"The Quran tells about the outcome of disbelievers who died, and what they said:
When the angels of death captured their souls, the disbelievers startled with terror .. then their repentance and belief at that time was not accepted"
The key words that people seem to be missing is 'at that time' as it is the beginning of a set period of punishment and the repentance and belief is accepted at the end of the punishment period, in this case the start is the beginning of the 1,000 year reign and the end of the punishment (for some) is only over at the time of the Great White Throne event begins.
Selfsame even provided her own stumbling block when she gave God's title as 'Almighty' and 'Gracious' and you cannot be both at the same time, Almighty sends many for punishment that might appear to be more than the crime warrants but they are restored to good graces after that period of time is over, that is being gracious.
Also death has been defined as the Spirit returning to God at the moment of death, that means the grave is a place of deep sleep. The time that changes is when the trumps begin to sound as this population has people like Moses doing exploits so proof od God existing will be available to people at that time. Until the trumps begin to sound about 3 1/2 years before the return the gathering method is reading about God and failure to repent and believe means at death you go to sleep rather than to hell. Close but still making God to be more punisher than healer that cares about the things He created.
That made him a believer, the words in the book are the ones that are to make you a believer, an angel should bring the same clarity to you as it did to others, if you ask for it and if God approves your humble request understanding will come to you just as it did to others believers before you.
You must also allow the personal words of the learned men who have 'opinions' (in the Talmud) on the Torah. Some of those teachings conflict with the NT version of 'things' yet all are from God, the part that has to be accepted that the NT 'trumps' all other writings as far as what will be involved in the return of this earth to the Kingdom of God. If you do not accept the NT as having that authority then you have become the enemy that you mention so often, perhaps that is why. No Jew or Gentile can have a relationship with God that is not defined by one of the points in the 7 letters to the Churches that will be involved in the events when prophecy starts to unfold in earnest.
I am a man who likes to speak clearly.
So I tell you, MHz:
You are enthusiastic about Jesus Christ, and you studied the Bible: this is obvious, but the basis of your belief is wrong: i.e. you studied a lot and know a big deal about the Bible: but the basis of your belief is wrong: it is based on the enthusiasm and based on the present Bible which suffered a lot of distortion, so that the doctrines and beliefs have been altered into a form nearer to idolatry; so in stead of holding the Christ as an apostle of God, Christians have considered him as God Himself, and this is in fact the top of disbelief and the top of idolatry and association with God which is contrary to the First Commandment.
The Old Testament is in fact the Torah of Ezra, who rewrote it after their return from Babylon, and he made serious alterations in the basic beliefs: so that God is cited searching about Adam and Adam hid from him behind a tree ... etc. God wrestles with Jacob who overcame him ... and God made Adam in his image .. And a large number of alterations and lies against the prophets like Abraham, Adam, Lot, Solomon and others.
While the Gospel: it is very obvious not the original: there are 4 Gospels and the defect is very obvious and the distortions of the Gospel made Jesus as a god not as a servant of God.
So the interpreter of the Quran and the Bible said:
"I have studied the present
Torah and the
Gospel, the
Psalms and the
Quran; and discovered that the first three books had been somewhat altered by the hands of men, so that they changed some of their statements and distorted the truth. Therefore,
from now on we cannot rely upon them. For this reason,
anyone who seeks after the truth should hold fast with the Quran which no falsehood can touch whether beforehand or afterwards, that is the revelation from a Wise and Praiseworthy (God.)"
So, you don't fear only fear god? Isn't that what I said? You're so afraid of your god that you won't think for yourself.
It's not advice I'm giving. Just stating facts. I said you had a lot of fear. You agreed you feared your god. YOU ARE AFRAID. fact.
I have no fear of your god or anyones god. The only creature I need to be considerate of, respectful of and work very hard for is myself. I need the punishment of any god to keep me good. I don't rape, I don't murder, I don't torture, I don't enslave people. I don't hurt others. I look after my own, I protect children and animals anytime I come across one that is in need. I feed homeless people and I treat all as respectfully as they treat me, regardless of age, sex, religion, socio-economic background.
Fearing of God is the axis of the religion. The pious should be God fearing. And the non-religious is not God fearing.
So stop your cheating and trickery.
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This reply is for MHz:
God the Creator has a large number of fair names, and man should pray God with these fair names according to the situation:
If he prays for forgiveness, he should say: O God You are the Most Forgiving or the All-Forgiving
If he prayes for mercy, he says: O Most Merciful
If he prays for provision, he says: You are the Best of providers
For help, he prays: You are the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing
For his needs, he calls on his Lord: You the All-Offering or the Generous, the Most Gracious, the Most High, ...etc.
But all these names are attributes of the One God: the Eternal.
Quran 17: 110, which means:
[One night in Mecca, the Prophet – salam to him – said in his prayer: “O God Most Gracious, O Most Merciful!”
And the associaters said: “This one claims he has one god, and now he calls two!”
Therefore, this aya was revealed:]
{
110. Say: "Call upon God, or call upon the Most Gracious; whichsoever you call upon; to Him belong the Names Most Beautiful." a
Neither speak your prayer [O Mohammed] aloud, nor speak it in a low tone b, but seek a middle course between. c
111. And say: "All praise is due to God, Who has not taken to Him any son [or daughter] d, neither has He any associate in [His] kingdom e, nor has He any protector out of humbleness f "
And magnify Him with so great magnification.}
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a It means:
the Creator is One, and His names are many, and all of such names are His beautiful attributes.
b To the extent that the one near to you may not hear your uttering.
c So don’t speak so loudly, neither hush your voice so lowly.
d So that he [or she] may oppose Him.
e So he may compete with Him.
f So that He may fortify and empower Himself with him.
It means: He is not humble so that He needs anyone to empower Himself with.
The meaning:
He is the All-Mighty by Himself, and all that is worshipped apart from Him is humble and lowly.
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"The Quran tells about the outcome of disbelievers who died, and what they said:
When the angels of death captured their souls, the disbelievers startled with terror .. then their repentance and belief at that time was not accepted"
The key words that people seem to be missing is 'at that time' as it is the beginning of a set period of punishment and the repentance and belief is accepted at the end of the punishment period, in this case the start is the beginning of the 1,000 year reign and the end of the punishment (for some) is only over at the time of the Great White Throne event begins.
The repentance is accepted at any time until
the man is about to die: in this hour the repentance will not be accepted, because the dying man or the one about to die, has started to see the angels and the souls of the Next Life: so here all people will repent, including the disbeliever .. but in this instance the repentance is not accepted.
And the way to repentance is accepted until the portents of Doomsday will come: the first one is
the division of the moon into two halves: so here all people will repent including the disbeleiver, but their repentance will not accepted.
Therefore, man should repent before these two conditions: when man is about to die, and when the portents of Doomsday appear.
Quran 4: 18, which means:
17. God surely accepts the repentance a of those who do evil while being ignorant b, then soon afterwards c they turn in repentance;
it is these [repentants] whose repentance God shall accept; surely, God is All-Knowing d [and] All-Wise e.
18. And in fact, the repentance [accepted by God] is not of those who [go on] doing evil until, when the death [angel] attends upon anyone of them, he says: "I have now repented"; nor yet of those who die while being unbelievers f. For such We have prepared a painful doom [in the Next Life.]
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a i.e. the repentance that God, with His favor, has decided to accept.
b i.e. they commit sins while being ignorant of its punishment and consequences.
Anyhow, man keeps up to being ignorant until he attains the age of forty years, when his reason increases with experience and study and so his ignorance will gradually disappear.
c i.e. they repent within a short time from the day in which they committed the sin.
d About the acts of servants and their repentance.
e Concerning His dealing with them.
f And the repentance of such men will not be accepted.
And the second condition is mentioned in the
Quran 6: 158, which means:
[Quraish tribesmen said to the Prophet – salam to him: "We will not believe in you unless you bring down to us the angels from heaven to testify that you are the messenger of God, or your Lord comes to testify that, or you split the moon into two halves and we see it with our own eyes, and then we will believe in you."
Therefore, this aya was revealed:]
158. Do they look for the angels to come to them [to testify to them about the authenticity of your prophecy a], or that your Lord [Himself] should come [to testify that b,] or that one of your Lord's portents [: the division of the moon into two halves c] should come?
On the day [that] one of your Lord's portents will come, it shall not profit a soul to believe [at that time] that never believed before [the occurrence of that portent], or earned some good by his belief d.
Say [Mohammed to these associaters and idolaters]: "Wait you [for the occurrence of that portent; for] we [too] are waiting [for your death in order that We will punish you in the world of soulse]."
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a And that they will then believe.
b As do they suggest to you.
c Which is one of the portents of the approach of Doomsday.
d It means: If his deeds are not righteous, and he wants to repent from his wickedness and work righteousness at that time, then his repentance will not be accepted.
e So which one of us has his death appointment closer in time?
The interpretation is by Mohammed-Ali Hassan Al-Hilly.