Does God punish those who seek Him, but couldn't find Him? Well, it depends. 1. If they were honest in their seeking Him, but there came to them no knowledge (i.e. the messege of God didn't reach them), they will not be punished. God said what means: We never punish until we have sent a messenger. [17: 15] 2. If they want to find Him in ways that have become clear to be wrong, or no longer open, then they are not true seekers, and the hypocrites are going to Hell. you cannot go to God, but through the way He assign to you. I will continue answering other questions next time, If God had willed.
Does god mind if grown men have sex with children? What are those people in gods eyes? Does god mind when rape victims are publicly whipped for leaving the house without the company of a man?
where did you get this from? what does it mean? what if you find out your path is wrong? should you seek a new path or resist the truth because it does not match the signs that you have gotten familiar to in your path? i say investigate with an open mind. make sure that you are not leading down the wrong path because a lot of people go that way. most people travel the wrong path most of the time. it is like driving the wrong road because the guy next to you can not read and is holding the map.checkout the map yourself. stop. pull over. read the map yourself. dont trust other people reading it to you.
I can say confidently that if the muslim could find the truth away from Islam, then he will not be punished. They are evil people and going to Hell. What is the difference between marriage and having sex in your eyes? may you enlighten me, please. Yes. Actually, those who rape are killed in Islam as a revenge and protection for Nobility and victims.
What does "find the truth" mean? You were "confident" in your answer and I am not really sure why - your reply sure sounds evasive to me. I hope you will explain what you meant by "find the truth". I will make it even more clear: In an Islamic country, what if a Muslim man publicly rejects Islam and becomes a Christian? What does Allah say is the punishment for that? Or say he becomes a non-believer in God of any kind? Thank you for sharing your knowledge of Islam with us.
From the Wise Remembrance (i.e. Quran). You cannot seek God through idols and say I just want to come near to God through them. It doesn't make sense. You cannot go to God but through the way He assign to you. His ways are the messengers peace be upon them. The religion of all prophets is one. From Adam till Mohammad, peace be upon them, the religion is one. And verily We have raised in every nation a messenger, (proclaiming): Worship Allah and shun false gods. Then some of them (there were) whom Allah guided, and some of them (there were) upon whom error had just hold. Do but travel in the land and see the nature of the consequence for the deniers! (36). [chapter 16] Or have they chosen other gods beside Him? say: Bring your proof (of their godhead). This is the Reminder of those with me and those before me, but most of them know not the Truth and so they are averse. (24) And We sent no messenger before thee but We inspired him, (saying): There is no God save Me (Allah), so worship Me. (25) Disbelieving in one messenger is a disbelief in all of them. Lo! those who disbelieve in Allah and His messengers, and seek to make distinction between Allah and His messengers, and say: We believe in some and disbelieve in others, and seek to choose a way in between; (150) Such are disbelievers in truth; and for disbelievers We prepare a shameful doom. (151) And those who believe in Allâh and His Messengers and make no distinction between any of them (Messengers), We shall give them their rewards, and Allâh is Ever Oft¬Forgiving, Most Merciful. (152) Wonderful saying.
if you are holding the correct map, but you are only seeing death and destruction around you, then maybe it is you that is reading the map wrong. could this be an option? the muslems are falling behind in science, technology, wealth, freedom, comfort and other of gods gifts. could it be that they are reading their map incorrectly? even if the map is perfectly accurate one must be able to read it correctly to reach their destination.
sex and marriage are two entirely different things. Marriage is a binding contract between two people, preferably adults, wishing to form a union and sex is intercourse. But thanks for saying your god sent your prophet to hell, it makes the absurdity of what you believe even more obvious.
I think the true path to god starts with love. There are people in my church that know the bible back and forth but practice it with the emotionality of a robot. In other words they have the words memorized in their memory banks but they didnt penetrate their hearts yet. If you know gods laws and cannot bend the laws at times for good intentions then its like you dont even know god at all. Case in point: jesus healing people on the sabbath day against the traditional laws of their beliefs back then, which drove the othe rrabbis crazy He was definately a non comformist and this is how we should be with each other whether we are muslim, christian, hindu, buddhist or atheists.
Absolutly. Each messenger is a way to Allah. Their religion is one, but they are different ways. Regarding the sabbath (which means saturday in both Arabic and Hebrew languages) it was forbidden for the jews due to their sins and transgressions. Healing others is a good act for people like Jesus, peace be upon him, who do it freely for God's sake. If it was other than Jesus, the sick person would increase in illness because he would need to pay much money. The jewish rabbis got angry because such act of Jesus caused him to lose the money of saturday he used to gain. It is the rabbis who were violating the rules. 34. O ye who believe! Lo! many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the (Christian) monks devour the wealth of mankind wantonly and debar (men) from the way of Allah. May Allah protect us from sins.
Sorry for the above grammatical error, Correction: The jewish rabbis got angry because such act of Jesus caused them to lose the money of saturday they used to gain.
I will try again since you seem to ignore the hard questions. In an Islamic country, what if a Muslim man publicly rejects Islam and becomes a Christian? What does Allah say is the punishment for that? Or say he becomes a non-believer in God of any kind?
correcting some wrong informations I have seen in other threads. This is the reason that you can understand. There are other reasons, but they are too high for you to comperhend. sorry Mia, but you need to go up (become a muslim) to see more and know more. Not all the point are on Earth, there are some in Heaven.
Then you should put your posts into the proper context and reference what it is you are claiming is misinformation. We cannot read your mind. Nice... How exactly does one "comperhend?" Go up where? You are one strange kid. Have you ever been to school?
You couldn't understand the simple answer above, so I am not sure if you can understand anything higher than that. If you wish to go up to understand us, then you are welcome. Surely at that time only, you will know the result of falling down from High places and thus the answer of your question. Best wishes.
It is clear that you are embarrassed that your religion calls for the death of someone who chooses not to believe. It is sad that you are too ashamed to even admit something simple like that. Either it is true or not. Either you are too embarrassed to just answer the question or not. People are not as stupid as you think, most of us see right through this crap.
Polite, all I can see is that you are speaking in obfuscations. "Up" to meet "us," "truth," etc. - until you define your understanding of what you mean by these vagaries, until we have a common language to work from, there can be no understanding of each other - can there? I also think Brown's is a fair question. To put it simply, do you believe apostates from Islam should be put to death? As difficult as it is to discuss these things - I would say, if there is to be any true understanding between muslims and non-muslims, both have to shed their protective mantle surrounding their beliefs (or lack of beliefs), and speak openly to each other. My personal take is that much of what many non-muslims have a problem with, though included in the historical record and text of both the Qu'ran and hadith, must also be seen in the context of history, and asked by what actually goes on in the heart of today's believer. To that end, again, I think Brown's is a fair question - why not answer it directly? Also, to be clear - Jesus was a Jew, and a rabbi, and to discuss "Jewish" rabbis is redundant, is it not? Isn't it more appropriate to discuss "pharisees," a particular bunch of clerics, with whom the historical Christ apparently had the issue at hand in this thread (my read of it is much like my read of hypocrisy in clerics everywhere today - when I see TV shows with "mega-preachers" of the Christian faith plumbing the gullible for $$, I get steamed, even though I'm an atheist; as an atheist, I still appreciate much of the worldview Jesus purportedly preached; among them, and key to his disagreement with the pharisees, is that what goes on in a man's heart matters a helluva lot more than the prescribed rituals he chooses to follow, or what pronounced pieties he would like to gather to himself).
I am glad that I am a muslim. You can only understand my religion if you reach it up there. Is he who was dead and We have raised him unto life, and set for him a light wherein he walketh among men, as him whose similitude is in utter darkness whence he cannot emerge? Thus is their conduct made fairseeming for the disbelievers. (122) The praise to Allah, Who hath guided us to this. We could not truly have been led aright if Allah had not guided us. Verily the messengers of our Lord did bring the Truth. [7: 43] O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you, expounding unto you much of that which ye used to hide in the Scripture, and forgiving much. now hath come unto you light from Allah and plain Scripture, (15) Whereby Allah guideth him who seeketh His good pleasure unto paths of peace. He bringeth them out of darkness unto light by His decree, and guideth them unto a straight path. (16)