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where in quran does it imply eternal torture?? and if you’re going to use translations that have a poor english-arabic translator, your anger regarding this matter will never subside.
“They will wish to come out of the fire, but they shall not come out of it; and long-lasting suffering awaits them” 5:37, Muhammad Asad’s translation.
the Quran isn’t universal in terms of its language, but universal in its principles; in its ethics, in its morality. the same can be said about other philosophies that avoid what is harmful and enjoin what is good.
Eternal torture for getting your theology wrong is good?
im sorry you feel that way, but not every language is accessible to all of the human race. as a person interested in linguists, i thought you would have considered that fact already.
Why would that be a point in the Quran’s favour, though? If not every language is accessible to everybody, how can the Quran be universal?
I fucking love vim.
im assuming youve read the translation of Quran, and not the Quran in Arabic. huge difference my friend, huge difference.
What kind of God can’t make his message translatable? If it’s only accessible in one language, then it can’t be relevant for anybody who doesn’t understand that language. Ergo, it’s not meant for all of humanity.
in-the-midst-of-winter asked: Peace be upon you. :) Hey, I hope you don't mind, or think I'm intruding, but I was wondering why you don't believe the Qur'an to be Revealed?
Peace be upon you as well!
In short, I read the Quran, and saw no reason to believe it was revealed. It spends so much time threatening non-believers with eternal torture in Hell that I cannot imagine that it comes from a loving god. The god of the Quran basically says, “The ultimate crime is believing there’s any god other than Me. If you believe such a thing, you will be very sorry on Judgment Day, but HAHA it will be too late! You won’t get a second chance, I’m going to torture you for ever and ever, no matter how much you beg for mercy, even though in this book I keep calling myself ‘the merciful!’” It’s a hypocritical text. Its morality is sub-par (surah Kahf encourages Muslims to hate non-Muslims). It makes God look like a petty, shallow, sadistically cruel tyrant looking for the slightest excuse to condemn people to eternal suffering.
Also, why would I believe any text is revealed? Language is a human invention, and it’s faulty and prone to misunderstandings, confusion, ambiguity. For a text to be revealed by/from God requires an extreme set of criteria, and not only does the Quran not meet those criteria (see my previous paragraph) but no text in a human language can meet those criteria.
does anyone else have this other self they’ve created in their mind that is not really exactly you irl but is more like what you want to be and has a life that continues in your head with like weird continuing daydreams but they’re not perfect or anything and wow i forget where i was going with this
yeah, mine saved the world
God, I’m the worst
Mine ruled the world.
Mine ruled the entire state of California after the apocalypse. I wish I were joking.
But it means you’ve got a healthy imagination.
does anyone else have this other self they’ve created in their mind that is not really exactly you irl but is more like what you want to be and has a life that continues in your head with like weird continuing daydreams but they’re not perfect or anything and wow i forget where i was going with this
yeah, mine saved the world
God, I’m the worst
Mine ruled the world.
Do you ever log into Tumblr, look at your dash, and think, “Now, why on earth would that person ‘like’ that particular post?”