10-04-2007, 05:39 PM
Greetings Karbala,
I'm glad that you are still here. You were gone for a while and I had my doubts about you coming back.
Quote:I interpret phrases like "arsh" "hands" etc to be metaphorical.
When someone takes verses about the attributes of Allah (swt) as metaphorical, it is as if the person is nullifying what Allah (swt) has established about Himself.
Do you take it metaphorical just because you cannot comprehend it?
Another problem with taking such issues as metaphorical is that it opens a pandora's box. One can now argue that every verse, no matter how concrete, should still be interpreted. Islam fails as a religion if everything is open to interpretation though. Something that is forbidden can be said to be forbidden only for the specific time of the Prophet (pbuh) and should be permissable for later generations because we have progressed.
Quote:One can pray on anything which is earth or comes from the earth e.g. mud, wood, leaves etc etc.
That includes carpets that are found in masjids, right? I sometimes see Shi'ites praying on tissues. There is no error in that, am I correct?