I'm an agnostic now

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A living legacy for me is something that we have of that person in this physical realm. Such as a voice, a picture something that relates to that person.
 
StrivingforDeen said:
They don't know really. Honestly I do not think alot of the messangers and prophets. Why? Because they don't have a living legacy. I am talking about Godly guidance. God knows what would guide me. And no I am not expecting for an angel or money to fall from the sky.
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There was a town with a beautiful church within a valley. One day it started to rain. It rained so much that flood alerts were issued. By the next day all the ground floors of every house was flooded and fire trucks were taking people to safety. The fire trucks went to the Church to get the Minister, but he said "My God will save me".

By the after noon the trucks couldn't enter the town and so, boats were sent to get the rest of the people, When the boats arrived at the church, the Minister said "My God will save me, go away".... come evening, the flood waters had engulfed ever house and was now reaching the top of the Church. The Minister had taken to the roof and was holding onto the spire for dear life when a rescue helicopter lowered its rope and a man came clambering down "Take a hold of this harness and clip it to your clothing and hold on"... but the Minister replied with "No, go away, My God will save me". So the helicopter left and the Minister ended up drowning.

When God raised the Minister alive, he asked God angrily "Why did you not save me? I believed in you?"... you know what God returns with?

"I sent you emergency vehicles, boats and even a helicopter - what were you expecting? Can you not read the signs I left for you? You? A Minister of the faith?"

- this story is all about the OP and his inability to "SEE" those signs.

Not to mention he is still a child going through puberty... lol that makes me giggle.
 
What about the holy scriptures, specifically the Quran. Because EVERY other book has been altered EXCEPT the Quran. 1400 years and not one harakah's different from when it was revealed to Muhammad :saws1:

What do you call that? A MIRACLE. A LIVING LEGACY.

You never answered my question. Do you believe in Adam and Hawwaa 'alayhimassalaam?
 
Crookedrib. I was talking about something to relate about the Prophets.
 
Every single human being can relate to them. We all have the same father and mother. Just look in the mirror. But no person can relate more to them than a Muslim. Why? Because we carry the same message of Allah :arabic2:. The same message that's being preached to for millions of years. ISLAM.

Please stop ignoring my question. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ADAM? (not yelling, making sure that you can see it)
 
I do not disbelieve or believe in him
And I started with living legacy. So diaries. Something personal to them.
 
What's that supposed to mean? You don't disbelieve or believe in him? They're both complete opposites, you have to either believe or disbelieve.

Ok how about i help you by the will of Allah.

Do you think we just popped out of no where?
Do you think we fell from the sky?
Do you not believe in a BEGINNING???

I seriously hope you do not believe in humans evolving from monkeys.

You said you believe in God and how the universe didn't create itself. Likewise, humans didn't just come into existence, right?

Please elaborate on not believing or disbelieving.

The prophets and messengers didn't need diaries, they had ALLAH. Instead of writing to themselves they spoke to their creator and relied on his guidance. Look, you don't need to have something material like to believe in their living legacy. All you need is belief.
 
Belief is not certain. Anyways it just means that I have no opinion on it.
 
Belief can be certain..if you believe. Depends on your belief and reasoning.

Muslims believe in Allah because it's logical. Muslims are logical alhamdulillah.
Muslims believe in the prophets and messengers because we have proof and ultimately because Allah said so.
Muslims believe in the Quran because it is and has been proven to be kalaamullah.

You have no opinion on how YOU came into existence..OK. This should be one of your main concerns if you truly are looking for the truth.
 
Bro, answer this honestly. Did you leave Islam because you never felt it was the truth or did you leave because it was a burden to you? Did you feel ashamed of being Muslim? A lot of young Muslims feel left out or too restricted so they think the best way to solve this is to leave Islam altogether. Surely these restrictions are for our own well being.
 
Okay so now we know exactly why you left it. But do you still believe that it is the only and absolute truth? Remember, the worst muslim is still better than the best disbeliever.

Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear (2:286). I'm sure you knew this ayah but it seems that you've forgotten it.

[FONT=wf_segoe-ui_light]It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: [/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_light]“Religion is easy, and no one overburdens himself in his religion but he will be unable to continue in that way. So do not be extremists, but try to be near perfection and receive the good tidings that you will be rewarded. Gain strength by worshipping in the mornings and afternoons and during the last hours of the night.”[/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_light]Narrated by al-Bukhaari (39) and Muslim (2816).

Thus it is known that a number of principles may be derived from this great hadeeth:
1. Islam is easy in general
2. Hardship opens the door to relief
3. If I tell you to do something, do as much of it as you can.
4. It encourages those who strive hard and gives them glad tidings of goodness and reward that stem from their actions.
5. Comprehensive advice on how to reach Allaah, advice which may be sufficient on its own and no other advice could take its place.
islamqa.info/en/124611

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It seems you're just looking for an easy way out. No restrictions, no obligations. Which is why you want to believe in God and do nothing else.

Ask yourself this question: Why do i exist? What purpose am i here for?
 
Is the full reason personal? Please tell us so that if Allah wills we can help you with your imaan crisis.

You are going down a dangerous path and you know it. You're a smart kid.
 
Empty as in loneliness or empty as in emotionless?

Both can be dealt with if you have a healthy connection with Allah.
 
Just empty. I didn't feel no connection to God. It was like praying to a wall.
 
That's because you were missing that sense of gratitude to Allah. You just prayed because it was an obligation and nothing else.

Why Does My Prayer Feel Like an Empty Ritual?

Part of the reason that people feel emptiness in their prayers is because they feel that by praying and fasting and supplicating, they are doing something to benefit Allah, and that He should feel obliged to reimburse them for their efforts. Then, they desire certain outcomes that their limited insight feels is best for them, and that if those do not occur, then Allah has not answered them, so they become despondent.

Rather, do we ask ourselves how Allah can possibly owe us anything, when, long before we were even created, in His infinite knowledge, He willed that we would be guided as Muslims today? Did He not choose you and I out of billions of people to believe in Him?

What did we do in pre-eternity, what great act of piety, what service, what obedience, for which our creation and guidance was recompense? Nothing whatsoever.

What was there before this entire world of cause and effect and ups and downs and desires and actions? Allah alone, and His pure largess and mercy.

So is it not fitting that we worship Him out of a profound sense of gratitude, solely because He alone deserves to be worshiped, rather than for outcomes, as if He has to pay us back for acts of worship that He guided us to in the first place?

When we choose freely to worship Him (even after He makes us inclined to do so), He creates the act and enables us, then we acquire that prayer in our account of good deeds, then He Himself appreciates it and rewards us for something He created. That is the reality for our devotions. They are in fact a gift from Him to us, not the other way around. Knowing this should change the state of our worship, insha Allah.

http://seekershub.org/ans-blog/2010...any-observable-effect-or-peace-in-my-worship/

Good answer maa shaa Allah^
 
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