Dr. Zakir Naik
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In conveying the message of Islam to a
non-Muslim, it is usually not sufficient to highlight only the positive
nature of Islam. Most non-Muslims are not convinced about the truth of
Islam because there are a few questions about Islam at the back of their
minds that remain unanswered. This article will help non-Muslims to
discover and know more common questions about Islam in more depth.
1. IDOL USED FOR CONCENTRATION
Question:
The Hindu Pundits and Scholars agree that
the Vedas and other Hindu religious scriptures prohibit idol worship,
but initially because the mind may not be matured, an idol is required
for concentration while worshipping. After the mind reaches higher
consciousness, the idol is not required for concentration.
Answer:
Muslims have reached the higher level of consciousness
Muslims have reached the higher level of
consciousness. If an idol is required for concentration only in the
initial stages and not later on when the mind reaches higher
consciousness then I would like to say the Muslims have already reached
the state of higher consciousness because when we worship Allah (swt) we
do not require any idol or statue.
Child asks why does it thunder?
When I was discussing with a Swami in
IRF. He said that when our child asks us, “Why does the sky thunder?”,
we reply that “aaee ma chakki pees rahi hai”, the grandmother is
grinding flour in the heaven; because he is too young to understand.
Similarly in the initial stages people require an idol for
concentration.
In Islam we don’t believe in telling a
lie, even if it’s a white lie. I will never give such a wrong answer to
my child because later on when he goes to school and learns that the
thundering sound after lightning is due to the expansion of rapidly
heated air, he will either think that the teacher is lying or later on
when he understands the fact he will conclude that the father is a liar.
If you feel that the child may not understand certain difficult things
you should simplify the answer rather than give a wrong fictitious
reply. If you, yourself do not know the answer, you should have the guts
to be truthful and say ‘I don’t know’. But many children nowadays will
not be satisfied with this answer. If this answer was given to my son,
he would say “Abba (father), why don’t you know?’ This will compel you
to do your homework and thus educate yourself as well as your child.
Those in standard one require idol for
concentration – (2 + 2 = 4 will remain same in standard one and ten)
Some pundits while trying to convince me regarding idol worship said
that in standard one the student is initially taught to worship God by
concentrating with the help of an idol but later on when he graduates he
no longer requires the idol to concentrate while worshipping the God. A
very important fact to be noted is that only if the fundamentals of any
particular subject is strong, then only will he be able to excel in
future for e.g. A teacher of mathematics in standard one teaches the
students that 2 + 2 = 4 irrespective whether the student passes school
or does graduation or does a Ph. D. in mathematics, the basics of 2 + 2 =
4 will yet remain the same, it will not change to 5 or 6. In higher
standards the student, besides addition may learn about Algebra,
Trigonometry, Logarithm, etc. but the fundamental of addition will yet
remain the same.
If the teacher in standard one itself teaches the fundamentals wrong, how can you expect the student to excel in future?
It is the fundamental principal of the
Vedas regarding the concept of God that He has got no image, so how can
the Scholars even after knowing this fact keep silent at the wrong
practice being done by people.
Will you tell your son who is in standard
one that 2 plus 2 is not equal to 4 but 5 or 6 and only confirm the
truth after he passes school? Never. In fact if he makes a mistake you
will correct him and say it is 4 and not wait till he graduates; and if
you don’t correct him initially you will ruin his future.
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