[IslamCity] Man's personal religion depends upon many things.

[Abdeen]

man's - personal religion depends upon many things. His personal psychology, The background of his life, His hidden or repressed feelings, Tendencies, or history ( which psychoanalysis tries to unravel), His hereditary dispositions or antipathies, And all the subtle influences of his education and his environment.   THE TASK FBEFORE THE MAN OF ALLAH   IS :-   to use any of these which can subserve the higher ends; to purify such as has been misused, to introduce new ideas and modes of looking at things, combat what is wrong and cannot be mended-   All for the purpose of leading to the truth and gradually letting in spiritual light where there was darkness before. If that is not done with discretion and the skill of a spiritual teacher, there may be not only a reaction of obstinacy, but an unseemly show of dishonour  to the true God and His Truth., and doubts would spread among the weaker brethren whose faith is shallow and inform. What happens to individuals is true collectively of nations or groups of people. They think in their self obsession  that their own ideas are right.  Allah in His infinite compassion bears with them and asks those who have purer ideas of faith, not to vilify  the weaknesses of their neighbours, lest the neighbours in their turn  vilify the real truth and make matters even worse than  before.  Insofar as there are mistakes, Allah will forgive and send His Grace for helping ignorance and folly. Insofar as there is active evil, He will deal with it in His own Way.   Of course the righteous man must not hide his light under a bushel ; or compromise with evil, or refuse to establish right living where he has the power to do. (yusuf Ali)   6:108 - Revile not ye those whom they call upon besides Allah lest they out of spite revile Allah in their ignorance. Thus have We made alluring to each  people its own doings. In the end will they return to their Lord and We  shall then tell them the truth of all that they did.is infinite compassionH *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)  also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended: http://www.islamonline.net http://www.islam-guide.com http://www.prophetmuhammadforall.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". SPONSORED LINKS Holy quran YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "islamcity" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.