Amein,
You said, "I think it's high time for every Muslim to really understand the Qur'an..."
I totally agree! And they should start now, before it is too late!
You said, "and by the way, the book references by name, the statements from one person to another all the way back to the Prophet pbuh as of when a verse was revealed and why...
for example, it would say something like this, Amein Alsuezi told us, that so and so told him (by name) that so and so told him (again, by name).... all the way back to that the verse was revealed when so and so happened... and the trace of people would not be used if it could not be verified ..."
You must have never played the game telephone before. This type of oral communication, from one person to the next, always fails. Try an experiment with your family and friends. Relay a complex, clear message, starting with one person (and no other people out of the ten no what it is in advance), and then to another, and so on. Try it with ten people, each time, no one else can hear the message but the two people talking to each other. Also, put some time between the relay of the message from person to person. Find out what the message at the end says with the last person. Boy, this will prove a point to you about this type of communication.
You said, "the situation we have is that many people are abusing the Qur'an by using it to promote their agendas ... whatever that is... and non-Muslims, not knowing much about Qur'an to begin with, accept it as an Islamic teaching..."
I am a non-Muslim and I am truly trying, very hard, and spending a lot of my free time on it, to know what it truly says. That's why I am asking you, and other Muslims to explain its meaning about its controversial verses to me. So not every one is accepting the fanatical actions of the terrorists as Islamic teaching without investigation. I am, and know many more who can testify to what I am saying.
You said, "as for who's to say one group is right and one group is wrong... that is very simple really, like any dispute or argument, one investigates and tries to understand the Qur'an..."
That is why we are here and studying! Because if the radical Muslim has any justification in the Qu'ran, even if not every Muslim agrees with the radical interpretation, we have a big problem! That means we have a book which could be interpreted by some to justify terrorism, and that is not acceptable! The Qu'ran can not leave the door for terroristic behavior, because that can not be accepted in a civilized world, along with any other teachings that promote violence. So it's up to the non-radical Muslims to straighten out the radicals. Otherwise there is going to be a mighty big mess on our hands, which I believe already started in Afghanistan!!!
You said, "what I question is, why someone does not want to accept documented explanations of the Qur'an ? remember, these books were printed long before WTC or anything happened... so, they could not have been published for the occasion... for example, the book I purchased was first published 954 years ago..."
People could have been wrong then, and they could be wrong now. We are people which all make mistakes. Anything written anytime, must be held up to the evidence surrounding the writing, and must be logical. If not, no matter when it is written, it can not be accepted. Do you think just because this book you have might be 954 years old, it has to be right, just because of its age and it is closer to the event? Actually, sometimes as time goes by and people become more objective, and more archaelogical evidence and history play out, writers can nail things down a lot better than people that are closer in time to the event.
In conclusion, I have shown my objection the the writer and based my objections to you in a logical and hopefully clear manner. Do you think my objection to his positions make sense or not? That is the question here....
God Bless,
IGIT |
