Hinduism and Islam a comparative study | Compare Religions

Hinduism and Islam a comparative study
in theory the Hinduism and islam are very similar and many concepts are in exact confirmity to each other.
Published On 08/16/2008
yaseer

Islam and Vedanta or the Advaita

Muslims believe that the Almighty has sent prophets and books to all corners of the Earth to civilize the humans and teach them the Tawheed which is the oneness of  God. While trying to view Hinduism in this context we find that many Quranic stories like those of Nooh, Lut, Abraham and Moses are also found in Hindu traditions, although the names of characters are different. The Vedantic concept of Advaita is similar to Tawheed which is the primary and most important part of Islam .

  Advaita meaning without a second is derived from Upanishdas. The philosophy of advaita states that There is only one supreme being and he is the only truth everything else is a part of the supreme reality or that Brahmaan and is illusion (Maya). The Tradition of Wahdatul Wajood in Islam states that the existence of the Sublime Being of the Almighty is compulsory and whatever else exists, is the manifestation of Allah and the spiritual part of Allah. Thus, in reality, there is only one single existence (i.e. Allah). The only difference lies in the concept that in Advaita the creator and the creation are same i.e. The Universe or Brahmaan whereas in Islam the creator and creation are different, Allah is the creator of the Universe. However, this difference is also evident in the Theories of Shankaracharya who believes in the former and the Ramanujam who insisted that God and man are different existence or being and not one.These are, however, minor differences and in fact should be welcomed as these invite discussion and research and thus increase the interest of Scholars as well as common people.  

In practice though, these differences are overwhelmed by the belief in one God who is Omnipotent and Omnipresent in his wisdom. The modern master of Vedanta Swami Vivekananda observed “ I believe it (Advaita and Vedanta) is the religion of the future enlightened humanity...I am firmly persuaded that without the help of practical Islam, theories of Vedantism, however fine and wonderful they maybe, are entirely valueless to the vast mass of mankind...For our own motherland a junction of the two great systems, Hinduism and Islam - Vedanta brain and Islam body - is the only hope...” and “our experience is that if ever the followers of any religion approach to this (Advaita) in an appreciable degree in the plane of practical work-a-day life-it may be quite unconscious generally of the deeper meaning and the underlying principle of such conduct, which the Hindus as a rule so clearly perceive - it is those of Islam and Islam alone....”. 

Those performing Yoga will appreciate that the effect Asanas of Yoga produce to rejuvenate the body and mind can also be produced by the movement of a person practicing Salat (Namaz) five times a day as all the joints of body are stretched and person focuses himself as if he is seeing the God as a universe or as a point and thus his body and noistrils are cleaned by Wadu and soul by the meditation. However, it doesn't mean that anyone of these can replace the other because the specific needs of the two are different.

Many great Muslim Scholars and Poets like Ibn Al Arabi, Ghazali, Rumi, Iqbal and others have given theories which directly or indirectly confirm the Advaita so we have two great religions which are so similar in their approach and theory yet as distinct in practice as Islam and Hinduism. All the great reformers of modern times like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Dayananda Saraswati, Vivekananda etc. tried to bridge this gap by telling people to shun Idol Workship.  

Yasser Iqbal Kidwai

 
Posted By cash loans on 12/02/2009

Do you make money out of this blog? just curious

Posted By cash today on 11/29/2009

Use a picture. It's worth a thousand words

Posted By payday loans on 11/14/2009

Do you have any more info on this?

Posted By reza on 10/25/2008

a comparative study marriage and divorce between Iranian and Indian laws

Posted By yousuf gabriel on 10/24/2009

THE BACONIAN CULTURE AND THE ANTICHRIST By Allama Muhammad Yousuf Gabriel After you have known the scientific and logical end of this Baconian culture in the flames of atomic hell, observe another, a very abominable destructive side of this culture. Know to your horror that this culture shows all those characteristics to the letter, which were attributed by the Holy Prophet of Islam, (peace be upon him) to the Messih-id-Dajjal (Antichrist) in a famous prophecy. Read the following characterization based on the points of the prophecy of the Holy Prophet. (1) "Messih-id-Dajjal is one-eyed, left-eyed. On its right eye is a wart of the size of a grape". This Baconian culture, this Baconian progress and this Baconian Science are all the three, one-eyed, left-eyed. Their basis is exclusively on materialism and has to do nothing with spiritualism or the next world. This modern science is confined to the five senses and is utterly blind in the spiritual world. Metaphysics, resurrection and the things on that side of the grave are outside its scope. Right eye is metaphorically associated with the spiritual, the left with material. The simile of the grape has its own meanings. It means that there are optic nerves behind, but it is the retina that is obscured by the grape. The same is the case of this Baconian culture and its other appendages. They inwardly have sense to perceive the notion of spiritualism but cannot believe. (2). "Messih-id-Dajjal will rise from among the Jews". The entire mental, philosophical, social, economical, moral and political basis of this Baconian culture is on the Jewish culture. It reminds one of Shakespeare's Shylock. The same desire of this world, the same greed of its wealth, the same usury, the same revengeful disposition, the same wolf in the skin of a sheep. And further do you not see, the Jew as the creator, master, model, guide and the moving spirit of this modern Baconian Culture. And do you not observe the compromise between the Christian and the Jew and the same could be said of every nation in this world today. (3)."Messih-id-Dajjal riding his donkey will move on the tour of this world". Any one acquainted with the history of this modern culture, how it invented its railway engine, and other mechanical means of transport, and how it moved out on its engine on the tour of this earth, and how it completed its tour, will have no difficulty in understanding this statement that is, Messih-id-Dajjal riding his donkey will move out to tour this earth. As far as the metaphor, rather the simile of donkey is concerned; it is well known that since the beginning of history, donkey has been regarded as the symbol of conveyance. This modern age stands as distinct in having its own mechanical mode of conveyance and transport against the donkey of the past pre-modern ages in contradistinction. There are two donkeys. One has been created on biological lines, the other on mechanical. (4)."Massih-id-Dajjal will carry with him baskets of loaves and will distribute them among his followers". The Baconian culture is basically the culture of loaves. They who follow this Baconian culture receive loaves and are better off economically. (5)."Canals will move along with Messih-id-Dajjal". See the map of the world to know that wherever this Baconian culture goes, a network of canals appears there. (6) ."Messih-id-Dajjal will command the crop to grow, and it shall grow up instantaneously. He will command the cloud to rain and it shall rain". The care and the speed with which the crops are grown in this age is a fact worth observing. So also is the process of making artificial rain from the clouds. So that this artificial rain is even used as a war tactics to destroy the crops of the enemy. (7) ."Messih-id-Dajjal will have his own paradise and hell". But his paradise actually will be hell, and his hell paradise. The entire enterprise of this Baconian culture is an endeavour to create a material paradise on earth. They who follow this Baconian culture enter this paradise, but it is hell. They who ignore this Baconian culture, they are cast into the hell of poverty and disgrace. Yet they are in the paradise. Observable also is the fact, that this paradise of Baconian culture is now in the range of the atomic hell, which has appeared in a very appropriate manner as the divine punishment, and the logical and scientific conclusion of the process of Baconian progress. (8)."Messih-id-Dajjal will first claim his prophet hood, then God-head". This Baconian culture first convinces the people with argument about the validity of its views on the line of prophet hood. Then due to complete dependence on its methods and resources, the people are obliged to treat it as God. Today there is much more dependence of the people on science and technique than is their trust in real God. (9) ."Messih-id-Dajjal will not be allowed to enter the mosque". They therefore who will take refuge in the mosque will be able to escape his irresistible enticement. Today, the scope of religion is confined to the mosque. Outside the mosque the entire field of worldly matters is ruled by Baconian culture. (10) ."The letters KFR that is Kefir (Infidel) will be inscribed on the forehead of Messih-id-Dajjal. A believer even though illiterate will be able to read the inscription, let the infidel even if literate will fail to see them". The same is with this Baconian culture a PhD, DSc, F.R.S might well appear ignorant of the true nefarious reality of this Baconian culture, while an ignorant cobbler might inwardly know the pernicious side of the Baconian affair. (11) "Messih-d-Dajjal will be a gilder". This Baconian culture is a gilder too. Usury softened and diluted is named as "Interest". Gambling is named as "Lottery" and "Racing". Every evil is gilded and made to appear as no evil, even a virtue. Gilding is a prominent, all-pervading feature of the Baconian culture, and affords a very interesting, astonishing study. (12)."Jesus Christ will kill Messih-id Dajjal". None else can. This Baconian culture can be destroyed only by the otherworldliness, and preference of the next world to this present world. This virtue is associated with the name of Jesus Christ, although it is amply to be found in the Quran also. The Prophet of Islam, (peace be upon him) declared poverty as his pride. The Gospel of Jesus Christ has used the word "Anti-Christ" that apparently means as one who is against the Christ or is enemy of Christ. But the Holy Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him) has not merely called him (a liar, a swindler etc.) but has called him as Messih-id-Dajjal, that is one that appears as Messih but is a swindler, that is he appears in the guise and garb of Christ yet is only a simulant. It is interesting to observe that every thing that Christ did is done also by this Baconian culture, yet the whole affair is of opposite nature. We will see first the resemblance:- 1 Christ fed a crowd of four thousand with only seven loaves and a few fish. This Baconian culture has made it its abusiveness to feed the people. 2 Christ healed the sick, restored sight to the blind, and made the lame whole. This Baconian culture has developed the art of healing and has erected hospitals. 3 Christ raised the dead. This Baconian culture has lavished remarkable attention on this experiment but has not succeeded hitherto. 4 Christ showed miracles. So did this Baconian culture. It showed the miracles of Science. Miracles indeed astonishing. 5 Christ walked on water. This Baconian culture made iron to float. See iron ships .Christ rode the donkey made by God. The Baconian culture has made its own Donkey of iron. See the mechanical means of transport. This factor would raise the Baconian culture to Godhead, as a Creator. 6. Christ made birds of clay. And breathed in them and they went away flying. This Baconian culture made aircraft and caused it to fly. 7 Christ heard mysterious voices. This Baconian culture devised radio. 8 Christ contended with the devil in a dialogue. This Baconian culture produced television. Yet there exists exact Anti-thesis between the work of Christ and that of this Baconian culture. Christ did every thing through Spiritual agency while this Baconian culture achieved through material means. Also, the eye of Christ was on the next-world. While the eye of this Baconian culture is on this present world. The Holy Prophet of Islam (Peace be upon him) said to the Jews, "Christ came and parted. But you did not recognize him. Now your Christ will come but he will be the Messih-id-Dajjal, the lying Christ". The afflicted Jews did for thousands of years weep in misery for their expected Messiha. The last national conference of their Rabis to investigate the coming of their Messiha was held in Europe in the beginning of this Baconian age. But then they completely forgot their Messiha. As if, they achieved that object for which they used to remember their Messiha. In this Baconian age their culture pervaded the entire world. All their sufferings and afflictions ceased and they obtained a place of leadership of this world. They had their kingdom established all over the earth. The Muslims too always had remembered Messih-id-Dajjal. But since a decade they have completely forgotten him. Neither a mention is ever made from the pulpit of the mosque nor in a private conversation. The mention of resurrection, the torments of grave, Messih-id-Dajjal and Mehdi has been substituted by the mention of life, production, progress and science respectively. Allama Muhammad yousuf Gabriel Adara Afqare Gabriel, QA Street Nawababad Wah Cantt Distt RAwalpindi Pakistan www.oqasa.org yousuf_gabriel21@yahoo.com

Posted By yousuf gabriel on 08/25/2009

QURAN'S VIEW OF BACON'S PHILOSOPHY By Allama Muhammad Yousuf Gabriel If you have viewed a detailed study of the Islamic License of material utility, and Islamic view of this world against the other world, and of the rivalry existing between man's love for God and for this world, and the correlation between the love of this world and infidelity, and the Islamic view of the moral of the disbelieves, and might by own have made a clear picture of the whole, to realize that Quran is an severe and as austere in its policy about this world and its wealth as is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, or any other religion that teaches renunciation of this world, and monasticism and hermitage, which Islam does to. Islam, though it has prescribed individual monstracism, and the renunciation of the world, yet it s close study revels that it has aimed at a universal monasticism, that is to change this entire death into a monetary, just as it has declared all this earth to be the mosque of Allah, with the difference only that it has a sort of a social monasticism in view, a monasticism in which people live in Society, do, but never entangling their hearts with this world, never considering it as their permanent abode, and looking always at the next world with such anxiety and longing as is to be found cherished in the mind of a person living in a strange land and yearning always fort his homeland. All this may appear strange, but in fact all the pious Muslims in any are a have passed their lives o n this earth like this. The heart of Hazrat Omar (Razi Allah ho Ta'ala Unho) the second caliph of Islam during his tenure of caliphate may be seen hardly less detached from this world and its pomp than digenesis the tub-dweller of ancient Greek. The necessities of life, however, are allowed by Islam, without any perceptible severity as has been the custom in certain other religious, though the indolence is not without conditions and is restricted. The difficulty today is that the mankind of these present times has completely lost any sense of guilt or remorse associated with the love of this world. The person of the Holy Prophet of Islam, peace be upon him, being the first and foremost model for his followers, for his mission embraced the entire human race, the question naturally arises, what was his attitude toward the Islamic licence, how much did he himself avail of it. Obviously his life appears before the world like a clear book, and he lived life of self-imposed poverty and self-abnegation throughout the tenure of his prophetic office. His motto was, "Poverty is my pride". His opinion of this world and its seekers was publicly given as, that this world was dead carrion, and its seekers the dogs. He himself preferred to wear coarse apparel. He never once ate a full meal. He and his house-hold frequently suffered starvation. And all these sufferings continued even after he was raised to the status of a head of a state. He distributed thousands house ands among the people, but generally he himself went him empty-handed. And what a home. His family lived in cells whose roofs were touched by the head of a man. He sat on the floor, and he possessed one blanket, which during summer he would speed beneath him, while during winter he would wrap it about his person. Yet he was a paragon of nobility and generosity. No needy person ever went empty-handed formed him, if there existed anything to give in his home. Nay, even he borrowed from the Jews to give to those in need. This was the prophet, Peace Be Upon Him, but he had inspired his disciples with the same views. All the of them (Peace Be Upon Them) knew the virtue of poverty and its place in religion. Most of them strove to follow the model. Some have left memorials that whole human history has failed to produce the like of them. Hazrat Abu Bekr Siddique (Razi Allah ho taala unho) was the first caliph. He lived a life of poverty such as could not be the envy of the poorest among the people. Hazrat Omer -e-Farooq Razi Allah ho taala unho , the second caliph. The conquer of Iran and Rome. Hazrat Omer-e- Farooq, Razi Allah ho taalla unho, the terror of emperors went about wearing a short with fourteen patches, dined on the tops of the mosque, inviting the passers by to his diner who generally declined the offer, w slept under a palm tree at noon with his whip under his head as the pillow, the drops of sweat tickling down his forehead and being absorbed by the sand below. And all this be suffered intentionally. Hazrat Othman Ghani , ( Razi Allah ho Taala unho) the third caliph, who o was famed forth is wealth and for his generosity, would put out the lamp of his public office, and light up his own, if the conversation was of private nature. Hazrat Ali Karamullah Wajhu, (Razi Allah ho taala unho), the fourth caliph was a model of poverty. Self imposed poverty, and was generous beyond imagination. Hazrat Omer Ibn Abdul Aziz, also deserves mention. It is enough to mention about him, that on his demise, the Roman Emperor wept and wailed a loud, saying, "Today a saint has departed from the world. If here was a saint, it was Omer. The world was beneath his feet and he shunned it". These were the disciples of the Holy Prophet, (Peace Be Upon Him), or were the disciples of his disciples. Let us see the state of the Islamic saints thereafter to this present day. Poverty has always been their motto and the basis of their cult. This was the decisive, distinctive, distinguishing feature of their order. This was the criterion of judgment or their merit. The slightest sign n of the world's love or worldly temptation was a signal for their fall in the estimates of the people. And it is still like that. But in the cases of this Baconian progress the world has became blind of sight. Even today the first requisite for the saintly life is the poverty and disinterestedness .The peculiar situation of this world today form the viewpoint of this Baconian system of progress, however, warrants a peculiar attitude on the part of this mankind in universal manner. The entire mankind has individually and collectively to adopt the saintly attitude of poverty, if escape form the all-devouring flames of the atomic hell, the logical consequence of this Baconian progress is desired. This dispute is nothing new. Poverty, humility and charity have been the features of God's religion always. See any religion, and you will find no exception anywhere. Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha and indeed every teacher of religion has taught this. Controversy, however, appears to be of little avail in the case of this modern Baconian system of progress. The philosophy of this age is s based on rationalism, and it is easiest thing in the world to say, this modern progress stops no one form either adopting the religious attitude or from understating religious practices. Though ages of controversy could hardly succeed in furnishing that this mankind with a decisive answer, thanks to the agency of time that the real decision has appeared without the least ambiguity the form of atomic hell, the logical and scientific result of Baconian progress. The wonderful thing in this respect is that the Quran has contained for all these past fourteen centuries, the subject of Baconain philosophy of modern atomism, and a complete characterization therefore, and the resultant atomic hell. The description of the Baconian philosophy of atomism as is given by he Quran it is a miracle. And to deduce the appearance of atomic hell that is atomic bombs and radiations from the Baconian atomism as the Quran has done is a miracle. And the scientific characterization of the atomic phenomenon and its manifestations by the Quran in is a miracle. And it is a challenge to the scientist ad as well as the philosopher of this Baconian age. And the atomic weapon is not a weapon of defense, it is the wrath of Allah, it is the divine vengeance. It is the grievous retribution. It deserves radiation, before it has eradicated this life on earth. Before we quote the answer of the Quran to Baconian philosophy, that is the prophecy which has been alluded to above, it appears reasonable to pose a question to every well-informed person in the world, namely, that could Islam or nay to other religion, even if it were completely, perfectly promulgated, save its followers, or the mankind, or even itself form the flames of the atomic hell, if this Baconian progress were allowed to continue as it did? The answer is the negative. The consumption of this world by the atomic hell is inevitable in the presence of this Baconian progress. The stage by now is set and the time is long past for such verbal assertions as:- (a) Does not Islam allow the necessities of life and the material utility of the resources of nature? (b) Do we not find in the Quran the emphasis laid on the contemplation of the work of God? And does not Quran alluded to the conquest of nature? (c) Is not Islam a progressive religion? (d) Is not Islam averse to monasticism and hermitage? And is not Islam a dynamic religion? Such assertions and others for this kind are now long past their age. They are noteworthy herein, nor can they give the least protection against the blazing reality now advancing toward a mistaken mankind like an infallible doom. For rolling is the text of the prophecy of the Quran about the Baconian hell, that is atomic hell, that is nuclear hell. The worst and most terrible of tall the hell. The Quran says:- “Woe unto every back-biter, defamer who amasseth wealth (of this world) and arrangeth it (against the future) .He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal. Nay, for verily he will be cast into Al-Hotama. And what could teach thee cast into Al-Hotama. and what could teach thee what Al-Hotama is? It is fire of Allah kindled with leapeth up onto the hearts. It is (a fire) closed in on the m in outstretched columns". (Quran 104-Al-Homaza) What does this mean? The Quran which allows the material utility, is here seen uttering terribleness denunciations against those who id is their own opinion, and indeed with a clear conscience, are only utilizing the permissible license of the Quran, keeping within the limits and adhering to the basic policy. This indeed is a postulate that warrants keenest attention of those who have not as yet acquiesced in the preordained doom. A very terrible, most frightful, and besides that exceedingly shameful doom. You have read the prophecy of the Quran about the atomic hell. Please re-read it, and seethe nature of the evils that amazingly implicate such a terrible punishment. Do you find disbelief, the most grievous in included therein? No, none of that. This excludes the differentiation between the Muslim and the non-Muslim. Believer and non-believer. It embraces everyone. Do you u seek shirk (giving partners to God), the next grievous a sin? No. Not even that. Is it murder of felony? No. Is it thereto, man-slaughter or fornication? No. Nothing. What is the crime then? It is merely the slander. It is only the engrossment in wealth-accumulation. it is just a belief in the eternity of riches. If you have any regard for the God's word, or you realize the proper significance of the word of God, then look. This Baconian philsophy of modern atomism is a slander of the doctrines of revealed religion. And this is an age in which the habit of a slander moves like the spirit form one corner of the earth to the other. This is the age of criticism and propaganda .And this Baconian progress is n no more than a process of systematic, organized, ever-increasing, infinite and eternal wealth-acquirement, wealth-increase and wealth-arrangement. And this is a generation which has implicit and explicit faith in the ever-increasing eternity of his wealth-acquiring progress. The case is clear. And above all else, its result is no more a bidden secret. It is there in the form of atomic hell .Now only its gate has to be thrown open. What remains now is only, that you sit open. What remains is only, that you sit alone and think if you are not involved in it. The crux of the mater as you have yourself read in the prophecy of the Quran, is that the causes both of the appearance of this temporal atomic hell of this transient world, and those of the punishment in the eternal atomic hell of the next eternal world, wherein there is no notion of death, are the same. They who deserved hotama, the atomic hell, are the same. They who deserved Hotama, the atomic hell, even if they escaped this transient atomic hell of this world, cold not escape the eternal atomic hell of the next eternal world. The Baconian philosophy is a beautiful snake which appears innocent, harmless and lovable. But actually its bite is so deadly, and its breathe is so fiery, that it would not allow its victim to count there to ask for water, or to explain the trouble. When we seek the example of this Baconian philosophy of man's dominion over nature for material benefit in the Gospel of Jesus we find the following striking example that my be read with interest and for instruction equally by the Christian and non-Christian communities:- (33) "Here another parable: There was a certain house-holder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a vinepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husband men, and wet into a far contrary: (34) And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husband men, that they might receive the fruits of it. (35) And the husband men took his servants, and beat one and killed another, and stoned another. (36) Again he sent other servants more than the first; and they did unto them likewise. (37) But last of tall he sent unto them his son, saying, they will reverence my son. (38) But when the husband men as a what son, they said among themselves, this is the heir; come let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. (39) And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. (40) When the Lord, therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? (41) They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out His vineyard unto other husband men, which shall render Him the fruits in their seasons". (Gospel St.Mathew XXI- 33-41) This world is the vineyard of God. He has let it out to mankind. Bacon has sought man's dominion over this vine-year .Poverty, humility, and charity appeared as servants of God to take the fruits. But poverty was beaten, is beaten, humility was killed, is killed, charity was stoned, is stoned. Then the idea of resurrection appeared as the son of the master of the vine-yard, and was killed, is killed. Baconian mankind, wants to seize on the inheritance, the dominion of God. But will it succeed? No the matter is far beyond human power. It is blasphemous even to think of such a thing. The successful of mankind hitherto in the scientific achievements has been only an enticement into the final trouble. Steam bent itself to the service of man. Then electricity followed the suit and bent its back to Man. Then atomic phenomenon appeared before man as an adamant advisory. The folly of man now is to think that the will be able to subdue and trap and tame this fierce, fiery giant atumbumb. It is a kind of false optimism and blind confidence of Baconian spirit that will lead this mankind right into the heart of the atomic hell without any hope of redemption. And this will be eternal woe. Allama Muhammad Yousuf Gabriel Adara AFqar e Gabriel Quaid E Azam Street nawababad wah cantt Distt Rawalpindi Pakistan www.oqasa.org yousuf_gabriel@yahoo.com

Posted By yasser on 08/15/2008

ok i thought that scholors like Dyananda Sraswati were staunch opposers of Idol Worship but now i come to know thru' u that they beleived that Idol Worship should not be practiced now.

Posted By Akhilesh Mattoo on 08/15/2008

Well, It is nicely written.But i have a pint here , Idol worshipping is not shunned but has to follow a particular ritual, these rituals had meaning in the vedic times but the present population does no know them hence worshipping the almoighty in infinite form of infiite positive energy makes much more sense in present times. All religions are one and equal. The more you see witha positive eye , the more equal and united they will become. Regards Akhilesh Mattoo

Posted By jeans on 07/24/2010

Thanks for your article.

Posted By discount chanel handbags on 07/18/2010

Comfortably, the article is in reality the best on this valuable topic. I harmonise with your conclusions and will thirstily look forward to your coming updates. Just saying thanks will not just be sufficient, for the wonderful clarity in your writing. I will instantly grab your rss feed to stay privy of any updates. Fabulous work and much success in your business dealings!

Posted By Abdullaah on 06/29/2010

Here are some points for comparison between Islam, Hinduism and Christianity with references, from the following link: http://comparative-religion-points.blogspot.com (Refer the link for more updates) (1) Oneness of God & Prohibition of Idol Worship:- VEDA: Yajurveda 32:3, 40:8, 40:9; Rigveda 1:164:46, 6:45:16; UPANISHAD: Chandogya 6:2:1, Shwetashvatara 6:9, 4:1, 4:20; GEETA: 7:20, 10:3; BRAHMA SUTRA; //BIBLE: Leviticus 26:1; Exodus 20:4. (2) Prophet Muhammad's Description:- Bhavishya Purana: Prati Sarag: Parv III: Khand 3: Aday 3: Shaloka 5-8, 10-27; Samveda: Book II: Hymn 6: Verse 8; //BIBLE: Deuteronomy 18:18; John 14:16. (3) Prohibition of Alcohol:- Manu Smriti: 9:235, 11:55; RigVeda: Book 8:Hymn 2: Verse 12, Hymn 21: Verse 14; //BIBLE: Proverbs: 20:1, 23:31; Ephesians: 5:18. (4) Prohibition of Pork:- //BIBLE: LEVITICUS 11:7-8; Deuteronomy 14:8. (5) Non-Vegetarian Food:- Ramayana: 2:20:29; Manu Smriti: 5:30, 39; Mahabharata: Anushan Parva: 88. (6) Prohibition of Usury (Interest on Money/Loan/Credit):- Manu Smriti: 11:62, 8:152; //BIBLE: Leviticus 25:36-37; Ezekiel 18:8,13, 22:12; Psalms 15:5. (7) Veil/Head Scarf:- Rig-Veda: 8:33:19; //BIBLE: 1st Corinthians 11:5 .

Posted By Abdullaah on 06/29/2010

Here are some points for comparison between Islam, Hinduism and Christianity with references, from the following link: http://comparative-religion-points.blogspot.com (Refer the link for more updates) (1) Oneness of God & Prohibition of Idol Worship:- VEDA: Yajurveda 32:3, 40:8, 40:9; Rigveda 1:164:46, 6:45:16; UPANISHAD: Chandogya 6:2:1, Shwetashvatara 6:9, 4:1, 4:20; GEETA: 7:20, 10:3; BRAHMA SUTRA; //BIBLE: Leviticus 26:1; Exodus 20:4. (2) Prophet Muhammad's Description:- Bhavishya Purana: Prati Sarag: Parv III: Khand 3: Aday 3: Shaloka 5-8, 10-27; Samveda: Book II: Hymn 6: Verse 8; //BIBLE: Deuteronomy 18:18; John 14:16. (3) Prohibition of Alcohol:- Manu Smriti: 9:235, 11:55; RigVeda: Book 8:Hymn 2: Verse 12, Hymn 21: Verse 14; //BIBLE: Proverbs: 20:1, 23:31; Ephesians: 5:18. (4) Prohibition of Pork:- //BIBLE: LEVITICUS 11:7-8; Deuteronomy 14:8. (5) Non-Vegetarian Food:- Ramayana: 2:20:29; Manu Smriti: 5:30, 39; Mahabharata: Anushan Parva: 88. (6) Prohibition of Usury (Interest on Money/Loan/Credit):- Manu Smriti: 11:62, 8:152; //BIBLE: Leviticus 25:36-37; Ezekiel 18:8,13, 22:12; Psalms 15:5. (7) Veil/Head Scarf:- Rig-Veda: 8:33:19; //BIBLE: 1st Corinthians 11:5 .

Posted By cash loans on 06/14/2010

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

Posted By designer bags on 05/26/2010

I admire the valuable information you offer in your articles. I will bookmark your blog and have my children check up here often. I am quite sure they will learn lots of new stuff here than anybody else!

Posted By YOUSUF GABRIEL on 05/08/2009

THE CORRECTIVENESS GIVEN BY THE QURAN TO CHRISTIAN RELIGION. BY ALLAMA MUHAMMAD YOUSUF GABRIEL The Quran has given correctives to Christian religion, and has cleared up the huge mass of innovations of doctrinal nature, that was amassed gradually in course of time on the basic doctrines of Christian Gospel. Had the followers of Christian religion, hearkened to the warnings of the Quran and adopted the correctives provided by that book, there would have appeared no Baconian Philosophy, and consequently no atomic hell. The Christians, however, may, if they so desire, shift the blame onto the Muslims for the latters' having neglected the preaching of Islamic Doctrines on International Basis. To which the Muslims may reply if they so desire, that the Christian could not have heard then if they had so done. The punishment of atomic hell however is decreed for both the Christians as well as the Muslims, and they could dispute the matter in the atomic hell. This same question, that of the Muslims' conduct as regards their responsibility for preaching Islamic Doctrines throughout the world, may be raised on the day of judgment as a result of the counter accusations of the Non-Muslim nations against the Muslims. In the following we will dwell on the correctives given by the Quran to Christianity:- 1. DEIFICATION OF JESUS Jesus was raised to the status of God and thus the priests became the deputies of God, and assumed unlimited powers and authority. And then abused their authority to an extent that it resulted in the disappearance of the Christian religion, and the appearance of Baconian Philosophy, and consequently the appearance of Atomic Hell of this world as well as of the next eternal world. The Quran said:- "They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! God is messiah, son of Mary. Messiah (himself) said : O children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord". (Quran 2 x 72) Christ has said:- “My God is one God; there is no God but He". (Gospel ST John XX-17) Quran has said:- “Your God is one God; there is no God other than He, the compassionate, ever-merciful". (Quran 2 x 163) Gospel said:- “The Lord our God is one Lord".(Gospel ST Mark XII-29) Quran said:- “Lo! Allah pardoneth not that partners should be ascribed unto Him. He pardoneth all save that to whom he will". (Quran 4 x 116) Gospel has said:- " Wherefore I say unto you, all manner of sin, and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: But the blasphemy (against) the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the son of man, it shall be forgiven him: But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the (world) to come". (Gospel ST Mathew XII 31-32) Quran has said:- "When Allah saith : O Jesus son of Mary! Didst thou say unto mankind, take me and my mother as two Gods besides Allah? He saith: Be glorified ! It was not mine to utter that to which I had no right. If I used to say it, then thou knewst it. Thou knewst what is in my mind, and I know not what is in thy mind. Lo! Thou, only thou art the knower of things hidden. I spake unto them only that which thou commandest me, saying: Worship Allah, My lord and your Lord, I was a witness of them while I dwelt among them, and when thou tookest me thou wast the watcher over them. Thou art witness over all things. If thou punish them, Lo! They are thy slaves, and if thou forgive them (Lo! They are thy slaves). Lo! Thou only thou art the mighty, the wise. Allah saith this is a day in which their truthfulness profiteth the truthful, for their's are gardens under which rivers flow, wherein they are secure for ever, Allah taking pleasure in them and they in Him. That is the great triumph".(Quran 5 x 116-119) Christ in Gospel said the same as follows:- “I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest them me, and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that, all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received (them), and have known surely that I come out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine,and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we (are). While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: Those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. And come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves". (Gospel-ST Mathew XVII-5-13) The Quran said:- “Say: (O Muslims) : We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us, and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ismael and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received and that which the prophets received from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered". (Quran 2x 136) Christ said:- “Have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?". (Gospel-ST Mathew XXII-31-32) The Quran said:- “The messiah will never scorn to be a slave unto Allah, nor will the favoured angels". (Quran-4 x 172) AND " It is not (possible) for any human being unto whom Allah had given scripture and wisdom and the prophethood that he should afterwards have said unto mankind: Be slaves of me instead of Allah, but (what he said was) : Be ye faithful servants of the Lord". (Quran- 3 x 79). (2). JESUS NOT THE SON OF GOD It is a great blasphemy to call anyone the son of God. Firstly it destroys the whole basis of the religion of God, one God. Secondly it excludes the possibility of a belief in any other Prophet after the son of God. And thirdly there is the possibility of the followers of the son of God to become careless and negligent, of religion, even proud, due to so close a relation of their prophet with God. Fourthly it confers great powers on the priest and a high status, with dire consequences. This doctrine, that of the son of God, too has considerable share in creating circumstances favourable to the appearance of Baconian Culture, and the Atomic Hell. The phrase, son of God which was used by Jesus for himself as well as for others meant no more than a life devoted to the service of God. But later on it became to be applied literally and became an obstacle in the way of the guidance which God wanted to give to mankind after Jesus. The Quran says:- "They ascribe as partners unto Him (God) the Jinn, although He did create them, and impute falsely, without knowledge, sons and daughters unto Him. Glorified be He and high exalted above (all) that they ascribe (unto Him). The originator of the heavens and the earth: How he can have a child, when there is for Him no consort, when He created all things and is aware of all things. Such is Allah, your Lord. There is no God save Him, the Creator of all things, so worship him. And he taketh care of all things. Vision comprehendeth Him not, but He comprehendeth (all) vision. He is subtle, the aware".(Quran 6 x 101-104) AND "The Jews say: Ezra is the son of God; and the Christian say : The Messiah is the son of God. That is their saying with their mouths. They imitate the saying of those who disbelieved of old. Allah (himself) fighteth against them. How perverse are they? They have taken as Lords besides Allah their rabbis and their monks and the Messiah son of Mary, and they were bidden to worship only one God. There is no God save Him. Be He glorified from all that they ascribe as partners (unto Him)". (Quran- 9 x 30-31) AND "Who can do aught against Allah, if He had willed to destroy the Messiah son of Mary, and his mother and everyone on earth. Allah's is the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them. He createth what He will. And Allah is able to do all things". (Quran 5 x 17-18) AND "Lo! The likeness of Jesus with Allah is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, then He said unto him: Be! And he is. (This is) the truth of thy Lord, so be not thou of those who waver". (Quran 3 x 59-60) AND "Say : O people of the scripture ! come to a just judgment between us and you: that we shall worship none but Allah, and that we shall take others for Lords beside Allah. And if they turn away, then say: Bear witness that we are they who have surrendered (unto him)". (Quran-3 x 64) AND "And whoso disputeth thee concerning him (Jesus) after the knowledge which hath come unto thee, say (unto him): Come ! We will summon our sons and your sons, and our women and your women, and ourselves and yourselves, then we will pray humbly (to our Lord) and (solemnly) invoke the curse of Allah upon those who lie. Lo! This verily is the true narrative. There is no God save Allah, and Lo! Allah is the mighty, the wise. And if they turn away, then Lo! Allah is aware of (who are) the corrupters". (Quran-3 x 61-63) We find in the Bible the term "The Son of God". But it actually meant no more than a person whose life was devoted to the cause of God. But unfortunately in later times the people began to take the meanings of this term literally, that amounted to dire blasphemy against God. The actual purport of this term may clearly be understood from the following statement of Jesus Christ. According to which not only to Jesus himself, but to the entire community of men God was as father. Jesus said:- “I ascend unto my father and your father, and to my God and your God". (Gospel ST John XX 17) (3). THE TRINITY The doctrine of trinity of Christian religion was given to mean something of a union of three person (Father, son and Holy Spirit) in one Godhead. This was a doctrine so exceedingly subtle that even its founders themselves were at a loss to comprehend or describe it satisfactorily. It is generally believed that word triad or trinity was first introduced into Christian Theology by Theophibus, Bishop of Antioch after the Middle of Second Century of the Christian era. The idea of trinity in the beginning sprang up from logos. The Logos had been described in Platonic Philosophy to possess unique divine attributes. The Christian revelation which was consummated under the Reign of Nerva, disclosed to the world the amazing secret that the Logos, who was with God from the beginning and was God, who had made all things, and for whom all things had been made, was incarnate in the person of Jesus of nazareth, who had been born of a virgin, and suffered death on the cross. This very blasphemous doctrine did not go unchallenged. It proved to be a signal for a great controversy which raged for a considerable time in the Christendom, till eventually the doctrine was established as an article of Christian faith, though it was never understood or expressed in a convincing manner. "The most sagacious of the Christian Theologians, the great Athanasius himself, has candidly confessed, that whenever he forced his understanding to meditate on the divinity of Logos, his toilsome and unavailing efforts recoiled on themselves, that the more he thought, the less he comprehended; and the more he wrote, the less capable was he of expressing his thoughts". (Decline and Fall of Roman Empire Vol-II. Page 384-385) The Quran says:- "O People of scripture, do not exaggerate in your religion nor utter aught concerning Allah, save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only a messenger of Allah, and His word which He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in Allah and his messengers, and say not three----cease (It is) better for you----Allah is only one God. Far is it removed from His transcendent majesty that He should have a son. His is all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And Allah is sufficient as defender". (Quran- 4 x 171) AND "They surely disbelieve who say: Allah is the third of three; when there is no God save the one God. If they desist not from so saying, a painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve. Will they not rather turn unto Allah and seek forgiveness of Him? For Allah is forgiving, merciful".(Quran-5 x 73-74) The Quran has warned of a painful doom, and now a painful doom is about to fall on the Christian west, and along with the Christian west and entire world. (4). ATONEMENT OF SINS The Christ died on the cross and the sins of his followers were expiated, was yet another doctrine which could be a great cause of men's neglect of good deeds in the hope of salvation on the dint of faith in a particular doctrine, no matter how superfluous and unreasonable that doctrine may be. Christ himself has contradicted the doctrine of atonement. Says He:- "Not every one that faith unto me. Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the will of my father which is in the Heaven". (Gospel ST Mathew VII-21) The Quran has said:- "No burdened soul shall bear the burden of another. And if the heavy laden soul cry out for its burden to be carried, yet shall not aught of it be carried, even by the near of kin. Thou shalt warn those only who fear their Lord in secret, and observe prayer. And whosoever shall keep himself pure, he purifieth himself for his own behoof: for unto God shall be the final gathering". (Quran 35 x 18) AND “Hath he not been told of what is in the pages of Moses? And of Abraham faithful to his pledge? That no burdened soul shall bear the burdens of another, and that nothing shall be reckoned to a man but that for which he hath made efforts: And that his efforts shall at last be seen (in their true light) : That then he shall be recommenced with a most exact recompense, and that unto thy Lord is the return of all things". (Quran 53 x 36-42) AND "Guard yourselves against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will inter cession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be received from it, nor will they be helped". (Quran 2 x 48) AND "And they say: None entereth paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian. These are their own desires. Say: Bring your proof (of what ye state) if ye are truthful". (Quran 2 x 111) (5). KNOWLEDGE Knowledge was proscribed by the Christian Church. But Quran allowed and the Prophet of Islam, (peace be upon him), insisted on the acquirement of knowledge with considerable emphasis. He, however, discriminated between the desirable and undesirable kinds of knowledge. This modern Baconian knowledge (Science) as it is in this Baconian set up, and is a mere means of the acquirement of wealth and worldly necessities, could hardly find its place in the list of the kinds of desirable knowledge. However, the ignorance of the Christian people played a prominent part in the acceptance of Bacon's philosophy for their not recognizing the true reality thereof. The Quran allows knowledge and says "Say, My Lord increase me in knowledge". (Quran 20 x 114) AND “The erudite among his bondsmen fear Allah alone". (Quran 35 x 28) AND "As for these similitudes, we coin them for mankind, but none will grasp their meaning save the learned". (Quran 29 x 43) The Prophet of Islam, (peace be upon him)said:- "The Acquirement of Knowledge is a duty on every Muslim, male and female, from cradle to grave". Difference, however, has to be made between good and bad knowledge. (6). MONASTICISM The greatest damage to Christian religion has been done by the system of Priesthood. Islam proscribed it. The Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him) curtly said: "No Monasticism in Islam". And the Quran says:- " We put in the hearts of those who followed him (Jesus) kindness and mercy: and as for monkery, they invented it----we did not prescribe it to them---only to seek God's pleasure, but they did not observe it with its due observance, so we gave their reward to those of them who believed, and most of them are transgressors". (Quran 57 x 27) (7). MONARCHY If on the one hand, the people of the Christian west were being pestered by the Hierarchical Priesthood, on the other hand, they were suffering persecution by the absolute sovereignty. Islam abolished the system of absolute sovereignty and dynestical monarchy and introduced the system of caliphate, to mean, that one of the people, the most pious among them, was to manage the affairs of the state by consultation. And he was to be elected. And he was to be the head of both the secular and the religious side. The experiment was a success. The Caliph lived the life of an ordinary commoner. But perhaps the standard kept by the first four Caliphs was too high. Thereafter caliphate was abrogated and the old system of absolute monarchy was restored. Whatever be the case, an example was set that was worth following to avoid unpleasant consequences. The Quran says about the Muslims:- " Their affairs are guided by mutual counsel". (Quran 42 x 38) (8). ABIDANCE BY THE GOSPEL AND THE TORAH The Quran advised them to observe the Torah and the Gospel:- " Let the people of the Gospel judge by that which Allah hath revealed therein. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed, such are evil-livers". (Quran 5 x 47) AND “If they had observed the torah and the Gospel and that which was revealed unto them from their Lord, they would surely have been nourished from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them there are people who are moderate, but may of them are of evil conduct". (Quran 5 x 66) They however, could not content themselves with the nourishment to be provided by their God, and they preferred the Baconian method of worldly, incessant, endeavour, and they achieved remarkable success, but the end proved to be tragic. They have prepared for themselves and for the rest of mankind, the atomic hell as the consequence of their material philosophy of Baconian Atomism. (9). RESTRAINT ON NECESSITIES OF LIFE RELEASED Restraint on the necessities of life was a particular feature of Christian religion inspite of the luxurious lives of the prelates and bishops. This forced restraint had a considerable share in the transition of the west from Christian austerity to Baconian luxury. The people of the West, tired of the prolonged Christian fast, and yearning after the luxurious feast of nature, slipped into the Baconian world of material utility. Islam on the other hand, sensed this danger in the weakness of human nature and allowed the acquirement of the reasonable necessities of life. The Quran says:- " Say: who hath forbidden the adornment of Allah which he hath brought forth for his bondsman, and the good things of his providing? Say: Such on the day of resurrection, will be only for those who believed during the life of the world. Thus do we detail our revelations for people who have knowledge. Say: My Lord only forbiddeth indecencies, such as of them as are apparent and such as are within, and sin and wrongful oppression, and that ye associate with Allah that for which no warrant hath been revealed, and that ye tell concerning Allah that which ye know not". (Quran-7 x 32-33) We have brought the main headings of the correctives offered by the Quran to the Christian community to an end. Had the Christian community paid heed to the advice of the Quran, and had they reformed their religion accordingly, they certainly would have escaped the atomic doom. And along with them this world would have escaped the horrible doom of atomic annihilation. But so complex had become their religious system and consequently their malady, that their religion had become almost proof to any reform whatsoever. The doctrine of Christ's Godhead, and that of his being the son of God, had excluded any possibility of a prophet appearing after him, or of caring to listen to the teachings of any one who claimed a divine mission. The Christian priesthood was so frightened by and indeed so incensed against the religion of Islam due to the abolition of priesthood, monasticism and monkery, that in order to save their invested interests and personal empire, the Christian priesthood did whatever it was possible to portray and present Islam in such horrid forms as would frighten the Christian community. The world of the Priest was accepted as truth by the people due to general ignorance and superstition. Centuries passed like that, till at last the Christian priesthood appeared to the Christian people as something to get rid of at any cost. The West then had wanted an outlet. Recourse to Islam was out of question. Persons were there who endeavored to reform Christian religion. Some of them had aimed at a return to the simplicity of Jesus in faith and life, and taught the imitation of Christ and a life of poverty and service. This was neither in the interest nor to the liking of the Christian Church. Many of these reformers were burned alive by the command of the Council of Constancy. It was by a decree of the Council of Constancy in 1415, that the remains of wycliff an English reformer were ordered to be dug up and burned, an order which was carried out at the command of Pope Martin V by Bishop Fleeming in 1428. John Huss a learned Zech, a reformer of Christian religion was invited to the Council of Constancy under promise of a safe conduct from the Emperor, was seized, put on trial for heresy and burned alive in 1415. Waldo in the South of France taught a return to the simplicity of Jesus in faith and life. Innocent III preached a crusade against the waldeness, Waldo's followers, and permitted them to be suppressed with fire, sword, rap and the most abominable cruelties. When ST. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) taught the imitation of Christ and a life of poverty and service, his followers, the Franciscans, were persecuted, scourged, imprisoned and dispersed. In 1318 four of them were burned alive at Marseilles. On the other hand the fiercely orthodox order of the Dominicans, founded by St. Dominic (1170-1221) was strongly supported by Innocent III, who with its assistance set up an organization, the inguisition, for the hunting of heresy, and the affliction of free thought. The result was that the west went headlong into the Baconian culture, and consequently fell into atomic hell, and dragged behind it the entire world. Only if they had examined the case of Islam, they would have found the remedy for all their ills, and would have saved themselves from so severe a punishment as atomic hell, and had along with them saved this entire world from the nuclear calamity. The story of Christianity has been made indeed painful by the Christian Church. All that painful history of Christianity with all its harrowing tales of people and princely persecutions and oppression is before me. And indeed it makes me sad at heart. And painful no doubt is the doctrinal confusion of Christian religion. But what I say after I have made all the calculations is that the state of Christian community inspite of all their afflictions in the premodern era was preferable to this modern state of material bliss, for its end is not well and its afflictions are eternal, for they will accompany to the next world, while its bliss is transitory only and fleeting. THE BIBLE'S AND QURAN'S RELATIVE FRAME OF REFERENCE Hitherto we have discussed the basic theological relation existing between the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Quran. We will now typify by means of an example the relation in which the entire Bible in general (from Genesis to the Gospel) and the Quran stand relatively from the angle of gradual development. Yousuf_gabriel@yahoo.com www.oqasa.org quaid e Azam Street Nawababad Wah Cantt Distt Rawalpindi Pakistan

Posted By naruto-English on 04/18/2010

We have all the Naruto Shippuuden episodes and Naruto Episode 1-220.

Posted By bed frames on 04/15/2010

Your blog is very interesting. I would like to tell that I have been looking for such information and finally got it. Thanks a lot.

Posted By fast payday loans on 03/02/2010

You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.

Leave a reply

Name:*
Email:*
Website:
Country:
Comment:*
Enter characters displayed below
 
Notify me of followup comments via email
Invite A Friend