Mattyfisk wrote on Sep 24
th, 2016 at 8:56pm:
Certain schools of Islam place more significance on prayer, silence and meditation than any literal reading of the Koran.
Poppycock.Karnal,
What is it ?
The 'school of Islam' at the end of your street ??
That must be the school of ISLAM which promotes ISLAM as a genial and peaceful and tolerant religion.
Right ?
/sarc offKarnal,
As moslems believe that the Koran contains the direct words of their deity, Allah,
why wouldn't moslems be 'moved' to open and read the Koran ?
Hey Karnal, moslems in Sydney sent a Koran to me [after i requested it online], ....presumably those moslems sent that Koran to me, because they wanted me to open it and read it !
Yes ?
And Karnal, the contents of the KORAN,
predominantly, directs moslems, to do what ???
To pray, and meditate ???????
No!
The KORAN directs moslems, to
"Obey Allah, and obey the messenger"
"We sent not a messenger, but to be obeyed..........they ['believers'] can have no (real) Faith, until they make thee judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against Thy decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction."
Koran 4.64, 65
"O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger [i.e.
the clerics], and make not vain your deeds!"
Koran 47:33
And, to engage in Jihad [religious fighting in Allah's Cause].
Google;
jihad is the pinnacle of islam
The messenger of Allah, was described by Allah, as exemplifying
a beautiful pattern (of conduct) for the moslem man.
as per.....
"Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah [i.e. Mohammed]
a beautiful pattern (of conduct) for any one whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who engages much in the Praise of Allah."
Koran 33.021
QUESTION;
What did Mohammed have to say about Jihad [religious fighting in Allah's Cause] ???
"The Prophet said, "Nobody who dies and finds good from Allah (in the Hereafter) would wish to come back to this world even if he were given the whole world and whatever is in it, except the martyr who, on seeing the superiority of martyrdom, would like to come back to the world and get killed again (in Allah's Cause)." "
hadithsunnah/bukhari/ #004.052.053
"The Prophet said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life is! Were it not for some men amongst the believers who dislike to be left behind me and whom I cannot provide with means of conveyance, I would certainly never remain behind any Sariya' (army-unit) setting out in Allah's Cause. By Him in Whose Hands my life is! I would love to be martyred in Allah's Cause and then get resurrected and then get martyred, and then get resurrected again and then get martyred and then get resurrected again and then get martyred."
hadithsunnah/bukhari/ #004.052.054
"The Prophet said, "Nobody who enters Paradise likes to go back to the world even if he got everything on the earth, except a Mujahid who wishes to return to the world so that he may be martyred ten times because of the dignity he receives (from Allah)." "
hadithsunnah/bukhari/ #004.052.072
"I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The example of a Mujahid [religious fighter] in Allah's Cause--
and Allah knows better who really strives in His Cause----is like a person who fasts and prays continuously. Allah guarantees that He will admit the Mujahid in His Cause into Paradise if he is killed, otherwise He will return him to his home safely with rewards and war booty." "
hadithsunnah/bukhari/ #004.052.046
i.e. Muhammad is reported as saying that for a moslem, religious fighting, is the same as a religious devotion.
Jihad [religious fighting], is as if a muslim 'fasts and prays continuously'.
And that Allah guarantees that a Mujahid [religious fighter] will enter Paradise, if he is killed.
"A man came to the Prophet and asked, "A man fights for war booty; another fights for fame and a third fights for showing off; which of them fights in Allah's Cause?" The Prophet said, "He who fights that Allah's Word (i.e. Islam) should be superior, fights in Allah's Cause." "
hadithsunnah/bukhari/ #004.052.065
hadithsunnah/bukhari/ #004.052.080i
"Allah's Apostle was asked,
"What is the best deed?" He replied, "To believe in Allah and His Apostle (Muhammad). The questioner then asked, "What is the next (in goodness)? He replied,
"To participate in Jihad (religious fighting) in Allah's Cause." "
hadithsunnah/bukhari/ #001.002.026