Repentance

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Bismillah:


Assalamo ALikum FHC...

I still need further clarification regarding my Sharia question, please. I'll rephrase it... do all sinners cop punishment regardless of whether they repent or not?

<b>Muslimah??? Some help needed here please… </b>

Um... I heard that Mohammad received revelations from Satan & thought they were from Allah (about worshipping gods, etc). It doesn't really have anything to do with the topic, I just mentioned it because I was curious to know how much power Satan had over the prophets.

Although Mohammad (PBUH) was deceived by Satan into preaching the Satanic Verses

Your statement doesn’t look like somebody have <i>heard</i> such thing. Because you didn’t even asked for clarification whether what you have heard is true or false… because the Qur’an said:


<b>"O you who believe, if a sinner comes to you with news, VERIFY IT, lest you harm people in ignorance, and afterwards you become regretful to what you have done."</b> [Qur’an 49:6]

If I have said anything in this thread that offends anybody then I am truly sorry & I hope you can forgive me.

<b>Your apology is totally accepted</b>… but it’s my duty now to clarify this point.


Ok first of all, to say that the Qur’an was the work of Satan <b>is a very cheap excuse for some critics to exit out of an uncomfortable situation. </b>


If you remember that famous story from the Bible that mentions how one day some of the Jews were witnesses when Jesus pbuh raised a man from the dead. The man had been dead for four days, and when Jesus arrived, he simply said, "Get up!" and the man arose and walked away. At such a sight, some of the Jews who were watching said disbelievingly, "This is the Devil. The Devil helped him!" Now this story is rehearsed very often in churches all over the world, and people cry big tears over it, saying, "Oh, if I had been there, I would not have been as stupid as the Jews!" Yet, ironically, these people do exactly what the Jews did when in just three minutes you show them only a small part of the Qur'an and all they can say is, "Oh, the Devil did it. The devil wrote that book!" Because they are truly backed into a corner and have no other viable answer, they resort to the quickest and cheapest excuse available.


The people of Mecca did the same; they used to say, "The devils bring Muhammad that Qur'an!" But just as with every suggestion made, the Qur'an gives the answer.


<b>"And they say, 'Surely he is possessed [by jinn],' but it [i.e., the Qur'an] is not except a reminder to the worlds."</b> Qur'an 68: 51-52


Not only that, In fact, there are many arguments in the Qur'an in reply to the suggestion that devils brought Muhammad pbuh his message. For example:


<b>"No evil ones have brought it [i.e., this revelation] down. It would neither be fitting for them, nor would they be able. Indeed they have been removed far from hearing." </b> (Qur’an 26:210-212)


And in another place in the Qur'an, Allah instructs us:


<b>"So when you recite the Qur'an seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan, the rejected."</b> Qur’an 16:98


Now is this how Satan writes a book? He tells one, "Before you read my book, ask God to save you from me?" This is very, very tricky. Indeed, a man could write something like this, but would Satan do this? Many people clearly illustrate that they cannot come to one conclusion on this subject. On one hand, they claim that Satan would not do such a thing and that even if he could, God would not allow him to; yet, on the other hand, they also believe that Satan is only that much less than God. In essence they allege that the Devil can probably do whatever God can do. And as a result, when they look at the Qur'an, even as surprised as they are as to how amazing it is, they still insist, "The Devil did this!"


Alhamdulelah, Muslims do not have that attitude. Although Satan may have some abilities, they are a long way separated from the abilities of Allah. And no Muslim is a Muslim unless he believes that. It is common knowledge even among non Muslims that the Devil can easily make mistakes, and it would be expected that he would contradict himself if and when he wrote a book. For indeed, the Qur'an states:


<b>"Do they not consider the Qur'an? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much discrepancy."</b> Qur’an 4:82


Salam


Wael.


TAKEN FROM THE WORK OF BROTHER <b>GARRY MILLER</b>. May Allah reward him. Ameen.