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divine_quran
10-17-2007, 06:53 AM
Hi Folks

Islam is not moving around a personal relationship between man and God nor is it characterized by the experience of an individual of a subjective nature, but it is a "Code of Life" regulating the conduct of affairs concerning the individual as well as the collective life of human beings. Secondly, it does not consider men life on earth a period of bondage in which the idea of salvation does not arise. On the contrary, having assigned to man a very high position in the universe, Islam expects him to take up the challenge of life boldly in order to harness the forces of nature for the development of his own self and the larger community of mankind. The fallacy of considering Islam a religion springs from the fact that absolute "faith" in God is of fundamental importance to it as it is supposed to be more or less so in all religions, past and present but it is not only the "faith" in God that should serve as a criterion in arriving at a correct estimate of one or the other. The real question we should be concerned that what is the concept of God which is supposed to be the common factor?

Islam on its part that has presented a concept of God entirely at variance with the one advanced by the various religions of the world. Along with Iman (believe) in God, the distinguishing feature of the Islamic concept lies in the belief that God did not merely create the universe but has also laid down definite laws to regulate the scope and functions of the various objects comprising it. The "Law of Cause and Effect" and the "Law of Uniformity in Nature" among others is being of basic importance and they deal with the external nature of the universe. Beside that God (Allah) has prescribed definite laws regulating human life and its activities.

The knowledge of the Divine Laws relating to the external universe is derived from a close observation of nature, scientific experiments and discoveries but not so in the case of laws relating to human life and the regulation of its conduct which are communicated only through Revelation to the Prophets (Rasool) and conveyed by them as Messengers of God to mankind. It is this wherein Islam as a din also distinguishes itself from the Material concept of life which takes no cognizance of the Divine Guidance by means of revelation. Islam asserts that such Divine Laws have been from time to time communicated to all the peoples of the world. The Rasool (the Messengers of God) received them through revelation and delivered them to their people.

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Nawaz
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