To Illia on nature of Islam

Submitted by Plato (United Arab Emirates), Jan 18, 2007 at 01:17

You wrote: ".....Only his voluntary belief counts towards it, which is under his control, being a God's Absolute Justice & Mercy to him. So you cut your cake & take your piece in Paradise. Otherwise no one else is to blame except your self. Thus one can maximize goodness in this life to maximize one's elevation in God's Paradise for eternity. The key is in one's hand. His deeds. His belief is - a deed of heart : the distinguisher of the deeds between God's acceptance & non-acceptance - the corner stone of all deeds or as root of a tree, if there is no root the tree cannot stand, similarly the deeds without right foundation fall...."

Mr. Ilia please read the following verses and let us know if one can blame only oneself, or if the key is in one's hand.

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: If We had so willed, We could certainly have brought every soul its true guidance: but the Word from Me will come true, "I will fill Hell with Jinns and men all together."

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Read the underlined words. Clearly there is no voluntary belief which is under one's control. Who should one blame for one's misguidance. Who holds the key to lead you to belief or disbelief?

You can see that God wants to fill hell with jinns and men and so instead of guiding you he veils your heart so you will not believe. This is the Most Beneficent, Most Merciful God of Islam.

: And who doth more wrong than one who is reminded of the Signs of his Lord, but turns away from them, forgetting the (deeds) which his hands have sent forth? Verily We have set veils over their hearts lest they should understand this, and over their ears, deafness, if thou callest them to guidance, even then will they never accept guidance. : Of them there are some who (pretend to) listen to thee; but We have thrown veils on their hearts, So they understand it not, and deafness in their ears; if they saw every one of the signs, not they will believe in them; in so much that when they come to thee, they (but) dispute with thee; the Unbelievers say: "These are nothing but tales of the ancients." : It is true thou wilt not be able to guide every one, whom thou lovest; but Allah guides those whom He will and He knows best those who receive guidance.

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