Re: Prophets
"Afdhere Jama" <[email protected]>
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salam, uzma, no doubt that the prophets were special to god. however, they did commit major sins. and not just 'mistakes', although all sins are mistakes. good examples are moses who murdered, and jonah... who was racist and refused to bring the message of god to the assyrians. and aaron created a false god for the israelites while david murdered tons of innocent people. but, of course, as god tells us in the qur'an, god forgives whomever s/he wishes. as for islam, islam is nothing but la ilaha ila allah. the rest are details, which are evolutionary. the more humans evolved, the more 'intelligent' laws came. i'm glad as a muslim in the 21st century, i no longer have to do what israeli muslims did thousands of years ago-- such as separating dairy and meat. :-P whew! so glad! hehe. i could never enjoy my pizza :( your brother, afdhere Afdhere Jama Editorial Director HURIYAH Publications S A N F R A N C I S C O [email protected] http://www.huriyahmag.org >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] Prophets >Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:31:57 EST > >wa aleikum salam afdhere > >Yes, the Prophets were human beings like all of us (as opposed to angels or >jinns), but what makes them special and unique is the role & function assigned >to them by God and the blessings bestowed on them due to that relationship. >Their role/function was such that they had to be exemplary even before they >started preaching their message... otherwise they would not have been heard or >followed. > >None of us can raise the dead, but that was a miracle that Jesus (as) >performed due to the special blessing on him.... none of the other prophets were >given that particular b lessing. Solomon (as) was given the special ability of >controlling the Jinns, etc. We as ordinary human beings can never achieve to >that level... If pious enough we may achieve the level of developing a special >relationship with God but never to the extent of what the Prophets had. > >There is a difference in making mistakes and committing sins. Since Muslims >believe that all the prophets preached the message of Islam (submission to one >God), the basic teachings were the same, tho' there were differences in the >laws given to each community. So the major sins were major from day one, eg: >murder, adultery, etc. The Prophets were above committing major sins, they >were all exemplary people. So the Prophets were human beings in that they may >have made some mistakes but did not commit sins. > >Regards, >Uzma ---------- Expand your wine savvy and get some great new recipes at MSN Wine.