The Quran states The Deen-e-Qayimah (الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ) in three ayaat. It is generally translated as The Correct Religion, but I have come to realise that a more literal translation is The Standing Law. The following are the three laws which though we are free to choose to not to obey, we have been warned of the consequences:
*Note: I have taken the liberty to edit the translations according to my current understanding: * إِنَّ عِدَّةَ الشُّهُورِ عِندَ اللَّهِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌ ذَٰلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ فَلَا تَظْلِمُوا فِيهِنَّ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَقَاتِلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ كَافَّةً كَمَا يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ كَافَّةً وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الْمُتَّقِينَ Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve months in the book of Allah [from] the day He created the skies and the earth; of these, four are sacred. *That is the standing law*, so do not wrong your Nafs during them. And fight against the polytheists collectively as they fight against you collectively. And know that Allah is with those who keep their duty. [Al-Quran 9:36] مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءً سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ ذَٰلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ You worship not besides Him except [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allah has sent down no authority. Legislation is not but for Allah. He has commanded that you worship not except Him. *That is the standing law*, but most of the people do not know. [Al-Quran 12:40] فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ ذَٰلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ So direct your face toward the law, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fitrah (separation) of Allah upon which He has created separated [all] humans. No change should there be in the creation of Allah. *That is the standing law*, but most of the people do not know. [Al-Quran 30:30] --------------- فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ الْقَيِّمِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصَّدَّعُونَ مَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِأَنفُسِهِمْ يَمْهَدُونَ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ مِن فَضْلِهِ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْكَافِرِينَ *So direct your face toward the standing law* before a Day comes from Allah of which there is no repelling. That Day, they will be divided. Whoever disbelieves - upon him is [the consequence of] his disbelief. And whoever does reform - they are for themselves preparing, That He may reward those who have believed and done reformative deeds out of His bounty. Indeed, He does not like the disbelievers. [Al-Quran 30:43-45] --------------- وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ حُنَفَاءَ وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ الْقَيِّمَةِ And they were not commanded except to worship Allah , [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give zakah. *And that is the standing law.* [Al-Quran 98:5] --------------- I have discussed The Deen-e-Qayimah (الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ) has been discussed in The Right Religion (Deen) <https://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-right-religion-deen.html> and other posts <https://signsandscience.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html>. On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 6:06 PM John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 10:41 PM Samiya Illias <samiyaill...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > *Considering how vast we have come to realise the Universe to be, do >> you honestly think our praise or our insults affect God in any way?* >> > > No I don't think so but the religious do. When I was a grade school kid I > had a Catholic catechism that I was suposed to study, it was a series of > questions and answers. One of the questions was "Who made me?" and the > answer of course was "God made me", that one didn't bother me but even the > next question did "Why did God make me?" I had been taught that God was the > prime mover, God was the ultimate reason for everything, but if God did > things for a reason then obviously He can't be the ultimate reason; and the > answer to that stupid question bothered me even more. It came in 3 parts: > > 1) to know Him > > In other words to believe He exists, and the less evidence there is that > He does the more virtuous the belief. At the time I couldn't figure out why > this would be a good thing and I still can't, it seemed more like a good > definition of stupidity. And besides if an omnipotent being wanted to > convince me He existed He certainly could. The fact that He didn't must > mean He didn't want me to believe He existed. > > 2) To love Him > > I was told I sure as hell had better love Him because if I didn't a good > and loving God would fiendishly torture me for an infinite number of years; > and that is the sort of line I'd expect from a human huckster trying to > convince me to swallow their particular brand of religious snake oil and is > not something I'd expect from a being who was great enough to create the > cosmos. > > 3) To worship him, sometimes stated as to serve Him. > > So I'm supposed to believe the primary motivation of God, the Prime > Motivator, is to get more flattery. Even ignoring the obvious logical > contradiction, if that was a person's primary motivation (as it is for > Trump for example) it would be considered very small minded, but for a > omnipotent omniscient being it's utterly ridiculous. > > >> > *Do you even realise how great the Creator of all this must be?* >> > > Yes, I know exactly how great God is. 42. > > >> > *Do you think God would need any appreciation from us?* >> > > I certainly don't think a omnipotent omniscient being, if such a thing > could exist, would be interested in our obsequious flattery, but religious > people think differently and that's why they go to houses of worship once a > week to brown nose God and hope all the flattery will convince Him to give > them stuff, things that range from a better parking space to driving the > infidels into the sea. > > > *Our collective crime* [...] >> > > Speak for yourself, I've committed no crime. That's another hallmark of > religion, trying to make people feel guilty for existing. Well I don't feel > guilty even if one of my ancestors did eat an apple when told not to, and > if God doesn't like it God can lump it. > > >> > [...] *is that we abused our free will* >> > > Free will? What in the world does that mean? > > > *to go against the Universal Laws.* >> > > I'm not a perfect person but I always obey Universal Law; for example in > my entire life I have never once violated the commandment to conserve > angular momentum. > > *> Remembering God through prayer, and Praising God by repeatedly >> declaring that God is free from all imperfection, helps us to* [...] >> > > The religious believe that repeatedly declaring that God is sooo big and > sooo strong and sooo super nice helps you to keep that super nice being > from sticking you into a torture dungeon for eternity. But I don't believe > that, I believe the God described in the Bible or the Koran is far more > evil than the Satan as described in those books because nothing, > absolutely nothing, is more evil than torturing somebody for eternity, not > even if it's for the crime of eating a apple when told not to. > > John K Clark > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. 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