In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
ADAMS STORY
Distinct path of Angels, Satan and Adam
From the story of creation of Adam, Allah wants to impart wisdom and knowledge to human beings to choose the path of life and know the consequences of their choices.
Human beings and the Jinn have been endowed with freedom of choice and the Angels have no freedom of choice. Human beings are created of clay, the Jinn from fire and the angels from light.
Path of the Angels
Allah commanded an act to do. Allah commanded the angels and the Jinn to prostrate before Adam, Angels listened, submitted to the command of Allah, accepted and obeyed His orders without questioning.
The angels listened to Allah’s command and obeyed.
Wa samiana wa athana
We listen and we obey
The angels chose the path of submission and unconditional surrender.
From among those mankind and Jinn’s who listen and submit to Allah’s command and prostrate are Muslims.
Path of Iblis -Satan
Allah asked to do an act, Iblis, Satan (from among the Jinn) denied to act on the command of Allah, he rejected, resisted and refused to listen and obey the Command of Allah. Iblis or Satan is the label, identity or name from among the men and Jinn’s who deny to listen to the command of Allah and choose to listen to their logic and reason, thus become rebellion /kafir (denier) or rejecter or rebellion or the denier of the Truth (un-believer)
The Satan exercised the freedom of will granted by Allah and chose an
Satanism is a topic that has been misunderstood for many generations. Lavey is someone who started to do a church of satanism in San Francisco. There has been many problems involving if Lavey, the maker of the church, should actually even have the church present in San Francisco. People were against this due to the stereotypes and criticism they would get from the Christians, who would mainly criticize the satanic church views on beliefs and religion. In reality the church of Satan does not only worship Satan, it can focus on your own beliefs in religion. Lavey gets his conflicts signing the petition for gaining the public church of Satan from the catholic church and Christians. Lavey went into a compromise and talked with the meyer of San Francisco to get permission to gain the church in the city that way he can have it shared with the public. The christians were against with that idea, but Lavey tries to prove that it wasn’t really necessary towards discriminating the world and worshiping Satan like how the Christians think. It focuses mainly on benefiting themselves without causing any harm towards others who can oppose them.
Man's knowledge of good and evil gives us the power to rule the world any way we please. A God or Gods no longer have control. Once Adam, who represents the life of the human race, took a bite from the fruit of the tree of knowledge man's fate was sealed. This knowledge insured, "Man was born to rule the world" (165).
Here Satan, the Yetzer ha-Ra and the angel of death are the same personality. In times of danger he brings accusations. Although he has power over all the works of man, he cannot triumph over two people of different nationality at the same time. This is why a noted astronomer, physician and teacher of the Law, Samuel, would only travel when accompanied by a Gentile. The belief was that Satan's knowledge disappears when the shofar is blown on New Year's Day. Because the numerical value of the letters of his name only adds up to 364, one day (the Day of Atonement) a year his power vanishes.
According to Paley are commanded by God when we feel obligated to do something that is given by a divine motive. We can figure out what is a divine motive because a divine motive would not hinder the entrance into heaven. This is a decent claim, but it is unsuccessful because of the two reasons discuss. The first reason being other monotheistic Gods like the Islamic God and the second reason being feeling a divine motive to do reprehensible things such as mass killings in the name of
A Muslim could be anybody who believes in Allah and the Prophet Mohammed as his messenger. Men and women do not pray together, men gather in one place, usually at the front of the praying site and women pray at a different place behind them. They do it this way out of respect for women as Muslims believe women could be a distraction since men and women kneel several times during prayer. It is a custom for Muslims to pray five times throughout the day, they believe this will help them stay away from doing unholy acts as they have to pray at a certain time regardless of where they are. If prayer is done five times during the day they will have thoughts of Allah which will help them stay away from committing sins.
The idea of Satan is linked to the Babylonian Exile/Captivity due to the influences that Babylonian culture had on the Hebrew people. This includes the evil spirits and demons in Babylonian belief and resentment towards Babylonians for the destruction of the First Temple/ the exile of the Hebrews in Babylonia. Satan is an evil spirit who fights against god and his people, belief in him and his stance against god stems from the mistreatment of the Jewish people by Babylonians which was seen as a stance the Babylonians took against Yahweh. The religion of the conquering people also influenced the idea of Satan in Judaism and is evident by the similarities that Babylonian evil spirits share with the many depictions of Satan in Jewish belief.
“Mankind was created in the image of God.” (Genesis 2:15-17) Being created in the image of God makes us moral beings; with the ability to decide between right and wrong. According to Noebel “Christian morality is founded on the conviction that an absolute moral order exists.” The differences between right and wrong is absolute as defined by God, not mankind’s view of right and wrong by mankind’s perspective.
The Speluncean case, as mythical as it may be, poses much weight on ethical issues, probably as much as euthanasia weighs. Whetmore's proposition to consume the flesh of one among the group for survival resulted in getting himself killed and eaten. As the defendants admitted, the former was not excused from the decision making game, and was forced to play. Therefore, Whetmore's death was not voluntarily but we can assume it was indeed induced against his will. Moreover, the testimony of the defendants was accepted as the truth. Since no further evidence can be provided to either support their testimony or counteract it, we will also go along with it. As such, the defendants' testimony is what accuses them further.
At creation, God made man with a clear plan and purpose in mind. HE defined what the man could become, where the man would stay and set some bounds for the man that would enable him live and fulfil God’s original plans and purposes. He appointed a place for the man, He appointed him a wife, appointed him what food would be good for his health, He blessed the man, He gave the man power, and He appointed responsibilities for the man to undertake. All these were done and completed before he created man. In order words, the purpose of creating man was already completed before man was actually created. How tall the man would be, his career, vocation, marital life, children, his parents and so on were already settled before he was formed.
There are hundreds of songs about the heart: from falling in love to the feeling of heartbreak, the heart has become a core part of today’s media. Similarly, it is the literal core of the human body. The heart has always been the source of a profound interest among humankind. Due to the evolution and progression of medicine, doctors are now able to replace hearts where they once treated arrhythmia with beer (Science Articles). But while significant advances in medical practices have certainly been made, doctors are still human. And humans are, and always have been, biased. In point of fact, there remain disturbing inequalities in the medical fields. Specifically, the heartbreaking sparsity of women in medical studies, especially in the cardiovascular
wants us to use our wisdom and our talents that is why he gave them to
God will give us His wisdom so that we may find joy in our trials, so we may find the perspective we need to make a big decision, and so we can be further equipped to do the work He has called us to carry out.
Since it’s conception, Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses has created a slew of controversy, receiving bounds of both praise and animosity. The novel, that in one aspect depicts the perversion of religion and morality (namely the perversion of Islam), was intended to mainly personify the conflict of human metamorphosis. Because of it’s heavy and ambiguous message much of the Muslim world has interpreted the novel as a personal attack on the Islamic religion, identity and culture despite the fact that Rushdie has denied this claim several times and even apologized for the misunderstanding. Contrary to the design of the author, The Satanic Verses, regarded as one the most banned books of all time, has created serious sociopolitical complications within and between major countries because of its offense to Islam and violent effects within the international Islamic community.
Another important theme that is consistent in the “Signs of the unseen” is the annihilation of the ego as the only path to enlightenment and love. Rumi says that “With God, there is no room for two egos”. In order to become a true follower, one has to give up his ego and subject himself to God. Rumi’s writing style is such that he provides multiple anecdotes along with a concept to enhance comprehension and perception. In this particular case, he puts forth the example of the inability of two birds to fly when they are tied together. However, if a dead bird is tied to a living one, it will be able to fly since there is no duality. Likewise, man cannot attain eternal love and spiritual satisfaction unless he gives up his ego to follow the commands of the God whole heartedly. It is the ego that prevented Satan from appreciating God’s
When reviewing the past few years of my life and looking ahead to my future goals, I realized that I need to further my education and Lehigh University has an excellent program in order to achieve it. As an undergraduate student, I studied the workings of government and the philosophy behind the different views that have influenced history and continue up to this present moment. After receiving my Bachelor of Arts, I moved to South Korea to teach in a private academy, and in that setting, I realized just how vital it is to educate the younger generations and empower them to work within their cultural settings. Thus, I have realized the need for properly trained educators that can pass on their knowledge to the younger generation to contribute a positive change to the world, through experience, encouragement, and