Are All Religions Alike? By Parwez - Resurgent Islam

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--. Are -_ All Religions ..._....--._..... Alike? - ... - ..-- ....._..... . _...----_. 30 Have conviction'ln AUtUr and His RIISIll (3: 179). Yet at other place it, along with other elements of conviction (Iman), talks of the conviction in the Book: a ~ , • . , .. riA ~'" A, ... tI ~ '.1 -.ifI -~ 11~ ...41 • ~ ~ «.LIt.. I ~ l:.i .r t.S~ ..).r J ~~r..)J~ . ~ ~ ~ So have conviction In AlJIlh, His RUB"I, and In His light (the Book, tbe Qur'ln) tbat We bave revealed (64: 8). In short, it describes different elements of conviction (Iman) at different places but It does not mean that tbese elements ean be segregated and having conviction (fmln) In one or two such elements alone Is enough for becoming a Momln, Tbe demand for aU tbe elements of conviction (fmln) is a common denominator. Refusal even to aay one ef them Is Infidelity; It is the first artlele. . Tbe Meaning ef Conviction (fmln) In Allah Now, come to the second article. The question is: "What is the meaning of having conviction (Iman) in Allah, Rusul, and Books?" The study of the Qur'an makes. this reality clear that the purpose of conviction Oman) is to obey, to follow, to submit from the core of ones Iieart. The meaning ofhaving conviction (Iman) in Allah is to obey His orders from within. (Alee UIJIlJr.). Simply accepting the existence of Allah cannot be termed conviction (Iman) in Him. Barring a few atheists in the world, there is no body who does not admit the existence of Allah. There will' be difference in' the name, difference in determining His attributes, . bllt the admittance of His Self will be found everywhere. If conviction ,(Imlln) meant simply the
_.. Are - All ..._.. Religions __ Alike? .... _-._ ...-_.._- .._--_ ......._-._-- 31 admittance of the Self of Allah, then why had the Qur'1In . termed those people infidel (KJfir) who acknowledge the existence of Allah? At numerous places; the Qur'1In has clarified it:· if you ask these people "Who is the creator of the earth and the sky? Who does shower the rain? Who does make the air blow?~ they will answer, "It is Allah." But thereafter the Qur'IIn says, 'amazed it is then, in spite of their admittance, these people do not have conviction (Imlln) in Allah (29: 61-63).' It makes the Qur'An's meaning of conviction (ImIIn) clear. It is the acknowledgement of the Self of. Allah along with all the descriptions revealed in the Qur'IIn (23: 84-90). And simultaneously,. it is the obedience to all His injunctions. This is the Qur'lInic meaning of the conviction (ImIIn) in Allah. Since Allah's injunctions are revealed through the agency ofthe Anbiya, and are preserved in ~ revelation of Allah, so it has been said: "Have conviction (ImIIn) in Anbiya, and His Books along with the.conviction (Imlln) in Allah." It has the same meaning -that the Divine Injunctioris be obeyed. Even about the Qur'IIn, it has been said: ~~jf ~~J~~ h!; ~; ~j~j~~~J..rfLA i-,~!~r (0 Jama'at-Ill-Momlneell) follow only that which hu been revealed to you by your .RaIJb aDd do Dot foUow any other ally (7:3). Deen depends upon sheer obeisance: pristine and free from even th~ least tinge of any ulterior motive. There was obeisance to the teachings of the Books on their own time (when these were not distorted) before the Qur'IIn was . revealed. Those Books were destroyed, abrogated, interpolated or were adjudicated to be kept in abeyance, so
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