losing my religion?

[afishcurry]

@USResident

Mr. Fish you are swimming against the current.

Your explanation reflects the shallowness with which you have read the Quran and only the translation. At face value it appears as you state it however that is the reason Quran has to be studied along with other reference material which explains it along with ahadith and scholarly tafsirs.

When it says Allah SWT has sealed the hearts and minds of those who do not believe, it requires quite a bit of understanding and depth to demystify the apparent translated meaning of this verse. It does not mean that Allah SWT has taken action to seal those hearts and minds.

Allah SWT has clearly stated to us there are two paths in life, one which leads to paradise and one that leads to hellfire. Everything in this unverse contributes to pre-destined fate which either leads to paradise or hellfire and/or struggle/misery or comfort/luxury/peace in this world. Allah SWT has created the paths to hellfire easy and tempting whereas those to the paradise are full of struggle and sacrifice. When you indulge in the paths which lead to hellfire, the easy luxury and merits that come with it blind you and seal your heart/mind to the goodness of those paths which lead to paradise. Allah SWT intentionally created those paths as such however gave us the freedom of will and choice to tread on whichever path we may knowing full well the consequences of doing so.

This is no different that what we witness in the world we live every now and then. Most people who bcome rich often loose connection to the plight of the poor and develop arrogance and pride. They get into it deeper and deeper since it is so satisfying until they loose all semblance of goodness in it.

You are spin doctoring the obvious contradiction.. Your explanation doesn;te seem to even remotely address the verse I invoked