Re: Non-Muslims and Shariah
Oh boy since we are not going to get far lets rekindle an old discussion here then. Salaat.
I know you believe it is not a set of ritual incantations as most muslims believe and perform. Given that you follow a different translation of the Quran and use the new translation to prove that salaat is not the ritual form of worship and all history is wrong then we need to leverage history here to prove or disprove the point.
Quran is not a live and present day scriptural document. It was revealed in our history and not today. Islam was formed in history (1400 years ago) and not today. So my first argument would be we cannot throw our history in the dustbin and re-write a new history for ourselves to prove that the new translation of the Quran that you follow (with different meanings of words) is correct. We need to go back in history to figure out what it meant not what we think it does now. Do you agree with that much? Is that a fair way to approach this difference of opinion to you.
Ok, brother, but then please first retract the statement that I used a “new translation” … as I had demonstrated to you, I had used Yousuf Ali’s translation for sake of argument.