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**BeksTeene** · 07-26-2011, 09:13 PM

I have to disagree. While I agree that Muslims should concern themselves with the world around them and strive to make it a better place, one's focus should always be on pleasing Allah and obtaining paradise. I've seen way too many Muslims act as if the entire point of Islam is to simply set up some political state, when in reality, the entire goal of Islam is obtaining salvation from Allah. If you wrap your hopes and dreams around the dunya, you're only going to end up dissapointed.

Assalam alaykum,

I still agree that the sole emphasis of our lives should be on pleasing Allah (SWT), and I think that you and I share the same concerns, but some of the subsequent posts have convinced me of the need for a political consciousness in our Deen.

Wassalam

07-26-2011, 09:13 PM	#17
BeksTeene Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	I have to disagree. While I agree that Muslims should concern themselves with the world around them and strive to make it a better place, one's focus should always be on pleasing Allah and obtaining paradise. I've seen way too many Muslims act as if the entire point of Islam is to simply set up some political state, when in reality, the entire goal of Islam is obtaining salvation from Allah. If you wrap your hopes and dreams around the dunya, you're only going to end up dissapointed. Assalam alaykum, I still agree that the sole emphasis of our lives should be on pleasing Allah (SWT), and I think that you and I share the same concerns, but some of the subsequent posts have convinced me of the need for a political consciousness in our Deen. Wassalam
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