Sunday, April 15, 2012

The Qur'an / Week 12 Reflection


1.      The work says that the relationship between man and Allah is one of both respect and fear.  Mankind’s responsibility to Allah is to always praise and follow him as well as pray to him and worship him only, and sing praises to him.
2.      Women are to be treated unequal to men because Allah is only forgiving of men.
3.      The “people from the book” are the Jews and Christians of the world.  Their relationship to the revelation of Allah and to those who accept Islam is mostly friendly and tolerant.
4.      In the Koran, god seems to be very forgiving and understanding without really caring a whole lot of what his people do.  In the New Testament however, God is more forgiving if His people are truly repentant and sorrowful for what they’ve done.  They both have a Judgment Day that they talk about though.
5.      The Koran tells the Christians to believe in Allah and they will be saved.
6.      One could accept this revelation because it says that those who do not believe will be sent to Hell on the Judgment Day.
7.      The role of the prophets in general is to help keep their people on their path of righteousness.  The role of Muhammad in particular is to basically warn all the unbelievers so they can be held accountable at the Judgment Day.
8.      The evidence given for this being at work of revelation is that their prophets have received revelation from him that it is true.

No comments:

Post a Comment