seek for something to cling to,protection,help,etc
as for myself, i was born as a god-believing person. i might be bias in answering this.Q If everybody interprets anything however he wants, then why would we need any set of rules?
the set of rules is for reading the quran?Q If anybody could come to God on their own, then why would God send any messenger or message?
A this one is tough one for me. i was born to believe in god. i can't imagine being some non-god-believing person trying to find about god. i'm not sure about anybody could come to god in their own.
(of coz god can plant into everyone's mind to think about him. but i think it's like fixed programming. or like god interfere with our decision. so i do believe the concept of god sends the awareness thru messenger and human decide seems legit.)imo, human can't think of all the things in theworld. thus god created many of us with diff2 minds so we mix and co-operate. thus thats why messenger/message is needed. to create the awareness. after that its up to the person to decide what to do with that awareness of theirs. an example of mine would be history.
i wouldn't be able to think of history of america if i never knew its existence. but once i heard about america from someone/news/movies.
then only my brain will think of such question like when, where, why, etc. or i could still not bother to think after heard about it. it's a choice. what i'm trying to say, i think it's hard to start sumthing out of nothing. most likely people will not think of evertyhing on their own. and not like everone knows everything by default.
human capacity to know verything is limited thus diff people might think of diff field and when combine it'll be spreadto me messenger not only for quran. perhaps the wind could be a messenger to tell about the wheather.
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AGAIN!
If everybody does as he sees fit, then why would we need God (or Qur'an)?
If everybody interprets anything however he wants, then why would we need any set of rules?
If anybody could come to God on their own, then why would God send any messenger or message?
There are many core issues the Koran laid out that people here do not have differences. However its how the application is where people here differ. What the Koran made clear is clear but what it left for us to decide and strive for is where there can be differences. The important thing is to differ but not to seperate. The Koran says that differences (ikhtilaf) can be settled by God on judgement day but we should not seperate (tafreeq).
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There are many core issues the Koran laid out that people here do not have differences. However its how the application is where people here differ. What the Koran made clear is clear but what it left for us to decide and strive for is where there can be differences. The important thing is to differ but not to seperate. The Koran says that differences (ikhtilaf) can be settled by God on judgement day but we should not seperate (tafreeq).
Hahahaha, then Qur'an did not bring anything clarifying after the Bible on how to live life and how to repair oneself and the world...
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What is not clear?
It clarified the One-ness of God and the meaning of Monotheism and Islam and our purpose for being here. It also clearly advocates individuals to strive towards piety, righteousness, purifying ones self, spiritual growth and good works and to avoid sin and evil. All of these are totally dependant on the individual based on their own life, experiences, circumstances, faults, weaknesses and strengths.
Everyone has to choose what they will do based on what they understand. Thus people will be different, will practice different and apply those above admonitions differently. There is nothing wrong with that at all and we shouldnt worry about what others do. We are only responsible for what we do and we must allow others to practice their religion as they see fit and not create sects over those differences.
Seems clear to me. ) peace