#Islamic Theology

[teenageascetic]

“Take my shirt and lay it over my father's face: he will recover his sight. Then bring your whole family back to me.”

Surah Yusuf verse 93.

In different eras and places among Muslims talismanic shirts were worn under the regular robes of people to offer protection from Nazar and Sihr. It is believed that this tradition dates back to the prophet Yusuf (Joseph). One of the more famous practitioners of this tradition are the Ottomans, sultans such as Cem Sultan and Süleyman-ı Evvel wore them. This Quran verse is what inspired this.

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Bruce B. Lawrence "Introduction to Performative Dimensions of Islamic Spirituality" in The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality

[islamiceconomicsproject]

Reflections from Al-Ghazali

Reflections from Al-Ghazali Excerpts from A Treasury of Ghazali Published by Kube Publishing and Distributed in Pakistan by Institute of Policy Studies Press Seek Felicity The otherworldly felicity we are concerned with is subsistence without end, pleasure without toil, happiness without sadness, richness without impoverishment, perfection without blemish and glory without humiliation. In…

[maaruin]

So, I have a question to Muslims. Maybe someone knowledgeable will read this post and can answer. This is something about Islamic teaching that I am wondering.

I have heard that many/most Muslims belief that the original Quran is eternal and with God in heaven. And that the Quran in heaven is identical in words to the Quran that was revealed to Muhammed and that he preached and that was passed on and written down. Is that right so far?

Now, Islam also says that God has revealed the same message he revealed to Muhammed before to other prophets. Like the Torah/Taurat to Moses and the Gospel/Injil to Jesus. Now, Islam says the current versions of these are corrupted. But Islam posits that there were original version of them that were true divine revelation.

But Quran, original Torah, and original Gospel are not verbally identical. Many verses in the Quran refer to specific situations that Muhammed found himself in. And we would expect the original Torah to refer to specific situations Moses found himself in and the original Gospel refer to specific situation Jesus found himself in. Yet they are also divine revelation.

So here is my question: Are there an eternal Torah and an eternal Gospel and eternal versions of all the other revelations God gave before revealing the Quran to Muhammed metaphorically sitting next to the eternal Quran?

(Please tell me if I have completely misunderstood those teachings.)

Edit: I googled it, and the answer seems to be yes - https://islamqa.info/en/answers/197537/are-the-torah-gospel-and-zabur-truly-the-words-of-allah

[awakefor48hours]

I saw a post about this so now I'm curious

New poll with more options if you want there

please consider reblogging for a larger sample size unless you're planning to say something that's anti-theistic

[canisalbus]

Imagine if Machete was Muslim instead of Catholic. His name would be something like Saif سيف, and Vasco would probably be something like Dhahabi ذَهَبِيّ

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[psalmlover]

this is gli

gli was born in the hagia sophia mosque in istanbul, turkey, where she was adored by all patrons, even being pet by us president barack obama when he visited

gli passed away at age sixteen and was buried in the hagia sophia garden

turkey’s presidential spokesman was quoted saying “that cat will be there, and all cats are welcome to our mosques.”

[magnetothemagnificent]

when they say “Jewish people, Muslims, and Christian’s all worship the same god” is that true? can you tell me more about the god in Judaism and how it’s different or similar however? what is unique? thank u

It's not true.

According to Judaism, Jews and Muslims worship the same G-d, but Christians don't. This is why Halakhically it's okay for a Jew to pray in a Mosque if they have to, but not a Church. Muslims fall under the category of those who aren't Jewish, but are God-fearing, and as such different laws apply.

According to Jewish law, Christianity is idolatry, and thus the god they worship is an idolatrous god. Christianity isn't considered to be truly monotheistic according to Judaism. The concept of the Trinity is considered Shittuf (pseudo-idolatry), and the assertion of Jesus, a human, as divine, is considered blasphemous.

Now, this doesn't mean that as Jews we shouldn't interact with Christians (or any other idolatrous people) at all. Interfaith discussions and allyship is intergral to fighting antisemitism and other forms of bigotry. It just means that as Jews we don't consider Christians to be monotheistic and to worship the same G-d we do, and thus we don't pray in a Church and are careful not to engage with Christian iconography.

Sources:

Is Christianity considered Avoda Zarah?

Avoda Zara

Visiting a Church or a Mosque

Introduction to Masechet Avodah Zarah and 2a-5b

[aynl]

Gehenna, the greek name for the Valley of Himmon, is a valley surrounding Jerusalem and is often referred to as a place of divine punishment.

In the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Joshua states in 28:3 that King Azah “burnt incense and children in the valley.” 33:6 mentions that his grandson continued this ritual. The children were sacrificed to the god Moloch. In 7:31Jeremiah(prophet) says to end the practice and all the shrines for it. So King Josiah answers this call and destroys the shrines to prevent the sacrifices. Important to add that this was never proven in any sense. The name Moloch only appears 8 times in the hebrew bible, so its not 100 percent confirmed that its even a god. A lot of theologists think that this ritual wasn’t actually a sacrifice but more like a rite of passage for a child. Plus that its actually just anti-pagan propaganda of that time.

In Aramaic translations of the hebrew bible, Gehenna is used for verses about resurrection, judgement and fate of the wicked.

In the christian Bible, Jesus refers to it as a dump where the habitants burn their trash and criminals. He calls it the pit of eternal fire which never burns out. Jesus uses Gehenna to symbolise the eternal suffering of the second death(The second death here refers to the punishment of sinners after death.). Its not the same as the eternal lake of fire as in the Book of Revelation but it corresponds to it. So gehenna is not Hell itself but more a symbol of it.

The reason why a lot of people call it hell is because 16th century translaters translated hades and gehenna both as hell. In Islam, the islamic name for hell, Jahannam derives from the word Gehenna!

So originally, Gehenna was just a valley but then became a place of sacrifice BUT this may be misinformation and it actually was used for rite of passages. It then became a dumping place, where the wicked were burned. It was never referred to as Hell but became synonymous with it after 16th century translations and the concept being analogous to the eternal lake of fire in BoR. The word Gehenna itself is referred to in verses about resurrection.

But how does this correspond to The summer Hikaru died?

A lot of those points fit the story very well! Like how they sacrificed their own people to a pagan god and how the village sacrificed heads to Unuki-sama. Im not entirely sure about this one point about the misinformation aspect. We know that the village believes that Nounuki-sama is some inherently evil spirit. But it’s not actually true, it’s more a man made thing. The villagers came to Nounuki-Sama. Like how Gehenna wasn’t inherently associated with hell but more so over the years. It also fits How Gehenna is often used in verses about resurrection, which kind of is what happened to Hikaru after being taken over by Nounuki-sama. AND how Josiah abolished the shrines and therefore the rituals may be what will happen in the story, how Yoshiki (and Hikaru) will overcome the village tradition and kind of put an end to what the elders and everyone before them have been doing. Maybe maybe idk these r just my thoughts would love more thoughts on this

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people who are completely anti-religion/theology/spirituality need to unpack a lot; destruction of religion can be an sact of cultural genocide. divorcing religion and/or spirituality from culture is nearly impossible and would strip elements of a culture inherently

[noosphe-re]

Is Natural Science finally committed to materialism? There is no doubt that the theories of science constitute trustworthy knowledge, because they are verifiable and enable us to predict and control the events of Nature. But we must not forget that what is called science is not a single systematic view of Reality. It is a mass of sectional views of Reality - fragments of a total experience which do not seem to fit together. Natural Science deals with matter, with life, and with mind; but the moment you ask the question how matter, life, and mind are mutually related, you begin to see the sectional character of the various sciences that deal with them and the inability of these sciences, taken singly, to furnish a complete answer to your question. In fact, the various natural sciences are like so many vultures falling on the dead body of Nature, and each running away with a piece of its flesh. Nature as the subject of science is a highly artificial affair, and this artificiality is the result of that selective process to which science must subject her in the interests of precision. The moment you put the subject of science in the total of human experience it begins to disclose a different character.

Muhammad Iqbal, The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam

[teenageascetic]

"What Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib (a) Said on the Occasion of the Burial of the Supreme Lady, Fatima (a), While Addressing the Holy Prophet (s) at His Grave: O Prophet of Allah (s)! Peace be upon you from me and from your daughter who has come to you and who has hastened to meet you. O Prophet of Allah (s), my patience about your chosen (daughter) has been exhausted and my power of endurance has weakened, except that I have ground for consolation in having endured the great hardship and heartrending event of your separation.

"I laid you down in your grave when you breathed your last (as your head was) between my neck and chest. "Verily we are Allah's and verily to Him shall we return" (Holy Quran, 2: 156).

Now, the trust has been returned, and what had been given has been taken back. As to my grief, it knows no bounds, and as to my nights, they will remain sleepless till Allah chooses for me the house in which you are now residing.

Certainly, your daughter will apprise you of the joining together of your umma (people) for the aim of oppressing her. Ask her for the details and get all the news. This has happened only a short period of time had elapsed, yet your remembrance has already disappeared... My Salam be to you both, the Salam of a grief-stricken one, nor a disgusted nor a hateful one. If I go away, it is not because I am weary (of you), and if I stay, it is not due to lack of belief in what Allah has promised those who endure."

-Sermon 202 of Nahj al-balagha.

[queerism1969]

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙. 𝙎𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩? 𝙉𝙤. 𝙉𝙤, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙠. 𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙥 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙬𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩. 𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚, "𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨." 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣? 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙'𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩?

𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙮, 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙂𝙤𝙙. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖, 𝙁𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧.

[loneberry]

--Fakhruddin Iraqi, from Divine Flashes

[satanourunholylord]

ALLAH IS THE ANSWER DONT TRUST SHAYTAN🙏🏿💜💗

Kid, I admire your dedication to your faith, but you need to stop. I don't think you realise that you're actually just driving people away from your religion with what you're doing here. I understand it's what you've been taught to do though.

I'm actually just finishing up on reading the Qur'an again at the moment and this kind of treatment is really off-putting and impacting my reflection of the text. The toxic "us and them" mentality that's scattered all throughout that book and displayed by the Muslim community is something that just isn't resonating with me at all.

You have every right to think you're better than me, that's totally fine, but don't drag me into the conversation on why you're better than me. I don't care. Leave the judgement to the higher powers.

[username-that-isnt-my-name]

With so many of us on tumblr here being alive and well in the internet age, I really wonder about this! Feel free to comment in the tags where I can see it.

If this is an interesting question, please give it a reblog so more people can see it.