If the Qur'an is the literal word of God, should it be taken literally? I was thinking that this may be a bad idea, one because it is filled with analogies, two because I have seen first hand how taking scriptures literally whether it be the Torah, Bible or Qur'an causes a lot of conflict. This is not to say that there aren't Muslims that don't take it literally but it seems to be the common practise.
2007-03-17 05:55:45 · 8 answers · asked by Yahoo Sucks 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No holy book should be taken literally, because people have a tendency to become dangerously fanatic to a cause that they believe to hold the absolute truth. Holy books are wonderful guidance tools when dealing with personal problems, but to base your entire life around a book, as though it is literal, is unreasonable.
2007-03-17 06:06:13 · answer #1 · answered by Gordon Freeman 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe we all should say Qur'an since that's the literally word of God. Probably translations need to be studied and one Holy Book could be published of the Torah, the Bible, and Qur'an since I believe tolerance, and peace, and human rights should be honored and I'm a little biased as I have Muslim friends.
2007-03-17 13:06:12 · answer #2 · answered by Diana T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unless specifically instructed in the q'uran for the quote/instruction, how can you NOT take something literally???
Doing so on your own decision makes YOU the decider of the q'uran and not the other way around.
In other words, if you do not take the q'uran literally, you are challenging the q'uran. Are you allah? You're not right? So? If you want to be a trueeee muslim, you better stick to the q'uran, bolt nuts and sinker. And don't let anyone fool you with their OWN grandmother's interpretation.
2007-03-17 14:07:27 · answer #3 · answered by Deep Sky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its literal i mean the earth is laid like a carpet and mountains are the pins that keep it from shaking and stars are missles used to shoot at devils that try to listen to god and man was created from dust no wait clay no a drop of liquid coming from between your backbone and kidneys and the sun sits under the throne of god until he wants it to come out again thank god for science ( no pun intended )
2007-03-17 13:02:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Koran is the word of God--spoken through the Angel Gabriel. You cant just read one section--you have to try and read as much as much as you can because it all ties together.
2007-03-17 13:09:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Quran book is a myth or a fiction, in contrast to the Bible it is history. Quran is comparable to the book of ancient myth of Roman, Greek or even the book of Sanscrit and Veda.
2007-03-17 13:07:32 · answer #6 · answered by Harvard 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Please visit this site to understand more about the Quran and the dangers of taking every word of it literally:
www.sunnah.org
2007-03-17 13:04:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
my partner and his family are muslim as is our son, and none of them take the qu'aran literally, they use it as i use my bible, for guidance and spiritual fulfillment :-D
2007-03-17 13:00:42 · answer #8 · answered by alaniss2 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋