Re: Miracles & Magic
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/religion-and-scripture/346235-jinn-stories-encounters-2.html
Peace dear psyah, the point in some of my posts is to draw attention of people to certain things that people should take into account when they try to make sense of things before discussing things. It is because explanations that lead to endless nonsese are false and based on make beliefs.
For proper understanding of islam, in my view there should be a detailed open discussion on quranic understanding of people in the ummah but for that one has to understand the quran oneself first and then explain it to others in a context that makes sense.
When each person discussing the quran has done that then it is time for comparing each understanding of the quran to the other and see how it compares ie how much is it identical and how much it is different.
For the time being people should try their best to understand the text of the quran. This is not possible unless people gain some knowledge on all aspects of things about which the quran talks and the concepts attached to the roots of the words used in the quran whereby it becomes possible to derive meanings of the text.
It involves a long drawn out process but a task well worth undertaking.
Individual things cannot be decided without this basic framework which muslim scholarship has ignored for long and perhaps on purpose. Because to keep ummah confused gives a huge advantage to those who are hell bent on using and abusing ummah in order to break down the ummah spirit for their own ends.
These people are rulers who try to rule others in the name of country, mullahs who try to rule people in the name of religion and money lenders who try to rule people in the name of economics. They all try to legitimise and secure their personal gains at the expense of rest of ummah and in wider sense rest of humanity. By confusing the ummah about the actual message of the quran they secure their own positions of power.
Once people read the quran in context of power struggle between rulers, mullahs, money lenders and their supporters on one side and rest of mankind on the other, they will come to realise that they have been taken for a ride in a big way. This is why all energy is spent by these harmful and destructive elements in humanity in trying to prove the quran is a religious holy book for a few rituals to please God.
The quran is actually a revelation of Allah to help people guide themselves along a way of life that helps them grow and prosper with dignity as a one proper human community or ummah or brotherhood.
The dominant people in form of rulers, mullahs and money lenders have divided humanity on basis of politics using political tricks and mechanisms, on basis of religions and sects using religious tricks and mechanisms and on the basis on economics using economic tricks and mechanisms.
This is why the fundamental divide between religion and secularism and the question of separation between religious affairs and state affairs.
This is why unless the quran is interpreted properly it cannot be understood and so long as that remains the case the rulers, the mullahs and the money lenders remain secure. This is why proper education that gives people critical ability to think and understand things is opposed tooth and nail by rulers, mullahs and money lenders. Any change is coming in the world is evolutionary change which drags people along due to increasing problems that humanity faces by way of bloody revolutions. If education was made priority then people would have become enabled to plan things ahead so there will not be as many problems in the world as there are.
It is because the quran is sent for helping mankind to plan ahead into the future to secure themselves by working on that plan. However, to ensure rulers, mullahs and money lenders remain in power they do not allow education for others than their own families and relatives. If anyone gains any access to education it is because rulers, mullahs and money lenders need people for furthering their own dreams and ambition and so it comes about as a by product of that process. It is like you open a shop for making money but you want to make more money so you open another shop and put someone in there to work for you. Now you make money but so does your worker without you actually wanting him to make money. You do not want him to make money because you rather pay him as less as you can that he will be willing to accept. Religion is also a big business held by mullahs. Just as there are big rulers and politicians and small rulers and politicians so there are big mullahs and small mullahs and likewise big money lenders and small money lenders, big businessmen and small businessmen.
All such ways of life adopted by mankind are anti quran because the quran is book of human brotherhood. In a good family that functions properly brothers do not rule each other like masters and slaves or kings and subjects by force, brothers do not ruler each other by deceiving each other like mullahs, brothers do not enslave each other by using money. If they do, family will fall apart. It is because mullahs have given legitimacy to kings and money lenders and they in turn have given legitimacy to mullahs, the ummah concept is dead and will remain dead till people wake up to tricks of these people and kick them where it really hurts.
This is why open discussions are absolutely necessary in the ummah to educate people out of all kind of nonsense that these people have invented and spread in the name of Allah. It is for this reason open discussions are not allowed in ummah because rulers, mullahs and money lenders will be defeated in no time. This is why more and more make beliefs are promoted day and night on main stream media to keep lid on the truth for as long as it is possible. Human suffering cannot be eliminated till this remains the situation because kingdom based on rule of law of Allah cannot come about because it is supposed to be brought about by people and people cannot bring it about till they read the quran and understand it properly because only then they will be able to plan things properly and execute the plan properly and an education based revolution could come about.
In my view it is very important for all people who claim to be mulsims to read the understanding of the quran by shia sects and sunni sects eg brelvies, deobandies, ahle hadith and then read about sir syed, iqbal, modoodi, parwez, etc. See if any of them has succeeded in explaining the message of the quran or how much of it.
This is something ummah must concentrate on otherwise as people become more and more confused the quran will become as irrelevant and useless for mankind as all other scriptures because when people do not see any use for something they leave it aside and move on. To keep quran relevant for mankind such people must rise who are able to interpret the quran properly.
Coming to the problem you are facing about understanding of the quran and islam, it is common in the ummah and people need to work themselves out of the problem at their own pace. It will help if you could start questioning your own beliefs and actions in light of real world realities and in light of quranic interpretation based on the same idea. So long as you hold on to your make beliefs irrespective of real world realities you will not find any real satisfaction deep inside yourself. It is because you know your reasons for which you hold certain belief do not add up. Unless you yourself feel troubled by what you believe and do there is nothing anyone can do to help you out of your situation. On the other hand if you yourself are a knowledgeable person then perhaps you are on the right foundation but everyone else has not yet reached to that level so you will have to give people time to arrive at that stage all by themselves in due course. It all depends on information you have in your mind and the sense it makes to you and whether it is correct or not.
My problem with people is not that they are ignorant because that is how we all begin our lives but that whether we get on with educating ourselves or not. So long as we try our best all is fine.
For me important thing is not discussion on details but the actual framework of quranic way of life. I hold the quran as book of God that sets people goals to achieve and the guidelines to achieve them by.
It is a program to an ultimate end hence the ultimate goal as well as auxiliary goals and rules and regulations to go with that objective.
Unless ummah has its framework worked out properly from the quran to begin with, there is no way any detail can be worked out no matter how hard we try.
Establishing Islam in the world is not the ultimate goal but the first main goal so that then people could work as a single human community towards ultimate goal, which is recognition of our creator and sustainer by way of travelling through the universe to see his creation and realise through vastness of his creation his greatness. We cannot unite nor travel through universe till we become creative ourselves. The hidden potential in form of abilities that has been placed in us by our creator is there for us to realise and actualise and what other way can we do that other than to be creative ourselves. It is our own creativity that will ultimately make us realise how great creator our creator is. If we human beings prove to be so clever and knowledgeable then how great will our creator and sustainer be?
However as we will try to unite, we will need to learn the quranic program ourselves and then inform others so that they come and join with us so that together we could carry out the mission assign for us by Allah. This is why we are told to make it our business to work for unity on ground of peace and harmony between mankind for purpose of making progress so that we could become prosperous as a united human community. This is why the quran wants us to be just, and compassionate when dealing with each other. Not only that it tells us to not to oppress and suppress each other or be unjust and cruel to each other. All this because by doing good to each other and by not doing bad to each other we can come together and stay together for greater purpose or goal. This is why islam is all about self regulation rather than ruling each other. Islam is a true democracy because the quran tells us to decide all community related matters through consultation with each other in light of the given quranic framework and realities facing ummah on the ground eg at local level, district level, provincial level as well as ummah level.
In short laws are made by ummah according to the provided guidelines of Allah. Likewise ummah is supposed to work out each and everything that it needs to do as a community and once it has worked out everything then it is ready to distribute responsibilities and rights for each and every person in the community as appropriate. What will all this do? It will turn ummah into a perfectly working machine of which each component works properly. What will that do? It will deliver the expected results ie it will deliver goods and services needed by individuals in the ummah at the points of need free of charge.
It is like you are handed over a list of things that you must do so that people who need goods or services that are your responsibilities to provide get them. Others will be doing exactly the same as per their responsibilities in order that you get goods and services which you need. This is the quranic concept of economics and rule ie each person is ruled by laws not by people. People only ensure that all are following the rule of law as stated in the quran and accepted by ummah as a community. In short in the quranic way of life it is the constitution that is supreme not any person be he a prophet of God. All people must live by same rule of law. This is proper quran based shariah or law of islam.
This is why ZAKAAH does not mean what mullahs tell us because islam is not a business for profit within ummah. As soon as you involve money based dealing with each other you are going to cause breakdown in ummah concept. This is what mullahs did when they got the chance after falling apart of the exemplary kingdom that was based on divine guidance that was established by the final messenger of Allah.
The proper worldwide divine kingdom is yet to be established but it will be established by people themselves not by any more prophet of any sort. It is because in the beginning Allah sent prophets for guidance of mankind because it was just the beginning of humanity so people needed a lot more help to find their way but once humanity has become aware of itself and bit aware more about its universe there is no need for any more divine messengers so all they need is message and that is there in form of the quran for them to consult. The quranic guidance is only needed for people if they wish to avoid waste of time and a lot of painful suffering ie learning and teaching proper way of life could fast track humanity to self regulated human community. Not going by the book will still lead humanity to the same end but after a lot of tough life experiences by beating the hell out of each other at every step of the way as we can see in the world. How will that lead them to right path? This idea is called keeping each other in check ie you slap me I punch you to teach you a lesson not to mess with me and next time you will not till you prepare better. I go and do same to someone else and get the same treatment. Because all people are doing this to each other so they are learning from this interaction and that is how we are moving little by little in the right direction. You can see how long this process is going to take to complete as opposed to learning and teaching method based upon divine guidance.
There are only three ways possible for mankind to live by. evolutionary process ie through brain and senses based life experiences passed down generations, revolutionary process ie by learning and teaching divine revelation and a bit of each. So it is up to people to decide how long they want to remain confused and carry on suffering due to ignoring the divine guidance. They can educate themselves quicker about how they should live and cut down the time and troubles they will otherwise face or carry on as they have been and suffer the consequences in future as well, as they have been suffering in the past. In that case they should not complain. It is like your parents are knowledgeable and tell you how you should live your life but you ignore their advice and go ahead with whatever is in your own mind and fall victim to all sorts of problems about which you are already forewarned then you just sit and curse your parents. This is what people are doing about God instead of seeing where they themselves have gone wrong.
Quranic way of life is simply put a way of life based upon idea of living for the good of each other as a proper human community. Which means a community self organised and self regulated for purpose of proper management of human population and provided resources as told by Allah and agreed upon by knowledge based ummah.
Any other way of life is anti quran which is based upon some people gaining personally at the expense of others. This way of life can never produce a proper human community. This is why there take place bloody revolts or uprisings that are mentioned in the quran.
regards and all the best.
