Tag: Absoluteness
How to read Scriptures? – Part 2
How to read scriptures to benefit from them? (part 2) Most of the sections in the Quran are loaded with figurative speech. How should we read them? In order to approach this topic, we first have to define the text. The text claims to be the Speech of the Creator of the universe. By definition, […]
How to read Scriptures? – Part 1
How to read the scriptures to benefit from them? (part 1) The Quran claims to be the speech of my Creator. How do I develop confidence in my being that the Quran is indeed the speech of my Creator? I have the desire to live with meaning and wonder at why I am here, why […]
Chapter Ma’un – Part 3
We have been studying the word “religion” (deen in Arabic) and trying to understand the difference between “belief” and “religion” as a social construct at the personal or social level. How are we supposed to put belief into our practical and social lives? Deen is mostly known as rituals and the followers of the […]
Chapter Ma’un – Part 2
107: 1 “Have you considered the one who denies the religion?” 107: 2 “Such is the one who treats the orphans with harshness,” 107:3 “and does not encourage the feeding of the needy.” Recap: Paying back what I owe as pertaining to my existence. The debts that you owe to the Source of your Existence. […]
Arguments for Messengership – Part 4
The Reasonings (page 120) The Second Purpose INTRODUCTION You ask: You say that the second part of the Proclamation of Testimony – I bear witness that there is no deity but God; and I also bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger – is a witness for the truth of the first part, […]
