Job and Solomon would agree with you.
Ec:3:20:
All go unto one place;
all are of the dust,
and all turn to dust again.
Ec:12:7:
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was:
and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Ec:9:10:
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do,
do it with thy might;
for there is no work,
nor device,
nor knowledge,
nor wisdom,
in the grave,
whither thou goest.
This is true: the material body will return to earth as dust, and the spirit of man after death will return to God; i.e. to the ethereal spiritual world of souls: the Afterlife.
And the soul is to be requited, not the body.
Quran 30: 11
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It is God Who initiates the creation [from the dust] then returns it back [to the dust], then you [all] will be brought back to Him. n}
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n i.e. your souls will be brought back for accounting and rewarding in the world of souls: the ether world.
The interpretation is by Mohammed-Ali Hassan Al-Hilly.
So this point of the '
returning to God' is so much many times repeated and asserted in the Quran: in a large number of ayat (or revelations.)
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Some people here love the 'wrangling', and these will not agree with any idea, even that the day light is by the sun.
So I will only reply to those who like to know more, while such wrangler .. it is useless to spend time discussing to them, they will not agree and they in fact are misguied; so can anyone guide the one misguided by God!?
This is according to the
Quran 4: 88, which means:
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How is it with you [Muslims] that you have become two parties [with two opinions] concerning the hypocrites a, while in fact God has immersed them [in their sins b] because of [their transgression on people and the sins] that they earned?
Do you [Muslims] desire [then] to guide [to the Islam and invite to it] those whom God has misguided [because of their wrong-doing]?
Whom God misguides [from the way of truth], you [men] will not find for him any way [to be saved and be guided aright.]}
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a One party are certain that those men are disbelievers, and the other party are certain that they have become Muslims.
Had they truly become Muslims, then they would have come back to you; but they in fact are disbelievers, so don't decide that they are Muslims.
b i.e.
God has drowned them in their sins and transgression.
The reason for revealing the above aya:
[Some of the idolaters came to Medina for trading and for some Worldly affairs, and when they arrived at Medina they pretended of becoming Muslims. Then when they accomplished their business they intended to return back to Mecca, and when the Muslims asked them about the reason for their going back, they said: "We want to go back to our families in order to carry our luggage and furniture and return back to you."
Then when they did not come back for a considerable period of time, the Muslims differed about them: some said: "They apostatized from the Islam, and will never come back", while others said: "They have become Muslims, but some circumstances hindered them, and they will certainly come back later on."
Therefore, this aya was revealed:]
The interpretation is by Mohammed-Ali Hassan Al-Hilly.
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Selfsame, I was curious about what you (You) had to say.
If you hide behind this other dude, and can only justify your
beliefs by parroting the interpretation of another, and are not
here to discuss anything, but only to preach, and then post
someone's opinions....why do you bother?
If you're not here to debate or discuss anything, but only to
attempt to recruit (which isn't going well), why don't you just
get your buddy Ali hilly Muhammed El Whatever to come and
post here as he might be capable of individual and independent
thought. Anyway, I'd like to say it's been a pleasure debating with
you, but I haven't.....only with this other dude who's not even here,
so it's hardly a debate. Good luck with the recruiting effort Selfsame.
That's just it. Is it your belief? Your interpretation of your holy book?
You just parrot this other dude....
If you are true in your words and that you only say your own words, why did you in the post #48 cite the words of the atheists?
Such drawings which fill the sites of atheists and the non-religious propaganda everywhere!?
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No ones trying to strip you of your belief. We all just want to hear what YOU think about it, not what's been interpreted for you.
Your fear of saying or doing the wrong thing is loud and clear. Your fear that Allah will take offense by you thinking for yourself is loud and clear. Your fear for your personal safety in case you say something that is not muslim enough by the standards of another comes through loud and clear.
We feel bad for you that you fear expressing your self freely. But your fear is justified. Our news is filled with what happens to muslims who aren't muslim enough by the standards of others. We read what happens when someone is accused of something that is considered to be not muslim enough.
Your fear is real. We know that and its' really too bad. There is a whole world of ideas, thoughts, things to see and appreciate that you never will because you have allowed yourself to be enslaved by fear.
Maybe one day, you wont be so fearful.
Keep your advice for yourself; I don't take with consideration the words of atheists and disbelievers: because you are misguided and deluded. I don't fear as you say .. only I fear God Almighty and Most Gracious. And you are not God fearing, so you will not receive the admonition of the Quran.
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If you didn't embrace life and all life created what makes you think you'll get a second one?
I said that God - be glorified - challenged Jews, who claimed being chosen and preferred by God; so He challenged them to long for death, if they are true in their claim.
Because when they die, and if they are truly preferred and chosen by God and God loves them, then when they will they die they will go to Paradise in heaven to prosper there and then God will not punish them: because they are chosen and preferred.
Then in the next aya, God said: that they will never long for death, on account of their much wrong-doing: they wrong people and plunder their rights and transgress on others.
After that in the third aya:
Quran 62: 8, God - be glorified - explained that they cling to the life of the world:
8. Say [Mohammed to them:] "Death which you try to evade will inevitably overtake you h, then [following your death] shall you be brought back to [the judgment of God] Who knows [both] the hidden and the open [of your deeds]; and then He shall inform [and punish] you about what [evil deeds] you have done.
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h And none can escape.
Moreover, God - be glorified - said in the
Quran 2: 96, which means:
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You will find [Jews] the greediest among [all] people [of the heavenly religions] for life;
and [even greedier] than those [idolaters and Magians] who associate [others with God];
a [Each] one of [Jews] wishes to be granted a life of a thousand years.
But to live [any long life] will by no means [hardly] remove him [even a little bit] away from the doom [of Hell] b;
for God is All-Seeing all that they do [so He will accordingly punish them in the Next Life.]}
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a [Then God explained how they covet to live long life in the World.]
b It means: giving man a long life will not save him from the punishment, but it is the God-fearing and the righteous deeds that save man from the doom.
And if anyone of them stays in the World for one thousand years, thinking about any way to save him from God's punishment, then he will not find any way other than the belief in God and the compliance to Him.
The interpretation is by Mohammed-Ali Hassan Al-Hilly.