But why Islam?

[Isambard]

Id say same reason why you have so many born-again christians. Its a very simple mechanical formula. Hell, even more simply then christianity as there is no works vs. faith debate.

That in itself can be a very alluring carrot.

 

[MustafaMc]

MustafaMC i ask to look at the evidence and sciences in the Quran before saying we just have faith.

Perhaps you would be so kind as to quote where you believe that I was wrong in my post. If you recall the hadith where the Angel Jibrael questioned Prophet Muhammad (saaws) about faith, I believe you will find that it is consistent with my post.

It is largely a matter of faith to believe in Allah, the Messengers of Allah, the revealed Books of Allah, the Angels, the Resurrection of the dead with Judgement Day, and the Divine Decree. In my opinion we have no scientific evidence that any of these are true - yet we Muslims believe in them all.

These are in fact the core articles of FAITH in Islam.

 

[Muslim Woman]

........You place your million dollar bet that there is no Hereafter and live your life accordingly. If there is a Hereafter, then you have no hope to avoid Hell. If there is no Hereafter, you gain only the experience of "bad" things listed above and the time, money, etc that you would have spent in worship.

I am comfortable with my "bet" are you?

MashaAllah, very good post bro.

Atheist, be careful. If no hereafter , no fear at all ….but if there is eternal fire , sinners will beg for death of which they are afraid of now….but no luck then


There are no different different gods that Muslims will find out ---oh no , we worshipped the wrong one. Allah is the Arabic word for God Almighty---as there is only one God …no chance of any mistake

Pl. read Quran …hopefully u will understand that Islam is the Truth.


Verses we need for this life & hereafter



To those who reject Our Signs, and treat them with arrogance,

no opening will there be for them of the Gates of Paradise,

nor will they enter Paradise until the camel can pass through the eye of a needle:

Such is Our Reward for those who sin



The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 7, Verse 40




Verily, they see it [the Day of Judgement] as far distant,

but We see it as [very] near.


The Day that the sky will be like molten brass, and the mountains will be like wool,

and no friend will ask after a friend, though they may be put in sight of each other

The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 70, Verses 6-11.

 

[MustafaMc]

Allah given us great signs and the Prophet himself told us of manny events which have past. He told us the Arabs would contruct tall buildings, That there come a time when the world would fight and a man from the Germans would become the scoruge of the world and he would seek domination. That The Jews would gather on the west of the Joran river ( where Isreal is). He told us that news would spread from one place to another and everyone would hear it in there own lanuage. (tv and sattitlite) The Quran tells us about the formation of the human sperm in the womb and how salt water and fresh water never combine. We have proof and if you can show me where the Bible ever gives proofs like this then I will surrender my religion. What more proof do you need?

To be honest with you, I don't need for any of these prophecies and pre-science scientific knowledge to be true for me to believe that the Quran is the Word of Allah. I accept it on my faith which you so harshly questioned above. Oh yeah, and you forgot to mention the ayat where the Quran predicts that people will travel by means unkown to Arabs of Prophet Muhammad's (saaws) time. I accept all of these as true, but my faith is not dependent on it.

As an analogy, a Christian may believe that the Shroud of Turin is the actual burial cloth of Jesus (as) that has the literal imprint of Jesus' (as) body on it from the resurrection from the dead. I am sure that this very Christian does not depend upon this shroud for his faith in Jesus' resurrection.

 

[sudais1]

If you want to base everything on Faith then thats you. but anyone could have strong faith even if it's a goat.

 

[Keltoi]

If you want to base everything on Faith then thats you. but anyone could have strong faith even if it's a goat.

That is sort of a strange statement to me. Anybody could have strong faith even if it's a goat? Perhaps Islam is different, but in Christianity it is faith that leads to salvation, not "proving" that Moses parted the Red Sea, for instance. I understand you believe there is evidence to support your faith, but it is still "evidence" to support something you accept by faith...and guess what, there is nothing wrong with that. That is sort of the point right?