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Originally Posted by alapiana1  Muslims don't have eternal security. They don't know they are saved what difference does it make to be on the Islam's straight path as you call it if they are not guranteed or secured in their salvation? In other words, you could live as a good Muslim all your life and ALLAH MIGHT DECIED TO SEND YOU TO HELL. Since Christianity is based on the work of Christ, we are not depending on our works for salvation; nevertheless, we have good works, because we life by faith in him that died for us and rose ever making intercession. We have Jesus praying to Allah for us. |
How can you be so foolish as to say that you KNOW you are saved and going to Heaven? I envision Christians being so arrogant as to stand before Allah on Judgement Day and asking straight away without a need for personal judgement, "OK, where's my spot in Heaven?" That would require absolute certainty that every word of the Bible is the literal Word of God and that the Christian plan of salvation is a certain fact beyond dispute. Well, we Muslims have put forth much in dispute of these claims. You can strongly believe that the Bible is the Word of God and that Jesus (pbuh) was God incarnate and died on the cross for your sins and you can BELIEVE, based on those beliefs, that you are going to Heaven, but there is no way this side of Judgement Day that you can KNOW you are saved! The amazing thing to me is that you don't seem to understand this concept.
We Muslims believe that we are going to Heaven based on the Promises that Allah made to us repeatedly in the Quran. That belief and hope is enough for me.