01-21-2005, 06:29 AM
Quote:maybe surah 98: Al-Bayyinah can help clear it. for me, I used to read/hear people talk about Ahli Kitab & it just confuses me. but amazingly the Quran makes is so simple. i believe the true believers of Psalms, Injeel, Torah, Quran (who practices the true tachings & are not polytheists), are true muslims. as in the Quran said -- the religion is one.
Yes this Surah deals with several historical facts. For example, 1) the sending of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was ESSENTIAL to the transformation of those of the people of earlier revelations and the polytheists who had ended up in disbelief. They could not have departed from their erring ways without the help of this final prophetic mission; 2) the religious discord and conflict among the people of the earlier revelations did not arise out of their ignorance of, or from any obscurity or ambiguity in their religion. On the contrary they ran into discord after they had received true knowledge and the clear proof, and 3) in regard to its origin, “the religion is one”. Its fundamentals are simple and clear and do not, by themselves and by their plain and easy nature, make for divisions or conflicts.
Quote:i'm certain people of the scriptures who holds to their true faith, will recognise Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) & will believe in him. as Abdullah bin Salam (Jewish muslim) in the lifetime of the Prophet….
Yes there tens of thousands of Jews and Christians, even today, who have recognized the Prophet (pbuh) and found peace in Islam – From Bishops to Rabbis.
Quote:this Eid Khutbah, the cleric said muslims musn't feel secure from Hell-fire, as that's not the way to be. just claiming to believe but not practising is just hypocricy, right?
How can I dispute this truth?
Wa Salaam.