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The enthusiasm will mostly lead to error. We should love God more than anyone else.
Truly, I love Jesus Christ, as do I love Prophet Mohammed; but I love God more than all others. In fact I should love Jesus and Mohammed because they invited people exclusively to God alone.
The excessive love for some prophets and saints like Jesus, Abraham, Ali and all other persons including kings and religious leaders will make people fall in mistake, and lead them to the association with God: i.e. they will associate these men with the Creator in their servitude and their doctrines: they will believe that all good has come to them from the Christ and other prophets, and that by his blessing the universe and life is going on, when this is particularly special for God alone.
Then when they will have any grace of God, they will show gratitude – not to God That bestowed on them His grace – but to such as Jesus, Mary his mother, or Ali and his sons, and the daughter of Prophet Mohammed… etc.
There is a parable in Arabic that says: "If you love someone, you will see none of his defects; but if you dislike anyone, you will see all his defects."
So to be modest and love God more than everyone else is better; in this case Jesus will be pleased with you, as will God. You then will not be blamed by anyone for your loving God your Creator.
This enthusiasm comes from the suggestion of Satan:
At the beginning of the mission of the apostle, Satan tries to make the apostle himself leave his mission: he suggests to him by whispering that "You are only imagining things; this revelation is not true; your people will kill you, and so on …"
This is clearly stated in the Gospel in the trial of Jesus Christ by Satan: he said to him: throw yourself from a height… etc. Jesus passed this examination successfully. Prophet Mohammed also after the apostlehood was incumbent on him, he returned to his family disturbed and said to them: "Cover me with some blankets." Then another revelation was inspired to him: to arise and start warning his people against the idolatry. Another prophet may have failed: Jonah, who was engulfed and swallowed by the whale, then repented and was saved.
Then Satan starts to stir doubts in the mind of the prophet and his followers about his true mission, and that he may not be a prophet; but later on the faith of the prophet and the believers will be firm, and more people will embrace the new religion.
Then Satan will find another way: he tries to give them an extra push: by making them more enthusiastic about Jesus, Mohammed and in like manner of all other prophets. By doing so, he will mostly succeed because they started to love the prophet, so they will accept that he is extraordinary, he made miracles, that he is wonderful … etc.
The easiest way that Satan uses, is to find a religious man, and to suggest to him that he should make some innovations and forge many extra rites and enthusiastic ideas; and this will work and succeed.
By this way, the old idolatry, against which the apostle strived, will return back in some way or another; and people will start to worship the apostle himself and his family members: his mother or his daughter …etc.
Therefore, God will then send them another apostle or a reformer, to warn them against the idolatry, the enthusiasm and the association with God; because this enthusiasm and association will make them lose in the next world.
eanassir.The enthusiasm will mostly lead to error. We should love God more than anyone else.
Truly, I love Jesus Christ, as do I love Prophet Mohammed; but I love God more than all others. In fact I should love Jesus and Mohammed because they invited people exclusively to God alone.
The excessive love for some prophets and saints like Jesus, Abraham, Ali and all other persons including kings and religious leaders will make people fall in mistake, and lead them to the association with God: i.e. they will associate these men with the Creator in their servitude and their doctrines: they will believe that all good has come to them from the Christ and other prophets, and that by his blessing the universe and life is going on, when this is particularly special for God alone.
Then when they will have any grace of God, they will show gratitude – not to God That bestowed on them His grace – but to such as Jesus, Mary his mother, or Ali and his sons, and the daughter of Prophet Mohammed… etc.
There is a parable in Arabic that says: "If you love someone, you will see none of his defects; but if you dislike anyone, you will see all his defects."
So to be modest and love God more than everyone else is better; in this case Jesus will be pleased with you, as will God. You then will not be blamed by anyone for your loving God your Creator.
This enthusiasm comes from the suggestion of Satan:
At the beginning of the mission of the apostle, Satan tries to make the apostle himself leave his mission: he suggests to him by whispering that "You are only imagining things; this revelation is not true; your people will kill you, and so on …"
This is clearly stated in the Gospel in the trial of Jesus Christ by Satan: he said to him: throw yourself from a height… etc. Jesus passed this examination successfully. Prophet Mohammed also after the apostlehood was incumbent on him, he returned to his family disturbed and said to them: "Cover me with some blankets." Then another revelation was inspired to him: to arise and start warning his people against the idolatry. Another prophet may have failed: Jonah, who was engulfed and swallowed by the whale, then repented and was saved.
Then Satan starts to stir doubts in the mind of the prophet and his followers about his true mission, and that he may not be a prophet; but later on the faith of the prophet and the believers will be firm, and more people will embrace the new religion.
Then Satan will find another way: he tries to give them an extra push: by making them more enthusiastic about Jesus, Mohammed and in like manner of all other prophets. By doing so, he will mostly succeed because they started to love the prophet, so they will accept that he is extraordinary, he made miracles, that he is wonderful … etc.
The easiest way that Satan uses, is to find a religious man, and to suggest to him that he should make some innovations and forge many extra rites and enthusiastic ideas; and this will work and succeed.
By this way, the old idolatry, against which the apostle strived, will return back in some way or another; and people will start to worship the apostle himself and his family members: his mother or his daughter …etc.
Therefore, God will then send them another apostle or a reformer, to warn them against the idolatry, the enthusiasm and the association with God; because this enthusiasm and association will make them lose in the next world.
