How does one go about submitting the self to Allah without subduing the ego?
Must we then be open to considering that we have been taught wrong?
We ask others to consider they have been taught wrong.
Do we have to always be right?
None of us are perfect and Islam was prophesied to go astray in divergent directions. Why can we not accept the prophecy is talking about our own sect along with all the others?
How do we let Allah teach us and raise us to Him if we are convinced we have nothing to learn?
How do you expect the followers of the prophets of profit to change what they believe and how they behave if you are not willing to do so yourself?
You can provide no role model to them that way.
Many of you think Islam is about reading Qur'an through a lens of paradoxically re-writes from sunnah and hadith and knowing esoteric history like the names of the the sons and daughters of the 2nd cousins of the best friends of the prophet's wives (I exaggerate only a little) and fighting about the alleged perfection of the companions or the alleged infallible descendants.
Then there are among you, those who give prayers to Hidden Imam who is not Allah and cannot answer prayers (he can neither help you nor harm you), while others among you divide your loyalties to different jurists and scholars and ideologues, none of whom are Allah. You idolize these people, do you realize that? You look to them for guidance instead of Allah. You join them with Allah.
We have much work to do in the world, but first we have to open our own minds and hearts to accepting Allah's admonishments and making our corrections.
Allah says in Qur'an that admonishments are for the true believers, those who will change themselves from what they have learned in this world to follow Allah's instructions instead.
Then we have to accept that we need to change, right? Or we cannot get to heaven.
Must we then be open to considering that we have been taught wrong?
We ask others to consider they have been taught wrong.
Do we have to always be right?
None of us are perfect and Islam was prophesied to go astray in divergent directions. Why can we not accept the prophecy is talking about our own sect along with all the others?
How do we let Allah teach us and raise us to Him if we are convinced we have nothing to learn?
How do you expect the followers of the prophets of profit to change what they believe and how they behave if you are not willing to do so yourself?
You can provide no role model to them that way.
Many of you think Islam is about reading Qur'an through a lens of paradoxically re-writes from sunnah and hadith and knowing esoteric history like the names of the the sons and daughters of the 2nd cousins of the best friends of the prophet's wives (I exaggerate only a little) and fighting about the alleged perfection of the companions or the alleged infallible descendants.
Then there are among you, those who give prayers to Hidden Imam who is not Allah and cannot answer prayers (he can neither help you nor harm you), while others among you divide your loyalties to different jurists and scholars and ideologues, none of whom are Allah. You idolize these people, do you realize that? You look to them for guidance instead of Allah. You join them with Allah.
We have much work to do in the world, but first we have to open our own minds and hearts to accepting Allah's admonishments and making our corrections.
Allah says in Qur'an that admonishments are for the true believers, those who will change themselves from what they have learned in this world to follow Allah's instructions instead.
Then we have to accept that we need to change, right? Or we cannot get to heaven.