Greetings of peace to you K.Venugopal
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What is meant is that the word of God, which would be intangible for man, was made in book form for man’s comprehension. Similarly, with idols. You may not be worshipping the Quran. But the fact remains that for worshipping Allah you need many aids, including the Quran. Hindus use the aid of idols to worship God. They may seem to be worshipping the idols exclusively, but their worship is not restricted to the idols. In worshipping the idols they seek to reach God. .
Well theres a difference between A book and an idol, in this case the Quraan and the idol. Yes the Quran contains words of benefit to us but we do not use it as a form of worship, wheras the idol you do, you give God a form!
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As I said, you need the aid of the Quran to reach God. .
Yes and as I said the Quran contains words of Benefit and from God, but we dont use it to worship God, but you use the Idol to worship God in that form.
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Obviously this has not been enough to bring unity to the Ummah. Would you deny there is internecine warfare among Muslim communities, whatever the reasons? .
Yes i think your talking of the Sects in Islaam, but the fact is even though they are divided between each other, they still all face same/one direction in worship which is Mecca. So there is still a form of Unity.
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Why did God need to receive worship in such a limited way?.
Limited way? God does NOT need worship however we benefit from it. He gave us Food, Water, day to live and night to sleep and many more (endess list), and all he asks from us is to worship him daily, is it limited because it benefits us or is it limited because he knows it benefits us and we will be rewarded and become humble?
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How can we conceive of that which is without form? .
Why do you give form to God when you dont know yourself what he looks like? Are you saying you`ve seen God? and because you dont know , you worship God through Rocks/idols!.However you give God a form for example human,animal etc. you still conceive God in many forms! And Muslims give God no form.
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If I talk to a rock do you think God will not hear me? Hasn’t Allah been described as all-hearing? .
Yes Allaah is All hearing, so do you not think God will hear you also without talking to the rock? So if God can hear you even without talking to a rock, why talk to a rock? You should ask yourself that Q as your a Hindu and you worship the Rock as a form of God. So yes Allaah has been described as As-Sammi-All-Hearing!
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Why not? In giving form to the formless, why should one form be considered less than another? .
This is just silly, we are talking about GOD, God doesnt need to worshipped in a form of what his creation, for example you worship God in the form of Animal, or human, why should he need to be worshipped in the form of HIS creation? Does your Vedas, Geeta also command you to worship god in through rocks and stones?
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By saying there is only one God Islam has reduced God to a countable object. .
Is not God All-powerful,well in Islaam God describes himself as Al-Malik-The King, The Master, The Sovereign Lord, Al-Qudus-The Holy, The Pure, The Perfect etc etc. God hasnt reduced himself to a countless object, but those who worship idols have! God is one, because he is able to control the world , the whole universe, he in Islaam tells us he is the ONE, God doesnt no help!, Rocks do, as you carry them and etc etc. Leme show you what GOD really says he says in the Quran in Surah Al-Iklaas-The Sincerety: Say: He is Allah, the One and Only, Allah, the Eternal, Absolute, He begetteth not, nor is He begotten, And there is none like unto Him. Here God does NOT, describe himself as an Object, but rather someone who is perfect and able to take life of Human.
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He might not need it, but what about our needs? .
Our needs you say? Worship is for our Benefit! I suggest you read Surah Ar-Rahmaan InshaAllaah this Q of yours shall be answered 100% weather you believe or not.
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Yes, I believe that Allah is your God..
Yes i believe also he is your Lord and Mine, you can deny as much as you will, you cannot deny you was created by God can you? Yet you are not sure of the form of your God since you have many, and also suggests you have many Gods. But the fact is your and my Lord is one!
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Why do you need a name (Allah) to worship God when Allah is only God’s name?.
Why Do Christians need the name Yeshua etc to worship their God? Why do you have many names for God? Btw Jesus (pbuh) caled upon God and he said Allaha, why do christian arabs call upon God and say Allah? Because it means God to them. All the prophets (pbut) all called upon God by a name, why did they? Allah tells us to call him by that name.
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God, according to Hinduism, has given us the freedom to worship Him any which way, except ways that will cause disharmony in society..
Muslims job is to follow the 5 Pillars in Islaam, Shahadah the first Pillar, "To testify there is One God and Muhammad (saw) is his messenger", Salaah the second pillar, Worship Allaah in our 5 daily prayers (Note Muslim prayer keeps one to remember God man times in ONE day), Zakaah the third pillar where a muslim is supposed to give charity every year to the poor to HELP them, Sawm the fourth pillar of Islaam to fast in the month of Ramadhaan by not eating and drinking during daylight hours, which makes one strong in faith, not greedy, and humble, And Finally the fiffth pillar Hajj to make a pilgrimage to Mecca once in their your lifetime if accordable. Are you calling this Disharmony to society? Maybe you watched too much Tv and believe EVERYTHING they claim!
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Yes. But unfortunately elsewhere He says that your religion is wrong and only my religion is right.
Really? Show me where, because this is what Allah says in the Quraan "This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you
Islam as your religion". (Soorah Al-Maa'idah 5:3)
Peace