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I was standing next to Saleh, watching the horrible scene. I thought
to myself. They were the unfortunate people for whom guidance of
Qur’an and practical example of the Sunnah of the Prophet were not
sufficient. Therefore, they made additions and alterations to the
religion and tried to deface it. They had a senseless logic for their
misguided and sick deeds. When someone with insight tried to make
them understand their fallacies, they became their mortal enemies.
They were told that there was no room for inventing beliefs outside
Qur’an and no deeds apart from the ones that were part of the Sunnah
would be reliable in the Court of the Almighty, but they regarded such
advice as absurd and remained engrossed in their misguided ways.
Thus, they had suffered the consequences of their attitude today.
As I was thinking about it, Saleh said to me:
“Abdullah, I have not managed to grasp this habit of human beings.
Why is it that after receiving such lucid guidance, nations of all the
prophets heavily indulged in alterations and innovations?”
“You have asked a good question. I also deliberated a lot on this
issue during my previous life. In my opinion, the real reason for this
tendency was exaggeration and extremism. Human beings are very
emotional by nature. They go to extremes in either direction. The
followers of the prophets also suffered from it. Some people, because
of their inclination towards materialism, ignored the teachings of the
prophets while others went to the other extreme in their love for
prophets and righteous people and enthusiasm for worship. It is these
exaggerations and extremist behaviours that became the main reasons
for innovations in religion.”
Saleh nodded on hearing my reply and said, “The most glaring
example of this extremist behaviour and exaggeration were the
Christians. On one hand, they discarded the Law brought by Prophet
Moses, and on the other, they invented a creed of self-denial and
introduced such worships, practices, and innovations in the religion that
it became extremely difficult for an ordinary person to live a normal life
and yet maintain a religious identity. In addition to the innovations in
deeds, extreme exaggeration in beliefs also became rampant amongst
them. Despite being a nation with so many prophets, they managed to
invent a wife and a son of God. But my friend, the truth is that you
Muslims were not far behind them either!”
He spoke, especially emphasising the last part of his statement. I
replied as a rejoinder:
“And today, both Christians and Muslims have had to suffer the
consequences for the same.”
As I said so, the scenes of events that I had just witnessed a few
moments ago were alive in my mind.
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I was standing next to Saleh, watching the horrible scene. I thought
to myself. They were the unfortunate people for whom guidance of
Qur’an and practical example of the Sunnah of the Prophet were not
sufficient. Therefore, they made additions and alterations to the
religion and tried to deface it. They had a senseless logic for their
misguided and sick deeds. When someone with insight tried to make
them understand their fallacies, they became their mortal enemies.
They were told that there was no room for inventing beliefs outside
Qur’an and no deeds apart from the ones that were part of the Sunnah
would be reliable in the Court of the Almighty, but they regarded such
advice as absurd and remained engrossed in their misguided ways.
Thus, they had suffered the consequences of their attitude today.
As I was thinking about it, Saleh said to me:
“Abdullah, I have not managed to grasp this habit of human beings.
Why is it that after receiving such lucid guidance, nations of all the
prophets heavily indulged in alterations and innovations?”
“You have asked a good question. I also deliberated a lot on this
issue during my previous life. In my opinion, the real reason for this
tendency was exaggeration and extremism. Human beings are very
emotional by nature. They go to extremes in either direction. The
followers of the prophets also suffered from it. Some people, because
of their inclination towards materialism, ignored the teachings of the
prophets while others went to the other extreme in their love for
prophets and righteous people and enthusiasm for worship. It is these
exaggerations and extremist behaviours that became the main reasons
for innovations in religion.”
Saleh nodded on hearing my reply and said, “The most glaring
example of this extremist behaviour and exaggeration were the
Christians. On one hand, they discarded the Law brought by Prophet
Moses, and on the other, they invented a creed of self-denial and
introduced such worships, practices, and innovations in the religion that
it became extremely difficult for an ordinary person to live a normal life
and yet maintain a religious identity. In addition to the innovations in
deeds, extreme exaggeration in beliefs also became rampant amongst
them. Despite being a nation with so many prophets, they managed to
invent a wife and a son of God. But my friend, the truth is that you
Muslims were not far behind them either!”
He spoke, especially emphasising the last part of his statement. I
replied as a rejoinder:
“And today, both Christians and Muslims have had to suffer the
consequences for the same.”
As I said so, the scenes of events that I had just witnessed a few
moments ago were alive in my mind.
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