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Islam Permanent Values - nawaz - 12-01-2004 Dear All Islam is a code of laws revealed by God, through his Messenger Muhammad peace be upon him, for the guidance of the whole of mankind, and which are fully preserved in the Book of God, known as the Quran; and they constitute what we may call the Permanent Values. Further, Islam emphatically and confidently advances the claim that if life is led in full compliance with and in complete subordination to the Permanent Values, it will be rid of all the travails and troubles in which the entire world of the present day finds itself beset condemning humanity to a hellish life despite the wonderful and awe-inspiring material and scientific advancement. The order of life according to these Permanent Values is termed as the Quranic Social Order or in other words the Islamic State. It requires however to be made clear that even the order of life established by the so-called Muslims would not necessarily be the Islamic State as such, for the Islamic State connotes only that State which is based on, and is in the fullest consonance with the Permanent Values; and any other lacking in this foundation, will be only un-Islamic, established though it may have been by the Muslims themselves. An Islamic State is thus an agency for the enforcement of Quranic injunctions and laws made in the light of the principles enunciated therein. It should not, however be misunderstood that the laws thus framed are rigid and hidebound with hardly any scope for progress or wanting in meting out the exigencies of the ever-changing conditions of life in the progressive world. In fact the Islamic State is fully authorized, after mutual consultations to legislate within the framework of the Permanent Values, to provide for the needs of the time and the body of laws thus promulgated could be altered and amended when necessary to suit the circumstances prevailing at a given time with this essential provison that in no circumstance shall the framework of the Permanent Values be disturbed or interfered with. From this point of view the Islamic State may be considered as a controlled democracy which is quite distinct in character from the concept of democracy commonly prevalent in the West for in that system the nation or its representatives enjoy an unlimited power of legislation. This would provide a check on the apprehension of Ouspensky who once cited Gurdjieff in support of his views when he declared that: If a man is changing every minute if there is nothing in him that can withstand external influences, it means that there is nothing in him that can withstand death. But if he becomes independent of external influences, if there appears in him something that can live by itself; this something may not die. In ordinary circumstances we die every moment. External influences change and we change with them. If a man develops in himself a permanent "I" that can survive a change in external conditions, it can survive the death of the physical body. Regards Nawaz Islam Permanent Values - Muslimah - 12-01-2004 Bismillah as salam aykom welcome to our board nawaz. I am sorry I had to delet the web site. The explanation provided on the site for the Names and Attributes of Allah needs a thorough revision. It contains more mistakes that correct. Revise it perfectly Islam Permanent Values - Muslimah - 12-01-2004 Quote: In fact the Islamic State is fully authorized, Bismillah I think u need to really consider this statement brother..I dont think that sharia which is the Islamic law needs any alteration to suit a different era of time. Allah Has perfected His religion and made it suitable for all times. Since He is the Creator.. |