"God fearing people"?

Question

What are the first pre-requisite to benefit from the Holy Quran ?

Answer 1

1. Don't read it.
2. Get a Bible.
3. Read the Bible and ask God (Jesus Christ) for understanding.

Answer 2

I am not a Muslim, but I am a spiritual person. Islam is getting a lot of bad press at the moment, most of which is totally unjustified. Forget the fanatics (Christians have idiots like Ian Paisley. I cannot think of any Buddhist or Hindu idiots, but they are not in the public eye)

The Qu'ran advocates that people pray five times per day. I cannot think of anything better to ensure that your mind is focused upon God.

By the way, I worked 500 yards away from where the bus got blown up in London a year ago, and could easily have been one of the victims, but I would still go in the way of harm to defend the right of British Muslims to live their religion within the loose bounds of British society. My friend, read the Qu'ran and ask Muslims all about it. Islam is not the religion for me, but I feel you may find the Qu'ran rich in inspiration. I know that I do.

Answer 3

To study it with an open mind; to free one's mind of bias in favor of or against it, to get rid of all preconceived ideas and opinions; to have a desire to understand it, whether one believes what is revealed in the Book or not.

If one is to accept Islam, one must also accept that there is one true God, Allah, and the Muhammad was his Prophet.

Answer 4

can you as muslims have true peace with God
and know that your sins are forgiven?

on what basis are they forgiven?
ALLAH (GOD) is Righteous and Holy , and we are all sinners.

Allah cannot just forget about sin, or accept it - that would make Him sinful just like us

so how is it?
how can Allah forgive you for your sins?

I will tell you what Allah says.

That by The Blood of Messiah, we can all be forgiven if we turn away from sin and unbelief, and believe on THe One who Allah sent into the world.

This One, became like us, to save us......

The Anointed One, Messiah:
through Him all things were made, (by His Hand all things were created)
and For Him all things were made (yes you too).

He inhabited weak human flesh, to save weak human flesh.
He lived as we do, but did never sin.
He Is The Son of Allah,
He proceeded forth from Allah,
and is without end or beginning, with all angels powers authorities in subjection to Him.
He Is not created, but Creator.
He Is Messiah Yeshua

Yeshua willingly died a true, real, horrible, and shameful death
taking all of Allah's Righteous Anger and Punishment for Sin
so that whoever believes and trusts, truly loving Him-can be saved from their sin- Allah can forgive because the price has been paid
the Judgement has been rendered, and punishment given.
Allah is Holy , and accepts us into eternity with Him only when we accept The One Whom He has sent.

to call Allah a mere prophet, is a terrible sin.
and for every sinner that does not have The Blood of The Lamb of Allah-Yeshua Messiah to save them (by faith and obedience in Him)
there is no forgiveness
Allah is Holy
this is serious.

"there is a way that seems wise to a man, but the end of that way is death"

do we want Allah on our terms?
Hinduism,Islam,Atheism,Agnosticism, false Christianity (or faked),a Jewish faith that is not complete
and all the other ideas of what the world says is right?

or do we want Allah on His terms?

will you believe Allah about Himself today?

respectfully
tom

Answer 5

All religion in the whole world preaches good way of life, but no one adheres to it. No religion is better than the other, it's just humans are load crap.

Answer 6

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

Alif. Lam. Mim*1. This is the Book of Allah there is no doubt*2 about it.
It is guidance to God-fearing people*,3 who believe in the unseen,*4- establish Salat*5 and expend (in Our way) out of what We have bestowed on them *;6 who believe in the Book We have sent down to you and in the Books sent down before you*,7 and firmly believe in the Hereafter*.8




1(means)
. Letters of the Arabic alphabet like Alif, Lam, Mini, which are pre-fixed to a number of surahs of the Quran, were in common use in the Arabic literature of the period when the Quran' was revealed. The poets and rhetoricians made use of this style, and instances of this can even be found in the pre-Islamic prose and poetry which has survived. As their significance was appreciated by all concerned, none objected to or questioned about their use, because it was no enigma to them. Even the bitterest opponents of the Quran, who never missed an opportunity, did not raise any objection against their use. But as their use was abandoned with the passage of time, it became difficult for the commentators to determine their exact meaning .and significance. An ordinary reader, however, need not worry about their meanings because they make no difference as far as the Guidance of the Quran is concerned.

2(means)
. Its simple meaning is "No doubt, this is the Book of Allah", but it may also imply that this is the Book which contains nothing doubtful. It is not like the common books on metaphysics and religion which are based on mere speculation and guess-work. Therefore even their authors are not free from doubts concerning their own theories, in spite of their assertion that they are positive about them. In contrast to them, this Book is based on the Truth because its Author, Allah, possesses full knowledge of the Reality. Therefore, there is indeed no room for doubt about its contents.

3.The first pre-requisite to benefit from the Quran is that one should be a "muttaqi", that is, one who fears Allah, discriminates between good and evil and intends to be righteous. No doubt there is nothing but guidance in this Book, but it is obvious that one must approach the Quran with the right mental attitude in order to benefit from it. First of all, one should be God-fearing, and truth-loving, should discriminate between good and evil and practice virtue. Conversely, there is no guidance in the Quran for a man who does not bother about right or wrong, but follows the ways of the world or of his own lusts or moves aimlessly during the journey of life.
4.The second condition for obtaining guidance from the Quran is that one must believe in the "un-seen"—those things which cannot be perceived by the senses and which do not come within human experience and observation. It is obvious that Allah, Angels, Revelation, Life-after-death, Paradise, Hell, etc., can neither be seen nor tasted nor smelt nor measured nor weighed; such things must be taken on trust from the experts (Prophets) just as we do in many cases in the physical world. Therefore, only that person, who believes in the "unseen," can benefit from this Guidance but the one who believes only in those things which can be tested by the senses, cannot get guidance from this Book.
5.The third condition to benefit from the Quran is that one should be willing and ready to put into practice the teachings of the Quran. As Salat (Prayer) is the first and fore-most obligatory duty enjoined by the Qur'an, it is the practical proof and permanent test of the sincerity of one's Faith. Therefore, after a person's profession of Islam, the moment he hears the call to Prayer (which sounds regularly five times a day from every mosque in the Muslim world), he should join the congregation for Salat, because this determines whether he., is sincere in his profession or not. If he does not attend to the call and join the congregation, it is an indication that he is not sincere in his profession.
It must also be noted that Iqamat-Salat" (the establishment of Prayer) is a very comprehensive term. It means that Salat should be performed in congregation and that permanent arrangements should be made for it in every habitation; otherwise Salat will not be considered as established, even if every inhabitant of a place offer Salat individually.

6.The fourth condition to benefit from the Quran is that one should be willing to part with one's money according to the instructions of the Book in order to render the rights of Allah and Man. This is an essential condition because a narrow-minded miser or a worshiper of wealth, who loves money above everything else, can never be expected to make monetary sacrifices for the cause of Islam.

7. The fifth condition for obtaining guidance from the Quran is to believe in Revelation. Those, who do not believe in any kind of guidance from Allah, cannot benefit from this Book. One must believe not only in the Quran but also in the truth of all the Books which were revealed to the Messengers of Allah at different times in different countries. Likewise they cannot obtain guidance from it a who profess to believe in the necessity of guidance from Allah but do not turn to Revelation and Prophets for it who dub their own theories as "Divine Light." Moreover, guidance is also denied to those who believe only in those revealed Books in which their forefathers believed and reject all other revealed Books. The Quran guides only such people as believe that Divine Guidance is essential for right living and that it is not revealed to every one individually but only to the Messengers of Allah that it can only be obtained from the Books revealed to them. Therefore those, who want guidance, should not be slaves to racial or national prejudices but should be ready and willing to accept the Truth and submit to it wherever and in whatever form they find it.

8. The sixth condition is belief in the Life-after-death with all its implications, which according to the Quran, are:-
(1) Man is responsible and answerable to Allah for all his actions and deeds.
(2) This world is not ever-lasting, but will come to an end.
(3) Allah alone knows the time when the other world will be created in the Hereafter and when all human beings, without exception, shall be brought back to life together to render an account of their actions to Allah, Who will reward each and everyone according to his deeds.
(4) Those, who will be judged as good by Allah, will go to Paradise and those, who will be declared as bad, shall be sent to Hell.
(5) Success or failure, therefore, should not be measured by the yard-stick of prosperity or poverty in this worldly life this will be decided by Allah on the Day of Judgement. Only that one will be really successful, who comes out successful in Allah's judgement, and that one, who fails in it, will be really unsuccessful even though the former had been a 'failure' and the latter a 'success' in this world. Those, who do not believe in the Life after-death with the above implications, cannot benefit from the Qur'an because the one who has even the slightest doubt about these, not to speak of rejecting them, can never follow the way of life which the Qur'an prescribes.

Answer 7

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