I often wonder why do people leave their faith, either in terms of belief, or in terms of deeds. (I am talking about the faith of Islam)
I have seen people complaining that their prayers do not get answered so they do not believe in ALLAH any more.
I have seen people making an excuse about why Muslims are so helpless and poor and as such their faith is not the correct one.
I’ve always wondered where do these arguments come from.
Then, later in time when I got the chance to explore the life and to explore the bringing up of people, I realized how my thinking process was so limited to my own home. It’s not always this simple to convince people of what you may’ve learnt by the mercy of Allah:swt:
I’ve realized that in any case, the confusion is not because the person is perverted, but because he/she does not know. Today, it’s sad to see how we are going away from Quran and the Prophet:saw:
It’s about time that we realize the horrible aftermath of such ignorance when our next generation will simply reject the faith.
We need to link the missing link between ourselves and our faith:
Allah:swt: says in Quran:
153.** O ye who believe! Seek help in steadfastness and prayer. Lo! Allah is with the steadfast. **
And call not those who are slain in the way of Allah “dead.” Nay, they are living, only ye perceive not.
**And surely We shall try you with something of fear and hunger, and loss of wealth and lives and crops; but give glad tidings to the steadfast, **
**Who say, when a misfortune striketh them: Lo! we are Allah’s and lo! unto Him we are returning. **
Such are they on whom are blessings from their Lord, and mercy. Such **are the rightly guided. **
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20:131 Nor strain thine eyes in longing for the things We have given for enjoyment to parties of them, the splendour of the life of this world, through which We test them: but the provision of thy Lord is better and more enduring.
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Thats true AQ. Our people need to read Quran more often. It explains the goods and bads in your life and why it happens. People give up too soon. Weak faith is too common among Muslims.
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Its unfortunate we dont think about our wrong and keep at it. We need all the reminders we can get...yet I myself tend to find excuses too. We do wrong and sometimes convince ourselves so much...we think it is in fact right.
Very tough staying on the right path. Even tougher with people around who wont guide but hinder.
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“Know that your wealth and your children are but a trial and that Allah has with Him a mighty reward.” Sûrah al-Anfâl: 28]
“And as for man, whenever his Lord tries him by honoring him and makes him lead an easy life, he says: ‘My Lord honors me’. But when He tries him by straitening his means of subsistence, he says:** ‘My Lord has disgraced me’.”** Sûrah al-Fajr: 15-16]
“It is He who created death and life that He may try you as to which of you is best in deeds.” Sûrah al-Mulk: 2]
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I don't think muslims have really been tested look at example of prophet ayub(as) he lost his wealth, his health, his children, even his wife left him but that did not even make him flinch one bit from his belief in allah(swt) he did not say oh well diaster hit me time and time again i am gonna leave islam.
And then as many know he got back what he lost in the end.
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You are right ak47.. but a little hardship can cause people to stray away from the very faith as I have seen it.
And ALLAH:swt: says in Surah Al-Baqarah:
2: 214 "Do you think that you will enter paradise without undergoing such trials as were experienced by the believers before you? They met with adversity and affliction and were so shaken by trials that the Prophet of the time and his followers cried out “When will Allah’s help come?” Then they were comforted with the good tidings, “Yes, Allah’s help is near.”
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Yes muslims have strayed from islam this is nothing new even in time of muhammad(saw) there was many murtads. Today in the secualr society it is not surprising people blame islam for their woes even though the prevailing system in their countries is not even Islam!
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ak47 bro: That’s why we all need reminders, don’t we?
3:186 **Ye shall certainly be tried and tested in your possessions and in your personal selves; and ye shall certainly Hear much that will grieve you, from those who received the Book before you and from those who worship many gods. But if ye persevere patiently, and guard against evil,-then that will be a determining factor in all affairs. **
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GOD is everywhere.......
you gota have =patience(most important)+desire(just like passion)+shradha(sry thats hindi word)
honestly ,if u get just the above,you will slightly find yourself different from other people,feel like got everything,u will want to help others,who r in trouble........... u will be slowlystepping in gods track.. :)
this will be the track where GOD is residing..........
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The below Surah, gives a complete meaning and 4 criterion we should build on its a foundation for us.
Surah al-’Asr (1)
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Raheem
1. By time (2),
2. Indeed, mankind is in loss, 3. Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
FOOTNOTES:
1. Al-‘Asr: Time.
2. An oath in which Allah swears by time throughout the ages.
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IMO you can live a happy, productive life as long as you do not hurt anybody with your words or your deeds. Everything else is immaterial. To prove my point I just have to one thing that there are among us living good muslims, hindus, christians and atheists. What ever you believe in is your personal matter.
Why I should be judging anybody, or be judged by anybody? Why do I have to have the need to convert everybody else to my thinking?
As the saying goes too much of anything is bad for man, including religion.
Another food for thought when the religious people say that they or their religion is the best, that is the start of either flat line on the graph or the downfall because you have already decided that you are at your peak i.e. restricted yourselves from going any higher.
The Tafseer starts at aroung 8:30 minutes…I was blown away by the Tafseer of this Ayah…All this time I always took these Ayahs completely the opposite to what they actually meant… for sharing…
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That is one very naive statement. Your actions are bound to hurt other some way or the other. Your gain is another's loss. You cant just say that you're not hurting anyone and hence you're living happily.
Man made laws are bound to fail, and history is proof to that fact. Religion is neccessary in order to govern our way of life.
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My 9 yr old daughter recently asked me a question...If Allah is so Merciful and loves us so much, why does he send down famines, floods and diseases? For a moment I was caught off guard as this question is on the minds of many people...and adults at that. I had to think very quickly and the first thought that came to my mind was her geography and science lessons which we had just studied together. I told her...See Allah has given us useful things in nature like trees. But we cut the trees down and dont plant many trees to make up for them. Of course after 10 or 20 years there will be no rain and the plants will not be able to grow on loose soil. Then we complain Oh Allah why send down famine. Yet it was the people who caused this. And we forget that. We like to kill animals for sport and the nature is disturbed and the effects are felt after many years. We have so much pollution the the earth warms up and we complain of floods and tsunamis. She kept quiet but i could see she was digesting the info. And you know what ... it actually made sense to me. We are blaming the wrong entity for our woes. The people who lose faith in Allah after a misfortune actually did not have faith and were just looking for a justification. Yes I do understand that temporarily it is a way of removng our anger on God...but if you really have faith you will go back to having faith in your Creator.
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Give me an example.
As I see it is same for the religious people as well, Your gain is someone's loss.
Perhaps yes, but what is the big deal if it's man made laws we are talking about. To err is to human isn't it.
The question is why the religion given by God Almighty fails to bring the harmony in this world in so many thousands of years.
And history also tells us the bloody tale of killings in the name of every religion.
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