why do i have to believe?

[Eric H]

Greetings and peace be with you khalid84;

Death is not a problem, we all have to die at some point, finding a reason and a purpose to live can be a problem. Life can seem to be a daily grind that just beats us down, day after day.

I really believe that faith and trust in God is the answer, it helps push us out of our comfort zone. Ramadan is here, it is a time to test your resolve, and take you out of your comfort zone. Fasting helps you build up an inner strength, it helps you to understand the plight of the poor, any money you save from your own meals can be given to the poor who suffer the greatest injustice in this world.

It is not enough to be a good person, religion gives us the reason to serve others and change ourselves, faith and trust in God can be demanding. Praying for other people will help you. When you pray long enough for another person, you come to understand that you cannot leave all the solution in God’s hands, you have to do something yourself.

In the spirit of praying for an inner peace that surpasses all understanding.

Eric

 

[GuestFellow]

why do i have to believe in a religion i mean any religion the reiligion was created by some inteligent people to control people for not doing bad things if there was no religion then there would be a chaos so the question remains why the miracles stoped showing up?

Greetings,

The Quran is not created by people. The Quran is the word of God and it was revealed through revelations. Miracles do still occur today.

the answer from me is bcoz poeple got inteligent the can tell between tricks and reality i mean why do i have to believe in a religion if im a good person i saw manu religious he people who do things u wont believe even imams can u believe this afcourse not but i do bcoz i seen it so there is lots of question like Why Is Religion Here? Why are people religious? Why so many people are religious — why is it the rule to be religious, blah blah blah

Tell me what is a good person? Yes there are some followers of Islam who are hyprocrites. However you need to distingush between religion and followers of a faith. Like a car. A car is only a tool for transportation. How that car is used depends upon the driver.

the truth to be told i believe there is god but i dont believe %100 in a religion the religion could be missed up by people or 4 example there are lots of religion in the world every one thinks there own way or believe but why does it have to be religion and involve praying and if u look at it this way most religion prays deferent but they all believe in one good except buddhist or hindos.

Well you should study all different religions. Then decide which religion makes sense. I did that. : )

what i realy am upto is i dont realy believe in a religion im muslim but dont believe it as mentioned above bcoz thats what i think another example my step mom prays day and night but she is the baddest person in the world i mean whats the point of praying then doing bad not just my step mom seen lots of other poeple religous people and in islam and other reiligions self harm is forbiden why? what i think is bcoz if u die maybe u go some were good maybe there is no hell at all it just to keep people at bay.

There is a lot of people who call themselves Muslims but do bad things. Then again there are many Muslims who do good things too and follow all the teachings of the Quran.

Keep in mind people do make mistakes.

When I was reading your response, it was as though I was listening to myself several years ago. I was 10/11 years old. I started to question my faith as well. At one point I even unintentionally left my faith. I was not sure what to believe and sometimes I do doubt. It is something which everyone goes through. Sometimes it is good to be exposed to these feelings, it makes you a stronger person once you overcome them.

I'm became curious and learnt more about my religion, explored different view points and studied different religions. Soon after I believed Islam was the perfect religion. Everything came together for me and made sense to me.

Study Islam and decide for yourself...

Good luck!

 

[AnonymousPoster]

why do i have to believe in a religion i mean any religion the reiligion was created by some inteligent people to control people for not doing bad things if there was no religion then there would be a chaos so the question remains why the miracles stoped showing up? the answer from me is bcoz poeple got inteligent the can tell between tricks and reality i mean why do i have to believe in a religion if im a good person i saw manu religious he people who do things u wont believe even imams can u believe this afcourse not but i do bcoz i seen it so there is lots of question like Why Is Religion Here? Why are people religious? Why so many people are religious — why is it the rule to be religious, blah blah blah




bro i understand how you feel, i felt the same way a long time ago and stopped practising for a while and did a lot of bad things because i was confused. But now i my mind is clear and it all makes sense. What helped me was Dr ZAKIR NAIKS talks and 1 particular talk by Dr Bilal Phillips about how to convert atheist..... It was said after this talk 22 people reverted to Islam there and then. You seem like an intelligent brother do some research if things dont make sense then research it. We live in a world where information is at our finger tips and its endless amount of knowledge.

May Allah guide to brother.

 

[Tony]

What's wrong with learning about other people's viewpoints? :hmm:

For Allahs sake we love our brother Khalid 84, and if to protect his imaan we advise him to ignore the nonsensical ramblings of a non believer, then it is none of your business to butt in with your seeds of doubt. So with all respect butt out and leave the welfare of our brloved and respected brother to us

 

[Alphadude]

Assalamu Alaikum

Talking to an athiest is a waste of time. They are deaf and blind.

As to those who reject Faith, it is the same to them whether thou warn them or do not warn them; they will not believe. (6) Allah hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing And on their eyes is a veil.

ATHIESTS you do not have to believe!!!
We all have freewill.

You call us liars all you want to. The truth is that you are liars.

For example, you say that the unseen world doesn't exist. How would you know if it's an unseen world?

If my mother saiys that she saw a star somewhere, I would not believe her because it could of been anything . I would believe if an astronomist said that, that was actually a star. Same goes for the hereafter. We have prophets who all spoke the same things and God confirmed it because he is the only one who knows the unseen and thaught his prophets.

You are not a prophet so you are a liar and you have no knowledge of this.

You may ask, where are the prophets?

There were prophets time after time but Muhammad,saws, is the seal of the long line of prophets because we live at the end of times(hence, at the end of times can be gazillion years).

Evidence that He was a prophet is the Qur'an. You can say that the Qur'an is no proof but the kind of proof you're looking for would prove God.

That is why aja (verses of the Qur'an) are called ajsas(signs).

Keep in imnd that we have the chain of authority for the Qur'an. Which is something that links us back to the prophet. Chain of narrations is the only reliable way of knowing the realities of the past. It is used by historiens in all fields and not just Islam.

first you should read the full post im not a athiest

to a new revert pls focus on learning first...don't involved ur'self to all the debates goin on..syeikh google is good but it can easily drown u with so much information.

learn with somebody u can talk to...prioritize what actually important for u to learn...

hehe im not a new revert:hmm:

you are not the only muslim i have came across who feels this way.. i have came across many and do you know why? because in there free time they log into kufir websites and forums then they start talking to all different types of people with different beliefs etc and suddenly that poor soul gets hooked. they talk extremely intelligent but believe me they are far from it..

they are extremely clever because shaytaan is clever and it wouldn't suprize me if shaytaan was guiding every single one of them, taking help from the shaytaans.. they take surahs from holy quran and they cleverly twist it to make it look inaccurate and impossable to believe.

many muslims either turn to disbelief or get confused about the role of prophet jesus pbuh weather he is a son of god or is god.. it is the bigest sin which Allah will not forgive. this is what shaytaan wants to achieve!!! he wants to drag as many people down with him to the helfire as he can.. and he is slowly succeeding. these people prey on the less knowledgeable and less educated in deen... internet is a sword. use it wisely to purely look for islamic knowledge and nothing more and hang out with the right people.

you mentioned that imams are not good etc thats common these days...and it will be common in the end of times i believe the prophet pbuh mentioned something about that in the hadiths, i will try and find it inshallaah if it will clear up some of your doubts.. you need to study more.. and pray. and you know brother people who are muslim who are not good but they pray.. well wouldn't it be pretty bad if they didn't pray at all?

we have that benifit that there is a chance for us we will be forgiven as touba has said because we believe on the one true god but its not an excuse to do sins.. some muslims are weak and we can judge everybody. our duty is to warn them only and pray for them that there iman should become strong especially if they are family.

the athiest text that i posted here was about something esle tottaly forgot to mention it it was the picture under the text pointing to when the religion started that was the main point for the athiest text i copyied from that website

Greetings and peace be with you khalid84;

Death is not a problem, we all have to die at some point, finding a reason and a purpose to live can be a problem. Life can seem to be a daily grind that just beats us down, day after day.

I really believe that faith and trust in God is the answer, it helps push us out of our comfort zone. Ramadan is here, it is a time to test your resolve, and take you out of your comfort zone. Fasting helps you build up an inner strength, it helps you to understand the plight of the poor, any money you save from your own meals can be given to the poor who suffer the greatest injustice in this world.

It is not enough to be a good person, religion gives us the reason to serve others and change ourselves, faith and trust in God can be demanding. Praying for other people will help you. When you pray long enough for another person, you come to understand that you cannot leave all the solution in God’s hands, you have to do something yourself.

In the spirit of praying for an inner peace that surpasses all understanding.

Eric

thanks brother and im not scared to die but scared of were im gona go
and to be honest i dont pray i used to pray long time ago but know i cant its like i dont like to pray around poeple or people around me and at home im not comfortable if u have seen my other post u know why.

Greetings,

The Quran is not created by people. The Quran is the word of God and it was revealed through revelations. Miracles do still occur today.



Tell me what is a good person? Yes there are some followers of Islam who are hyprocrites. However you need to distingush between religion and followers of a faith. Like a car. A car is only a tool for transportation. How that car is used depends upon the driver.




Well you should study all different religions. Then decide which religion makes sense. I did that. : )



There is a lot of people who call themselves Muslims but do bad things. Then again there are many Muslims who do good things too and follow all the teachings of the Quran.

Keep in mind people do make mistakes.

When I was reading your response, it was as though I was listening to myself several years ago. I was 10/11 years old. I started to question my faith as well. At one point I even unintentionally left my faith. I was not sure what to believe and sometimes I do doubt. It is something which everyone goes through. Sometimes it is good to be exposed to these feelings, it makes you a stronger person once you overcome them.

I'm became curious and learnt more about my religion, explored different view points and studied different religions. Soon after I believed Islam was the perfect religion. Everything came together for me and made sense to me.

Study Islam and decide for yourself...

Good luck!

i didnt say the quran was created by people i ment all the religious holly books could have ben altered by people thats what i ment and i will study more about religions but at the momment my life is not good cant do much.

For Allahs sake we love our brother Khalid 84, and if to protect his imaan we advise him to ignore the nonsensical ramblings of a non believer, then it is none of your business to butt in with your seeds of doubt. So with all respect butt out and leave the welfare of our beloved and respected brother to us

no buddy loves any 1 they love them tell they get what they need from them trust me i know .

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

No, you don't know. You can't speak for me. Please don't talk as if you know....thanks

i didnt say the quran was created by people i ment all the religious holly books could have ben altered by people thats what i ment and i will study more about religions but at the momment my life is not good cant do much.

But that can't be applied to the Qur'aan. The Qur'aan has never been altered and never will. Allah(swt) has challenged mankind to bring anything LIKE the Qur'aan, even a verse!

Please don't put this off...you don't know if you'll live till tomorrow...or even the next minute. If you're really concerned, you'd not put it aside. It's better not to be one of those people who will ask Allah(swt) on Judgement Day for another chance back in life..

 

[GuestFellow]

i didnt say the quran was created by people i ment all the religious holly books could have ben altered by people thats what i ment and i will study more about religions but at the momment my life is not good cant do much.

Greetings,

The Quran has not been altered. No one cannot even produce anything like the Quran.

Use your time wisely. I'm sure there is a time where you can sit down and learn more about the Quran. You can buy a book about Islam and learn more about the Quran. Listen to Dr Zakir Naik. He is very good on comparative religions. There is wide variety of sources that can help you gain a better understanding though you have to put some effort in.

Good luck.

 

[Eric H]

Blessings and peace be with you khalid84 my friend;

Despite all our religious differences, each and every one of us is very special to God, he knows us all by name.

He is a God of power and might, he set the universe in motion, he created all life. He is a just God, who is fair to all people, he is loving and merciful.

We must never give up hope that we shall meet our God, only then can we ever attain an everlasting inner peace that surpasses all understanding.

We pray for things we want on this Earth, but they may not be the things that help us attain eternal salvation. Here is a wonderful prayer copied from this forum, sadly I forgot to take any references of were it comes from.
We pray in our way; and Allah answers in his way

I asked for Strength.........
And Allah gave me Difficulties to make me strong.
I asked for Wisdom.........
And Allah gave me Problems to solve.
I asked for Prosperity.........
And Allah gave me Brain and Brawn to work.
I asked for Courage.........
And Allah gave me Danger to overcome.
I asked for Love.........
And Allah gave me Troubled people to help.
I asked for Favours.........
And Allah gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted
I received everything I needed
My Prayer has been answered.

Pray for Others to Heal Yourself.

The Prophet was always concerned about other people, Muslims and non-Muslims, and would regularly pray for them. Praying for others connects you with them and helps you understand their suffering. This in itself has a healing component to it. The Prophet has said that praying for someone who is not present increases love.

Mother Teresa
Anyway
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centred;
Forgive them anyway

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It never was between you and them anyway.​

In the spirit of searching for God and an inner peace that surpasses all understanding

Eric

 

[Tony]

Thanks Eric, very nice post and very good intention. Peace and respect

 

[Alphadude]

Blessings and peace be with you khalid84 my friend;

Despite all our religious differences, each and every one of us is very special to God, he knows us all by name.

He is a God of power and might, he set the universe in motion, he created all life. He is a just God, who is fair to all people, he is loving and merciful.

We must never give up hope that we shall meet our God, only then can we ever attain an everlasting inner peace that surpasses all understanding.

We pray for things we want on this Earth, but they may not be the things that help us attain eternal salvation. Here is a wonderful prayer copied from this forum, sadly I forgot to take any references of were it comes from.
We pray in our way; and Allah answers in his way






In the spirit of searching for God and an inner peace that surpasses all understanding

Eric

thanks again eric

and for the mother teresa poem i saw that long time ago and im the same way i do good people do bad i cant change who im anyway

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

Don't ever let that change brother InshaAllah. Allah(swt) will reward you for your good deeds inshaAllah. We should do everything to please Him He is deserving of our obedience and praise.

 

[Alphadude]

Don't ever let that change brother InshaAllah. Allah(swt) will reward you for your good deeds inshaAllah. We should do everything to please Him He is deserving of our obedience and praise.

sister light of heaven
u said Allah(swt) will reward you for your good deeds inshaAllah. We should do everything to please Him He is deserving of our obedience and praise.

Question: how do u know if allah meaning god is he or she hope u dont get me wrong but i have seen most of members here talk like this here.

 

[Ramadhan]

Question: how do u know if allah meaning god is he or she hope u dont get me wrong but i have seen most of members here talk like this here.

What does this mean?

 

[Alphadude]

What does this mean?

:hmm: most people when they are about to mention allah they say- example :he knows best ..... i mean how do they know if allah is he?

 

[- IqRa -]

Please read this:

The Arabic word ‘Allah’ has no gender. The Arabic grammar has only two genders, male and female and male gender is of two types:

1.Masculine Haqeeqi i.e. Real, which is used to denote the masculine gender in humans, animals.

2. Masculine Majazi i.e. Unreal, wherein it is used as Masculine but in reality it is not so e.g. (Angels) Malak, Layl (Night), Bab (door). The word Allah (swt), too falls in the second category i.e. Masculine Majazi.

The English language has got three genders; male, female and neutral. So if we translate the Arabic word ‘huwa’ into English, it can be translated as ‘he’ or ‘it’. And the Arabic word ‘hiya’ can be translated as ‘she’ or ‘it’.

Allah (swt) is unique and cannot be referred as ‘it’ in English, since Allah (swt) has no gender, neither male, nor female or neutral.

Some people may argue that the Arabic word ‘huwa’ and ‘hiya’ both can be used for ‘it’ or neutral gender, then why Allah has used ‘huwa’ and not ‘hiya’?

In Arabic grammar there are certain rules and criteria for feminine gender. First, if it is female by nature, like the word mother (ummun), it becomes feminine in gender. Allah is not a female. Second, if it ends with the third Arabic letter ‘ta’ like ‘mirwahtun’ (fan), it becomes feminine. The Arabic word ‘Allah’ doesn’t end with ‘ta’ so it cannot be feminine. Third, if the word ends with ‘Alif Mamduda’ (big Alif), it becomes feminine. But the Arabic word ‘Allah’ doesn’t end with ‘Alif Mamduda’ so, it cannot be feminine. And lastly, if the object occurs in pairs, like pairs of the body, e.g. ‘Ainun’ (eyes), ‘yadun’ (hands), they are considered feminine. But Allah (swt) says in the Glorious Qur’an in Surah Ikhlas, chapter 112, verse 1:

“Say: He is Allah the ONE and Only;”

So Allah (swt) is one and not a pair. Therefore, by default since it cannot be used as ‘Hiya’ i.e. she or it, Allah (swt) uses huwa i.e. He. And Allah (swt) knows the best.

Is Allah Masculine In Gender?

 

[Alphadude]

Please read this:



Is Allah Masculine In Gender?

im impressed by your answer to my question a realy good and helpfull answer thanks T.I.A

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

Lol ok mashallah someone answered it. JazakAllah Khair sister T.I.A

Ramadhan Kareem everyone!

 

[Alphadude]

Lol ok mashallah someone answered it. JazakAllah Khair sister T.I.A

Ramadhan Kareem everyone!

sister lol i tought T.I.A was a brother hehe

 

[zakirs]

Go on bro further clear your doubts.Ramadan kareem is here and you wont get a better month to pray to allah or to ask for forgiveness

 

[Eric H]

Greetings and peace be with you khalid84;

A soul that was happy,
Now lives in strife,
Walking in the shadows,
Of my empty life,

Should I end it all,
Or try to be strong?
Its doesn't matter,
You wouldn't notice if I was gone

I have read through a number of your older posts again, the paedos, no work permit, step mother, lack of food and money, and not able to study. Beyond a doubt horrible things have happened to you, and you seem amazingly strong to come through life to this point. In the last four weeks you seem to have found the strength to live.

People do care about you, and I read a lot of encouraging replies from other people, which shows they really do care about what happens to you. How is your job now?

Maybe you need a more positive signature, it may help you

In the spirit of praying for an inner peace that surpasses all understanding

Eric