Friday, January 23, 2015

Chapter 3: Looking at life the Islamic Way


1.       Islam explains the bad that exists, by claiming we are evil by our inner and physical nature.
2.       The 3 levels of self-development explain the stages that we must attain to come to the conclusion that God is real.
3.       Islam teaches that as a sincere seeker tries to fully satisfy his or her spiritual hunger, the seeker will eventually move beyond those previously revealed (and compromised) religions and into the Islamic way of life that Allah revealed as His last religious “installment” to the world.
4.       Tawba’s role is to remove the stain of sin. This plays a role in the daily responsibility of individuals by resolving to never do the sin again. This relates to Christianity when Christians ask for forgiveness (Forgiveness of Sins).
5.       God will reward good just as He will punish evil. Allah rewards us according to the amount of our good deeds. It’s a kind of religious capitalism whose results can only make life better for everyone.
6.       By choosing to make good choices while alive and choosing to accept Allah/ his way of living is good for salvation and redemption.
7.       Having a corrupted and warped soul and taking our gifts of free will and intelligence for granted, we are burying our fitrah in a life filled with meaningless pleasure

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