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**defenderfors** · 08-14-2012, 02:08 AM

I hope this makes sense.

Lately, it has been bothering me that I don't question my Islam more. I have read a lot, but at the end of the day, I accept it and move on. It's not in my nature to look for whys, hows, and because, but it's slowly creeping up on me now. Things like how do we know that the Qur'an is indeed the literal word of Allah SWT

In the recesses of my mind, I know that Islam is for me. I know that I believe in an all powerful Creator and that it is Allah SWT.

I don't know why, though. Aside from being born a Muslim, alhamdullilah, I don't have tangible reasons for my beliefs. If someone were to ask me these questions, I wouldn't have an answer. Normally how I feel about Islam, the way reading Qur'an brings me to tears, the way nature inspires such awe, the way a moving dua has me up all night pleading for forgiveness is how I know my heart is somewhat soft, but right now, that isn't enough. I'm struggling to hold onto that feeling, which in recent hours/days has ebbed away. If I can logically ascertain such answers to myself, it would be cement the feeling. How do I rationally arrive at these, and more, conclusions?

Jazakallahu khairan.

Religion can be defined as the response of a person to the questions that the reality around and inside him pose infront of him. It is the religious experience of a person through which he defines his existence in this universe and locates his being perfectly in the whole set of reality across him. Its all experiential truth. To talk about tangible reasons for experiences is trivial. I like taking chocolates and yet i have no tangible reason for why i like it but i do know that its true that i like chocolates and may be if someone asks me for a proof for this statement "I like chocolates" , i would not be able to produce any but asking someone for a proof for his likening of chocolates is trivial and meaningless.

The second objection will be "Have you studied all the religions before choosing Islam?". The question seems to be disturbing in the beginning but it becomes trivial through a little thought. I have stated the definition of religion already. I know it on the basis of my experience that Islam perfectly answers all the questions posed infront of me by the reality and i know that some different religions have different answers to those questions so as i know that my answer is correct and someother people have different answers then i know that the other answers are wrong as mine is the correct one and for that i don't need to know the other answers at all.

08-14-2012, 02:08 AM	#2
defenderfors Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	I hope this makes sense. Lately, it has been bothering me that I don't question my Islam more. I have read a lot, but at the end of the day, I accept it and move on. It's not in my nature to look for whys, hows, and because, but it's slowly creeping up on me now. Things like how do we know that the Qur'an is indeed the literal word of Allah SWT In the recesses of my mind, I know that Islam is for me. I know that I believe in an all powerful Creator and that it is Allah SWT. I don't know why, though. Aside from being born a Muslim, alhamdullilah, I don't have tangible reasons for my beliefs. If someone were to ask me these questions, I wouldn't have an answer. Normally how I feel about Islam, the way reading Qur'an brings me to tears, the way nature inspires such awe, the way a moving dua has me up all night pleading for forgiveness is how I know my heart is somewhat soft, but right now, that isn't enough. I'm struggling to hold onto that feeling, which in recent hours/days has ebbed away. If I can logically ascertain such answers to myself, it would be cement the feeling. How do I rationally arrive at these, and more, conclusions? Jazakallahu khairan. Religion can be defined as the response of a person to the questions that the reality around and inside him pose infront of him. It is the religious experience of a person through which he defines his existence in this universe and locates his being perfectly in the whole set of reality across him. Its all experiential truth. To talk about tangible reasons for experiences is trivial. I like taking chocolates and yet i have no tangible reason for why i like it but i do know that its true that i like chocolates and may be if someone asks me for a proof for this statement "I like chocolates" , i would not be able to produce any but asking someone for a proof for his likening of chocolates is trivial and meaningless. The second objection will be "Have you studied all the religions before choosing Islam?". The question seems to be disturbing in the beginning but it becomes trivial through a little thought. I have stated the definition of religion already. I know it on the basis of my experience that Islam perfectly answers all the questions posed infront of me by the reality and i know that some different religions have different answers to those questions so as i know that my answer is correct and someother people have different answers then i know that the other answers are wrong as mine is the correct one and for that i don't need to know the other answers at all.
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