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Why did you choose the Quran instead of other scriptures like the bible?

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    Elke
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    arnold, are we playing ping pong ? )

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      arnoldyasin
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      ping pong ;D

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        Like most people I chose the Quran because the Bible had been corrupted and is very unreliable.

        However this Christian guy I knew also believed that the Bible was not accurate and had numerous errors, he also did not believe that it was the direct word of God either. Ironically whenever some one said the Bible had been distorted he was deeply offended. He did confuse me a lot since he thought only idiots thought that the Bible was the direct word of God. ???

        But he also said he would never follow the Quran because a hadith reported by Bukhary claimed Muhammad married a 9 year old, yet this guy stupidly believes it and he has no idea what is written in the Quran. Because of the absurd lies written in the hadith about Muhammad he has no intention of studying the Quran.

        One of my Christian work mates told me that she never reads the Bible because she can?t understand it, so she uses colorful little story books that are aimed at children which explain the stories in the Bible to understand it, lol I did that too. ;D

        Peace,
        Sugar

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          unknownuser
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          I will be straightforward.

          I know the Qur'an first, and I don't have any first-hand experience with the other books until my teens, and by that time I am not impressed by any of them, probably because I've been taught that they're corrupt versions of God's word.

          Only later on I came to seriously consider them, and among them I'm not impressed by the Bible, a book where the errors start at page one. The Qur'an turns out to be different from what I thought it is; it's deeper and more inclusive than some traditionalist teachings I've received.

          Yeh, very true bro regarding the errors starting at the very first page, i believe you mean how come God seperated the light and darkness in day one then in day 5 God did the same thing again and created the lights including the two big ones "The sun and the moon"?, another question is this, how the plants were created in day 3 and it should be dependant on the sun that was created in day 5?

          The most confusing point is this, how come the bible is counting the day and night from day 1 while they were sperated in day 5?

          see, too many contradiction in the first few lines in page 1 in the bible

          Peace

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            agentxxx
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            peace tony,

            For me it was not a matter of choice as there were no other scriptures, either at home or at school.

            peace.

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              unknownuser
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              peace tony,

              For me it was not a matter of choice as there were no other scriptures, either at home or at school.

              peace.

              Peace Agent

              The other scriptures are available online now, you can find them with ease

              Cheers

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                agentxxx
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                peace brother Ab,

                The other scriptures are available online now, you can find them with ease

                thank you bro, i will try and read them but i think this is enough for me

                Say I AM ONLY A MORTAL LIKE YOU; it is revealed to me that YOUR GOD IS ONE ALLAH, therefore WHOEVER HOPES TO MEET HIS LORD, HE SHOULD DO GOOD DEEDS, and NOT JOIN ANY ONE IN THE SERVICE OF HIS LORD. 18110.

                peace.

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                  unknownuser
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                  peace brother Ab,

                  The other scriptures are available online now, you can find them with ease

                  thank you bro, i will try and read them but i think this is enough for me

                  Say I AM ONLY A MORTAL LIKE YOU; it is revealed to me that YOUR GOD IS ONE ALLAH, therefore WHOEVER HOPES TO MEET HIS LORD, HE SHOULD DO GOOD DEEDS, and NOT JOIN ANY ONE IN THE SERVICE OF HIS LORD. 18110.

                  peace.

                  Thank you bro

                  but I just don't understand what you mean by 18110, do you mean that is only what is required for us "NOW DAYS" to be winners in the JD?

                  Thanks

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                    unknownuser
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                    Thank you bro

                    lol judging from agentxxx avatar I was under the impression that agentxxx was a girl ;D

                    Agentxxx who?s that cute girl on your avatar?

                    Peace,
                    Sugar

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                      agentxxx
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                      peace brother AB,

                      but I just don't understand what you mean by 18110, do you mean that is only what is required for us "NOW DAYS" to be winners in the JD?

                      I don?t know about the OTHERS? According to my understanding, ?to believe in ONE GOD and DO GOOD DEEDS? is enough to qualify and be amongst the winners on the JD.

                      And as to THOSE WHO BELIEVE and DO GOOD DEEDS, He will pay them fully THEIR REWARDS; and Allah does not love the unjust. 357.

                      SURELY those who say, OUR LORD IS ALLAH, then THEY CONTINUE ON THE RIGHT WAY, THEY SHALL HAVE NO FEAR NOR SHALL THEY GRIEVE. 4613.
                      These are the dwellers of the garden, abiding therein a reward for what they did. 4614.

                      peace.

                      Peace.

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                        agentxxx
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                        peace sugar,

                        lol judging from agentxxx avatar I was under the impression that agentxxx was a girl

                        lol (- sweet sister sugar lol (-

                        Agentxxx who?s that cute girl on your avatar?

                        She is my wife?s niece ?Mahreen? 3 years old, and I adore her.

                        God bless you,
                        peace.

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                          unknownuser
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                          Good morning agent

                          and how about believeing in the angels, all the messnegers, all the scriputes and the Jd

                          would the above is a requirement to win or not?

                          thanks

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                            peace AB,

                            you wrote

                            and how about believeing in the angels, all the messnegers, all the scriputes and the Jd

                            would the above is a requirement to win or not?

                            bro,I believe in all that you have mentioned. But the main emphasis is, Allah the Day of Judgment and GOOD DEEDS.

                            1. Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the Sabians and the Christians WHOEVER BELIEVES IN ALLAH and THE LAST DAY and DOES GOOD-- they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.

                            98 7. (As for) those who believe and DO GOOD, surely they are the -best of men.

                            1. And all have degrees ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY DO; and your Lord is not heedless of what they do.

                            17 9. Surely this Quran guides to that which is most upright and gives good news to the believers WHO DO GOOD that they shall HAVE A GREAT REWARD.

                            593.On those who believe and DO GOOD there is no blame for what they eat, when they are careful (of their duty) and believe and DO GOOD DEEDS, then they are careful (of their duty) and believe, then they are careful (of their duty) and DO GOOD (to others), and Allah loves those WHO DO GOOD (to others).

                            1. As to those who believe and WORK RIGHTEOUS DEEDS, they have, for their entertainment, the Gardens of Paradise,

                            29 7. And (as for) those who believe and DO GOOD, We will most certainly do away with their evil deeds and We will most certainly reward them the best of what they did.

                            29 9. And (as for) those who believe and DO GOOD, We will most surely cause them to enter among the good.

                            1. And (as for) those who believe and DO GOOD, We will certainly give them abode in the high places in gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein; how good the reward of the workers

                            2. As for those who believe and DO GOOD, the gardens are their abiding-place; an entertainment for what they did.

                            3. Now no person knows what delights of the eye are kept hidden (in reserve) for them - as a reward for their (GOOD) DEEDS.

                            4. Then We gave the Book for an inheritance to those whom We chose from among Our servants; but of them is he who makes his soul to suffer a loss, and of them is he who takes a middle course, and of them is he who is foremost in DEEDS OF GOODNESS by Allah's permission; this is the great excellence.

                            5. And they shall cry therein for succour O our Lord ! take us out, WE WILL DO GOOD DEEDS other than those which we used to do. Did We not preserve you alive long enough, so that he who would be mindful in it should mind? And there came to you the warner; therefore taste; because for the unjust, there is no helper.

                            6. And every soul shall be paid back fully WHAT IT HAS DONE, and He knows best what they do.

                            7. You will see the unjust fearing on account of what they have earned, and it must befall them; and those who believe and DO GOOD shall be in the meadows of the gardens; they shall have what they please with their Lord that is the great grace.

                            8. That is of which Allah gives the good news to His servants, (to) those who believe and DO GOOD DEEDS. Say I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives; and whoever earns good, We give him more of good therein; surely Allah is Forgiving, Grateful.

                            9. And He answers those who believe and DO GOOD DEEDS, and gives them more out of His grace; and (as for) the unbelievers, they shall have a severe punishment.

                            10. And Allah's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that) He may reward those who DO GOOD with goodness.

                            11. Then as for him whose GOOD DEEDS are preponderant, these are the successful.

                            12. Surely (as for) those who believe and DO GOOD, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the great achievement.

                            ps sorry for the delay,I am having problems with my internet connection.
                            peace.

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                              Peace Agentxxx,

                              I agree 100%. Yet above that
                              A thought without feeling is a powerless thought. (Difference between belief and FAITH).
                              GOOD DEEDS are the manifestation of FAITH and when one has not earned to receive it, he would fall for believing in forms and names.

                              peace,

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                                Peace Agentxxx,

                                Awesome post. Thats my reason as well!

                                Peace!

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                                  peace Alpha97,

                                  A thought without feeling is a powerless thought. (Difference between belief and FAITH).
                                  GOOD DEEDS are the manifestation of FAITH and when one has not earned to receive it, he would fall for believing in forms and names.

                                  i agree with you 100% ;D

                                  IS NOT RELIGION ALL DEEDS AND ALL REFLECTION.
                                  WHO CAN SEPARATE HIS FAITH FROM HIS ACTIONS.

                                  God blessyou.
                                  peace.

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                                    peace peacefulmuslim,

                                    Awesome post. Thats my reason as well!

                                    Thank you sis and God bless you

                                    peace.

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                                      peace

                                      what about worshipping of no idols? that's also part of it. A huge part.

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                                        peace AB,

                                        bro,I believe in all that you have mentioned. But the main emphasis is, Allah the Day of Judgment and GOOD DEEDS.

                                        Peace bro

                                        Thanks for you comment mate

                                        Ok, you say that the main emphasis is on three things (Allah, Judgment Day and Good Deeds), however the good deeds are conditioned with the belief, i.e. you must be a believer for the good deeds to be accepted, the Quran emphasised that too., now the question is, if the good deeds are conditioned with the belief, what we should believe in from the first place?, can you please answer my question again?

                                        1. Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the Sabians and the Christians WHOEVER BELIEVES IN ALLAH and THE LAST DAY and DOES GOOD-- they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.

                                        I would like you to walk me through this verse and explain to me how it works please

                                        98 7. (As for) those who believe and DO GOOD, surely they are the -best of men.

                                        Again the question is believe in what? In Allah and the Judgment Day only?

                                        1. And all have degrees ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY DO; and your Lord is not heedless of what they do.

                                        I agree of course

                                        17 9. Surely this Quran guides to that which is most upright and gives good news to the believers WHO DO GOOD that they shall HAVE A GREAT REWARD.

                                        again 179 says ? and gives good news to the believers?, now the question remains, who are the believers?, are they the ones who believe in Allah and the Judgment Day only?

                                        593.On those who believe and DO GOOD there is no blame for what they eat, when they are careful (of their duty) and believe and DO GOOD DEEDS, then they are careful (of their duty) and believe, then they are careful (of their duty) and DO GOOD (to others), and Allah loves those WHO DO GOOD (to others).

                                        again and again, 593 says ? and believe?, now let me put it boldly, if we have a nice lady who claims to believe in Allah and the JD and she only makes good deeds to others ?But she does not belive in the Qura), and she believes that homosexuality is ok with Allah, what do you think this woman should be according to the Quran, a Momen or a kafir?

                                        1. As to those who believe and WORK RIGHTEOUS DEEDS, they have, for their entertainment, the Gardens of Paradise,

                                        again bro, ? As to those who believe?, see man, it is all about believing really, so let me ask you another question, how about someone calling him/herself a muslim and believe in the Quran, they also believe that homosexuality is not haram, what do you think of that muslim, is he/she a kafir or not?

                                        29 7. And (as for) those who believe and DO GOOD, We will most certainly do away with their evil deeds and We will most certainly reward them the best of what they did.

                                        what can I say, well here it is again ? those who believe?, now please confirm to me what all the things we need to believe in from the Quran without guessing what the emphasis is on.

                                        29 9. And (as for) those who believe and DO GOOD, We will most surely cause them to enter among the good.

                                        ok man, here it is again ? those who believe?, well here is another question, how about those who call themselves Muslims and don?t believe that jesus was born to a virgin woman, are they kafirs or not?

                                        1. And (as for) those who believe and DO GOOD, We will certainly give them abode in the high places in gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein; how good the reward of the workers

                                        do I have to say more?, well why not, here it is again ? those who believe?, how about someone who does not believe that the prophets are real, would that be a Kafir?

                                        1. As for those who believe and DO GOOD, the gardens are their abiding-place; an entertainment for what they did.

                                        mate, I?m getting tired really, don?t think that you will overwhelm me with all these Quran verses, it seems you will overwhelm others who don?t really understand what we should believe in, well here it is again from the above verse ? those who believe?, so my next question will be, how about someone who does not believe in the previous books revealed/inspired by Allah?

                                        1. Now no person knows what delights of the eye are kept hidden (in reserve) for them - as a reward for their (GOOD) DEEDS.

                                        bro, what 3217 has to do with it exactly, it only says that amazing reward are hidden to those who do good deeds, but you dropped the verse before it 3216 ? ?, which means that they fear Allah and are humble in their belief, you also dropped the one after it 3218 which says ? ?, which says ?the believe is not equal to the Fasiq (Kafir)?, again 3217 it conditioned to those who believe, not those who do good deeds and don?t believe in what Allah says,

                                        now let me take you as an example here if you consider me a brother, you said you don?t mind to look at sexy woman in the street if you get a chance, but Allah told us not to do that in the Quran, so are you really classified as a humble believer? If you don?t, then sorry these verses don?t apply to you, do you really fear Allah as 3216 told us?

                                        1. Then We gave the Book for an inheritance to those whom We chose from among Our servants; but of them is he who makes his soul to suffer a loss, and of them is he who takes a middle course, and of them is he who is foremost in DEEDS OF GOODNESS by Allah's permission; this is the great excellence.

                                        3532 is a very complicated verse and I would like you to walk me through it please

                                        1. And they shall cry therein for succour O our Lord ! take us out, WE WILL DO GOOD DEEDS other than those which we used to do. Did We not preserve you alive long enough, so that he who would be mindful in it should mind? And there came to you the warner; therefore taste; because for the unjust, there is no helper.

                                        3537 refutes you actually, it clearly says that the kafirs want to do other good deeds than the good deeds they did before, ? O our Lord ! take us out, ?WE WILL DO GOOD DEEDS other than those which we used to do?, see, their good deeds that they did while being kafirs ARE NOT ACCEPTED

                                        1. And every soul shall be paid back fully WHAT IT HAS DONE, and He knows best what they do.

                                        bro, the above verse it talking about (Good deeds and bad deeds) I don?t understand your point really

                                        1. You will see the unjust fearing on account of what they have earned, and it must befall them; and those who believe and DO GOOD shall be in the meadows of the gardens; they shall have what they please with their Lord that is the great grace.

                                        2. That is of which Allah gives the good news to His servants, (to) those who believe and DO GOOD DEEDS. Say I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives; and whoever earns good, We give him more of good therein; surely Allah is Forgiving, Grateful.

                                        again bro, in both verses, the condition to believe was repeated ? those who believe?, how about those Muslims who drink Alcohol, would you consider them believers?, did they believe what Allah said?

                                        1. And He answers those who believe and DO GOOD DEEDS, and gives them more out of His grace; and (as for) the unbelievers, they shall have a severe punishment.

                                        ? those who believe?, can you please remind me with what I need to believe in from the Quran?, thanks bro

                                        1. And Allah's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that) He may reward those who DO GOOD with goodness.

                                        well, the above verse does not add any thing to your argument, it is part of a context starting from verse 27-32, about the believers and the non believers please read it bro, it is all about belief bro not about good deeds at all, the good deeds of an unbeliever will be rewarded with nothing, here it is

                                        22- On the day when they shall see the angels, there shall be no joy on that day for the guilty, and they shall say It is a forbidden thing totally prohibited.

                                        23- And We shall turn to whatever deeds they did (in this life), and We shall make such deeds as floating dust scattered about.

                                        (22)
                                        (23)

                                        See, ? And We shall turn to whatever deeds they did (in this life), and We shall make such deeds as floating dust scattered about.?

                                        1. Then as for him whose GOOD DEEDS are preponderant, these are the successful.

                                        the above verse can?t be 23102 can you please confirm, here it is in Arabic ? ?, the verse never mentioned ?GOOD DEEDS?, it only said the ones with heavy weight, I believe that heavy weight is the belief and the good deeds together

                                        1. Surely (as for) those who believe and DO GOOD, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the great achievement.

                                        again, ? those who believe?

                                        ps sorry for the delay,I am having problems with my internet connection.
                                        peace.

                                        No worries bro, take your time, there is no rush at my end

                                        Take care

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                                          almarh0m
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                                          Salam Brethren )

                                          Qur?n Verse 22-5 and 73 "Follow the Revelation Given unto you from your Lord, And Follow not , as Guide or Protectors, other than Him. Little it is ye remember of admonition".

                                          The above Verses are sufficient for me to Follow Qur?n and Serve God alone in Deeds to the best of my ability and as Sincere as I feel .

                                          Peace and Cheers
                                          almarh0m

                                          "he who Created me , It is He who Guide me ".

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