RAMADAN

ISLAMIC MORAL VALUES ENSHRINE FREEDOM OF BELIEF
When the religion of Islam that has been sent as a salvation from the
presence of Allah is explained to a person, he believes on his own
will and decides withoutbeing subjected to any kind of compulsion or
duress. People are free to choose truth or error. If they make the
wrong choice, they will face its consequence in the Hereafter.
In matters of belief, Islam offers people complete freedom with a very
open and clear language. This perception which was valid ever since
Islam was first revealed, forms the basis of the Islamic morality. The
verses on the subject are perfectly clear:
There is no compulsion where deen is concerned. Right guidance has
become clearly distinct from error. Anyone who rejects false deities
and believes in Allah has grasped the Firmest Handhold, which will
never give way. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Surat al-Baqara,
256)
According to the Islamic morality, people are freeto choose whatever
beliefs they wish, and nobody can oblige anyone else in subjects of
belief. When a Muslim meets someone whom he wants to have faith, he
only has the liability to communicate Islam and to explain the
existence of Allah, to state that the Qur'an is the book of His
revelation, that the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is His messenger, to
explain the existence of the Hereafter and the Day of Judgment and
thebeauties of the Islamic morality. However, such liability is only
restricted to communicating the religion. In one verse (Surat
an-Nahl), Allah informs us that our Prophet (pbuh) also is only a
messenger:
Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and fair admonition, and
argue with them in the kindest way. Your Lord knows best who is
misguided from His way.And He knows best who are guided. (Surat
an-Nahl, 125)
Another verse states, "... It is the truth from your Lord; so let
whoever wishes believe and whoever wishes do not believe..." (Surat
al-Kahf,29)
and our Lord addresses our Prophet (pbuh) as, "Perhaps you will
destroy yourself with grief because they will not become believers."
(Surat ash-Shu'ara',3). In the Surah Qaf Allah issues our Prophet
(pbuh) this reminder:
We know best what theysay. You are not a dictator over them. So
remind, with the Qur'an, whoever fears My Threat. (Surah Qaf, 45)
When the religion of Islam that has been sent as a salvation from the
presence of Allah is explained to a person, he believes on his own
will and decides withoutbeing subjected to any kind of compulsion or
duress. People are free to choose truth or error. If they make the
wrong choice, they will face its consequence in the Hereafter.
People are free to choose correctly or wrongly. When Islam--the true
path that Allah has revealed--is explained, they come to believe of
their own freewill, reaching this decision with no pressure being put
on them. If they make wrong choices, they will face its consequences
in the Hereafter. On this subject, one verse of the Qur'an contains
the clearest command and reminder:
"If your Lord had willed, all the people on the earth would have
believed. Do you think you can force people to be believers?" (Surah
Yunus, 99)
For example, one personmay immediately come to believe in the face of
a believer's preaching, while another mocks and attacks it. One person
may use his conscience and decide to live in the way that is pleasing
to Allah, while the other may join the deniers and respond to fine
words with ugly ones. But that denial willnever inspire despair or
sorrow in the person issuing the call. In Surah Yusuf Allah says:
"But most people, for all your eagerness, are not muminun. You do not
ask them for any wage for it. It is only a reminder to all beings."
(Surah Yusuf, 103-104)
What's important is that no matter what reaction he meets with, the
person who abides by the Qur'an keeps on displaying the kind of
morality that is pleasing to Allah, refuses to make any concessions on
it, and puts his trust in Allah. Allah has told us that His religion
is to be explained "in the kindest way" as revealedin the Qur'an:
"Argue with the People of the Book only in the kindest way--except in
the case of those of them who do wrong--saying, "We believe in what
has been sent down to us and what was sent down to you. Our God and
your God are One and we submit to Him." (Surat al-'Ankabut, 46)
We must not forget that all events, great or small,happen in the
framework of the destiny created by Allah. And it is Allah who bestows
salvation on someone who is invited to believe. For that reason,
believers are never troubled by deniers' behavior. There are many
instances of this in the Qur'an. In the verse "Perhaps you may destroy
yourself with grief, chasing after them, if they do not have iman in
these words"(Surat al-Kahf, 6), Allah tells the Prophet (saas) not to
be troubledif the people he calls on to believe in the Qur'an fail to
do so. In another verse we are told "You cannot guide those you would
like to but Allah guides those He wills. He has best knowledge of the
guided."(Surat al-Qasas, 56) Therefore, one's invitation, fine words
and all the details one set out will only have any effect in the event
that Allah so wills it. (Harun Yahya, Only Love Can Defeat Terrorism)
The only responsibility of a believer is to call people to the Qur'an.
He bears no responsibility for deniers persisting in their denial and
therefore earning punishment in the Hereafter. Our Lord reveals this
to the Prophet (pbuh) in the verse "We have sent you with the Truth,
bringing good news and giving warning. Do not ask about the
inhabitants of the Blazing Fire."(Surat al-Baqara, 119).
Allah has given mankind both reason and a conscience. His messengers
and the Divine books revealed tothem have shown the true path, and
people are responsible for their own choices. Islamic morality can be
lived only by a sincere decision to do so--by surrendering oneself to
Allah and listening to one's conscience, which always commands one to
do what is right. It is atotal violation of Islamic morality to force
anyoneto believe, because whatmatters is an individual'ssurrendering
himself to Allah with all his heart and believing sincerely. If a
system were to force people into a religion and worship, people would
appear to be religious because of their fear of the system.
From a religious perspective only religiosity lived for Allah and
based on free and conscious choice is acceptable. Allah says the
following to our Prophet (pbuh) in the Surat al-Ghashiyya:
"So remind them! You are only a reminder. Youare not in control of
them. But as for anyone who turns away and is unbeliever, Allah will
punish him with the Greatest Punishment. Certainly it is to Us they
will return. Then their Reckoning is Our concern. "(Surat
al-Ghashiyya: 21-26)
It also needs to be emphasized that Islam leaves people free to make
their own choices regarding religion and commands them to respect
other religions. Even if someone believesin a superstitious faith, as
the Qur'an describes it, still he can live in peace and security in
Muslim lands and freely perform his own religious obligations. In
verses Allah commanded our Prophet (pbuh) to tell those who denied
Him:
"I do not worship what you worship, and you donot worship what I
worship. Nor will I worship what you worship, nor will you worship
what I worship. You have your religion, and I have my religion."
(Surah Qaf, 2-6)
Under the morality of Islam, everyone is free tocarry out his
religious obligations in accord with his own particular belief. Nobody
can prevent any others from performing their particular religious
duties, nor can he obligethem to worship in the manner he desires.
That violates the morality of Islam, and is unacceptable to Allah. In
the Islamic history a model of society emerges in which everyone is
free to worship and perform the obligations attendant upon his
particular chosen beliefs.In the Qur'an Allah describes monasteries,
churches, synagogues, and the places of worship of the Peoples of the
Book as all under Allah's protection:
"... If Allah had not driven some people backby means of others,
[then] monasteries, churches, synagogues and mosques, where Allah's
name is mentioned much, would have been pulled down and destroyed.
Allah will certainly help those whohelp Him--Allah is All-Strong,
Almighty." (Surat al-Hajj, 40)
Our Prophet's (pbuh) lifeis full of such examples. When Christians
came to see him, he left his own mosque for them to use and pray in
it. That kind of tolerance was maintained during the times of the Four
Rightly Guided Caliphs who succeeded the Prophet (pbuh). After
Damascus was captured, a church that had been turned into a mosque was
divided into two, so thatChristians might worshipin one half and
Muslims in the other.
The Design of the Woodpecker
As we all know, woodpeckers build theirnests by boring holes in tree
trunks with their beaks. This may sound familiar to most people. But
the point many people fail to examine is why woodpeckers sufferno
brain hemorrhage when they beat a tattoo so vigorously with their
heads. What the woodpecker does is in a way similar to a human being
driving a nail into the wall with his head. Ifa man ventured to do
something like that, he would probably undergo a brain shock followed
by a brain hemorrhage. However, awoodpecker can peck a hard tree trunk
38-43 times in just two or three seconds and nothing happens to it.
Nothing happens because t he head structure of woodpeckers is ideally
created for such a task. The skull of the woodpecker has a remarkable
suspension system that absorbs the force of the blows. Its forehead
and some skull muscles adjoined to its beak and the jaw joint are so
robust that they help lessen the effect of the forceful strokes during
pecking.
Design and planning do not end here. Preferring primarily pine trees,
woodpeckers check the age of the trees before boring a hole in them
and pick those older than 100 years, because pine trees older than 100
years suffer an illness that causes the hard and thick bark to soften.
This was only recently discovered by science and perhaps youmay be
reading of it here for the first time in your life; woodpeckers have
known it for centuries.
This is not the only reason why woodpeckers prefer pine trees.
Woodpeckersdig cavities around theirnests, the function of which was
not originallyunderstood. These cavities were later understood to
protect them from a great danger. Over time, the sticky resin that
leaks from the pine trees fills up the cavities and the outpost of the
woodpecker's nest is thus filled with a pool whereby woodpeckers can
be protected from snakes, their greatest enemies.
Another interesting feature of woodpeckers is that their tongues are
thin enough to penetrate even ants' nests in the trees. Their tongues
are also sticky, which allows them to collect the ants that live
there. The perfection in their creation is further revealed by the
fact that their tongues have a structure which preventsthem from being
harmed by the acid in the bodies of the ants.
Woodpeckers, each of whose characteristics is discussed in a different
paragraph above, prove with all their detailed features that they are
'created'. If woodpeckers had evolved coincidentally asthe theory of
evolution claims, they would have died before they acquired such
extraordinarily consistent traits and they would be extinct. However,
as they were created by God with a special "design" adaptedto their
life, they started their lives by bearing all the vital
characteristics.
DARWINISM: THE WORST SO-CALLED SCIENTIFIC DECEPTION - 2
Since Darwinism is an ideology based on deceiving the world and
turning people away from belief in Allah (God), the supporters of the
Dajjal have to try to keep it alive, no matter what the cost. For that
reason, the various people who have entered the Dajjal's protection
have resortedto all possible methods to keep the ideology on its feet.
They heralded the theory of evolution as a proven fact, despite the
fact there is not a single piece of evidence to support it. They have
given the impression that non-existent evidence does in fact exist and
have tried to adapt fossils to their own theory. They have produced
fictitious intermediate forms, despite the fact that not a single
genuine one exists, and have taught this as scientific fact in school
books. They have ignored the countless pieces of evidence against
evolution that have emerged, and havedeliberately hidden them away
from the public gaze. In the absence of any evidence for their theory,
they have manufactured falsefossils and exhibited these for decades in
the world's most famous museums. Instead of being ashamed when their
frauds have been exposed, they have continued with their deceptive
methods and have had no qualms about producing and defending new
frauds. Although it has been scientifically proved thatnot one single
protein can form by chance they have still insisted on maintaining
that life first emerged by chance in muddy water. (The probability of
a function protein forming by chance is 1 in 10950, in other words,
zero.) They have had no compunctions about publishing their false
evidence in newspapers and scientific journals and on the television,
and have not hesitated to teach these to students in schools for
years. Darwinism is a belief system based on fraud, deception and
falsehood. Darwinism is not scientific. Ever since it was first
launched, Darwin's theory has assumed the task assumed by the ancient
pagans; it has sought to disseminate paganism and to turn people
awayfrom belief in Allah. It deceived people for 150 years. For 150
years, it sought to familiarize people with a lie. Darwinism is a
heretical religion that needs fraudto survive, that tells lies to
attract supporters, and that excommunicates those who tell the truth.
Allah says in one verse:
Say: "Shall I tell you of a reward with Allah far worse than that:
that of those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He is angry –
turning some of them into monkeys and into pigs – and who worshipped
false deities? Such people are in a worse situation and further from
the right way." (Surat al-Ma'ida, 60)
Under normal conditions, there would be no logic at all in people
continuing to follow such a perverted ideology. But some people have
fallen into asnare laid by the Dajjal. All unawares, they have been
deceived by this deception, not knowing what they were doing orhow
they had been led astray. Because the Dajjal has employed a very
cunning method. AsDarwinism deceived the world it made contact, by
fraudulent and perverted means, with people who had undertaken this
cunningand ugly work of the Dajjal. However, it is alsocertain that,
as with all superstitious religions, the cunning snares laid in this
religion will also come to nothing:
They are hatching a plot.I too am hatching a plot. So bear with the
unbelievers – bear with them for a while. (Surat at-Tariq, 15-17) -
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