This is an incomplete list of questions on Islam. Muslims usually do not seem to have answers or become hesitant to give clearcut answers to these difficult but important questions.
Tell me one good thing that you learned from Islam which you would not have learned had you not been a muslim?
Tell me one moral action that a non-muslim is unable to do precisely because he doesn't believe in Islam?
Show me a photo of 9 year old girl that you're willing to have sex with?
If you love Muhammad so much, then would you do your prophet a sexual favour if he had asked for it? (it is a hypothetical question and no pun is intended)
Why sex with female slaves is not considered adultery in islam?
How many slaves can a muslim have? And why Muhammad practiced slavery?
Why are 4 wives allowed but 5 wives are forbidden?
Why this life is a test if the result is already known to omniscient allah?
What was the point for this God in creating the human race? Are we just for a bit of fun - a type of game or thought experiment for him?
If allah is perfect who has no needs then why did he create human beings to worship him?
Why does Allah hand out an infinite punishment for a finite crime? Is allah perfectly just?
Was there a time before the creation of Universe? What was allah doing before he created the Universe?
Why was the rest of the universe created when only sun and earth would be enough for Allah's stated purpose?
Why do muslims accept and attempt to show us that Quran confirms the Big Bang theory albeit most of them do not understand it?
Why don't muslims accept Evolution theory which they do not understand and reject it simply because evolution of human goes against the islamic creation story? If you accept evolution theory, how can you explain Hominid ancestors of modern human in light of islamic creation story where it says Adam had no parents?
Regarding the Quran, how do we decide which translation & understanding is correct?
Is their anyway of doing a textual analysis to see how accurate the final version of the Quran was to the original? Or are we simply left having to accept Uthman’s word for it?
A challenge from an Ex-muslim: Answer these questions and i'll convert back to Islam.
And don't forget to check out these funny questions about Islam and 72 virgins on Wikiislam.
You give me an explanation of how we came about to exist then We'll answer those questions. The question about the existence of a Creator is the mainstay in the debate b/w theism and atheism. We have our own answers to the question, you bring yours; then we'll move on to the questions above. Because if I prove to you the existence of a Supreme Diety who created us, then all the above questions are automatically solved (because belief in a "Diety" means the existence of an Entity who is super-human and does not make mistakes).
ReplyDeletePlus, all your points and articles talk about things which have always been debated by humans since a long time in history. Each human being has hi/her OWN opinion, and surely not every one is right.
For the sake of argument, let's agree that there's a supreme entity who created this Universe. Now, will you answer the questions asked in the above article? These questions are primarily focused on Islamic deity and Islamic theologic doctrine which could be asked by anyone - christians, hindus, jews, atheists.
ReplyDeleteHere are some more:
ReplyDelete- who decided that God will be god and we the creation?
- isn't it unjust for god to put us here when we never choose to be here in the first place?
-how come god qualified to be god? Is there a short course I can take to relieve him if he wants to take a vacation?
I could ask a difficult question like,imagine the unimaginable; the vast number of billions of billions of universes and tell me who is this God that could create all that, were did he got that power and how did he himself come to being. No, I am by nature a kind person. I ask rather this simple question: Allah has introduced himself at least in two instances with contradictory characteristic. 1- Why is it so? 2- Which one should Muslims believe in and why not the other one?
ReplyDeleteFor instance if you look for some thing that who created it...and who created the something's creator and who created the creator's creator and soo on...you won't be able to come to a proper conclusion..these series of creations will stop at a point.. which is the main creator of all
DeleteI would love to answer all these questions, but I simply do not have the time. If you are willing to accept islam once all these questions are answered, please go to the nearest mosque, as I guarantee you will find answers
ReplyDeleteWhat arrangements Quran or Allah have made for non Arabs and other part of world become to accept Quran (no local language nor local prophet) then too claims to be the book/prophet for all....
ReplyDeleteQuran has facts and figures in it but only the that was known/explored at that time
Like other messengers of God and other sacred books! Why all other in explores things are in infinite / big figures? Like numbers of prophet/ history of world / fruits / vegetables and all
Are you sure to convert back to Islam .then I will answer to you
ReplyDeleteAre you sure to convert back to Islam .then I will answer to you and contact me in my no. 9645294848
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I am sure I can simply answer your questions..Insha Allah.. I firmly believe in my and your Allah,the most merciful and beneficent..I will pray for your hidayath.. may Allah help me to guide you
If Allah is perfect who has no needs then why did he create human beings to worship him? one day satan betrayed Allah so he threw him outside the heaven then satan said see I will make your people betray you and make them do bad deeds . So he said my people will never betray me. He said in Quran worship me to walk on the right path and to be safe from satan.
ReplyDeleteUsually we ask questions for 3reason.. To know,to inform,to be Great or greates. You already took aside.if u r curious to know islam u must go and find Someone's who know real path of islam... Dear bro make a conversation with islamic alem name after phir shakib sami....he may answeryour questio. And then take some decisio. I better know that u never met him bcoz u r disbelieve. What ever gd luck.
ReplyDeleteThank you dear for your questions. It is very natural that every rational and skeptic mind will ask these questions;
ReplyDeleteTell me one good thing that you learned from Islam which you would not have learned had you not been a Muslim?
No degree of biological pursuit of life for maximization of resource or engaging in Darwinian conflict of life can bring inner peace in human life. True pleasure is willful surrender of biological instincts and to look for pleasure in consciousness . A Muslim can be any one who surrender, not the one who is born in Muslim family. Muslim is an act, not an ethnicity. In this context, there may be a Hindu Submittors, Christian submittors,Buddhist submittors. Quran refers to it in Surah Maida (5:69) and Surah Baqara. Submitting of biology is a long transformative process and is never achieved mere to be born in a Muslim family.
Tell me one moral action that a non-muslim is unable to do precisely because he doesn't believe in Islam?
A non Muslim is a non submittor; No construct of human intellect, whether it be Capatilasim, Modernism or Post Modernism has the capability of siding moral action over personal gain. Think of the damage caused by the Capitalist drug business, weapon industry, state atrocities, power struggle, nation states can bring havoc to human life. "Taqa" is one of first prerequisite of Hidayat meaning " The ability to think beyond ones own perspective. A submittor has cosmic perspective of life.
Show me a photo of 9 year old girl that you're willing to have sex with?
(None)
If you love Muhammad so much, then would you do your prophet a sexual favour if he had asked for it?
If such situation happens, Muhammad would have automatically disqualified for being a Prophet for engaging in a non-consensual biological instinct of life.
Why sex with female slaves is not considered adultery in islam?
It was a social construct of the time. you already know that it is very difficult to alter the social fabric of the society drastically due to structural functionalism, but you will see that it has been discouraged. Submittors are encouraged to free the slaves and marry them. Moreover, conditions of keeping the slaves have been made so stringent that it virtually seemed no less than a freed person. The prophet saying " Feed them as you feed yourself; Cloth them as you cloth yourselves "
How many slaves can a muslim have? And why Muhammad practiced slavery?
Same as above, But i would add here that only those women were enslaved who participated in war. It is not like ordinary household women to be enslaved.
Why are 4 wives allowed but 5 wives are forbidden?
Highly mis-understood issue. You would see dear that the occasion where liberty upto four wives have been given were regarding the Orphan girls , who were left un-attended after the killing of their parents in a battle. To ensure there protection and honorable living, these instructions were issued. Again, the limit was conditioned with equality of treatment, which is again too much, impracticable to meet.
Why this life is a test if the result is already known to omniscient Allah?
ReplyDeleteHuman life is the display of human determination and the choice which I make. It was I, who accepted the trust of personality. There are biological Darwinian traits in me, which pulls me to one directions; There is consciousness in me which aims to strive for another; The Burden of choice in me, determines who am I?
What was the point for this God in creating the human race? Are we just for a bit of fun - a type of game or thought experiment for him?
The Creation is pure Grace of the Originator. He existed without need. He wanted others to taste the existence. But breathing in me His spirit (Consciousness) and subjecting me to the worst possible circumstances of life, He may want to see the capability of His spirit imprisoned in a mortal life.
If allah is perfect who has no needs then why did he create human beings to worship him
The Originator of Universe is not in need of worshipping Him. This has been explained in Surah Baqara. We need to worship Him to have Taqa in us- The ability of human race to feel the pain of others, to be compassionate, patient, loving and humble. ( They all are counter-Darwinian traits).
Why does Allah hand out an infinite punishment for a finite crime? Is allah perfectly just?
In which ever state I have groomed by Consciousness, I will carry it with me. It is human, who will fuel the fire of Hell with their accumulated jealously, hatred, oppression, impatience, lust, deception, anger of this life. It may be eternal or non-eternal, like a prison, which is a correctional facility, aimed to repair the ethics of human consciousness.
Was there a time before the creation of Universe? What was allah doing before he created the Universe?
We humans are only aware of one dimension of time, which is change of states; It is this sense of time, which is used in Physics and quantified mathematically. Since Big Bang predicts, nothing was there before Big Bang, our concept of time as change of states vanishes because there was nothing which could changes states. However, Quantum fluctuation in nothingness requires time to originate the Universe from nothing. Which sort of time was in there in Quantum fluctuations? Quantum mechanism predicts existence of linear, cyclic or even -ve time. Since Quantum mechanics operated before Big Bang, hence a different nature of time, altogether incomprehensible to human mind,existed. SadhGuru, an Indian Mystic, specifically refers to it as "Kaal". He negates Einsteins General theory of Relativity by stating that when matter doesnt curve space-time, rather it is other way round. When Time curves, matter/existence is created. and I think , his statement has worth to consider.
Why was the rest of the universe created when only sun and earth would be enough for Allah's stated purpose?
ReplyDeleteOur knowledge of the Originator of Universe, whether you call it Baghwan, Allah, Yehweh, First Cause, Uncaused Cause,Prime Mover, Designer or Originator, come through the inferential knowledge of Universe. It is through Universe and its laws, we identify the need for the Existence of an Originator. The immense vastness of the creation of Universe, the un-limited diversity of life is the evidence of his Super Intelligence, Compassion and justice in operating the Universe, through fixed laws of nature.
Why do muslims accept and attempt to show us that Quran confirms the Big Bang theory albeit most of them do not understand it?
Due to limited scientific knowledge they have. Most of the muslims are by name only; They have not gone through the extensive skepticism of thought and Universe to understand the Universe of Quran either.
Why don't muslims accept Evolution theory which they do not understand and reject it simply because evolution of human goes against the islamic creation story? If you accept evolution theory, how can you explain Hominid ancestors of modern human in light of islamic creation story where it says Adam had no parents?
I am strong supporter of Darwinian Evolution of life and I see alot of Quranic verses supporting it. In fact, it was the inter-specie conflict of the human species, which caused Angels to objected to the choice of homo-sapiens to be given consciousness. Adam was the first person, who achieved cognitive evolution. Cognitive evolution is the human being attaining the capability of Consciousness ( Abstract thought, sense of time, the ability of building hypothesis). Nobody knows how Consciousnesses emerged in humans, completely separating them from other life forms. Archeological evidence earlier hinted to this stage in evolution around 70,000 BC; but some latest findings points to emergence around 200,000 BC. Any way, what ever the date may be, this was the time, when Consciousness was injected in homo-sapiens, the basis of I am.
Regarding the Quran, how do we decide which translation & understanding is correct?
( Laws of nature is the most accurate translation of Quran). This is because the realization that Quran is book of Originator comes from a number of truths of Universe, which could be known during 7th A, Truths which we found through repeated observations and experiments of scientific thought. If it failed and contradicted, it was loose its stature to be called the "Words of Originator".
Is their anyway of doing a textual analysis to see how accurate the final version of the Quran was to the original? Or are we simply left having to accept Uthman’s word for it
Yes. In 1972, the Yemen a Quran was found with carbon dating around 630-640 AD. It also contains a older version. Moreover, there were few companions, who disagreed with the Mushaf of Uthman; Notable is Abdull ibne Masood.