Dying in a state of kufr and shirk
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Who says we know about 'one true God' now?
All we know is what we are taught and what we get from our interpretations of old texts.
Multi-cultural settings are nothing but several mono-cultures side by side. Shifting from one to another COULD be like staying within only one. From one, to another one.Good answer.
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Peace Zulf.
What do you make of Qoran?Does it not answer thisWho says we know about 'one true God' now?
There is nothing here under the sun that has not been taught by someone or something.
GOD bless you.
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Who says we know about 'one true God' now?
TRUE
we only know what someone else taught us but the chain has to go back somewhere at start. who was the one who taught at the first place.. ?TRUE God never stop sending his signs untill now..
All we know is what we are taught and what we get from our interpretations of old texts.
its different what interpretation say about God compared to what God actually said.
perhaps its also something like sign
964 The One who taught by the pen.
965 He taught the human being what he did not know.The Pen symbolizes the exchange of knowledge through written records, unique to man. Since this is a Divine gift to mankind, ?It is He Who taught.?
My point is only that things might not be as clear and straight forward as many religious people may claim.
Cheers
O0true ..
its different what they say about what God say? vs what what actually said ..cheers
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same like salat is broad as per quran and a perfect examples of anti musali are in chapter 7 ..
typing error , chapter 107
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Peace Zulf.
What do you make of Qoran?Does it not answer thisWho says we know about 'one true God' now?
There is nothing here under the sun that has not been taught by someone or something.
GOD bless you.
Peace.The Quran? I don't know. But I'm biased in favor of divine inspiration... but I find interpretations disturbing.
So, if I find something disturbing, it can be for different reasons.
I will always be biased and subjective, but the question is to what extent and in what questions.
I can be biased and at the same time right or wrong.
Perhaps I find stuff disturbing simply because the text interpretations are wrong, against common sense and reason... but common sense and reason are at the same time very subjective.
But I think it is best if we cross reference everything against everything else, if you know what I mean. Insight can come from anywhere, or be triggered by anything.From experience it seems like this
Nobody is right about everything. You can find people who are really enlightened or insightful about something, and then they have very odd ideas about something else.
So, nobody is perfect in knowledge and understanding. When you realize this you can avoid disappointment. Some people are not comfortable with such disappointment and instead prefer perfect people with perfect knowledge, and so they get stuck in sects and what not.I actually think that the brain/mind/intellect is a sharp double edged sword.
It is a curse upon us, a burden and challenge, while at the same time we can fine tune it and use it to understand it's dangers and thereby avoid being trapped in blindness by it.
The intellect can enslave you, but also be used to make your way forward and design thinking habits which prevent you from being intellectually enslaved/blinded.
"I don't know" is much better that a false and factually incorrect idea.sun
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I understand you brother Zulf.
My problem is how long do we remain a "do not know"?
We have to pursue/carry on a journey towards "I must try my best to know". Even a false knowledge is better than a "do not know".I suppose when challenged with a better knowledge from others ,we must not remain in our false knowledge because of pride.
Our instinct and logic will always warn us from being "dogmatic" if we are honest and sincere ,we will listen.
Thanks and GOD bless you.
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Again, shirk is no mystery
There is shirk via taghut. (following what he says as opposed to what Allah says)
We have institutionalized shirk. (governments)
There is cultural shirk. (Ancestors, additions put in place)
There is shirk thru ego. (What I want)
There is shirk from arrogance. (I don't listen)
Belief in false claims that folks know the unseen. (I need help from fortune tellers, mystics etc.,)
Beliefs contrary to Quran hmm yeah I know, needs further explanations
Shirk because of emotional and physical needs. (boyfriend, girlfriend)
Innovations.
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Again, shirk is no mystery
There is shirk via taghut. (following what he says as opposed to what Allah says)
We have institutionalized shirk. (governments)
There is cultural shirk. (Ancestors, additions put in place)
There is shirk thru ego. (What I want)
There is shirk from arrogance. (I don't listen)
Belief in false claims that folks know the unseen. (I need help from fortune tellers, mystics etc.,)
Beliefs contrary to Quran hmm yeah I know, needs further explanations
Shirk because of emotional and physical needs. (boyfriend, girlfriend)
Innovations.
In the bolded, racism is used like that.
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My problem is how long do we remain a "do not know"?
It's not a problem at all, the more "don't know" that you have, the more enlightened that you shall be.
As for how long? Until the end of times..We have to pursue/carry on a journey towards "I must try my best to know". Even a false knowledge is better than a "do not know".
The more enlightened you are, the more questions that you shall have.
The more questions that you shall have, the more "do not know" that you shall have.The less enlightened you are, the less questions that you shall have.
The less questions that you shall have, the less "do not know" that you shall have.False knowledge is a hint / clue for the path of true knowledge.
You can realize the truth through recognition of falsehood.
Once you realize the truth of a question, more additional questions shall sprung up which demanded answer.The question is can you realize falsehood within your own idea / hypothesis?
If you can, then the more enlightened shall you become, new questions shall instantly sprung up after you found an answer to a question, thus you shall realize that there is so many more things that you actually "don't know"."Enlightenment takes place when one lets his innocence emerge and sees nature and life with a childlike awe and respect. The ?why? of a child is repeated over and over, causing questions and the never-ending process of discovery."
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Again, shirk is no mystery
There is shirk via taghut. (following what he says as opposed to what Allah says)
We have institutionalized shirk. (governments)
There is cultural shirk. (Ancestors, additions put in place)
There is shirk thru ego. (What I want)
There is shirk from arrogance. (I don't listen)
Belief in false claims that folks know the unseen. (I need help from fortune tellers, mystics etc.,)
Beliefs contrary to Quran hmm yeah I know, needs further explanations
Shirk because of emotional and physical needs. (boyfriend, girlfriend)
Innovations.
In the bolded, racism is used like that.
Interesting, you point out the paradigm that shirk equals negativity
in many forms, thanks.peace
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Goodlogic
I never wondered if intentional ignorance would "let me loose". I think we have a duty to discover and learn and our learning or lack of will have its consequences.I intend to read more on shirk there's quite alot of verses related to it. Though ATM I've been busy prioritising worldly life. Just got into a job and it's not quite smooth running as I had hoped.
I agree with Jafar that not knowing isn?t the worst of things actually it?s maybe even humbling but I also think not knowing makes one feel deficient.
Makaveli
Would someone know he/she is commiting idolatry if that person lived away from multi-cultural civilizations and before the Internet? In other words, happen you did not know about "one true God", would you "shirk"?
What do you think?
Imrankhawaja
I don?t know anywhere that grants a pass with 40%. some courses I did needed 70% pass rates but yeah fear is human nature. The anxiety of not knowing or failing stresses people differently.About speaking against parents, I don't think it's a major sin though in my culture it's def frowned upon. Speaking against doesn't necessarily mean offing, swearing or being rude. Having an opinion that isn?t congruent can be quite conflicting particularly with authoritarian mindsets.
Hawk99
Based on what you have outlined it would seem shirk is very easy to commit.
We?re all governed by laws/governments, everyone grew up in a culture that has customs and people add and subtract to what suits them ? consciously or not, we all want things. -
I don?t know anywhere that grants a pass with 40%. some courses I did needed 70%
i was telling about my school exams passing percentage to promote a student to next level , in some areas the percentage of passing marks is even 33 %.
and it depends from level to level in some fields you have to qualify by even 90 % like in intelligence selection or public service commission exams and even in some there is no limit of higher percentage whoever comes at first 100 positions out of millions will get select...
but when i was reading your post i was thinking you are referring towards chap 101 its simple weights high and low.
yeah fear is human nature. The anxiety of not knowing or failing stresses people differently.
FEAR is main programe of this life .IT makes you reach your goal and keep telling you that you are in some kind of race towards betterment.. thats what everybodys thinking from worldy life to life hereafter.
About speaking against parents, I don't think it's a major sin though in my culture it's def frowned upon. Speaking against doesn't necessarily mean offing, swearing or being rude. Having an opinion that isn?t congruent can be quite conflicting particularly with authoritarian mindsets.
we misunderstood eachother..
obviously we can speak against our parents if we found them doing wrong or we can also debate with them on different issues but its nothing to b worried for or consider it as wrong doing .. respect is another thing and thinking about our life is another thing..another part in it when they reached at their old age and start behaving like kids then we dnt have to say a slight guesture of "uff"..at this age sense of feeling is like child and we should keep this thing in mind, they raised us as kids so both are different time situations of life.
? consciously or not, we all want things.
very true ..
thats what life is. life circle around things. things generate the business and earning of life system..in this life we have been created in struggle these things may b not valueable in hereafter as they are valueable here thats why when religious texts give a metaphor of hereafter to worldly related things they tell "plenty".
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I agree with Jafar that not knowing isn?t the worst of things actually it?s maybe even humbling but I also think not knowing makes one feel deficient.
Hey all,
People feel deficient and lost when in a state of not knowing. That's why people 'believe' stuff. A belief is comforting and soothing... something you can hook your mind and identity on. A crutch.
But people often claim to know when they actually only believe. You 'believe' when you actually 'don't know'. But it's hard to admit. -
Peace All.
Just what are we talking about here?
Shirk?
Then how can we remain ignorant of what shirk is if we know for sure there is a Creator and the message from the Creator says do not commit shirk?
Of course there are a lot of other things we do not know that do not really matter if you do not get to know them.
But it does matter if we remain ignorant of what shirk is!
Unless of course one is not sure or does not want to know, then they are making that decision.For those that do not believe/know for sure GOD exists or that there is a message from GOD this thread is irrelevant. There is no shirk /partner with GOD because there is no GOD in their reality.
GOD bless .
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Hey all,
People feel deficient and lost when in a state of not knowing. That's why people 'believe' stuff. A belief is comforting and soothing... something you can hook your mind and identity on. A crutch.
But people often claim to know when they actually only believe. You 'believe' when you actually 'don't know'. But it's hard to admit.No, we are playing with words. We use the term believe with a variety of meanings and then finally everybody is happy he is right, just have in your head that particular meaning of "believe".
If you know of course you believe, it would be idiotic not believing something you do know.
The belief that the Qur'an speaks about is not the "faith" without proof that some people take for believing. The believing of the Qur'an is the one based on conviction. The belief that comes from having gone through several stages of questionning and enquiring and digesting and checking that allows you to be convinced of something. That I think is what the faith in Qur'an means, al yaqin.
Salaam
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Hawk99
Based on what you have outlined it would seem shirk is very easy to commit.
We?re all governed by laws/governments, everyone grew up in a culture that has customs and people add and subtract to what suits them ? consciously or not, we all want things.what you say is true, however we must understand shirk in the context
of taghut, rebellion, institutionalization, culture and on a personal level
via Quran.Have you seen he who has taken as his god his desire, and Allah has
sent him astray due to knowledge and has set a seal upon his hearing and his
heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after Allah ?
Then will you not be reminded?And they set up rivals to Allah, to mislead from
His path! Say ?Enjoy But certainly, your destination is the Fire!?Who are the misleaders?
Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgives
anything else, to whom He pleases; to set up partners with Allah is to
fabricate a great sin.The believing of the Qur'an is the one based on conviction. The belief that comes from having gone through several stages of questioning and enquiring and digesting and checking that allows you to be convinced of something. That I think is what the faith in Qur'an means, al yaqin.
I would say believing the Qur'an is based on evidence and not mere conviction.
peace
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No, we are playing with words. We use the term believe with a variety of meanings and then finally everybody is happy he is right, just have in your head that particular meaning of "believe".
If you know of course you believe, it would be idiotic not believing something you do know.
The belief that the Qur'an speaks about is not the "faith" without proof that some people take for believing. The believing of the Qur'an is the one based on conviction. The belief that comes from having gone through several stages of questionning and enquiring and digesting and checking that allows you to be convinced of something. That I think is what the faith in Qur'an means, al yaqin.
Salaam
I definately agree that it mostly becomes a play with words, a semantic game, and then misunderstandings arise, either willfully and by mistake. Politics, and I guess much of human communication, is like this. I guess it stems from that we all in fact live in our own worlds, with our own unique perspectives, and sometimes the overlap is very large and sometimes it is not so large.
When I say 'believe', I mean anything which you do not have direct experience of. Which means alot of things.
Conviction can be based on different degrees of honesty and reason.
The one with blind religious faith has conviction, but so do you when you have e.g. observed something for a long time, pondered on it, heard different view points about it and then drawn a sensible conclusion about it.People can have faith, believe or be convinced, yet without actually knowing. Real knowing is rare. But I think the most important point is not whether you know or not, but rather whether you admit that you don't actually know something for sure, regardless of your convictions, beliefs or faith.
Admitting you don't know keeps doors open. But people are afraid of that. What if something they are convinced of suddenly becomes less convincing? Scary! People are actually afraid of letting go of certain beliefs. Fear.
sun
But then again... it's all about words.
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Know?
I know I am here now. The question would be hat is here, hat is "am"...If we go beyond that a little bit we have to know by reason and feeling. Sometimes reason goe one way and feelings go the other, however hen both go the same way usually you have something right.
The question is that absolutely nobody knows anything or everything, however we do know that knowing is there and is possible even if it is not absolute. We have to do with that. But what we also know is that it is possible to improve knowledge, so in fact, jast as with everything else, the important thing is that we try to know better if we can.
And everyone learns for his or her on use, so finally it is satisfying int he sense that we do not lead others into error, because what I know may not possible to know to somebody else and viceversa and it would be silly to become like a pope and state that hat I know is really what everybody must know. No. Each knows what she is apt to know. It is not that knowing is relative, but that it is wide and there is an infinite to know, so we indeed know and e do know that knowing is something satisfactory, particularly to learn, but that does not mean that we know everything or that we know something completely, and that is why we can learn, because e do not know everything.
Salaam
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I think we need to stay specific. What we know and what we do not know are miles apart.
When we know ,it means we have no doubt ,we are 100% certain. So why complicate things ?
If we believe Qoran and we have no doubt (we are certain it is from GOD),then we also know for certain we are accountable.
It follows that we need to find out what is shirk?
All the rest ,like we cannot know, we are not honest, afraid to say we do not know, afraid of change, do not want to find out we are wrong...etc are like deviations and excuses.
The bottom line is we have got to search/ponder/study the message and find out
It all depends on our "certainty about GOD and His message". Those who are certain will have no choice but to seek the knowledge of what is shirk from their perspective.
Those who have doubt will stay wavering and arguing the case from their perspective.By nature, human beings are , impatient, argumentative, hesitant, doubtful, and arrogant (7019, 2137, 755, 1854, 149, 712). We tend to question everything and doubt all that is unseen.
We argue about God, His greatness and infinite grace. Blinded by ego, falsehood in most of the time would make more sense to us than knowledge.
Even those of us who utter the words of belief are mostly unable to take God's words literally and seriously the way we should be. That is if we believe Qoran.
The Most Merciful provides us with all the means that help get rid of any shade of doubt, yet, we continue to exhibit nothing but ignorance and lack of appreciation, We must try to be the exception, the ones that are worthy of guidance, knowledge and certainty.This is the truth from your Lord; do not harbor any doubts.
We need to trust GOD to teach us His knowledge.
Just saying we do not know and we cannot know is mostly an excuse.
GOD bless.
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People can have faith, believe or be convinced, yet without actually knowing. Real knowing is rare. But I think the most important point is not whether you know or not, but rather whether you admit that you don't actually know something for sure, regardless of your convictions, beliefs or faith.
it's all about words.
brother zulf hope you doing good in life.
TRUE its all about words and sometimes we have to go after words for making ourselves in better position.
lets take another approach = about your approach i m not sure the faith/beleive/knowing is referred to supreme creator or the religious text but lets forget everything whatever related with religion like prophets/books..
about me , i dnt beleive in something..
but i KNOW something..i know the place where i m living and about myself that (i m not creator) of anything.. question goes back to if its a creation there must b a creator.. this thing i know again saying i know ..
its all about words..
about religious text it varies from perosn to person as per understanding the way how one understand...i dnt have a direct evidence who is that supreme creator, but i know someone there... two different things.
