Loan to Allah a beautiful loan.
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Loan to Allah a beautiful loan.
In this life, we frequently use the term 'Loan' to refer to a financial transaction. And I too used to think this way when Allah was referring to it. I took this term to mean that you should give of your wealth to those who need it. Recently I have been considering this term deeper. Allah uses the adjective 'beautiful'. Had he just said, a 'goodly' loan, then I could interpret it to mean financial, but he says beautiful.
So what do we loan to Allah in this life when we become Muslims? Our lives. Think of the depth of this phrase, Allah created you and everything else in existence -- you already belong to him. Considering that he says if you loan him this beautiful loan, he will reward you. I think this favours the 'free will' argument. Not that our will is entirely unbound, because it isn't. But if we had no will and everything in our life was decided for us, there would be no need for us to loan him our lives, he already owns them and is in complete control of them.
This is a great mercy, I believe. Allah trusts you to make the right decisions and trust in him. Because in truth, although we have faith -- we cannot see Allah, we cannot hear Allah, and we cannot touch Allah. Our relationship with him is entirely based upon trust. You trust that what you have read in the Qur'an is the truth, you trust that when you die you will be judged in fairness, and you trust your prayers are heard -- even when they are not answered.
The depth of the wisdom in the words of the Qur'an astound me every day. Every line and every verse has significance, even if you overlook it. But it is when you come back and attempt to solidify your understanding that the truth becomes manifest. I think this ties into loaning Allah this beautiful loan. I have loaned him my life in exchange for guidance, peace, and a whole host of other intangible reasons. And I'm glad you've done the same.
Just wanted to share something I noticed, salamu alaikum.
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Loan to Allah a beautiful loan.
In this life, we frequently use the term 'Loan' to refer to a financial transaction. And I too used to think this way when Allah was referring to it. I took this term to mean that you should give of your wealth to those who need it. Recently I have been considering this term deeper. Allah uses the adjective 'beautiful'. Had he just said, a 'goodly' loan, then I could interpret it to mean financial, but he says beautiful.
So what do we loan to Allah in this life when we become Muslims? Our lives. Think of the depth of this phrase, Allah created you and everything else in existence -- you already belong to him. Considering that he says if you loan him this beautiful loan, he will reward you. I think this favours the 'free will' argument. Not that our will is entirely unbound, because it isn't. But if we had no will and everything in our life was decided for us, there would be no need for us to loan him our lives, he already owns them and is in complete control of them.
This is a great mercy, I believe. Allah trusts you to make the right decisions and trust in him. Because in truth, although we have faith -- we cannot see Allah, we cannot hear Allah, and we cannot touch Allah. Our relationship with him is entirely based upon trust. You trust that what you have read in the Qur'an is the truth, you trust that when you die you will be judged in fairness, and you trust your prayers are heard -- even when they are not answered.
The depth of the wisdom in the words of the Qur'an astound me every day. Every line and every verse has significance, even if you overlook it. But it is when you come back and attempt to solidify your understanding that the truth becomes manifest. I think this ties into loaning Allah this beautiful loan. I have loaned him my life in exchange for guidance, peace, and a whole host of other intangible reasons. And I'm glad you've done the same.
Just wanted to share something I noticed, salamu alaikum.
But I also noticed that the Koran used the term (shira) in other occasion.
9.111. Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise) they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur'an and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah. then rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded that is the achievement supreme.
Actually bargain may not be the right word for translation. Very descriptive language however from the Koran. It used loan once and then purchase. Maybe because this verse was in the context of war.
The word bai' in common language means sold. The tranlsator used the word bargain. So here it says God purchased something from you and that you should be happy with what you sold Him. Incredible. hmm
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God is the truth, the reality. The truth/reality is also which gives life to the dead (226).
The dead is nothing, nothingness, non-being, falsehood (761).
The universe keeps the truth and removes falsehood (211.
Soul adheres to falsehood => dead part of the truth stays 'dead'. Actually, a superposition of sorts neither dead nor alive (8713).
Having being once alive, it cannot be said to be totally dead. But as these souls are proven to be false, then they do not deserve life.
If a soul confirms to be true More souls are real, alive truly alive, not a temporary illusion as is now (2964).
The purpose of here and now till judgement is to separate good and evil (3179)
Upon judgement, all is laid bare (691. Everything is clarified, the truth of humanity is set in stone.In a way it's God proving his total mastery over falsehood/non-existence. It confirms that God is al-Haqq (reality) and Al-Hayy (Life) whereas non-existence has no power whatsoever. As a result the absoluteness of God is proven. Free will is the ability to define what is true and what is false about yourself. By using our free will to serve truth, we demonstrate the glory of God. By those slipping and becoming chastised, God demonstrates his justice.
Statistically speaking, we're all data points in a computer. It's not an experiment per se but rather the proof of a theorem. What we loan/sell is our free will, the nothingness. Empty space in the book of life. There's plenty of it to spare but this is our portion of nothingness. eat