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There was once an age called ‘Reason’ but now this age seems to be one of sadistic angst and deterioration (S.A.D.). Angst can mean torment, anxiety, fear and trouble. All of them do apply in this context.
When one treats his ‘sanctified’ religious personages as mindless drones to be MANIPULATED by ‘creative whims’, one can get carried away in a self-righteous and delusional attitude of makebelieve bunko signifying a twisted set of beliefs followed by stupefied behavior leading to an irrational self-created belief system which is easily proven as being false, childish and totally ridiculous. Hence, the extremist-type of religious nonsense going around the world today whether it be from the East or the West, the North or the South.
Therefore, if one basis salvation (the real purpose for religion) on unrealistic behavior, unsound philosophies and brain-dead behavior, for whatever reason, then the only way that person can enter Paradise (through acting on his own laws, concepts and prejudices) leads to indulging in a state of useless delusions which in the end will ONLY BETRAY THAT PERSON and cause him to be ultimately REJECTED.
In other words, that man has as much chance of entering heaven as a camel has of passing through the eye of a very small needle. Therefore, man should realize that he cannot logically create GOD because it is only GOD that can create man!
Say: “shall WE tell you of those who lose most in respect of their deeds?’
“Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works {behavior}?”
They are those WHO DENY THE SIGNS OF THEIR LORD AND THE FACT OF THEIR HAVING TO MEET HIM (IN THE HEREAFTER): VAIN WILL BE THEIR WORKS, NOR SHALL WE ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT, GIVE THEM ANY WEIGHT.
That is their reward – HELL, BECAUSE THEY REJECTED FAITH AND TOOK MY MESSENGERS BY WAY OF A JOKE. Q (18: 103-106)
A case in point is the fury caused by the presidential race in America featuring silly politicians like Trump and Carson as well as many others from both sides of the Atlantic who proclaim the ‘evils’ of Sharia Law. Sharia Law in general means a RELIGIOUS LEGAL SYSTEM BASED ON A CODE OF ETHICS STEMMING DIRECTLY FROM GOD’S DECREE AND OR BASED ON THE PROPHETIC SAYINGS. Such a LAW is found in the Judeo-Christian Book – the Bible!
Judeo-Christian Sharia Law found in the Old Testament and supported by the New Testament numbers over 620 dos and don’ts as well as clear punishments for the transgressions of these laws. These laws deal with homosexuality, divorce, adultery, behavior in war, punishments for disobedience to the parents, how women should dress, etc. However, these things WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED BY THESE SELF-PROCLAIMED CHRISTIAN SUPPORTERS of Jesus (pbh)! Yet their very own Holy Book proclaims that such a person is guilty of fraudulent faith and therefore are rejected by the same creed they propound!!!!
By their fruits you will know them {as to their truthfulness or their lying tongues}.
You shall know them {false deceivers, untrustworthy individuals} by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Even so, every good tree BRINGS FORTH GOOD FRUIT; but a CORRUPT TREE BRINGS FORTH EVIL FRUIT.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Every tree that does NOT bring forth good fruit is HEWEN DOWN AND CAST INTO THE FIRE.
Wherefore BY THEIR FRUITS YOU SHALL KNOW THEM. Matt (7: 16-20)
This is enough to show up these individuals as hypocrites and ignorant people who are NOT serious about religion, even in their own professed religion. In other words, they proclaim an affinity to Christ Jesus but at the same time remain, by their own actions, as anti-Christ-like in freely casting away the beliefs and actions held by Jesus (pbh).
A simple list of these over 620 Sharia Law-type activities promoted by the Bible and insisted upon by Jesus (pbh) will show that the people who oppose Sharia Law and who claim to be ‘believing’ individuals are nothing but ignorant liars devoid of even the basic knowledge of their own professed faith while at the same time broadcasting unhesitatingly their self-righteousness which is a major sin.
Do NOT think that I have come to destroy the Law or the prophets: I did NOT come to destroy BUT TO FULFILL {to obey and do – therefore you too should come and follow me (my example)}:
Then spoke Jesus again unto them, saying, “I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall NOT walk in darkness but shall have the LIGHT of LIFE. John (8: 12): Jesus (pbh) declares, “You are my friends IF you do whatsoever I COMMAND you.” John (15: 14) and also “And Jesus said to them all, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and FOLLOW me.” Luke (15: 14)
And these things are reflected in the following:
For verily I say unto you, “Until heaven and earth pass away, NOT one jot or one tittle shall in no way pass from the LAW {as given by the Law Giver – Moses and the New LAW to come after him*} till all things be fulfilled {on the Day of Judgment}.
* The Scepter {religious leadership} shall not depart from Judah nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him {The Prophet of the Gentiles} shall the gathering {of the faithful} be. Genesis (49: 10)
Whoever therefore shall break one of these least Laws AND shall guide and teach men to do the same {evil} shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven {in the Hereafter} but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven {in the Hereafter}. Matthew (5: 17-19)
That ‘Kingdom’ is when the Judgment comes and the Earth is vanquished and what is left is the Hereafter in the ‘heavens’ with the Judgment of who will be ‘elevated’ to Paradise and who will be thrown into Hell! {Those called the ‘least’ are the bottom of the barrel human beings} – ALLAH Alone Knows Best the Truth!
When one talks about certain concepts AND actually believes in a UNIVERSAL ONE GOD CONCEPT as a BEING WHO created the heavens, the earths and Paradise and Hell-Fire as well as the ‘pathway’ for THE LAW and the PROPHETS, one should make an attempt to believe in a universal dissemination of the Truth so that one can open one’s heart to HIS MERCY AND FORGIVENESS while at the same time recognizing that EVIL and the servants of EVIL attempt to block this pathway and to influence man to avoid the truth and to migrate towards FALSEHOODS.
So one should return to the meaning of the Scriptures as given in GOD’s WORD rather than trust loud-mouthed and corrupted people or politicians who talk a big game but provide nothing of any good sense of reality or truth!
WE only send the Messengers to give glad tidings and to give warnings: but the Unbelievers dispute with VAIN ARGUMENTS {against the DIVINE COMMANDMENTS AND THE WAY THAT IS STRAIGHT}, in order to weaken the TRUTH and they treat MY SIGNS and WARNINGS as {nothing but} a joke.
And who does more wrong {evil} than one who is reminded of the SIGNS of his LORD but turns away from them, {while at the same time} forgetting the (deeds/actions) which his {own} hands have sent on before him? Verily WE have set VEILS over their hearts so that they will NOT comprehend {true reality} and over their ears, a DEAFNESS such that IF you call them to guidance, even then will they NEVER accept guidance.
Q (18: 56-57)
The similitude of those who were entrusted with the (obligations) of Taurat (Old Testament), but who subsequently failed in those (obligations), is that of a donkey which carries huge tomes (but understands them not). Evil is the similitude of people who falsify the Signs of ALLAH: and ALLAH guides not people who do wrong. Quran (62: 5)
But of these particulars one can’t say what the final outcome will be as to a particular individual’s case because ALLAH is the Turner of the Hearts and one may find a non-believer becoming a believer or a believer becoming a non-believer.
However, the way of the non-believer is to think that the SIGINS of the ONE GOD are folly and that, for example, the Muslims don’t worship the SAME GOD, ETERNAL CREATOR LORD as some people do! What folly and nonsense is this?
Yet there is some truth to the fact that Muslims don’t worship the same GOD if the ‘god’ one worships is NOT UNIQUE and HAS PARTNERS (DAUGHTERS, SONS OR ANY ENTITY SHARING A PARTNERHOOD WITH HIM).
It is tempting to think that normalcy will enter the world at this late stage in the Fourth Age. Would that be man’s feeble attempt to try and stave off the inevitable event to come? There is definitely no chance for that!
America O! America, whatever happened to thee! The modern state of America is likened to a sick man who is on his last legs. The signs are there for those who can see! However, people who are holding anti-American sentiments should not rejoice because a universal punishment is on its way towards mankind.
This is because that in the past the prophets were sent to only one nation to give a warning. Now, Prophet Muhammad (pbh) is the ‘special’ Prophet sent to THE WHOLE WORLD and because of this and because he is the last Prophet to EVER BE SENT, the whole world is now under a COLLECTIVE JUDGMENT.
An example of just how loony and foolish people can become is the story of the desire to bomb and destroy a fictitious city that exists only in fairytales:
30% of Republicans, in a survey conducted in a poll to gauge Republican opinions, say they would support bombing Agrabah. It was found that 19% of Democrats would support this same action. The problem is that this Middle Eastern city is only mythological! The same poll showed that 28% of those people would support ‘mass internment’ of Muslims and 46% would like to see a national database setup to ‘watch’ Muslims in America. How perfectly quaint it is!
The problem of foolishness is not contained in ‘only America’ as peoples all over the world are breaking up into fractious factions. In truth it is a fractured world that we live in and only faith and the understanding of such can form a doorway to SALVATION. For the minds of men have become disjointed from reality and it is only a matter of a small time that the Earth itself and all that is on it, under it and above it will show a repugnance for those who dwell in it!
‘Imran b. Husain reported Allah’s Messenger (pbh) as saying, “The best of my people are my generation, then their immediate followers, then their immediate followers. After them there will be people who give testimony without being asked, who will be treacherous and not to be trusted, who will make vows which they do not fulfill, among whom fatness will appear.” A version has “They will swear oaths without being asked to do so.” (Bukhari and Muslim) A version by Muslim on the authority of Abu Huraira says, “Then people who like plumpness will succeed them.”
Abu Sa’id reported God’s Messenger (pbh) as saying, “You will certainly follow the practices of your predecessors span by span and cubit by cubit so that if they were to enter a lizard’s hole you would follow them.” He was asked if he meant the Jews and the Christians and he replied, “Who else”? (Bukhari and Muslim)
Hudhaifa said, “People used to ask God’s Messenger (pbh) about good, but I used to ask him about evil from fear that it might overtake me. I said, Messenger of Allah, we were in a state of ignorance and evil, and then Allah brought us this {goodness of Islam}. After this good will any evil come?” On his replying that there would, I asked whether after that evil any good would come, and he replied that there would but that it would contain some duskiness. I asked what that would consist of and he replied, “People will follow a Sunnah other than mine and give guidance other than mine, so you will find in them both something to acknowledge and something to reject.” I asked whether there would be any evil after that good and he replied, “Yes, there will be people who summon others at the gates of Jahannam (Hell Fire) into which they will cast those who respond to them.” I asked Allah’s Messenger to describe them to us and he said, “They will be of our stock and speak like us.” I asked what command he had to give me if that happened in my time and he replied, “You must adhere to the community and the leader of the Muslims.” I asked what I should do if they had neither community nor leader and he replied, “Withdraw from all those factions even though you should have to cleave to the root of a tree till death overtakes you in that state.” (Bukhari and Muslim)
The importance of religion is for Salvation and to build common sense. Religion is not about mystery building or wild-eyed conjecture. I know that in my writings there are some things that are difficult to understand and those who have no common sense might veer off the pathway and land in a ditch. So I repeat that the best of ways was shown by Prophet Muhammad (pbh) in his way of life as he gave ‘life’ to those who would try to put their trust in Allah and follow the Sunnah of the Prophet (pbh) to the best of their ability.
Ibn ‘Abbas reported Allah’s Messenger (pbh) as saying, “Love the Arabs for three reasons: because I am an Arab, the Quran is Arabic, and the inhabitants of Paradise will speak Arabic.” (Baihaqi transmitted it in Shu’ab al-iman – understood with caution)
Ibn ‘Umar reported Allah’s Messenger (pbh) as saying, “When you see people who revile my companions say, “Allah’s curse be on your worst ones.” (Tirmidhi)
