Belinda wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2024 11:45 am
It means your religion is perfected . It does not say your religion will no longer be up for discussion and review in the light of new challenges.
Throughout the first five Islamic centuries, the practice of ijtihad continued both theoretically and practically amongst Sunni Muslims. The initial dispute surrounding the exercise of ijtihad and the existence of mujtahids emerged in its nascent form around the beginning of the sixth/twelfth century.[6] By the 14th century, development of Islamic Fiqh (jurisprudence) prompted leading Sunni jurists to state that the main legal questions had been addressed and the scope of ijtihad was gradually restricted.[2] In the modern era, this gave rise to a perception amongst Orientalist scholars and sections of the Muslim public that the so-called "gate of ijtihad" was closed at the start of the classical era.[2][7] While recent scholarship established that the practice of Ijtihad had never ceased in Islamic history, the extent and mechanisms of legal change in the post-formative period remain a subject of debate.[8]
Therefore Islam, adapted to the challenges of this year, can still be the unifying force.
Whatever is final with Islam is dictated ONLY in the Quran and no where else i.e. the direct words of Allah as sent to his prophet via Angel Gabriel of which
a copy is in the hand of God somewhere in heaven.
The practice of Ijtihad is reasoned from the exegesis of the Quran's 6236 verses and there are likely to be tons of variations of interpretations subject to the infinite psychological states of the believers adapted to different environments. There is no central authority to decide the right or wrong interpretations.
Ijtihad is the use of reasoning to establish laws on earth for humans by humans and because humans are being-human, comprised the good and the evil, fallible, bias and has self-interests, their interpretations are not likely to align with Allah intentions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijtihad
Allah had sent the Quran which was made easy to understand; there are many verses to support this point, here's one;
verse 17 of chapter 54, Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon):
Yusuf Ali
"And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?"
The majority of Muslims are naturally good human beings and thus they tend to twist the verses of the Quran to suit to their basic goodness.
The Quran is inherently evil and is loaded with evil laden verses, thus the evil prone will interpret it as intended, take for example Q5:33:
Q:33 Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and spread mischief [fasad] in the land is death, crucifixion, cutting off their hands and feet on opposite sides, or exile from the land.
The term English term 'mischief' when read within the verse is very misleading.
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Fasad" in Arabic is taken in general to be 'bad' as any threat to the religion, i.e. extend to the slightest but very psychologically impactful to believers which include even disbelieving, drawing of cartoons, blasphemy and the like. This interpretation is confirmed in many tafsirs [interpretations] by many popular and influential Islamic clergies. Btw, there is no central authority to decide they are right or wrong but literally and culturally they are right.
If these popular clergies could influence merely 10% of believers to this 'true' interpretation, there would be a potential 150-200 million of them who are inclined to carry out Q5:33 in its full extent and this is already so evident throughout history since the emergence of the religion.
Now, if a believer were to kill [caused death to one, group or a genocide] those who commit
fasad [even the slightest] to the religion, e.g. for being a disbeliever*, commit blasphemy, drawings of cartoons of the P, will he be punished by omniscient Allah on Judgment Day for his compliance with God's word in Q5:33?
Your answer?
*'Disbelievers' are a threat to the religion [it is inherent very insecure], especially when they convert believers out of the religion thus potentially weaken or destroying the religion.
Those Muslims [the majority] who are good human beings will try to interpret Q5:33 as applicable only to very 'serious' evil crimes against the religion or ignore it, but they are misinterpreting the verse's obvious meanings and has sinned if they do not comply with Q5:33 upon the intended scenario happened.
There are tons of such verses in the Quran.
Wars, just, unjust, in self-defense is inherently immoral, as such should not be included in an immutable holy texts till eternity.
In contrast, note Christianity contingent upon the Gospels has an overriding pacifist moral maxim with
no room for evil at all as a STANDARD, i.e. love all, even enemies, give the other cheeks.
Being humans, not all Christians will comply with the above, thus the non-compliant has sinned and need to ask for forgiveness or be sent to hell.
] are people with strong evil propensities who would not hesitate to comply with A5:33 and other evil laden verses. [which is evident]
, you are correct, and sure is an adjective, lol. I would just try, and make this kid look stupid, but that would be hard, as whoever it is, data dumps. Information does not work that way, as it take time to learn the predicate of the perception. Reasoning, is fun but hard because you get the therefore, according to the rule. To inform a blind man, is hard to convey too in an abstracted way this kid is relative. Whoever it is, already knows how to reason and is grounded in their ignorance and learning. How do you teach an imbecilic person, you show them their failures. This person knows their failures and that is why they copy and paste. Then plays the skeptic in a troll way. By the way, the article about skeptics and trolls was amazingly interesting and well written in issue 165.