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Single Idea 6814
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
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Full Idea
The sinners will say 'we never prayed or fed the hungry. We engaged in vain disputes and denied the Day of Reckoning'. Indeed, each one of them demands a scripture of his own to be unrolled before him.
Gist of Idea
Instead of prayer and charity, sinners pursue vain disputes and want their own personal scripture
Source
Mohammed (The Koran [c.622], Ch.74)
Book Ref
Mohammed: 'The Koran', ed/tr. Dawood,N.J. [Penguin 1968], p.56
A Reaction
The implication seems to be that most disputes are 'vain'. The charge that everyone wants a 'scripture of his own' is a nice challenge to the world of liberal education, where we are all enjoined to pursue our personalised routes to our own truth.
The
23 ideas
from Mohammed
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6829
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There shall be no compulsion in religion
[Mohammed]
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6834
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Unbelievers try to interpret the ambiguous parts of the Koran, simply to create dissension
[Mohammed]
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6831
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He that kills a believer by design shall burn in Hell for ever
[Mohammed]
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6830
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Unbelievers will have their skin repeatedly burned off in hell
[Mohammed]
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6833
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Punish theft in men or women by cutting off their hands
[Mohammed]
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6832
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Killing a human, except as just punishment, is like killing all mankind
[Mohammed]
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6828
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You may break off a treaty if you fear treachery from your ally
[Mohammed]
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6827
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Make war on the unbelievers until Allah's religion reigns supreme
[Mohammed]
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6818
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Allah cannot have begotten a son, as He is self-sufficient
[Mohammed]
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6816
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The unbelievers shall drink boiling water
[Mohammed]
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6817
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The Koran is certainly composed by Allah; no one could compose a chapter like it
[Mohammed]
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6825
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Do not kill except for a just cause
[Mohammed]
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6819
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True believers see that Allah made the night for rest and the day to give light
[Mohammed]
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6824
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Do not split into sects, exulting in separate beliefs
[Mohammed]
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6826
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Allah rewards those who are devout, sincere, patient, humble, charitable, chaste, and who fast
[Mohammed]
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6823
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Repay evil with good and your enemies will become friends (though this is hard)
[Mohammed]
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6822
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Those who avenge themselves when wronged incur no guilt
[Mohammed]
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6821
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I created mankind that it might worship Me
[Mohammed]
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6820
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The righteous shall dwell on couches in gardens, wedded to dark-eyed houris
[Mohammed]
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6812
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Heaven will be reclining on couches, eating fruit, attended by virgins
[Mohammed]
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6815
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Be patient with unbelievers, and leave them to the judgement of Allah
[Mohammed]
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6814
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Instead of prayer and charity, sinners pursue vain disputes and want their own personal scripture
[Mohammed]
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6811
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Allah is lord of creation, compassionate, merciful, king of judgement-day
[Mohammed]
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