Ashshahadu an la illa ha il Allahu
Wa Ashshahadu ana Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh
Auzubillahi min ash-shaitani ar-rajeem
Bismillahi ar-Rahmani ar-Rahmeen
In the name of Allah, The Gracious, the Merciful
We grant them their pleasure for a little while: in the end shall We drive them to a chastisement unrelenting. (31:24)
The AIDS epidemic is spreading throughout the world. Though it may seem to a be a "third world" disease, even modern Western countries like the United States of America are not immune from it. It is without a doubt a lethal and painful punishment for those who are afflicted with it. For Muslims, it is a Sign of Allah's Anger toward people who have abandoned His commandments and expectations of chastity, and who have dirtied themselves in unlawful sexual relations. It is also a fulfilment of a prophecy made by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (salallahu alaihi wa salam):
It never happens that permissiveness overwhelms a people to the extent that they display their acts of sex shamelessly and they are not uniquely punished by God. Among them, invariably, pestilence is made to spread and such other diseases, the like of which have never been witnessed by their forefathers. (Ibn Majah; Kitab-ul-Fitan)
How about a test for those have it and also for the onlooker as well as selfproclaimed moolas
Simply put: The Creator is testing the creation.
That's what I was gunna say...But then apparently, my Internet window was performing illegal operations and was locked away...
Anywho, me thinks that innocent lives have been sacrificied so that sinners can learn and change their ways throughout history, and the AIDS thing is just one of those cases. Not everyone's totally innocent, of course, but still.
Anyhow, I don't see why certain people claim every single calamity is a punishment from Allah. That's quite a disturbingly gloomy outlook. What next? 'Oh, it's raining. I think I'll twist the meaning of a Quranic verse so that the weather is a punishment for homosexuals'. Come on, guys.
Anyhow, I don't see why certain people claim every single calamity is a punishment from Allah. That's quite a disturbingly gloomy outlook. What next? 'Oh, it's raining. It must be a punishment for homosexuals'. Come on, guys.
I agree. Humanity reaps what they sow.
Studying Torah outweighs interfaith dialogue, so I will not be on except once and a while to answer Questions in the Judaism Q/A thread: HERE.
The fear of the L-rd is a spring of life, to turn away from the snares of death. (Mishlei 14:27)
How can anyone think AIDS is a punishment from Allah?[MAD][/MAD] If that were the case, then why are certain celebraties (whose names I will not mention), seem to live longer, healthier and more productive lives with HIV/AIDS than those wo do not possess such fame and fortune? If it where a true punishment from Allah, than we know that Allah is the only one that is able to do anything about it. Money and fame can NOT slow down or stop what Allah starts. Think about it people.
It cant just be a punishment. Why would a child born with it be punished? There must be more to it than it just being a punishment. I take it that its a punishment and reminder.
*Without Allah, without Islam, life would be meaningless. If I've ever learned patience, it's because of this. Alhamdulillah...*
Are earth quakes and floods not punishment from Allah S.W.T yet good people die too. That is why we are told to stay away from evil doers because when the punishment comes it comes to the entire town, city,country...
i just wanna clarify....tht it IS possiblr it cud be a punishment in this life 4 muslims...but if it is, its usually a purifiation or forgivness for the akhira, but like i said....its a humiliation 2 the kafir...but muslims who receieve such things r usually having their sins forgiven as a mercy for the akhira, it may be a punishment in this dunya so tht their punishment in akhira is lighter
AIDS is a punishment from Almighty Allah for the general promiscuity that has enveloped society, not just the West, but the entire world. A lot of people have asked that AIDS is many times passed on from mother to child, and the child is innocent, so why is Allah punishing him/her? I agree the child is innocent, but he is tainted with sin, in the sense that what his parents have wrought. He suffers the consequences for their rebellion against Allah. The child's own punishment can also be a punishment for the mother, because no mother can bear the suffering of her child, especially an infant. We all have to remember that when Allah punishes, He punishes severely, He is the Lord after all, and when He shows His Mercy, it is ecstatic to put it mildly. Almighty Allah has punished entire civilizations and societies for their wickedness, there are numerous examples from the Holy Quran:
Humanity was punished with the Great Flood for rejecting their Prophet Noah (alaihi salam)
But they rejected him, and We delivered him, and those with him, in the Ark: but We overwhelmed in the flood those who rejected Our signs. They were indeed a blind people! (7:64)
Sodom was a particularly wicked nation, and for their rejection of Prophet Lot (alaihi salam)
When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer (11:82)
Egypt and the people of Pharoah were punished with numerous plagues for their rejection of the message of Prophet Moses (alaihi salam)
So We sent (plagues) on them: Wholesale death, Locusts, Lice, Frogs, And Blood: Signs openly self-explained: but they were steeped in arrogance,- a people given to sin. (7:133)
The nation of Thamud was warned by their Prophet Salih (alaihi salam) but they rejected him, and were destroyed by a massive storm
But the Thamud, they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning! (69:5)
The nation of 'Ad rejected their Prophet Hud (alaihi salam) and they were destroyed by a ferocious wind
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent (69:6)
These are some examples of Heavenly punishments for those who became wicked and behaved insolently against the Prophets which Allah sent to warn against them. Now Allah has reiterated the warning of the greatest punishment yet through His Last Prophet Muhammad (salallahu alaihi wa salam) - The Day of Judgment itself! Other punishments on a smaller scale have also been prophecised such as AIDS, from the hadith I mentioned earlier. Who can deny that these are the Signs from Heaven?
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Thats just wrong. Would anyone else like to step in and clear it up
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