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« on: September 26, 2008, 07:25:02 pm »

 


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I would explicitly like to discuss a very important topic, that is, the threats of punishment mentioned in the Glorious Quran and thus refute the limited insight of non-Muslim critics. 
 
The standard rhetoric by many non-Muslim right-wing religious groups is that the mention of punishments in the Quran is "very harsh" and "how can a merciful God allow His creatures to burn in hell?"  These folks feel very disturbed reading the description of Hellfire in the Noble Quran and the clear message that disbelievers will be repaid with Hell.  There are some Christian, Jewish and other non-Muslim groups who have gone to the extent of labelling the Quranic mention and description of Hellfire as "spiteful" and "revengeful."
 
It's necessary to be honest and forthright with the approach of these critics who have until now been living in a state of deception.   I'm not angry, so kindly don't misunderstand me.  I just need to be very frank otherwise I will not be able to put the bare facts on the table and make myself clear. 
 
The Glorious Quran, while giving descriptions of Hellfire as the final destination of disbelievers, is neither being "spiteful" nor "revengeful."  The Quran is only being truthful (which it always is) to convey the right information to people.  After all, people have the right to know the truth about something as vital as their final fate.  The Quran is all about Truth.  The truthfulness of the Noble Quran makes it the most genuine Book of Mercy and a soothing Balm for the hearts of believers.
 
There are many who want the easy way out.  They will neither take the trouble to devote themselves to Allah nor will they try to understand Him nor reach out to Him.  Yet when they think of the Hereafter .. they desire to think of their fate in the sweetest of terms.  To paraphrase this concept which Allah has Himself highlighted in the Quran, He says that there are those in this world who transgress throughout their lives and yet while thinking of the Final Judgment equate themselves with pious believers who've always adhered to righteousness and good conduct.  Foolish is their sense of judgment!
 
Divine Justice is too perfect to have the kind of system most transgressors would like to see.  A person who has strengthened his / her Faith through their own hard work and reflections and made themselves worthy of His guidance can NEVER be equal in the Sight of Allah to those who have walked on a different path.  Thus, their final Judgment and fate can never be the same either.  This is a simple matter to understand involving plain common sense.   

According to an easy analogy:  A student who worked hard and acquired 'A' grade cannot be put at par with another who grabbed 'A' grade by cheating while writing his test. 

Or, think of this:  If a disobedient slave of Allah who always took the remembrance and instructions of The Almighty as a jest, never trained their conscience, disbelieved and ascribed partners to Allah is put within the in category of forgiveness and Heavenly comfort in the Hereafter as a believing and obedient slave of Allah, would that be fair for the believing slave?  Needless to say, the answer is NO.  And I repeat, Divine Justice is too perfect to overlook such matters.
 
The secular present-day lifestyle that's filled with enough violations already (excuse me), has shunned the remembrance of Allah Almighty by separating it from practical life.  This approach has degraded the human soul in many ways.  Even the Western 'conservatives' are well aware of how selectively they follow their faith.  They are fully aware of the bulk of negative interpolations they have introduced to suit their motives and convenience, thus, resulting in a very contradictory system of man-made religion that is completely lacking in balance.  Yet, they are too weak to make the necessary corrections.  That is because the sacrifices involved in reverting to Truth by purging falsehood feels too cumbersome to them.  The Truth, Beauty, Originality and Authenticity of the Glorious Quran rattles them hard but they won't acknowledge it.  Rather, they lash out with anger and jealousy to comfort themselves. 

Secondly, though they won't say it, their own violations scare many of them.  Consequently, another method they have devised to soothe their souls is by cheating themselves and creating their own imaginary state of blissfulness in the Afterlife.  According to this deceptive wishful thinking, every transgressor is on denial about the punishment in the Hereafter and force themselves to think that regardless of the wrongs they may have done in this world, the Hereafter for them will be nothing but forgiveness and comfort in Paradise. Whether through ignorance or stubbornness, it's astonishing how such persons can be so blind to the brazen imbalancement and flaws of their own perception. 
 
In accordance with this attitude, Christianity very conveniently ignores the existence of Hell altogether in the Hereafter.  In fact, the Christian preachers don't even consider it civilized nor polite to talk about the punishment of Hell nor about the Day of Judgment.  Those umpteen numbers of altered versions of the man-written Bibles cleverly omit the mention of Hell and Final Judgement, thus completely changing the true Monotheistic Faith of Allah Almighty and replacing it with their own illogical and garbled ideology for earthly solace.  At the maximum, they might present the concept of punishment as a 'temporary state of mind.'  Some try to convey the impression that the infinite mercy of Allah will eventually lead all good and bad creatures into an eternally blissful state in Paradise.  Their only prerequisite is to "love Jesus."  Not to mention that in the process of this wishful thinking, they have distorted the authenticity of Prophet Essa son of Virgin Maryam (peace on them both) and completely altered the actual Monotheistic message Prophet Essa conveyed to humanity from The Almighty.  By the way, please know, the name "Jesus" itself is a Latin distortion turning "y" and "e" into "j."  His name was Essa and he was an Arab from Nazareth in Palestine, not a Caucasian with blond hair and blue eyes as portrayed by Hollywood.  Read more on this here. 
 
Those Monotheistic believers who read and understand the Glorious Quran rationally, realistically and lovingly, can never reconcile with such meaningless construction of fantasies about the Hereafter as portrayed by Christianity at present and other non-Muslim, non-Divine ideologies.   
 
Indeed, Hellfire is a frightening place and the very thought of it is hair-raising.  On the contrary, Paradise is the loveliest spot and everyone yearns for it.  But one has to work in this temporary and fleeting life to avoid the former and acquire the latter.  Paradise won't  come on a silver platter for laggards. That is the most significant purpose of life.  Allah has said in the Quran that He has created the Heavens and the earth with Truth and for a purpose, NOT for a jest or pastime. 

"And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.  We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not."    44:38-39.
 
 
It is only after one is fortunate enough to have grasped the guidance of Allah (The Highest) that one recognizes and appreciates the beauty of the Quran's truthfulness and thus, finds yet another reason to be thankful to Him for every forthright information His Final (unaltered) Message contains.  Most importantly, it is only after one believes, surrenders to Him and subsequently acquires the much needed guidance does one realize the endless love and mercy of Allah, and how much He understands and protects us, even though most of us are quite undeserving of His infinite Kindness and Bounty.
 
The compassion and love of Allah for His slaves far surpasses His wrath.   Allah says in the Quran that the reward of a righteous person in the Hereafter will be several times greater than their actual good deeds, while a sinful person (that is, those who made themselves unworthy of His forgiveness) will be punished only for the sins they committed.  Allah loves to forgive and denies forgiveness only to those who never made themselves worthy of it.

"Whoso brings a good deed, he will have better than the same; while as for him who brings an ill-deed, those who do ill-deeds will be requited only what they did."  28:84.


"If Allah took mankind to task by that which they deserve, He would not leave a living creature on the surface of the earth; but He reprieves them unto an appointed term, and when their term comes - then verily (they will know that) Allah is ever Seer of His slaves."  (35:45  Surah Al-Malaikah)

All praise be to Allah, and Allah alone, for His Magnificence and Perfection.



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« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2008, 01:22:24 am »



Alhumdulilah, very well put sister.  You know, being on denial is basically a psychological phenomenon that people experience in various walks of life.   You'll often find people being on denial regarding matters such as their failing health, financial insecurity, marital problems, problems with handling their kids etc.  Similarly certain people are too weak to meet the right spiritual and practical standards established by Allah.  So they make their own laws to replace the Truth and any mention of the Truth shakes up their state of denial.  That annoys and upsets them.   Their goal is to indulge in every worldly pleasure regardless of its propriety .... and at the same time they want to feel that when they die, all the good, evil and immoral acts they did on earth will fizzle away, forgotten, and the mercy of God will immediatley carry them to Heaven - no questions asked.  Apart from ignoring the high standard of Divine Justice, such an attitude of taking the Decision of Allah for granted is itself an enormous transgression.  They construct their spiritual theories and maghfirah as though Jannah is their personal property.  And you are right.  The altered Bibles conveniently evade the entire concept of Divine Justice and punishment in the next world.   Analogically, this approach is like never showing up for work, yet expecting your daily wages and promotion.

May Allah (The Highest, The Greatest) grant these people some sense.  Ameen.
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« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2008, 03:52:18 am »



Yes brother, you're right.  It's a state of denial.  That's the best summary for it.

Like I've always maintained, the Glorious Quran is about Truth.  People have the right to know that their ultimate fate in the Hereafter will be determined by their spiritual and practical conduct in this world. 

No doubt the mercy of Allah Almighty is greater than His wrath.  But this doesn't mean one should take His mercy for granted and feel free to do what we wish, ignoring all His commandments, with the assumption that "O, Allah is Most Forgiving, so He will forgive me."  That would be a very rude assumption and a clear violation of the limits imposed by Allah. 

Thanks a lot for your input.  Salaams and peace my brother.

 
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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2008, 03:59:43 am »



Great great read.  Thanks sister and brother. 

In just a few words of Verse 40:58, Allah so correctly sums up the truth.

"And the blind man and the seer are not equal, neither are those who believe and do good works (equal with) the evil-doer.  Little do ye reflect!"   (40:58)
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« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2008, 11:35:34 pm »



"Or do those who commit ill-deeds suppose that We shall make them as those who believe and do good works, the same in life and death ? Bad is their judgment!"  45:21

Alhumdulilah.  Allah's Justice is the most perfect.  Those deluded folks who are looking for a shortcut to Paradise are only fooling themselves.

Thanks for this great thread sister!  Assalaamu alaikum Wr Wb / peace
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« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2012, 12:47:48 pm »

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so honest explanation sister zeynab thanks to bro too.


Announce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,15:49

And that My doom is the dolorous doom.15:50

Know that Allah is severe in punishment, but that Allah (also) is Forgiving, Merciful.5:98
 
Deemed ye then that We had created you for naught, and that ye would not be returned unto Us? 23:115


what they think ? the file to be closed in this world on the deeds of the good and the evil so that they were buried forever in the cemetery of nothingness? The court of justice which will be set up for every person on the Day of Judgement,All files will re-open for true justice .

Or deemed ye that ye would enter paradise while yet Allah knoweth not those of you who really strive, nor knoweth those (of you) who are steadfast3:142

Is he who is a believer like unto him who is an evil-liver? They are not alike.32:18

The similitude of the two parties is as the blind and the deaf and the seer and the hearer. Are they equal in similitude? Will ye not then be admonished?11:24

but why they don' t understand ???

Such are they whom Allah curseth so that He deafeneth them and maketh blind their eyes.47:23

Will they then not meditate on the Qur'an, or are there locks on the hearts?47:24

Or do those in whose hearts is a disease deem that Allah will not bring to light their (secret) hates?47:29
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Lo! Allah hath bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because the Garden will be theirs: they shall fight in the way of Allah and shall slay and be slain. It is a promise which is binding on Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'an. Who fulfilleth His covenant better than Allah? Rejoice then in your bargain that ye have made, for that is the supreme triumph.9:111
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« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2012, 05:05:29 am »



Walaikum Salaam.  Exactly sister Muslima.  You understood it very well.  The 'modern' non-Muslims who claim to be spiritualists either don't believe in Resurrection and the Last Day, and those who do accept the Last Day, misinterpret it by taking for granted that the forgiveness of Allah will be on "sale" for them.  Even though they never think of Allah in earthly life, yet they classify themselves into the same grade as the conscientious believers of nice conduct who constantly serve Allah only.  They talk about all deceased people going to Jannah as if anyone can just walk into Jannah by their own choice.  To soothe their own minds, they have abolished the existence of Hellfire by never thinking nor talking about it.   On the Day of Judgement they will know how badly they deceived themselves, but then it will be too little, too late. 

It was a pleasure reading your comment sister Muslima.  Your selection of Quranic verses are always so accurate, Alhumdulilah.  It really helps the readers to understand the subject with direct references from the Noble Quran.  May Allah Almighty reward you for your excellent knowledge of His Final Message.  Ameen.

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« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2012, 08:36:27 am »

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 Mashallah u guys are truly blessed with knowledge and helping every age group to understand the Quran properly and to clear up many misconceptions May Allah bless u.I am so glad  Grin Sister zeynab thanks alot for appreciation and giving me a chance to share my view .yes sis that's exactly the purpose of quoting verses .Allah himself answer every Question in the book of wisdom Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2021, 03:14:55 am »



Even in the west there is a phrase "Hell is truth seen too late."

Insh'Allah, in our virtual meeting next week we will discuss this topic.
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« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2021, 03:45:58 am »




Even in the west there is a phrase "Hell is truth seen too late."

Insh'Allah, in our virtual meeting next week we will discuss this topic.


Yes I've read it too and put it up at our Pinterest Islamic Thoughts board.

Very good idea for picking this topic for your next virtual discussion session.


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« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2021, 03:52:08 am »




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