Sinned, in Islam there is no such thing as “being saved”. As the verse I mentioned earlier said:
“…The day that some of the signs of your Lord do come, no good will it do to a person to believe then, if he believed not before, nor earned good (deeds) through his faith….” (Qur'an 6:158)
One’s good and bad will be measured. Some good deeds are better then others and likewise some bad are worse then others. For instance if I give a million dollars in charity and help countless people, but my inner intention was not so that God would be pleased, but was so that I would be lauded and praised and be known as a “charitable person” – then such a deed will not be accepted.
How does one ultimately know what is good or bad? What is good to some might be bad to others. For instance, a man might see a woman who covers her hair (wearing hijab) and say
“Oh how awful, she is not sharing her beauty with us, what a bad thing.”
Whereas in the sight of God in fact it is modest and good thing that can be traced back to the earliest Religions.
Knowledge is powerful thing - the first word revealed in Islam was "Read!" - learn, seek knowledge :)
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You can find me on facebook. Amar Chaudhary, location, Qatar.
"I’d say in a given week I probably only do about 15 minutes of real actual work." - Peter, Office Space
Sinned, in Islam there is no such thing as “being saved”. As the verse I mentioned earlier said:
“…The day that some of the signs of your Lord do come, no good will it do to a person to believe then, if he believed not before, nor earned good (deeds) through his faith….” (Qur'an 6:158)
One’s good and bad will be measured. Some good deeds are better then others and likewise some bad are worse then others. For instance if I give a million dollars in charity and help countless people, but my inner intention was not so that God would be pleased, but was so that I would be lauded and praised and be known as a “charitable person” – then such a deed will not be accepted.
How does one ultimately know what is good or bad? What is good to some might be bad to others. For instance, a man might see a woman who covers her hair (wearing hijab) and say
“Oh how awful, she is not sharing her beauty with us, what a bad thing.”
Whereas in the sight of God in fact it is modest and good thing that can be traced back to the earliest Religions.
Knowledge is powerful thing - the first word revealed in Islam was "Read!" - learn, seek knowledge :)
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You can find me on facebook. Amar Chaudhary, location, Qatar.
"I’d say in a given week I probably only do about 15 minutes of real actual work." - Peter, Office Space