03-30-2006, 09:44 AM
Quote:Peace....
This is not a defense of the nun Teresa, but I notice something you do Faris and wanted to question you about it. In the above verses you added in parenthesis "Jesus" and "christians". These terms do not appear in the Qur'an in these verses, so they are clearly your opinion added in.....why? Why do you feel the need to add to the Qur'an? Why not let the text stand on its own?
Shamms
This section of the forums is called <b> <i>" And remind for reminding benefits the believers"</i> </b>. And so I am reminding the muslims because it has been said by some illiterate muslims that they believe people like Mother Teresa will be rewarded for her good in the Hereafter.
If they say that, then they are calling Allah a liar.
<b>Who can be more wicked than a person who forges a lie against Allah or denies His revelations? Surely the wrongdoers shall never get salvation.</b> 6.21
And what would become of me if I see them in error and keep silent?
<b>Also remind them about the conversation among some of them, when some of them asked: "Why do you admonish a people whom Allah will destroy or sternly punish?" They replied: "To be able to offer an excuse before our Rabb, that we did discharge our duty, and also in the hope that they may refrain from His disobedience."</b> 7.163
Mother Teresa is a christian hence why I inserted <i>(Christians / Jesus)</i> in brackets to emphasie the point. And that the <b>"Followers of Paul"</b> might realise it is also them who are being addressed. You, yourself have referred to the "Trinity" and "The Holy Ghost". This is shirk. But you deny it. People like 'Don S' believe that the Qur'an considers Jews and "Followers of Paul" to be true believers.
You are not.
What you do is Shirk. Plain, simple and UNFORGIVABLE. Truly, the <i>'Followers of Paul'</i> are in big trouble.
<b>SHIRK:</b>
Associating partners with Allah. Shirk can also encompase any object that a person may hold in regard higher than Allah. It is the most severe of sins and will not be forgiven.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/glos...term.SHIRK.html
<b>SHIRK:</b>
To associate partners with Allah in all that is particular to Allah, from love, hope, fear, worship, and all other matters that are solely due to Allah, swt, alone.
http://muttaqun.com/dictionary3.html
Here are some translations of that verse:
<b>This is the Guidance of Allâh with which He guides whomsoever He will of His slaves. But if they had joined in worship others with Allâh, all that they used to do would have been of no benefit to them.</b> - Al-Hilali & Khan
<b>Such is the guidance of Allah wherewith He guideth whom He will of His bondmen. But if they had set up (for worship ) aught beside Him, (all) that they did would have been vain.</b> - Pickthall
<b>This is the guidance of Allah: He giveth that guidance to whom He pleaseth of His worshippers. If they were to join other gods with Him all that they did would be vain for them.</b> - Yusef Ali
<b>This is the guidance from Allah; He bestows it upon whom He pleases of His devotees. If they had committed shirk (worshiped anyone else besides Allah) all their deeds would have become void. </b> - Malik
And so...
<i>And remind, for reminding benefits the believers.</i>
<b>Therefore remind, surely reminder does benefit. </b>
He who fears Allah will heed the reminder,
and he who is unfortunate will avoid it.
The one who will avoid, shall burn in the gigantic fire,
where he shall neither die nor live.
The one who will take admonition
and purify himself shall be successful,
who remembers the name of his Rabb and prays.
But O men! You prefer the life of this world;
while the Hereafter is better and everlasting.
Surely the same was said in the earlier scriptures;
the scriptures of Ibraheem and Musa . 87.9-19
<b>Nay! By the moon,</b>
by the departing night
and by the coming of dawn,
surely this hellfire is one of mighty scourge,
a warning to mankind;
to any of you who chooses to go forward or to lag behind.
Every soul is held in pledge for its deeds,
except the people of the right hand,
who shall be in paradise. They will ask
from the culprits:
"What brought you into hell?".
They will answer: "We did not use to offer the Salah (prayers),
we did not use to feed the poor,
we used to join those who wasted their time in vain talk,
and we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
until death overtook us."
On that Day, no intercession of any intercessors shall profit them.
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from this admonition?
Like frightened donkeys
fleeing from a lion.
Nay, each of them wants a scripture of his own to be unrolled before them.
But no! The fact is that they do not fear the Hereafter.
But no! Surely this Qur'an is an admonition.
Let him who wills take heed.
But none takes heed except by the will of Allah.
He Alone is worthy to be feared
and He Alone is worthy to forgive those who fear Him.74.32-56
As for you AlShams, I know not the unseen. I don't know if Allah has brought you here to open your breast to Islam;
<b>Whomever Allah wills to guide, He opens his chest to Islam and whomever He intends to confound, He makes his chest narrow and squeezes so tight that, at the very idea of Islam, he feel as if his soul is going to climb up towards the sky. That is how Allah places a blight on those who do not believe, whereas in fact this way (Al-Islam) is the Right Way of your Rabb and We have spelled out Our revelations very clearly for the people who use their common sense.</b> 6.125-6
Or if you have exceeded the limits;
<b>Whosoever goeth right, it is only for (the good of) his own soul that he goeth right, and whosoever erreth, erreth only to its hurt. No laden soul can bear another's load. We never punish until We have sent a messenger</b>. 17.15
<b> <i> So bear in mind what I have told you, I am entrusting my affairs to Allah, surely Allah is ever watchful over His servants."
</i> </b> 40.44
