Re: Is “Rasam-e-Hina” allowed in Islam ?
Peace ummm
This is a question asked by those who have not read the Qur’an … Anyway to summarise:
In Surah 10 verse 31 - 39
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Say: “Who is it that sustains you (in life) from the sky and from the earth? or who is it that has power over hearing and sight? And who is it that brings out the living from the dead and the dead from the living? and who is it that rules and regulates all affairs?” They will soon say, “(Allah)”. Say, “will ye not then show piety (to Him)?”
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Such is Allah, your real Cherisher and Sustainer: apart from truth, what (remains) but error? How then are ye turned away?
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Thus is the word of thy Lord proved true against those who rebel: Verily they will not believe.
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Say: “Of your ‘partners’, can any originate creation and repeat it?” Say: “It is Allah Who originates creation and repeats it: then how are ye deluded away (from the truth)?”
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Say: “Of your ‘partners’ is there any that can give any guidance towards truth?” Say: “It is Allah Who gives guidance towards truth, is then He Who gives guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he who finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? what then is the matter with you? How judge ye?”
**36. But most of them follow nothing but fancy: truly fancy can be of no avail against truth. Verily Allah is well aware of all that they do. **
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This Qur’an is not such as can be produced by other than Allah. on the contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before it, and a fuller explanation of the Book - wherein there is no doubt - from the Lord of the worlds.
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Or do they say, “He forged it”? say: “Bring then a Sura like unto it, and call (to your aid) anyone you can besides Allah, if it be ye speak the truth!”
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Nay, they charge with falsehood that whose knowledge they cannot compass, even before the elucidation thereof hath reached them: thus did those before them make charges of falsehood: but see what was the end of those who did wrong!
The above summarises the idea of fanciful thoughts are not superior to factual truths
It also challenges for tests and claims to be from Allah (SWT), expecting anyone to take up that challenge.
Approximately 750 verses, or nearly one-eighth of the Qur’an, exhort the readers to study nature, history, the Qur’an itself, and humanity at large. The text employs a range of expressions in its appeal to those who listen (yasma’un), those who think (yatafakkarun), those who reflect (yatadabbarun), those who observe (yanzurun), those who exercise their intellect (ya’qilun), those who take heed and remember (yatadhakkarun), those who ask questions (yas’alun), those who develop an insight (yatafaqqahun), and those who know (ya’lamun). (5) These and their derivatives (mostly occurring in the active verbal form) consist essentially of open invocations and encouragement to thinking that is not limited by a methodology or framework. Afala yatadabbarun al-Qur’an (do they not do tadabbur in the Qur’An) (6) ? Tadabbur means concentrated and goal-oriented thinking provoked by the challenge to find something new or to solve a difficult problem. Qur’anic references to thinking and the exercise of intellect occur in conjunction with basically five major themes: belief in the Oneness and munificence of God (tawhid); reflection on the Qur’an; man and the universe; historical precedent; and thinking itself.
This is a Book full of Blessings that we have revealed unto you so people ponder upon its verses and men of intellect may reflect. (Quran 38:29)
Verily, We have made this (Quran) easy, in your tongue, in order that they may give heed. (Quran 44:58)
Surely the worst of animals in Allah’s sight are the deaf, the dumb who do not use their brains. (Quran 8:22)
At the very beginning of the Qur’an after the opening chapter it states:
Alif-Laam-Meem. This is the Book in which there is no doubt a guidance for those who are God-Conscious. Surah 2 Verse 1-2.
There is a claim in this very first verse … that it has no doubt in it. Really? Muslims are not expected to just accept it, we should see why. Within this verse it also tells us how we can see it for it’s doubtless nature. We need to read it with a mindset of love, fear and consciousness for God … Then we will be guided by it i.e. see the truth in it.