Well some of the selected chapters were hard to read and understand and they brought the aspect of deep thinking to understand them. For example the Star; you have to take your time and read it and break it down and almost interrupt it in your own words so you could unstand fulley. i would have to say it was my favorite simple because it was easier to read to me but it was easiest to get something out of it. the poetic style was different its not like a poem with rhymes but a poem with story with a sense of faith behind it. (honsetly just as hard at it was to create a question its just as hard to write an answer)
The last section of reading dealt with "those who reject the faith." The section seems to regard other faiths with tolerance and respect. Tolerance for other people's beliefs has been in short supply until recently in history. Does this doctrine have much significance to islamic history or is it just a throw away passage of ancient text. How does this stated dotrince of tolerance relate to your own personal beliefs or your religion and is it possible believe in a particular dotrine and be truely tolerant of other dotrines?
The selections from the Qu'ran were hard to understand, so I am not sure which my favorite was because I was not sure what they all meant. I enjoyed how beautiful "The Overturning" was written but could not fully understand it and its underlying meaning. Another one that I enjoyed reading was "The Quaking." I like how most of the Suras such as this one use metaphors and personification. In this one the earth is personified and portrayed as a "she". In the verse it explains about how she shakes. I interpreted this as a earthquake or some other natural disaster ("caused by God/Allah"). The quake/shake will determine the faith of the "good" people surviving and the "evil" people dying.
The SURA entitled “those who reject the faith” appears to urge the Islamic people to display religious tolerance. The passage, more or less, tells a Muslim to understand and respect religious views of others in hope they will also receive the respect shown. I do not believe this doctrine even relates to recent Islamic history. I think much of the Islamic world complies with this Sura. The passage makes a request for equal religious tolerance, but violence seen by Islamic radicals is an attack on western imperialism and not religion. I think this is a wonderful idea. It is manipulative! It is tolerant but could act as an excuse for a Muslim’s lack of tolerance. The problem with this is that people are often persecuted for personal beliefs and Muhammad (who had been persecuted and definitely knew this) does not comment on the “persecutors o the faith” in this section. Muhammad only gives amnesty to the rejecters never the attackers of the faith. The beauty of disagreeing with someone’s views is being able to argue about them. I think Muhammad understood the knowledge gained from others views was a good thing but only if no attempt was made to change the Islamic way of life.
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(It was kinda hard to come up with questions for this reading,but here is goes)
What did you think of the selected chapters of the Qur'an? Which one was your favorite and why? What did you think of the poetic writing style?
Well some of the selected chapters were hard to read and understand and they brought the aspect of deep thinking to understand them. For example the Star; you have to take your time and read it and break it down and almost interrupt it in your own words so you could unstand fulley. i would have to say it was my favorite simple because it was easier to read to me but it was easiest to get something out of it. the poetic style was different its not like a poem with rhymes but a poem with story with a sense of faith behind it. (honsetly just as hard at it was to create a question its just as hard to write an answer)
The last section of reading dealt with "those who reject the faith." The section seems to regard other faiths with tolerance and respect. Tolerance for other people's beliefs has been in short supply until recently in history. Does this doctrine have much significance to islamic history or is it just a throw away passage of ancient text. How does this stated dotrince of tolerance relate to your own personal beliefs or your religion and is it possible believe in a particular dotrine and be truely tolerant of other dotrines?
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The selections from the Qu'ran were hard to understand, so I am not sure which my favorite was because I was not sure what they all meant. I enjoyed how beautiful "The Overturning" was written but could not fully understand it and its underlying meaning. Another one that I enjoyed reading was "The Quaking." I like how most of the Suras such as this one use metaphors and personification. In this one the earth is personified and portrayed as a "she". In the verse it explains about how she shakes. I interpreted this as a earthquake or some other natural disaster ("caused by God/Allah"). The quake/shake will determine the faith of the "good" people surviving and the "evil" people dying.
The SURA entitled “those who reject the faith” appears to urge the Islamic people to display religious tolerance. The passage, more or less, tells a Muslim to understand and respect religious views of others in hope they will also receive the respect shown. I do not believe this doctrine even relates to recent Islamic history. I think much of the Islamic world complies with this Sura. The passage makes a request for equal religious tolerance, but violence seen by Islamic radicals is an attack on western imperialism and not religion.
I think this is a wonderful idea. It is manipulative! It is tolerant but could act as an excuse for a Muslim’s lack of tolerance. The problem with this is that people are often persecuted for personal beliefs and Muhammad (who had been persecuted and definitely knew this) does not comment on the “persecutors o the faith” in this section. Muhammad only gives amnesty to the rejecters never the attackers of the faith. The beauty of disagreeing with someone’s views is being able to argue about them. I think Muhammad understood the knowledge gained from others views was a good thing but only if no attempt was made to change the Islamic way of life.
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