Posted by Footnotes on 17/10/2004, 16:33:14, in reply to "The Myth and Reality of Islamic State " [1] O ye who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and die not except in a state of Islam. And hold fast, all together, by the rope which Allah (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah's favour on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, ye became brethren; and ye were on the brink of the pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus doth Allah make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided. Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity. (Al-Quran 3:102-4.). [2] Al-Quran 03:102. [3] So obey Allah, and obey His Messenger: but if ye turn back, the duty of Our Messenger is but to proclaim (the Message) clearly and openly (Al-Quran 64:12). So take what the Messenger assigns to you, and deny yourselves that which he withholds from you (Al-Quran 59: 7). And what is the requirement for the belief in the day of judgement? It is: Then guard yourselves against a-Day when one soul shall not avail another, nor shall compensation be accepted from her nor shall intercession profit her nor shall anyone be helped (from outside. (Al-Quran 2:123). [4] And hold fast, all together, by the rope which Allah (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah's favour on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, ye became brethren; and ye were on the brink of the pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus doth Allah make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided. (Al-Quran 3:103). [5] A hadith narrated by Ali ibne abi Talib quotes Prophet Muhammad (PBUH ) in Tirmizi wa Darmi: The Quran is actually the rope of Allah. A similar hadith is reported by Abdullah bin Masud and Jubair ibne Mutham in Tibrani Kabeer. [6] Al-Qur'an 58:22. [7] For English translation of Mithaq al-Madinah (The Covenant of Medina) see, Montgomery Watt, Muhammad at Medina, 1962 Ed. pp. 221-225. [8] Snow, David. Collective Identity and Expressive Forms, paper is posted at the eScholarship Repository, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of California, Irvine, Year 2001 Paper 01-07. [9] The realization that Islam, properly understood, is not a system of social and political regulation frees up space for cultures and nationsin the modern sense of those wordsto lay the foundations of collective identity. This opens the way, in turn, to the acceptance of a convergence with other religious traditions and universalistic moralities, beyond political and cultural boundaries and in more than formal terms. It also] opens the way to a full respect for civic spheres in which Muslims can coexist as equal citizens with non-Muslims. (Abdou Filali-Ansary, "The sources of enlightened Muslim thought," Journal of Democracy Volume 14, Number 2 April 2003. Page 30-31). [10] Allah says: Say: He has the power that He should send on you a chastisement from above you or from beneath your feet, or that He should throw you into confusion, (making you) of different parties; and make some of you taste the fighting of others. See how We repeat the communications that they may understand. (Al-Quran 6:65). [11] Surely they who divided their religion into parts and became sects, you have no concern with them; their affair is only with Allah, then He will inform them of what they did. (Al-Quran 6:159). [12] Turning to Him, and be careful of (your duty to) Him and keep up prayer and be not of the polytheists. (Al-Quran 30.31). Of those who divided their religion and became schematics, each sect exulting in its tenets. (Al-Quran 30.32). [13] O ye who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and die not except in a state of Islam. And hold fast, all together, by the rope which Allah (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah's favour on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, ye became brethren; and ye were on the brink of the pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus doth Allah make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided. Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity. (Al-Quran 3:102-104). [14] Al-Quran 10: 57-58. [15] Also described in 20:43-44 as: "Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds; But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or fear (Allah)." [16] (They are) those who, if We establish them in the land, establish regular prayer and give regular charity, enjoin the right and forbid wrong: with Allah rests the end (and decision) of (all) affairs. (Al-Quran 22:41). [17] Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity. (Al-Quran 3:104). Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the People of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors. (Al-Quran 3:110). Surely Allah enjoins the doing of justice and the doing of good (to others) and the giving to the kindred, and He forbids indecency and evil and rebellion; He admonishes you that you may be mindful. (Al-Quran 16:90). O my son! keep up prayer and enjoin the good and forbid the evil, and bear patiently that which befalls you; surely these acts require courage. (Al-Quran 31:17). Those who follow the Messenger-Prophet, the Ummi, whom they find written down with them in the Taurat and the Injeel (who) enjoins them good and forbids them evil, and makes lawful to them the good things and makes unlawful to them impure things, and removes from them their burden and the shackles which were upon them; so (as for) those who believe in him and honour him and help him, and follow the light which has been sent down with him, these it is that are the successful. (Al-Quran 7:157). And (as for) the believing men and the believing women, they are guardians of each other; they enjoin good and forbid evil and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His Messenger; (as for) these, Allah will show mercy to them; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise. (Al-Quran 9:71). Had they gone forth with you, they would not have added to you aught save corruption, and they would certainly have hurried about among you seeking (to sow) dissension among you, and among you there are those who hearken for their sake; and Allah knows the unjust. (Al-Quran 9:47). They who turn (to Allah), who serve (Him), who praise (Him), who fast, who bow down, who prostrate themselves, who enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil, and who keep the limits of Allah; and give good news to the believers. (Al-Quran 9:112). Those who, should We establish them in the land, will keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and enjoin good and forbid evil; and Allah's is the end of affairs. (Al-Quran 22:41). [18] Dr. Javed Iqbal, The Concept of State in Islam - A Reassessment, Iqbal Review, Volume: 39 Number:1, April 1998.
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