Thanks for explaining this, मैत्रावरुणि-ji in a way that was clear.
Lastly, something I neglected to tackle in the intial post, Dyna.
if the only reason you left islam for was your husband so please excuse me for my words but i have to say it for your benefit
your husband is a man who you shouldn't love more than Allah, Allah said "And do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might please you. And do not marry polytheistic men [to your women] until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you. Those invite [you] to the Fire, but Allah invites to Paradise and to forgiveness, by His permission. And He makes clear His verses to the people that perhaps they may remember." 2:221 so Allah alerted you from choosing a man and leaving the god for him, then you are exchanging what is better for what is less
If you read the entire post, you would understand that IMHO, there are a few pathways to God. So, yes I choose the best way for my family because I don't believe God wants me to leave my husband over a difference of opinion. There are even fatwas that support that too.
The Prophet did not ask them to divorce their non-Muslim husbands. In fact, they gradually entered Islam by being convinced of its truth. Incidentally, not only wives brought their husbands into Islam: Fatimah brought her brother 'Umar, Umm Habibah brought her father Abu Sufyan, and the Prophet's daughter Zaynab brought Abu al-'As. There are many similar cases
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http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/sunni-dir/146656-coming-back-islam.html : READ #7 response for the European Council for Fatwa and Research
Polytheists, if you said that you understood that Hinduism is not a religion of many separate Gods, unless in a small minority (except when explained by people who are unaware of the teachings) then your polytheists quote is irrelevant. Look up Vaishnavism and you'll find it is monotheistic.
To answers your question of why did God bring many prophets, because He has revealed Himself through many ways, so God is not an unfair God. We can only view this in 2 ways:
1) That God is fair and reveals Himself to all in many ways and thus we have a choice to make of which path to follow.
Does God care if we call Him, Allah or God or Krishna or Yahweh. No.
Does he care whether we are Christian or Jewish or Hindu, no.
We are not going to different heavens.
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2) All is God's will, many prophets and sages came but out of all, only one way is right and we must figure out this way. People have different intellectual capacities, people come from different lands, this doesn't make sense.
As we have demonstrated, religions do not stay only where they are revealed. If we take the example of Africa, where I grew up..So, even Hinduism has been brought to Africa. Christianity to Africa. Islam to Africa, now what is their original religion for them to follow..
Additionally, what about parents that raised their kids, like mine did with the idea that God is one, with open minds, I was raised in 7 different countries, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim and Christian.
everybody will be Judged according to what he already received, so even if they died with African religions and they don't hear about anything else, surly they will be judged according to what they had received, remember that Allah is merciful and fair
What if like, they were exposed to everything, they had parents that said, whether you are a Jew, a Hindu, a Christian or a Buddhist or a Muslim, it is all the same?
While my mother is a Catholic, at one point her best friend was a monk (Buddhist) who would visit daily in Sri Lanka. In Russia, she became very interested in the meditation, mantra chanting, while never changing her religion, I was clearly exposed to an idea that it is up to us, to find a path that fits.
She has found her comfort in Catholicism, I'm trying to find that same path while seeing beauty in many.
Thanks all for your posts and support.
