a few reflections.
3:21 AM
As you can see, I linked up to this site ex-christian.net. It's a great site about people who, are well, ex-Christians. I just wanted to see their insights, that was all.One of the latest articles was about God being a parent with a huge ego, or something. You know, these ex-Christians are good people. They think a lot about stuff that most people wouldn't give a toss about. They think and I hope that one day, Allah will show them the way, because they're already almost there. I mean, the reason because they're ex-Christians is because they've found out that there are certain things about Christianity that they're not satisfied with.
The guy was writing about God not needing to be praised, if he were Really God. Well, he took it right out from the understanding of the Qur'an. God indeed does not need to be praised. But we are the ones who owe it to Him to praise. When we worship Allah, He doesn't get anything out of it. But if we do not, what kind of people are we? Allah gave us life, this existence, and you're selfish enough just to take it for granted? The Prophet Muhammad knew that his place was guaranteed in Heaven, but because he was the one who understood most about Allah's Greatness and Divinity, he was the one who worshipped Allah most of all. Because he was humbled by His Greatness, so humbled that he wished he could worship Allah even more than he already did, which is way way more than any of us.
This guy, who wrote the article, should study the Qur'an. He'll be greatly, greatly surprised.
The biggest obstacles to being a Muslim is about all the requirements needed of you. Having to pray, having to do this and that and a million other things. But you must remember that it is not only these things that are asked of us, for one. We are also asked to do good and to love people, because indeed, one cannot love Allah so long as one does not love His Creations. Praying is just one way to show our gratitude for our existence. And look at it this way - it is easier not to pray, easier not to spend that few minutes of our life not praying - it is harder to be a Muslim than it is to be anything else. It takes a lot of challenges, a lot of fighting what we want, fighting our immediate wants and desires.
But that is the test for all of us. Are we able to show our gratitude to Allah in all these forms that He has given us? It is much easier to choose the path of ignorance, more than anything else. And I believe that is why many people are one step shy of becoming a Muslim.