10-31-2008, 10:40 PM
Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem
In The Name of Allah, Most Gracious Most Merciful, He is The only ONE worthy of worship, and only to him do we prostrate in humbleness, not to a statue or a cow, not to a person or tree or moon or sun or fire, there is no one or anything that is like Him, He is Unique in His onness, and He does not have a son or a wife. On the day of judgment, the whole universe, the seven earths and heavens will be folded in his Hand(of course He does not have a hand like us, but this is as mentioned in The Translation of The Holy Quran is a figurative description) This is Allah This is Islam, this is "THE TRUE FURQAN", the word Furqan comes from the arabic word <b>faraqa</b>
which means differentiate, the Furqan then means the differentiation between Truth and Falsehood. This is the true Islam and this what will save from eternity in hell.
Now regarding to what the Shiits told you, it is according to their own ijtihad or translation of The Holy Quran which with full respect to them is not a correct translation. According to Sunnah and ahadeeth that came to us translating The Holy Quran, and according to the true Arabic language and is rules and grammar, the translation is according to Ayah # 62 in Surat Al-Baqara:
Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem:
<b> Lo! Those who believe (in that which is revealed unto thee, Muhammad), and those who are Jews, and Christians, and Sabaeans - <span style="color:#FF0000;">whoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right
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See the underlined, whoever beleive in Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'la, not Jesus, not Moses, not Angels or anything else, so at the beginning Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, stated and started with:
1- The beleivers in Allah and Muhammad(peace be upon him). Those are the muslims who believe in Allah, the day of Judgement and do right( they do not lie cheat steal or kill), and in our relegion there is a science called Aqeedah which means belief, The true Aqeeda is to beleive in no doubt in The the cornerstones of Eman which is:
1-To believe in Allah as one and only Creator of the universe.
2-To believe in the existence of the angels, because we do not see them, but Allah told us about them, so His word is the truth and we have to believe in it.
3-To believe in The Holy books of Moses and Jesus and David peace be upon them all.( and that is the true books not the changed ones.)
4-To believe in all the prophets.
5-To believe in the day of judgment.
6-To believe in the destiny, good and bad.
So The word believe here which means Eman has 6 conditions for full belief, if u do not believe in one of them then, your faith is not complete. So the basis of the Islamic belief, and a true believer is as Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala said in verse 285 from Surat Al-Baqara:
Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem:
<b>The messenger believeth in that which hath been revealed unto him from his Lord and (so do) believers. Each one believeth in Allah and His angels and His scriptures and His messengers - We make no distinction between any of His messengers - and they say: We hear, and we obey. (Grant us) Thy forgiveness, our Lord. Unto Thee is the journeying. (285)
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So as you see those are the true believers.
Now why in verse 62 did he mention the Jews and Christians and Sabians, if you read Surat Al-Baqra from begining to end you will find mostly how it is talking about the jews, and how they gave hard time to Prophet Moses peace be upon Him, and for those who did not beleive and gave hard time to the prophet will be damned in hell see verse 61 for example
Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem:
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And when ye said: O Moses! We are weary of one kind of food; so call upon thy Lord for us that He bring forth for us of that which the earth groweth - of its herbs and its cucumbers and its corn and its lentils and its onions. He said: Would ye exchange that which is higher for that which is lower? Go down to settled country, thus ye shall get that which ye demand. And humiliation and wretchedness were stamped upon them and they were visited with wrath from Allah. That was because they disbelieved in Allah's revelations and slew the prophets wrongfully. That was for their disobedience and transgression. (61)
Ye here stands for Jews, so see in this ayah they are damned with wrath of Allah, those were the jews at the time of prophet Mosa peace be upon him who killed prophets and disbelieved in what Allah ordered them. But there were believers at his time and thosse are the ones that will not fear the hellfire.
2- Then Subhanahu wa Ta'ala mentioned the Jews, Christians and Sabians, in verse 62 that follows verse 61, to clear that this condemnation was not on all Jews at the time of Moses, or Jesus, or the Sabians before Islam- and the Arabs used to call those who leave the worship of statues as Sabians for leaving the belief of the ancestors, at that time before Islam was revealed, there were Arabs who believed in the oneness of Allah, according to the Ibrahim faith- and even those in the days of prophet Muhammad, and in our days, those who were Jews Christians and sabians, if they believed in the true Islam, and fulfilled The cornerstones of Eman as I mentioned above, then only then they will have no fear nor grieve.
So we do not take one Ayah, and take a random meaning of it and believe what other tell us without knowing the true meaning and denying other verses that say:
Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem
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They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah (himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, for him Allah hath forbidden paradise. His abode is the Fire. For evil-doers there will be no helpers. (72) They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the third of three; when there is no God save the One God. If they desist not from so saying a painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve. (73)
Surat Al-Ma'eda
So what do you think of these verses in The Holy Quran, how can we accept one verse and translate it according to our will and refuse others that frankly state those who live their whole life on that belief and die with it those are the ones condemned, but those who repent during their life and believe in Allah and prophet Muhammad(PBUH) as the last Messenger of Allah, then those are the true believers and those are the ones who will not face any grief or sadness.
So to be a true believer You must believe in the oneness of Allah and His attributes:
Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem:
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He is Allah, than Whom there is no other God, the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One, Peace, the Keeper of Faith, the Guardian, the Majestic, the Compeller, the Superb. Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him). (23) He is Allah, the Creator, the Shaper out of naught, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifieth Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (24) Surat Al-Hashr
So do u now understand who are the Jews, Christians and Sabians who will have no grief or sadness. If you find anything not clear, and you wish more explanation, do not hesitate ask, and I will reply by will of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, if I was late in response, insha'Allah my brothers and sisters here will complete what I started.
Peace