5.05 Is Shirk Forgivable

The Sword of Intellect
Book - 5
Is Shirk forgivable?
By: Mohammed Fareeduddin Siddique

Book Number: 5 Document number: 5.05 Dated Updated: 18th May 2004.
[Is shirk a forgivable crime?]

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Mr. Know-it-all alleges more: Does Allah forgive shirk? This is the worst sin and Allah can't really decide if he will ever forgive it or not. No [4:48, 116], Yes [4:153, 25:68-71]. And Abraham committed this sin of polytheism as he takes moon, sun, stars to be his Lord [6:7678] and still Muslims believe that all prophets are without any sin. Our learned Mr. Know-it-all is actually confessing on our behalf, on behalf of Muslims, that the Khaleel-ullah was a polytheist; he is trying to use Quran to show us that the common father of Christians, Jews and Muslims was a polytheist! Ooh Boy!!! Even after reading Quran, did he not see the plain truth the Quran is showing him the light to the way of God? I recommend he reads Mathews 13:13 immediately. Ok, let me show our Mr. Know-it-all, one of the Pauline flocks question on the Prophet Abraham AS, also see my paper The curious Pauline flock. Pauline flocks questions me: Why do Muslim calls Abraham a Muslim and a friend of God? Do we not know Islam started with Mohammed? I replied: It is a pity that most of the Pauline flocks do not understand the meaning of the words Islam and Muslim, I noted that they dont even feel the difference of the two terms. Islam literally means Submission of ones will to God, Muslim is a person who submits his will to God. Abraham never revolted against his God; instead he always submitted his will to his God. Allah [God] clarifies this in the Noble Quran thus: 02:135. And they say, "Be Jews or Christians, then you will be guided." Say (to them, O Muhammad Peace be upon him ), "Nay, (We follow) only the religion of Ibrhim (Abraham), Hanifa [Islmic Monotheism, i.e. to worship none but Allh (Alone)], and he was not of Al-Mushrikn (those who worshipped others along with Allh)." We [Muslims] call him the friend of God, because he was, Quran clarifies it thus: 04:125. And who can be better in religion than one who submits his face (himself) to Allh (i.e. follows Allh's Religion of Islmic Monotheism); and he is a Muhsin (a good-doer). And follows the religion of Ibrhim (Abraham) Hanifa (Islmic Monotheism - to worship none but Allh Alone). And Allh did take Ibrhim (Abraham) as a Khalil (friend). However, it is interesting to read the bible on this friend of God. RSV James, Chapter 2 verse 22 You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by works, [23] and the scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness"; and he was called the friend of God. [24] You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone My cross question to our learned Mr. Know-it-all is, can this friend of God betray God by doing polytheism in any way? Reasonable headed answer is an absolute NO! Let us see what our Mr. Know-it-all has quoted from Quran in his absurdities [Allegations]. The below are the verses our learned friend Mr. Know-it-all lists, Please read on: An-Nis' 04: 48. Verily, Allh forgives not that partners should be set up with him in worship, but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners with Allh in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin.
Page 2 of 7 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DISCLAIMER: This document in not intended to hurt any sects religious, emotional feelings. Any thing that is written by a human being is susceptible to errors (like the present day Bible). If there is any truth in this paper, then it is from Allh s.w.t, the typo errors (if any) are from myself, Allh s.w.t forgive me for my human / typo errors. I can be contacted at mailto:author@fareedsiddique.com. I will be happy to clarify any doubts from my Christian friends in particular and all others in general. Fareed Siddique

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An-Nis' 04: 116. Verily! Allh forgives not (the sin of) setting up partners in worship with Him, but He forgives whom he pleases sins other than that, and whoever sets up partners in worship with Allh, has indeed strayed far away. So our Mr. Know-it-all has actually shown us the verse that came to us, the generations after Musa AS. However, our Mr. Know-it-all Now refers to the verses in the past [tense] where God Almighty had forgiven people after taking a covenant from them. Now, let us see the second phase of what our Mr. Know-it-all quotes. Please read carefully. An-Nis' 04:153. The people of the Scripture (Jews) ask you to cause a book to descend upon them from heaven. Indeed they asked Msa (Moses) for even greater than that, when they said: "Show us Allh in public," but they were struck with thunder clap and lightning for their wickedness. Then they worshipped the calf even after clear proofs, evidences, and signs had come to them. (Even) so We forgave them. And We gave Msa (Moses) a clear proof of authority. Now, we all Muslims clearly see what it means by the words And We gave Msa (Moses) a clear proof of authority. So God forgave them out of his own mercy, does it not helps Muslims to sometimes read allegations of people like our Mr. Know-it-all?? Yes it does!
Let us see what our Mr. Know-it-all?? quotes more:
Noble Quran, Surah 25 Al-Furqn verse 67. And those, who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor niggardly, but hold a medium (way) between those (extremes). Noble Quran, Surah 25. Al-Furqn verse 68. And those who invoke not any other ilh (god) along with Allh, nor kill such life as Allh has forbidden, except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse and whoever does this shall receive the punishment. Noble Quran, Surah 25. Al-Furqn verse 69 The torment will be doubled to him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein in disgrace; Noble Quran, Surah 25. Al-Furqn verse 70 Except those who repent and believe (in Islmic Monotheism), and do righteous deeds, for those, Allh will change their sins into good deeds, and Allh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. Noble Quran, Surah 25. Al-Furqn verse 71 And whosoever repents and does righteous good deeds, then verily, he repents towards Allh with true repentance. Noble Quran here clarifies for the Mushriks [Like our Pauline Polytheists] that they still have a chance to repent, that only means if the Mushriks repent they will be forgiven, Is not Allah s.w.t most merciful? If he [Mushrik] dies in his shirk then the gates of the pardon are closed. So why not repent and be a true submitter to Allah s.w.t when you are still alive and make most of what this life is meant for. After clearing our learned Mr. Know-it-all doubt, let us proceed ahead and see what more he has:

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Noble Quran, Surah 6. Al-An'm verse 75. Thus did we show Ibrhim (Abraham) the kingdom of the heavens and the earth that he be one of those who have Faith with certainty. Noble Quran, Surah 6 Al-An'm. verse 76. When the night covered him over with darkness he saw a star. He said: "This is my lord." But when it set, he said: "I like not those that set." Noble Quran, Surah 6. Al-An'm. verse 77.. When he saw the moon rising up, he said: "This is my lord." But when it set, he said: "Unless my Lord guides me, I shall surely be among the erring people." Noble Quran, Surah 6. Al-An'm. verse 78.. When he saw the sun rising up, he said: "This is my lord. This is greater." But when it set, he said: "O my people! I am indeed free from all that you join as partners in worship with Allh. Noble Quran, Surah 6. Al-An'm. verse 79.. Verily, I have turned my face towards Him Who has created the heavens and the earth Hanifa (Islmic Monotheism, i.e. worshipping none but Allh Alone) and I am not of Al-Mushrikn (see V.2:105)". Noble Quran, Surah 6. Al-An'm. verse 80.. His people disputed with him. He said: "Do you dispute with me concerning Allh while He has guided me, and I fear not those whom you associate with Allh in worship. (Nothing can happen to me) except when my Lord (Allh) wills something. My Lord comprehends in His Knowledge all things. Will you not then remember? So we see that God Almighty is telling us how Abraham [ ] reasoned out the truth of his God, the truth of his friend Allah s.w.t. Our learned Mr. Know-it-all does not seem to see how God guided his friend and shows us the way to reason the truth? Abraham's [ ] actions were shown like a parable for the benefit of his people, the worshippers of planets, in order to get them to thinking about what they were worshipping and realize the fallacy of their actions. This is made clear from the proceeding two verses of 74-75 which clearly state that not only was prophet Abraham ( ) already worshipping God and reproaching his father for worshipping his people's planet-idols, but God had already shown Abraham ( ) such signs in heaven and in earth as to establish his faith with certainty. Only after confirming these two facts do the verses of 76 onwards begin to describe how he used his wisdom to think up this ruse in order to draw his people towards the same truth which he had been guided to. And yes, Mr. Know-it-all we all Muslims do insist that all the prophets are unerring in their preachings. How confident would you be with a prophet who told you "God want's you to give away all of your belongings" and then after you have done so comes a little later on and says "oops, I made a mistake. That was not really necessary" What if he said: "God commands that you go to war," then after many of them die in battle he says "Oops, God did not really want that," etc. God does not make mistakes, and He protects His messengers from delivering incorrect messages or ever erring in their preaching or belief.

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As for shirk, or polytheism, God does not forgive it if a person dies upon it, however, He may or may not, at His discretion, forgive all other sins which a person dies upon. Nevertheless, even polytheism is forgiven those who repent before their death. This is explained in sufficient detail below and in the various hadiths of the prophet such as the one narrated by Anas [ ] in the Musnad[ ] of Al-Hafid Abu-Bakr[ ,]or the one narrated by Abu-Tharr in Musnad Ahmad, or the one by Jabir in the musnad of Al-Hafid abu-Yala [ ,] or the one narrated by ibn Abbas by way of Al-Tabari, etc. all of which explain that the boundary condition, or requirement for shirk to be forgiven is for the person to repent before death, otherwise even though he may be forgiven all other sins which he did not repent from before his death, still, his polytheism shall not be forgiven him if he died upon it. This is also held out by the very examples presented by the author of this list. For example Mr. Know-it-all presents the example of the Jews who worshipped the calf but were forgiven their polytheism in 4:153. But why was their polytheism forgiven them? The reason for this, as stated above, is that they had already repented from this sin before their death and had not died upon it, as seen for example in Al-Aara f(7):149. Actually, Al-Furqan (25):68-71 itself expressly spells out this boundary condition in no uncertain terms. He has managed to read in these verses the promise of God that He shall forgive this sin, however, he has not chosen to read the condition which Allah has presented for forgiveness of this sin. This condition is so critical that it is repeated twice in these verses. Once in verse 70 and then in verse 71 it is repeated again in detail and spelled out quite clearly. Indeed, ibn Juraij [ ] narrated upon the authority of the Companion ibn Abbas [ ] that these very verses were revealed by God with regard to a tribe of men who had spent their lives in idol worship and adultery. When they asked prophet Muhammad ( ) whether it was possible for them to repent after their lifetime of polytheism, this is when God revealed to them these verses, from 68 onwards, informing them that repentance before death can even erase polytheism. After mentioning polytheism as a sin worthy of hellfire the verses then go on to say: "..and he (the sinner) will abide therein (hellfire) disgraced, EXCEPT those who repent, believe (in Islam), and did righteous deeds, for those Allah will change their sins to good deeds, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. And whosoever repents and does good deeds, then verily, he repents towards Allah with a sincere repentance." God also says in this regard in Taha (20):82 "And indeed I excel in forgiveness towards he who repents, believes (in Islam), does righteous deeds, then is guided." In Al-Nissa(4):110 we read "And he who commits evil or is unjust against himself but then seeks God's forgiveness, He will find God Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." So what is meant by a man "being unjust against himself"? To learn the answer we need to read Lukman(31):13: "And (remember) when Lukman said to his son when he was advising him: 'O my son! Join not partners with Allah in worship. Verily, joining partners in worship with Allah is a great injustice indeed!"

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All Muslims are required to explain the Qur'an using the Qur'an itself or else the explanation of the verse which was given to us by the Prophet Muhammad ( .) So if we go to the book "Sahih Al-Bukhari" we will find that the prophet ( ) is quoted in a number of his Hadeeth teaching us the above concept. For example: The verses of Al-Anaam(6):82 says: "Those who believed and did not clothe their belief in injustice, for them shall be security and they are [rightly] guided," The Prophet's Companion Abdullah [ ] narrated that when the Companions first heard this verse they began to fear for themselves (since none of them were perfect humans) and they asked the Prophet (' ) Who among us has not been unjust against himself?" The Prophet ( ) replied "It is not as you think. Do you not read: 'Verily, joining partners in worship with Allah is a great injustice indeed!' (Lukman31:13)? From these verses we see that the greatest injustice is associating partners with God in worship, since it attempts to refuse God His foremost right and results in severe retribution from Him. However, the God of Islam as not only Just, however He also excels in mercy such that not only does He forgive all regular sins at His discretion even if the person did not repent before death, however, He even forgives the most major sins if the stated condition of "repenting and seeking God's forgiveness before death" is fulfilled. This is all verified in the Hadeeth of the prophet ( ) many times, for example: 1) Jabir narrated [ ] in Sahih Muslim: "A man came to the prophet ( ) and asked, what are the 'mujibatan'(two compulsaries)?. The prophet replied: 'He who dies not associating partners with Allah shall enter Heaven and he who dies associating partners with Allah shall enter Hellfire'" 2) Jabir [ ] also narrated: "I heard the prophet ( ) saying: 'He who meets Allah not associating partners with Him shall enter heaven and he who meets Him associating partners with Him shall enter Hellfire.'" 3) The scholar of the Qur'an and Companion of the prophet Abdullah ibn Masoor [] said: "The Prophet ( ) said: 'He who dies while associating partners with Allah shall enter Hellfire' and I say, He who dies not associating partners with Allah shall enter Heaven." Narrated by Al-Bukhari. Anas ibn Malik [] narrated in Mishkat Al-Masabih[ ] the following: "Allah's Messenger ( ) stated that Allah said, "O Son of Adam, as long as you supplicate to Me and have hope in me I will pardon you in spite of what you have done, and I do not care. O Son of Adam, if your sins were so numerous as to reach the lofty regions of the sky, then you asked My forgiveness, I would forgive you, and I do not care. O Son of Adam, if you were to meet Me with enough sins to fill the earth, then met Me, not associating anything with Me (in worship), I shall greet you with its equivalent in forgiveness.'" Narrated

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by Al-Tirmidhi. And Ahmad and Al-Darimi [ ] transmitted it from AbuTharr [ .] O my Learned Christian readers and Mr. Know-it-all, do you really want shirk of Saul of Tarsus in your lives? Would you take man-made lies instead of truth in your lives? do you have any sense of reason? Do they have any thinking-heads? Does God stop you from thinking reasonably? Or would you like to regret in the hereafter. They will say, "If only we had really listened and used our intellect, we would not have been Companions of the Blaze." (Noble Quran, Surat al-Mulk: 10) or would the followers of St. Paul like to regret! O Mr. Know-it-all ! Respond to your Lord before a Day comes from Allah [,] which cannot be turned back. On that Day you will have no hiding-place and no means of denial. (Noble Quran, Surat ash-Shura: 47) I invite you, O my Christian readers, to use your intellect and be a true believer, a truthful submitter to your God Allah [ .] May Allah [ ] bestow upon you his mercy and help you understand the fallacies of the Christian Pauline religion of Saul of Tarus...Ameen, ya Rabbiziljalaal. Allah [ ] makes it very evident for you "W e shall show them Our signs on the horizons and within themselves until it will become clear to them that it is the Truth. Does it not suffice that your Lord is Witness over all things?" The noble Qur'an, Fussilat (41):53. "Verily! this Qur'an guides to that which is most upright, and gives glad tidings to the believers who work deeds of righteousness that theirs will be a great reward" The noble Qur'an, Al-Isra (17):9 Sadakhallah alazeem. Color codes in this document: Red italics are the words of the present day bible KJV / RSV. Blue italics are the Holy verses of Quran Al-Kareem, Translations by Yousuf Ali / M. Pickthal. Normal blacks are my words, bolded emphases are added from my side. In this paper I am referring the name of the Author of the Anti-Muslim web sites as Mr. Know-it-all for the sole purpose of ease of my readers understanding.

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The Sword of Intellect

By: Mohammed Fareeduddin Siddique

[Is shirk a forgivable crime?]

[Is shirk a forgivable crime?]

[Is shirk a forgivable crime?]

[Is shirk a forgivable crime?]

[Is shirk a forgivable crime?]

[Is shirk a forgivable crime?]

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