Submitted by Mohamad Nozzi (Singapore), May 14, 2009 at 08:16
You, Plato, mention that the word,. fight, in the Holy Quran should be meant for slaughtering non-muslims while we are on earth. You have undoubtedly offended Allah and you do not even respect Allah's decision in which he decides to have these to be dealt on the Last Judgment Day instead of while we are living on earth.
Quran 3:185, "Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day of Judgment shall be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved far from the Fire and admitted to the Garden will have attained the object (of life): For the life of this world is but goods and chattels of deception."
The phrase, Every soul shall have a taste of death, in Quran 3:185 implies that nobody on this earth could ever be smart enough to escape from death and that includes you, Plato. As the word, only, is mentioned in Quran 3:185 with the phrase, the Last Judgment Day, it implies that the only event or occurrence that could be found on the day of judgment. Or in other words, there should not be any similar events or whatsoever to be occurred outside the day of judgment. What is that event that is mentioned in Quran 3:185? It is none other than Quran 3:185, "...(that emphasizes that) shall be paid full recompense". The phrase, shall be paid full recompense, in Quran 3:185 certainly refers to the sins for non-muslims and whatever evil deeds that have been done. As the phrase, shall be paid full recompense, in Quran 3:185 has been mentioned with the phrase, only on the Day of Judgment, it implies that all the evil deeds (and that includes the sins for non-muslims for not returning to Allah) will be dealt only on the last judgment day. As Quran 3:185 demands us to deal with non-muslims on the last judgment day, there should not be any reason for muslims or you, Plato, to abuse the word, fight, in any part of the Holy Quran to direct the attention of muslims to fight against non-muslims. This is due to Allah warns us that all the evil deeds and non-muslims will have to be dealt on the time on the Last Judgment Day. Those muslim extremists that encourage muslims to fight against non-muslims while they are on earth right before the last judgment day, certainly do not respect Allah's instruction since Allah wants all these to be dealt on the last judgment day.
You are indeed arrogant and always do not respect Allah. You abuse the instruction of Allah to encourage muslims to fight with non-muslims despite Allah warns us that we have to deal with them on the Last Judgment Day as mentioned in Quran 3:185.
You have to respect our muslim religion. Muslim religion is indeed a religion that is filled with mercy since it shows us how merciful that our Allah is and yet you have abused it for your own motive. Just imaging if Allah would destroy all the pagans in this earth without showing revelation to Muhammad about the Last Judgment Day, all of us would not have a chance to hear the message of Allah and we might continue the path of idolatry and ultimately causes us to be condemned on the Last Judgment Day.
You might have point out the word, fight, from the Holy Quran. However, you have to meditate carefully what Allah's instruction that Quran 3:185, "...only on the Day of Judgment shall you be paid your full recompense..." Why should we, moderate muslims, act against Quran 3:185 to despise the instruction from Allah even though Allah wants to deal with non-muslims only on the Last Judgment Day instead of many years right before the Last Judgment Day?
Our responsibility on this earth is to reach out more and more non-muslims so that they could become muslims and that ultimately causes many non-muslims to escape from condemnation on the Last Judgment Day due to majority of them have been saved through our missions and our good conducts to them. Allah wants us only to deal with non-muslims on the Last Judgment Day due to he is willing to wait patiently for the repentance of non-muslims.
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