From: hra2@Lehigh.EDU (Hibatur Rahman Ahmad)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK (Part 7)
Date: 14 Aug 92 13:51:42 GMT
Reply-To: hra2@Lehigh.EDU
Originator: gwydion@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu

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The following article is taken from a booklet title "The Light of Revelation
-A Glimpse of The Meanings of The Final Divine Revelation To Humankind- The
Quran" published by Islamic Outreach-ABIM 3402 Jalan Ampang Hilir 2, 55000
Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA.  Tel: 6-03-457-4608  There is NO COPYRIGHT for this
booklet.  Any organisation or individual wishing to reproduce the booklet may
do so freely.  An acknowledgement would be appreciated.
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FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK (Part 7)
                                Life And Death

The parable of those who reject Faith
is as if one were to shout like a goat-herd,
to things that listen to nothing,
but calls and cries:
Deaf, dumb and blind,
They are void of wisdom.
                                                    (Baqarah 2: 171)

Lo! Those who disbelieve,
and die in disbelieve,
the whole earth full of gold
would not be accepted from such a one
if it were offered as a ransom for his soul.
Theirs will be a painful doom
and they will have no helpers.
                                                    (Ali-Imran 3: 91)

Every soul will taste death
and ye will be paid on the Day  of Resurrection
only that which ye have fairly earned.
Who so is removed from the Fire
and is made to enter Paradise,
he is indeed triumphant.
The life of this world is but comfort of illusion.
                                                    (Ali-Imran 3: 185)

Say: "My prayer and my devotions
my living and my dying
all belong to God, Lord of the Universe;
no partner has He,
with that I am commanded,
and I am the first of the Muslims"
                                                    (An'am 6: 163)

    Every one of us will have to face DEATH.  Are we prepared to meet our
Lord?  Are our lives an embodiment of our total love and commitment to God?
Or are we transgressors and disbelievers?  Reflect over the preceding verses
and sincerely check your own spiritual condition.  It is never too late to
change so long as we still have LIFE, for we will never know - tomorrow may
dawn on us again.

TO BE CONTINUED (God Willing)

***KNOW that Islam is a universal religion as a way of life.  It governs every
aspect of human life, from individual's behaviour to living in community, from
social and economic principles to political system, from government justice to
international relation, and above all, from relation between human being to
human being up to relation between human being and his creator, the One and
Only One God.

***KNOW that the term traditionalist, conservative, extrimist, fundamentalist,
radicals or similar labels DO NOT originate from Islam.  In Islam it is either
to be a Believer or a Non-Believer, either to be a True Believer or a Hypocrite,
either to practise Islam as a whole or leave it all.

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