All the problems and divisions in human race are because of the mutual rivalry for piling up wealth, otherwise Human race was but a single community. Chapter 102 of the Qur’an reveals that the mutual rivalry for piling up diverts mankind and for them is the Hell fire, they will certainly see the Hell fire. In this chapter to stress on the punishment the phrase ‘you soon shall know’ is repeated 3 times and the phrase ‘you shall certainly see’ the hell fire is repeated 2 times and then finally said that men who pilled up wealth shall certainly be questioned on the day of judgement about the joy of piling up wealth. Again chapter 92 of the Qur’an deals with the same topic, it says that verily mankind strive for many things so he who gives and fears and testifies to the best will get a smooth path but one who is a greedy miser shall face misery and shall be of the dwellers of Hell. But those who spend their wealth for the purpose of purification and do so only to seek the favour of Allah and not for any other reason shall be saved from the hell-fire. The love for wealth is also condemned in chapter 89 in verses 15 till the end, in chapter 75 verse 32, in chapter 74 verses 6 to 15 and in various other verses in the Qur’an.
In Chapter number 70 of the Qur’an Allah condemns the system of accumulation of wealth because such a practice hides the divine resources from use. He declares such people to be the ones who would be the dwellers of the Hell due to their impatience as a result of their failure to wait for The Day of Judgement. In the same chapter Allah praises people in whose wealth the deprived and the needy have their recognized right. Even in the beginning of chapter 104 of the Qur’an Allah condemns the piling of wealth. In verse 57 & 58 of chapter 10 of the Qur’an the hoarding of wealth is referred to as a disease. In verse 59 of the same chapter the discussion on the matter continues and man is advised to live on great things given by Allah and is asked not to live for accumulation of resources.i.e Man is advised to live for giving and not for piling up his wealth. In chapter 43 verse 32 the employer is advised to be on equity regarding payment to his employees, and not to accumulate money by depriving the workers. Even accumulation is condemned in verse 28 of chapter 28 of the Qur’an and the succeeding verse number 29 supports the same. Also the result of people who accumulate and are arrogant at not giving is explained in verse 48 of chapter 7 of the Qur’an. Thus accumulation of wealth and barring it from use of others is a sin in Islam and the result is Hell.
Even chapter 2 of the Qur’an deals with the same subject. It addresses the people who are committed to Allah to give of good things which they have earned and of the earth which Allah have produced for them and to not aim to give anything that is bad. In the matter of giving the mind usually gets swayed by the fear of poverty but it is not so. Giving doesnot reduce the wealth and strike the giver with poverty. Giving can be in open or in secret but giving always benefits souls. Giving should be for the sake of getting the favour of Allah. Those who would give day and night what they have in excess in secret and in public both in times of plenty and in times of strain need not fear but those who accumulate their wealth due to fear of poverty and selfishness shall have no reward with their Lord. Allah permits to make money but doesnot allow to hold and accumulate the same therefore making money is not the same as holding money. Allah shall give no advantage on accumulated wealth and shall make deeds of giving to be of advantage and reason for success. It is said in the Qur’an that if the committed ones are really committed then they should give away what remained of the accumulated wealth and if they donot give away then they should take a notice of war from Allah and His Messenger but if they turn to obedience they shall be considered to have been hold back from the war and has been asked not to deal unjustly with their wealth. If they deal fair with their wealth they shall be dealt unjustly. And if the possessor grudges in giving or spending then consider him to be of no worth and that the committed ones be firm in encountering him and that is good for the committed ones if they understand.
Is Qur’an right ?
The following synopsis of facts proves the Qur’an to be right. Every year over 9 million people die worldwide because of hunger and malnutrition, 5 million are children, One billion people lack access to health care systems. According to UNICEF, 25,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.” Around 27-28 percent of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted. The two regions that account for the bulk of the deficit are South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. 640 million live without adequate shelter. Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. The main reason behind all these problems is that The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the 41 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (567 million people) is less than the wealth of the world’s 7 richest people combined. More than 80 percent of the world’s population lives in countries where income differentials are widening.
Conclusion: We, entire Mankind should unite to strive for the great cause of caring and sharing and should save ourselves from the never ending punishment of fire of Hell.
Koran is a hateful book…
Peace be upon you
Why?
@ Winston: You may hate Koran but you can’t hate Abraham who is the fore founder of ‘Kaba’ in Saudi Arabia which non can deny. He is the forefather of Jews, Christian, and Muslims all alike, which You may not be knowing, hense you can not hate Quraan the final version of all scriptures, that originally introduced by Him only. .
(Peace be upon you) SAME AS bless your heart does not speak well.
ok so what was your point you still do not like westerners, beause we are thought of as rich. NOT!
MY POINT WAS THIS.
I WILL NEVER ISLAM(SUBMIT)
sorry no hard feelings
Peace be upon you–
I have neither hatred nor dislikings for anybody. The Qur’an has not taught hatred rather it has taught to be away from it. To me all mankind is same and their should be strong fellow feelings in them. Every human being should love every other human being and should try to establish truth, equity and justice on earth and should give away their unused wealth for the sake of others need. This should be life. Compassion, mercy, love and Justice.
Does the Quran say that it’s okay to spam people?
By the way, fix your holy book, please. It isn’t exactly kind to women.
Peace be upon you–
Plz clarify your points. What do you exactly mean by ‘spam’?
In which way it is unkind to women?
Plz be specific to smoothen the dialogue process.
Thanking you,
Your Twitter account is just spamming a link to this blog post to various people. I, myself, have received two such links so far. This is called spamming.
As for unkind to women, how about the directions for how to beat your wife for starters?
Peace be upon you—
In chapter four of the Qur’an begins with revealing that Allah has created us from a single configuration of life and created our partners from the same thing and then He from the two created innumerous men and women. It is Allah through whom we demand our mutual rights. The immediate matter to which Allah directs us in the first verse of chapter 4 of the Qur’an is to be heedful of the wombs that bore us. The wombs means our mothers. The Qur’an stands to guide us towards the equal rights of men and women. In the end of verse 228 of chapter 2 of the Qur’an Allah reveals that Women shall have rights similar to the rights against them, according to what is equitable and for men to step along with the women. In the same chapter men are forbidden to inherit women against their will nor they should be with women harsh in verse 19.Even in marriage men are asked to pay dower to the women and not otherwise as we see commonly in practice in the society. In chapter 2 verse number 231 Allah commands that when man divorces woman and they fulfil the prescribed term either the woman should be taken back on equitable terms or set them free on equitable terms, but should not be taken back to injure or to take undue advantage. If anyone does that he wrongs his own soul. In chapter 2 verse 234 Allah gives permission to the women who becomes widow to remarry after a lapse of 4 months and 10 days. In chapter 4 verse number 128 Allah commands that if a wife fears cruelty on her husband’s part she may go for a separation amicably. In the Qur’an it is also commanded that what a man earns is his and what a women earns is her. She is free to work outside to run her living and no one shall have any right on what she earns. In chapter 81 verse 8 Allah reveals that on the day of judgement the female infants who were killed will ask their parents as what was their crime for which they were killed alive that is killing of girl child is a great sin in Islam. The Qur’an is equitable to both men and women and regarding the equality of men and women is spoken in the Qur’an in several places. The Qur’an has not asked not to beat wives, it is wrongly translated , the word used is Daraba which has got many meanings like to smote, to place something on other, to set forth an example, to turn away. In the verse 4: 34 the translation should be- Men are supposed to be the maintainers of women because Allah has given them more than the women and their should be mutual respect for each other, obedient women gaurds their chastity in the absence of their husbands. If any husband fears a damage from his wife he should admonish and should not sleep with her and turn away from her (not beat her).
If you have any other points feel free to discuss.
Not to worry, our holy book isn’t exactly always the nicest to women either.
Peace be upon you—
Tell me specifically how it is not nice to women ?
Peace be upon you—
In chapter four of the Qur’an begins with revealing that Allah has created us from a single configuration of life and created our partners from the same thing and then He from the two created innumerous men and women. It is Allah through whom we demand our mutual rights. The immediate matter to which Allah directs us in the first verse of chapter 4 of the Qur’an is to be heedful of the wombs that bore us. The wombs means our mothers. The Qur’an stands to guide us towards the equal rights of men and women. In the end of verse 228 of chapter 2 of the Qur’an Allah reveals that Women shall have rights similar to the rights against them, according to what is equitable and for men to step along with the women. In the same chapter men are forbidden to inherit women against their will nor they should be with women harsh in verse 19.Even in marriage men are asked to pay dower to the women and not otherwise as we see commonly in practice in the society. In chapter 2 verse number 231 Allah commands that when man divorces woman and they fulfil the prescribed term either the woman should be taken back on equitable terms or set them free on equitable terms, but should not be taken back to injure or to take undue advantage. If anyone does that he wrongs his own soul. In chapter 2 verse 234 Allah gives permission to the women who becomes widow to remarry after a lapse of 4 months and 10 days. In chapter 4 verse number 128 Allah commands that if a wife fears cruelty on her husband’s part she may go for a separation amicably. In the Qur’an it is also commanded that what a man earns is his and what a women earns is her. She is free to work outside to run her living and no one shall have any right on what she earns. In chapter 81 verse 8 Allah reveals that on the day of judgement the female infants who were killed will ask their parents as what was their crime for which they were killed alive that is killing of girl child is a great sin in Islam. The Qur’an is equitable to both men and women and regarding the equality of men and women is spoken in the Qur’an in several places. The Qur’an has not asked not to beat wives, it is wrongly translated , the word used is Daraba which has got many meanings like to smote, to place something on other, to set forth an example, to turn away. In the verse 4: 34 the translation should be- Men are supposed to be the maintainers of women because Allah has given them more than the women and their should be mutual respect for each other, obedient women gaurds their chastity in the absence of their husbands. If any husband fears a damage from his wife he should admonish and should not sleep with her and turn away from her (not beat her).
Peace be upon you—
I am waiting for your reply.
Who is “our”? I am not Christian.
I am an Atheist. As far as I am concerned, all three ‘holy books’ (Muslim, Christian, and Jewish) are vile and disgusting, filled with at least as many passages preaching hatred and oppression as those that are in line with the Golden Rule. The sad thing is that believers keep pointing to the nice bits as though they somehow excused the awful bits.
Peace be upon you,
It is completely your choice. You have every right to be an atheist. But tell me where exactly in the Qur’an have you found teaching of hatred and oppression rather it teaches to fight oppression. It appears that you have not read the book and your comments are based on hearsay.
Which translation? I’ve read a few and they all seem very different. Which interpretation? I’ve read a few and, again, they can be very different.
Tell me, have you read any of the verses that relate to “kafir”?
Peace be upon you–
Plz read my article on ‘Kafir- a clarification’ on the same blog. It was my first article.Hope you would get your answer.
Regarding beating of wives almost all translations are wrong on that verse and many other verses. If you want to critisize something you should know the thing properly and not superficially. Very soon I am going to post an article on that point with all gramatical details. Friend, a clean mind is required to understand the Qur’an. It is a great paradox that neither the Muslims nor the Non-Muslims ever tried to understand it.
I have heard many justifications on the beating of wives. It meant only a tap to remind her to be good, etc.
All of these justifications have the same problem – a man is to use physical force (even if only light force) to control a woman’s behaviour, but the same is not true in reverse.
Don’t you find it strange that almost ALL translations are wrong in your view? What makes your interpretation of the Quran so much more enlightened than all those translators’? What gives you so much authority?
And no offence, but your articles are long-winded, boring, and your paragraphs are far too long to be readable. That’s fine in print, but on a screen it means losing my place constantly. Learn to write and I will bother using my time to read it.
peace be upon you.
The word which has been translated as ‘Beat’ in the verse 4:34 of the Qur’an is ‘Daraba’. It means– beating, beheading, to smite, to turn away from, to set an example, to put something on other etc etc. You may refer pages 1777 to 1783 of William Lane’s Lexicon , volume 5 of Book1 series for the meanings of the particular word.
It is said in the verse that man should support his wife with her maintenence as he has more money than his wife and since the husband spends from his wealth for his wife he should be reciprocated with integrity and peace and if the wife is proved to be of low moral character than the husband should warn her of separation followed by withdrawal of maintenance, the husband should stop sleeping with her and he should turn away from her all love and affection and if she realises her fault and promises her husband integrity of character she should be given back her status and no grudge against her should be left in the mind of the husband.
I totally respect Atheists, did not mean to include them when I said “our” that was a poor choice of words. My point was most all similar holy books can be taken apart from whatever religion, and things pointed out negative, while most who follow any one of them seem to have a tendency to disregard the negatives in their own and cherry pick all the good.
Peace be upon you—
I don’t know what is meant by religious, atheists, fundamentalists ets etc. I know only two categories– Good and bad or in other words men with truth, equity and justice and men against truth equity and justice.
Their is only one right way of life -to care and share for fellow beings and stand up firm for truth, equity and justice without any vested interest.
well first of all, we have no right to change what The Creator has brought down to us. we dont just follow our desires. human laws are flawed, thats why they change them all the time. man thinks he is so special and knows everything, but we must be humble enough to conclude that there is a higher power than us and we will all be help accountable for our deeds.
as far as women, you have to read the hadith for clarification of that verse. this “hitting” is actually a last resort in extreme situations, and its not actually hitting, as the prophet muhammad said, it should be like the hit of a siwak stick, which is a tooth stick, and causes 0 pain even when hit hard with it, because its soft, and the purpose is not to cause pain but to get the wife’s attention. and its more of a light tap. i hope that answered your question and God knows best
Salamun Alaik,
the justifications that you have cited from the books of Hadiths doesnot stand well. Plz read my reply to arduinnae as on today regarding the meanings of that verse.
Salam
Great article. What I understand in the modern concept – and in what is actually happening today – is that accumulation of wealth is today equal to Capitalism. The greed of the capitalists is what is causing much suffering across the world, even across the Muslim world. Indeed the only solution is Islam.
Ameen
Salamun Alaik—
Thanks for reading my article. Brother not only capitalists but anyone who accumulates and thinks him/her to be the owner of it and loves like his own children and fears to part with it thus becoming a reason of oppression for others. No one has brought any wealth with him but they accumulate from that of Allah and then they hold it selfishly.
Some say it is the love of wealth that is the wrong and not the mere accumulation of wealth. Many religious authorities and churchs and mosques are wealthy. Mere possession of wealth is not a sin. Putting more emphasis on wealth than the well being of your fellow man is a sin. It is like the parable or story of the . . .
Allahu Akbar!!!
Salamun Alaik–
How will you define and explain what exactly means love of wealth? Love for anything means the fear to depart from it. More over the verses that I have mentioned clearly tells that the inordinate love for their wealth makes them miser and they become arrgant and donot give. You said some church and mosque are wealthy, what did you mean by it?
Possession of wealth is not a sin, the idea of holding it as one’s property is a sin. It should be distributed in the various ways Allah has mentioned in the Qur’an.
Amazing article !
Peace be upon you–
why amazing?
Well done, guys. Your book is ambiguous, so you all create a religion around your pre-existing beliefs (or possibly those of your parents).
Consider dumping this useless religion thing and just listening to your own consciences.
Peace be upon you—
How ambiguous ?
Tell me what your conscience suggest on the following problems *previously I asked you once that whether you have an alternative solution or not, you avoided the challenge. This time if you don’t answer on these vital problems i would rather consider you and people like you to be opportunists, merely selfish and and of no utility to the society and your fellow beings.
From my writings you should understand that I am not speaking about the Islam that is widely available, an innovated Islam. And always tried to potray the Islam from the Qur’an which is an excellent solution to all kinds of problems and oppression. If you are a sensible reader you must have noticed it. If not then try to notice where I am trying to draw peoples’ attention.
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Every year over 9 million people die worldwide because of hunger and malnutrition, 5 million are children, One billion people lack access to health care systems. According to UNICEF, 25,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.”Around 27-28 percent of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted. The two regions that account for the bulk of the deficit are South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. 640 million live without adequate shelter. Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. The main reason behind all these problems is that The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the 41 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (567 million people) is less than the wealth of the world’s 7 richest people combined. More than 80 percent of the world’s population lives in countries where income differentials are widening.’
Peace be upon you–
Moreover I come from a Hindu family and when I read the Qur’an I found an excellent way of life in it. I donot believe in long beard, covering head, circumcision, the books of Hadiths ( as they are fabricated in the name of the Prophet), Eid, veils over face, etc etc a number of other innovated things as a part of Islam as they are innovations but nothing. Islam is a mindset beautiful and complete in all respects. It is not a religion people have reduced it to a religion. Islam is in the Qur’an only.
Peace be upon you–
Alas! from your words it seems that you have not learnt even the minimum level of courtesy and you represent the most uncultured and uncivilised community of the world.You have not even the slightest manner of articulation and is highly perverted. It also appears from your words that you have no self respect and you have not even attained the minimum education and in all respects unfit to talk and correspond.
My sincire advice to you is that you visit a psychiatrist immediately.
islamversusmuslims – You use empty words. Do not wish people peace and then call them names for an entire paragraph. It is disrespectful and makes you a hypocrite and a liar.
Words mean specific things. Do not use them if you do not mean them.
Peace be upon you–
If you deny that —
‘Every year over 9 million people die worldwide because of hunger and malnutrition, 5 million are children, One billion people lack access to health care systems. According to UNICEF, 25,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.”Around 27-28 percent of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted. The two regions that account for the bulk of the deficit are South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. 640 million live without adequate shelter. Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. The main reason behind all these problems is that The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the 41 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (567 million people) is less than the wealth of the world’s 7 richest people combined. More than 80 percent of the world’s population lives in countries where income differentials are widening.’
then provide me a proof if you are truthful and also suggest an alternative solution to it other than what i said on the basis of the teachings of the Qur’an.
Peace be upon you–
I am waiting for your reply.
Peace be upon you,
I have given you proper informations and references from the Lexicon. Plz check and make a serious study.
Peace be Upon you,
You have mistaken my point. Request you to kindly read my blog-posts and then think upon those. What do you mean by conversion? I am only trying to do some positive work.