Does Allah determine the murdered person and the murderer since He alone can determine the time of death?
This is the explanation according to my reasoning within Islamic teaching.
Allah chooses amongst the evil people (a person who at that point in time of the murder action has accumulated a high level of evilness and sins, a rebellious person who doesnt heed Allah and does whatever his desires tells him to do) to act out his evilness by killing the person for whom Allah has decreed death.
In that way Allah determines the time and mode of death of the person murdered but is not the one responsible for the evil murder action. The action of murder in islam is a product of a disease i.e the disease of being evil throughout ones life and having a corrupt soul (same goes for the action of rape, child abuse, theft e.t.c). At the moment of commiting the murder his conscience can never stop him because the disease of evil present in his heart will always overpower him. A major evil action is never the spur of the moment but rather a symptom of a chronic evil within the self stemming from a persistent history of living with corrupt ideas and beliefs.
For the innocent killed, his life term is completed (and he will be judged according to the good and bad in his term life and sent to paradise or hell accordingly) and the murderer (whos term is not yet expired) is an evil person who has manifested the symptoms of his corrupt and evil soul.
The murderer can persist on choosing decisions or beliefs which are evil until his life term ends or he can start reflecting on the evilness of his action and the disease in his heart which has caused him to do that murder(his conscience direct's him to reflect on all the sins and ignorance he has lived with in his life) and sincerely and persistently repent(meaning ask forgiveness from Allah and make a sincere resolution never to sin again and always be heedful to Allah).
"ALLAH knows best how death arrives, what time and in what mode"
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
ALLAH - The One and Only
(The Noble Quran - Surah Hashr)
23. Allah is He, other than Whom there is no other god, Who knows(all things) both secret and open; the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Source of Peace (and Perfection), the Guardian of Faith, the Preserver of Safety, the Exalted in Might, the Irresistible, the Supreme: Glory to Allah. (High is He) above all that they associate to Him.
24. He is Allah, the Creator, the Originator, the Bestower of Forms (or Colours). To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names: whatever is in the heavens and on earth, does declare His Praises and Glory: and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
23. Allah is He, other than Whom there is no other god, Who knows(all things) both secret and open; the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Source of Peace (and Perfection), the Guardian of Faith, the Preserver of Safety, the Exalted in Might, the Irresistible, the Supreme: Glory to Allah. (High is He) above all that they associate to Him.
24. He is Allah, the Creator, the Originator, the Bestower of Forms (or Colours). To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names: whatever is in the heavens and on earth, does declare His Praises and Glory: and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
Monday, May 26, 2008
The Truth of this World
Many a times people following scriptures are relegated by many as following 'blind faith', knowledge without evidence and without reasoning.
My simple answer is that we dont follow blind faith. For us our conviction in our scripture is gradual and multifactorial.
The main reason as to why we come to the conclusion that the Quran is absolute and a word from God is the fact that many a verses in this holy book convince men who ponder on it over time, that this book is impossible to be from a human being.
Some of the scientific amazements of the Quran which make it totally impossible for a man of the 7th century to have known except with Divine Revelation.
Beautifully sum up embryologic process which was only espoused in the 20th century when at that time even microscopes didnt exist.
That the universe is expanding when the fact of the universe expansion was only discovered in 20th century.
The health guideline of a total abstinence on alcohol recommended by most health care experts in the 21st century.
A verse which ends up proving the speed of light which was only accurately described in the 20th century.
Thus when we gradually get convinced of these scientific miracles and many others.
when gradually it becomes hard for us to accept the fact that the beautiful existent universe, butterflies, apples and grapes and all other millions of animals, plants, the seas and the stars, the perfect balance has come about simply by chance and has organized itself automatically and randomly without a supreme wisdom.
When we reason out that the laws of God as commanded by Him are the most perfect and just for mankind.
When we reason out that God tells us about the various psychological minds of men in perfect accuracy and we see it practically in our lives.
When we reason out that we have no control over anything in life unless God wills it. When both favourable and seemingly unfavourable events have good in them for the believer.
When God exhibits His total control over humans through trials of ill-health from him. The rheumatoid patient cannot open his hand, the advanced motor neuron disease patient cannot even flex his phalange. When a tiny virus has ability to completely devastate us. When the patient demented can't even take control of his thoughts. When the patient in coma cannot wake up. When death comes no one can stop it. Even if the best terminal care specialists in the world were all to get together and read all the books in the medical world and used all the most advanced laboratories and hospitals and equipment, they cannot stop death when it comes eventually.
This is when we get convinced that all men are disabled until God makes them able. All men live, move, speak, think, see and hear and feel thanks to God's grace. Every blessing can be appreciated better from examples in this world which God presents to make Himself clear.
The most developed of cities with the most advanced of hospitals and most educated of men face problems and consequences exist which no science is able to solve but which can only be solved by moral correction and belief in God. Suicide, depressions, anxiety, drug problems, alcohol related violence, crime, domestic violence. When statistics of these are read then it becomes clear of what state a society can be and at the same time claim to be at the forefront of human culture and advancement. The only solution to all problems is an Islamic awakening. Until and unless men dont fully submit themselves to God there is bound to be restlessness, fear and fruitless research into many spheres without any solutions.
My simple answer is that we dont follow blind faith. For us our conviction in our scripture is gradual and multifactorial.
The main reason as to why we come to the conclusion that the Quran is absolute and a word from God is the fact that many a verses in this holy book convince men who ponder on it over time, that this book is impossible to be from a human being.
Some of the scientific amazements of the Quran which make it totally impossible for a man of the 7th century to have known except with Divine Revelation.
Beautifully sum up embryologic process which was only espoused in the 20th century when at that time even microscopes didnt exist.
That the universe is expanding when the fact of the universe expansion was only discovered in 20th century.
The health guideline of a total abstinence on alcohol recommended by most health care experts in the 21st century.
A verse which ends up proving the speed of light which was only accurately described in the 20th century.
Thus when we gradually get convinced of these scientific miracles and many others.
when gradually it becomes hard for us to accept the fact that the beautiful existent universe, butterflies, apples and grapes and all other millions of animals, plants, the seas and the stars, the perfect balance has come about simply by chance and has organized itself automatically and randomly without a supreme wisdom.
When we reason out that the laws of God as commanded by Him are the most perfect and just for mankind.
When we reason out that God tells us about the various psychological minds of men in perfect accuracy and we see it practically in our lives.
When we reason out that we have no control over anything in life unless God wills it. When both favourable and seemingly unfavourable events have good in them for the believer.
When God exhibits His total control over humans through trials of ill-health from him. The rheumatoid patient cannot open his hand, the advanced motor neuron disease patient cannot even flex his phalange. When a tiny virus has ability to completely devastate us. When the patient demented can't even take control of his thoughts. When the patient in coma cannot wake up. When death comes no one can stop it. Even if the best terminal care specialists in the world were all to get together and read all the books in the medical world and used all the most advanced laboratories and hospitals and equipment, they cannot stop death when it comes eventually.
This is when we get convinced that all men are disabled until God makes them able. All men live, move, speak, think, see and hear and feel thanks to God's grace. Every blessing can be appreciated better from examples in this world which God presents to make Himself clear.
The most developed of cities with the most advanced of hospitals and most educated of men face problems and consequences exist which no science is able to solve but which can only be solved by moral correction and belief in God. Suicide, depressions, anxiety, drug problems, alcohol related violence, crime, domestic violence. When statistics of these are read then it becomes clear of what state a society can be and at the same time claim to be at the forefront of human culture and advancement. The only solution to all problems is an Islamic awakening. Until and unless men dont fully submit themselves to God there is bound to be restlessness, fear and fruitless research into many spheres without any solutions.
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