Marriage is an institution. Any institution/system can only be stable if its member follow certain common rules. Better if the rules are in harmony with the human nature.
Can an institution (say a school) function properly if each student arrives in school as he/she pleases? Won’t a game fall apart in allowing one player to hit freely while prohibiting the other, “below-the-belt” shots?
So, what if a Muslim marries a non-Muslim? Well, while a Muslim will have to comply with the Quranic law, his/her non-Muslim partner would be free to act according to his/her whims. Imagine a Muslim keeping his/her gaze low, avoiding liaisons and alcohol, while the non-Muslim partner returning in the night and declaring happily that he/she got drunk in the night club and kissed a hot guy/chic!
Hence this is the mercy of Allah that he put like-minded righteous people in each other’s company and prohibited them the company of non-believers. Imagine the anguish of a righteous person while his/her partner commits all kinds of sins and shamelessly calls himself/herself “free” or “open-minded”!
Isn’t it really heartwarming that your partner is completely yours?
"Tell the believing men that they should reduce/lower their gaze/vision and guard their private parts..."~~24:30(Quran)
"Tell the believing women that they should reduce/lower their gaze/vision and guard their private parts..."~~24:31 (Quran)
In another verse Allah says: And do not go anywhere near adultery, it is an outrage and an evil path~~17:32 (Quran)
How would you feel if your husband uploads the video of lovemaking on a porn site? Embarrassed?! Islam however, has made husband and wives garments for each other. That is, what’s between them, is concealed from the world. How beautiful!
They are clothing for you and you are clothing for them…”~~2:187(Quran)
Said this, existence of those who call themselves Muslims and yet commit illegal sexual intercourse cannot be denied. However the point is, Muslims have a moral code by mercy of Allah while non-Muslims do not have any such moral code. They are morally blind. A blind may hit the target, but that doesn’t mean he/she’s aware about what to aim at! Hence even the moral non-Muslims, are moral merely by convenience. That is they may relinquish their morals anytime, and start following their base desires; it depends on the call of their convenience. Non-Muslims do not have a moral compass. Morally, they are directionless.
A Muslim however is moral by choice-less-ness rather than convenience. He/she doesn’t has a choice but to be moral, because he she believes that eventually they will meet Allah and are answerable to Him. There’s no escape.
Every soul will taste death, then it is to Us that you will be returned~~ 29:57(Quran)
Quranic verses that prohibit the marriage:
Do not marry idolatresses unless they believe; a believing woman is better than an idolatress, even if you like her. Nor shall you give your daughters in marriage to idolatrous men, unless they believe. A believing man is better than an idolater, even if you like him.~~2:221(Quran)
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if he "believes" in Quran, he would leave idol worship, as Quran prohibits it. One cannot be both, an idol worshipper and a "believer". :)
Because an idol is a lie. Nobody has seen God, hence to claim idol is what God looks like is a lie.
Second, idol worship leads to polytheism. However, the truth is that God is only one.
kahi aisa na ho yan bhi wahi kafir sanam nikle .. Galib
Because if you do not believe in one God, you have no moral direction.
Not convincing but warning. Doesn't matter if they are not convinced, after all they all will be collected to God.
I can't believe that God has gone on vacation while the human race has grown in leaps and bounds in terms of social structure, science and conscience.
An omnipotent God would most certainly try to help humans with energy problems, carbon foot print, problem of population and water resource management. As these are the problem of the day, rather than what to wear, whom to sleep with and how to fornicate.
Why conscience and not greed, lust or anger? How does an atheist choose?
Recursive? How?
You still didn't get the point. Islam is the ONLY religion. That is, rest are mere inventions.
Logically too, if there's one God, there has to be only one religion; God's religion. That's what Islam is.
With every bhagwaan weilding a weapon and Mahabharta (war epic)
being a religious text?
Hinduism is no religion. Because it has no definition. Hence, Hinduism=Atheism. You do anything, and you are still a Hindu. No act of an Hindu violates Hinduism.
Hinduism has no moral compass, hence it cannot be a moral guide.
I'm not doing this for support. I'm doing this to warn. Islam is a reality. The fundamental reality that we all will be gathered to our Lord after we are resurrected, and we cannot escape that.
Then we will be judged by the rules of Almighty. The rules he has issued in Quran about what is right and what is wrong. Anybody who violates the law will be put in hell FOREVER.
Hence, I'm a simple warner. :)
Hinduism is d oldest of religions...can you trace its begining?...do it!!
Islam starts with the birth of one some person called Muhammad. Now I completely give him credit because he was a man much ahead of his time. A shrewd manipulator. He knew how ppl's mind worked back then...and when he didn't hv enough luck in what he was already doing...he thought of creating the rumour that God appeared before him..or God talked to him or whatever!! Now who knows!! Seriously who knows? Islam is based on this guy's words...who said to hv met God... Now as he seemed to be attracting a hell lot of ignorant crowd he started to create a code of conduct. Taking every leaf from his own life and stating everything he had already done in his life as holy. Kill people who don't agree to you, marry as many times as you want and etc...etc.. He went on to justify each of his sins as being God's word and centuries later ppl are treading on this path shown by this one man!
Oldest doesn't mean right. Prostitution too, is the oldest profession, then?
No. Islam is since Adam (PBUH), the first man/prophet to walk the earth.
Muhammad is just the FINAL messenger of Allah. And he brought the last testament of the Almighty.
Else, even Asaram has claimed to be god, but the claim doesn't make him one.
So an idolater is a gud prsn if he believes in Quran!!? Wah! I better follow my religion where an idolater is an idolater and a gud prsn is gud prsn irrespective of whether he believes or not or what he believes..!!