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I have done a lot of research into Islam but one thing I have never really done is look into the prayer that they repeat day in and day out, and the shahada.
The shahada makes belief in Muhammad a part of the requirement for salvation. They cannot just say “There is no God but Allah”, they are required to say “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his final prophet”.
This begs the question of Islam being monotheistic, or not. And this monotheism in Islam doesn’t stop with Muhammad being placed next to Allah in order to be saved. (I say ‘no’ it isn’t monotheistic, but I can start a different thread on that because I have several reasons why I think it isn’t monotheistic.) What I really want to go into here is the prayer that is repeated 5 times daily and one of the 6 Pillars of Islam, and the shahada, both a requirement for salvation in Islam.
The reason I bring this up is because Muhammad did some pretty nasty things in his life after he created Islam. If a person would rather not be a follower of Muhammad and just believe in Allah, why shouldn’t that be considered ok in Islam? It isn’t. Muhammad is a requirement. It certainly would stop a lot of Jewish and Christian persecution in Islamic lands since they say we all worship the same God! (I don’t want to go into that either here because I don’t believe that either) Muslims, please don’t start quoting verses that were abrogated. Please don’t take us for fools.
And I have read articles where they spin the part that Muhammad is a requirement but those same articles never mention Muhammad’s serious flaws that repulse many.
The prayer repeated daily is this one that they start out with:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[1.1] All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
[1.2] The Beneficent, the Merciful.
[1.3] Master of the Day of Judgment.
[1.4] Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.
[1.5] Keep us on the right path.
[1.6] The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray.
There are the only two lines of the opening prayer that non Muslims, specifically Jews and Christians need to understand:
[1.5] Keep us on the right path.
[1.6] The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray.
In order to really understand what every Muslim tells themselves when they repeat these phrases over and over again, throughout their entire life (over an estimated 90,000 times in 50 years) one should understand what is really being said. I have changed the words to reveal the true meaning of their prayer.
[1.5] Keep us on the right path (the “right path”, also called the “straight path”, is the path of sharia. They are praying to follow sharia).
[1.6] The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors (only the Muslims receive favors from Allah).
Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down (not the path of the Jews whom you have damned), nor of those who go astray (those Christians who have been convinced by Jews to not follow sharia).
To pull it all together, what every Muslim prays at the beginning of every prayer sessions is:
Keep us on the right path of sharia, the laws Allah commanded for Muslims, and don’t let us be like the Jews whom you have damned, or the Christians who have been corrupted by the Jews.
Read this within the context that Muslims are taught that Jews and Christians are born as Muslims and misguided by their parents. When a Jew or a Christian changes their religion to that of Islam, they are not called “converts”. Muslims call them “reverts”. They have reverted back to their original faith.
Here is an article that goes into the prayers, and into the conflicts happening in the Islamic world that affects all others, not only the Jewish and Christian peoples. The prayers and texts in Islam highlight the problem will not end unless the prayers in Islam change from one of outward conquest to toleration.
The shahada makes belief in Muhammad a part of the requirement for salvation. They cannot just say “There is no God but Allah”, they are required to say “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his final prophet”.
This begs the question of Islam being monotheistic, or not. And this monotheism in Islam doesn’t stop with Muhammad being placed next to Allah in order to be saved. (I say ‘no’ it isn’t monotheistic, but I can start a different thread on that because I have several reasons why I think it isn’t monotheistic.) What I really want to go into here is the prayer that is repeated 5 times daily and one of the 6 Pillars of Islam, and the shahada, both a requirement for salvation in Islam.
The reason I bring this up is because Muhammad did some pretty nasty things in his life after he created Islam. If a person would rather not be a follower of Muhammad and just believe in Allah, why shouldn’t that be considered ok in Islam? It isn’t. Muhammad is a requirement. It certainly would stop a lot of Jewish and Christian persecution in Islamic lands since they say we all worship the same God! (I don’t want to go into that either here because I don’t believe that either) Muslims, please don’t start quoting verses that were abrogated. Please don’t take us for fools.
And I have read articles where they spin the part that Muhammad is a requirement but those same articles never mention Muhammad’s serious flaws that repulse many.
The prayer repeated daily is this one that they start out with:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[1.1] All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
[1.2] The Beneficent, the Merciful.
[1.3] Master of the Day of Judgment.
[1.4] Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.
[1.5] Keep us on the right path.
[1.6] The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray.
There are the only two lines of the opening prayer that non Muslims, specifically Jews and Christians need to understand:
[1.5] Keep us on the right path.
[1.6] The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray.
In order to really understand what every Muslim tells themselves when they repeat these phrases over and over again, throughout their entire life (over an estimated 90,000 times in 50 years) one should understand what is really being said. I have changed the words to reveal the true meaning of their prayer.
[1.5] Keep us on the right path (the “right path”, also called the “straight path”, is the path of sharia. They are praying to follow sharia).
[1.6] The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors (only the Muslims receive favors from Allah).
Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down (not the path of the Jews whom you have damned), nor of those who go astray (those Christians who have been convinced by Jews to not follow sharia).
To pull it all together, what every Muslim prays at the beginning of every prayer sessions is:
Keep us on the right path of sharia, the laws Allah commanded for Muslims, and don’t let us be like the Jews whom you have damned, or the Christians who have been corrupted by the Jews.
Read this within the context that Muslims are taught that Jews and Christians are born as Muslims and misguided by their parents. When a Jew or a Christian changes their religion to that of Islam, they are not called “converts”. Muslims call them “reverts”. They have reverted back to their original faith.
Here is an article that goes into the prayers, and into the conflicts happening in the Islamic world that affects all others, not only the Jewish and Christian peoples. The prayers and texts in Islam highlight the problem will not end unless the prayers in Islam change from one of outward conquest to toleration.