I am a former Tanakh Jew
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Peace... ST1111
Good points...let's start everything from the very beginning... God promised of guidance..so it cannot be just imagination but through an Angel messenger to human... So God has communicated from the beginning... Below verse confirms it...
238 "We said, "Go down from it, all of you. And when GUIDANCE comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve."9010 "And have shown him the two ways?" further read 763 and 169 which speaks of two paths....
God may put us in right track without a book but to get confirmed for self it requires a book..
Very fair your comments sighting Ibrahim... But was Ibrahim confirmed himself till he received revelation is key... Even Ibrahim wanted confirmation after revelation for which he was requested to train birds and kill them and put in mountains... It was unnecessary if he was perfectly agreed... Something perplexed him...
So, I think we need guidance from God in writing as well invisible. That's my view and I don't confirm it.. But I feel for me I need a book and without it I may not be I am right now...
People may still get guided without book but with God's invisible guidance but I believe such would in the end turn to book... I wonder after God guided one and not let approach His book...
It's my perception only not a debate to negate... Refer 7146 also for supportSimple way if we explain.... For any new thing better to have a manual to refer from the producer.. Though may able to make it function.. But better manual.. Isn't it.. So.. Better the book from God to avert confusion... Remember my personal view ...can differ people to people...
God bless you...Peace Jkhan,
My point was what will happen to Gentiles(People who never received any book or messenger) . God has created us with the innate ability to submit to the Creator and discern good and bad and chose the right path as God guides us to both paths.
9010 We guided him to both paths?
9011 He should choose the better path.Do we always need a scripture to chose the right path?
With or without scripture Good people will chose the right path and Bad people will chose the wrong path. So its possible to be a Muslim without a scripture and ask God to guide us and do good work.
3030 So establish yourself to the system of monotheism. It is the inclination that God has nurtured the people on. There is no changing in the creation of God. Such is the pure system, but most of the people do not know.
The term fitrah, rendered as "natural disposition/inclination", connotes in this context man's inborn, intuitive ability to discern between right and wrong, true and false, and, thus, to sense God's existence and oneness.
However the people who have received book and messenger there is no excuse to reject it and not to follow it. And once we believe in the veracity of the book and follow its instructions we become Mumin.
4165 Messengers who were bearers of good news and warners, so that there will be no excuse for the people with God after the messengers. God is Noble, Wise.
And God said for every nation there is messenger
1047 For every nation is a messenger; so when their messenger comes, the matter is decreed between them with justice, and they are not wronged.
So probably every nation in this world probably got messengers and some sort of scripture. Quran is the last scripture.
619 Say, "Which is the greatest testimony?" Say, "God is witness between me and you, and He has inspired to me this Quran that I may warn you with it and whomever it reaches. Do you bear witness that along with God are other gods?" Say, "I do not bear witness!" Say, "He is only One god, and I am innocent of your setting up partners!
And I think Quran has reached everyone in this era of communication. I don't think there will be any gentiles left in the world. Anyone who wishes to be guided has the means to search and recognize the true message.
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Dear Fellow believer STl1111
I think it is interesting... Better you create a new topic since it is under introduction... It won't be easy to search later for anyone who is interested whether scriptures are must for our salvation. I don't know whether it is discussed previously in this forum if not create a new one and link this also. People may have their various opinion. For me I feel I need a book for better grasp things.... It's God's duty to send guidance if He created us... Am I right? Coz we don't know what is right for salvation. . we can be good people and do all the good in the world but still may reject God...like my budhist friends.... So I think book worthy having saying who the God is. Just my preference ....
If we answer simply to the question of Kyrate (where do gentiles go after their death) then below verse would suffice. Remember the people of the below verse were gentiles...
3103 "And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you - when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be guided"
God guides whom He wills........ 3101 "......Whoever holds firmly to Allah will be shown a way that is straight"
As per 3101 initiation is within oneself then only approaches...
Ibrahim had the initiative and God strengthened it..If in fact without book if people can be guided then God would not have sent messengers and guidance reiterating with examples .. Only God could have inspired those who deserve guidance... He does anyway but He used angel messengers to communicate with us with clarity... That ended as books..
Book won't guide but God guides... Book can misguide... Isn't it... So... God is key... He may use book or whatever He created to guide those who deserve... But in general God's side should be safe... People may say on the day of ressurection we didn't get guidance or messages .. So God can prove I sent messengers to all community with respective witnesses .. God records everything with knowledge coz he knows human....
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Kyrate welcome
Greetings and Peace, all group
The definition of a particular faith varies from one person to another. If a Christian is one who follows the teachings of Jesus, and a practitioner of Judaism is one who follows the teachings of Moses, it stands to follow that a Muslim is also a Christian and a follower of Judaism. Monotheism is monotheism.
2136 Say "We believe in God and in what was sent down to us and what was sent down to Abram, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and what was given to Moses and Jesus, and what was given to the prophets from their Lord; we do not make a distinction between any of them and to Him we submit."
2285 The messenger believes in what was sent down to him from his Lord; and the believers, all who believe in God, and His angels, and His Books, and His messengers "We do not make a distinction between any of His messengers;" and they said "We hear and obey, forgive us our Lord, and to You is our destiny."
384 Say "We believe in God and what was sent down to us and what was sent down to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Patriarchs, and what was given to Moses and Jesus and the prophets from their Lord. We do not make a distinction between any of them, and to Him we submit."
4152 And those who believe in God and His messengers and do not make a distinction between any of them, We will give them their recompense. And God is Forgiving, Merciful.
569 Surely those who believe, and those who are Jewish, and the Sabians, and the Nazarenes, whoever of them believes in God and the Last Day and does good works; then they will have nothing to fear nor will they grieve.
4829 Mohammed is the messenger of God, and those with him are severe against the rejecters, merciful between themselves. You see them kneeling and prostrating, seeking the blessings and approval of God. Their distinction is in their faces, as a result of prostrating. Such is their example in the Torah. And their example in the Gospel is like a plant which shoots out and becomes strong and thick and it stands straight on its trunk, pleasing to the farmers. That He may enrage the rejecters with them. God promises those among them who believe and do good works forgiveness and a great reward.
The core of the Holy Bible is still good. Sure, it may say that rabbits chew cud and that shellfish are not good to eat. Let me expound on the shellfish part
2267 For every nation We have established rites which they are to fulfill. So do not let the matter fall into dispute. And call upon your Lord, for you are on a guidance which is straight.
For myself, I find little need from the Holy Bible when I find the same message with fewer distortions in Al Qur'an (commonly abbreviated as AQ).
May the Almighty see fit to guide all seekers.
peace
~Abdul-Hadi
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Hi Abdul-Hadi
I found discrepancies in the Hebrew Bible, just as you have. The Qur'an explains things completely and clearly, while the Hebrew Bible doesn't.
When I was a Tanakh Jew I prostrated in prayer, kept kosher and the Sabbaths and Festivals but I always felt there was something missing. I did wonder if it was later prophets, and came to believe in Muhammad (pbuh) in winter 2019, and then became a Sunni the following March, and at the point I accepted Qur'an-centric Islam my faith felt, and feels, complete. My soul now feels whole.
Hi rh. Peace be upon you too.
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Welcome Kyrate.
