"There are two ways to approach a study of Muhammad.  One is with reverence and the other is with skepticism.  Thinking persons choose the latter.  They are not influenced by the number of Muslim believers in the world today or by their force of belief because these are meaningless for determining truth.  They care only about fact."

Prophet Mohammad (Salla Allah Alaihi Wasallam)

http://www.themodernreligion.com/prophet/top100.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3gTtw23mS8


Edited by Rational - 10 February 2013 at 2:38pm

"Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not it is all one for them; they believe not. (6) Allah hath sealed their hearing and their hearts, and on their eyes there is a covering."  (surah 2)
The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, and prevents the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, the image of God, from shining on them...  (Biblical scripture)
Who is the god of this world?
Who is it that blinds and deceives?



Greetings Rational,

"I am one person and I do not have followers, I am a follower... of God and His laws... of what Jesus taught."

Do you know what Jesus taught?  Have you read any of the words of Jesus?

Salaam,
Caringheart

"Allah (Himself) doth mock"
"Allah taketh away their light and leaveth them in darkness"
"Allah encompasseth the disbelievers. (in His guidence)"


Edited by Caringheart - 10 February 2013 at 4:11pm

By looking only at English translations, am I missing a crucial difference in meaning which would have been obvious in Arabic, even to a non-believer? In other words, why do English translations of Islamic texts use the word "just" when describing Allah(), given that it is meaningless to do so?

I'm wondering whether the original source documents actually used an entirely different word in Arabic, a word whose common everyday usage is not so loaded with inappropriate meanings that are bound to deceive the unsuspecting reader. That way, any confusion that may arise would be the fault of the translators and not the author.