Şu da emredildi: Yüzünü dine bir Hanif olarak çevir. Sakın müşriklerden olma.
Yunus Suresi 105
Ben bir Hanif olarak yüzümü gökleri ve yeri yaratana döndürdüm. Müşriklerden değilim ben.
Enam Suresi 79
İbrahim ne bir Yahudi idi, ne de bir Hıristiyan. O sadece hanif bir müslümandı. O müşriklerden değildi.
Ali İmran Suresi 67
Şu da kuşkusuz ki, İbrahim başlıbaşına bir ümmetti; bir Hanif olarak Allah'ın önünde eğiliyordu. Müşriklerden değildi.
Nahl Suresi 123
De ki Allah doğrusunu söylemiştir / vaadinde sadıktır.Haydi artık Hanif olarak İbrahim'in Milleti'ne uyun! Müşriklerden değildi o.
Ali İmran Suresi 95
Allah'a ortak koşmadan, Hanifler olarak... Allah'a ortak koşan kişi, gökten düşmüş de kendisini kuşlar kapışıyor veya rüzgar onu uzak bir yere fırlatıp atıyor gibidir.
Before proceeding any further, we must draw the attention of the reader
to the fact that the word ‘religion’ as used in this book refers mainly
to Islam, although it may now and then assume its general meaning in
the course of our narrative.
Religious arguments are on the everyday agenda of the media and
form an object of heated debate among the public in general. How are we
to arbitrate between such controversial questions? What makes such
divergences? How is it that every one of these arguments claims to be
the truth by their defenders? How are we to differentiate between
truths and untruths?
The aim of the present book is to provide answers to these
questions and dispel all ambiguities. The essential topic of discussion
may be initiated by the question ‘What is the origin of Islam?’ The
answer to this crucial question would be conducive to the clarification
of problematic issues. We shall witness, in the coming pages, the fact
that the divergent opinions originate from different answers given to
this basic question. To start a discussion without attempting first to
answer this question and without assessing every one of the issues
within their respective frames, would lead us inevitably to endless
controversies and dilemmas.
Our answer to the said question will clarify the steps we shall be
taking. Those who start an argument without having dealt first with it
proceed in a haphazard fashion. Their arguments are based on a variety
of sources: some have their origin in the Quran, some in a hadith, some
in their own lore, some in a religious sect of Islam, and some in an
order of Islam. People who tackle the subject without any method try to
impose their own ideas, wishes and obsessions in the name of Islam.
Their claims, devoid of sound logic and method, seem puzzling to us, as
we are at a loss to understand their reasoning. To provide an answer to
the question: “What is the source of the Islamic religion?” is of
utmost importance and rewarding insight into it.
Islam is a system devised by God. To know God’s expectations from
His creatures, His commandments and injunctions would guide us to the
answer we are after. Is the Quran the only source of Islam? Can hadiths
(words attributed to Muhammad) contribute to the interpretation of the
Quran? What is the authority of madhabs (religious sects) in Islam? How
are we to conceive religious orders and the sheikhs, their chiefs, in
terms of the established religion? You will find answers to all these
questions. You will see how the answers traditionally given to these
questions have played a role in misleading the masses.
After having read the present book, we would advise you to ask
those who speak authoritatively in the name of Islam what the origin of
their overall conceptions is, and to check the answers to be given to
see whether there are discrepancies in them. If we can do this, we can
easily see their paradoxes.
We must beware of people who speak about religion haphazardly, and
whose lifestyles are at odds with the views they advocate. Observers of
the ways of these people may be at a loss to understand the ground upon
which their religious creeds are based. These people who profess to be
the advocates of Islam should, in principle, lead a life like the way
of life advocated by the Talibans; but they are far from willing to do
so. There is a deep chasm between the lifestyle of these people and the
ideas they champion. These people form not a minority, but a majority
of the Islamic population. What must be done should not be directed at
opening still wider the rift between their systems (theories/methods)
and their actual lifestyles in the hope to better themselves. What must
be done is to lay the foundation to which we refer, by such expressions
as method or theory and to reduce to a minimum the clashes between
faith and lifestyle. Only by developing an overall concept of Islam
through a well-founded and coherent system that does not sever a
person’s lifestyle from this concept can one attain a rational, logical
and correct conclusion. The path leading to this achievement would be
the correct answer. “What is the source of the Islamic religion?” On
this conclusion shall be based a Muslim’s lifestyle and practice. This
is the only way to guard against unwarranted interferences of arbitrary
deductions and malicious interpretations. Our method aims at separating
the true source of the Islamic religion emanating from God from the
false arguments of humans. It is our fervent belief that the
meticulousness in our approach will put an end to all misconceptions
regarding the true source of Islamic religion.
THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN REASON AND TRADITION
Prophets
over the ages have challenged the established traditions and contested
what they believed to be irreconcilable with Providence. It is
explicitly stated in the Quran that the prophets always warned their
public against traditions and false beliefs, manifestly at variance
with God’s religion, appealing to their intelligence and cogent
reasoning. Those adamant in their convictions based on ingrained
prejudices inherited from their ancestors were determined not to change
their opinions and were resolute not to break with tradition.
Throughout history, traditionalism has proven to be the greatest enemy
of the call of the Prophet, who urged his community to make use of
their intelligence, in an effort to make them amenable to reason. The
perpetuation of the established system inherited from our forefathers
and the emulation of their ways have always seemed attractive and
preferable to rationalization. Traditionalism and conservatism have
always clashed with reason. It is odd that religiosity is equated today
with conservatism and traditionalism. According to the Quran, man must
be governed by reason. He must not be guided by traditions and
preconceived ideas not sanctioned by unbiased evidence. We suggest that
our readers who prefer to stick to the system of their ancestors
consult the following verses of the Quran: 31 Luqmaan, 21; 14 Abraham,
10; 11 Hud, /62 and 109; 5 The Feast, 104; 7 Purgatory, 28.
21 – What! Have We given them a book before this to which they are holding fast?
22 – Instead, they say: “We found our fathers following a certain way, and we do guide ourselves by their footsteps.”
23 – Just in the same way, whenever we sent an envoy before you to
a settlement, the leaders among them said: “We found our fathers
following a certain way, and we will certainly follow in their
footsteps.”
24 – He said: “Even if I brought you better guidance than that
which you found your fathers following?” They said: “We are
disbelievers in the message you brought.” 43 Vanity, 21- 24
It is made clear in the Quran that compliance with the established
creeds of a society or of the majority of a population does not guide a
Muslim toward the ultimate truth. (see Chapter 33). Today, we see that
communities of people have transformed the Islamic religion into the
observance of a set of traditions mostly based on hearsay and blindly
accepted without questioning them. Verse 21 of Sura Vanity states that
ideas put forth in the name of Islam not based on the Quran are wrongly
inferred set of opinions. The following verses point to the fact that
what has been inherited from our forefathers has taken precedence over
God’s book.
36 - Do not follow that of which you have no knowledge. Verify the ear, the eye, the heart; each will be questioned. 17 The Children of Israel, 36
18 - Those who listen to the word, and follow the best in it:
those are the ones whom God has guided, and those are the ones of
wisdom. 39 The Throngs, 18
Opinions expressed in the name of religion must therefore be
evaluated in the light of these Quranic verses. We must examine their
origin and the way they have imposed themselves throughout centuries.
In the second part of our book, we shall be dwelling on the fact that
the sole source of Islam is the Quran. We shall advise our readers to
consult the Quran for a sound and complete coverage of Islam. Then we
shall tackle the issue of the hadiths, claimed to be the sayings of the
Prophet; sayings in which truth and untruth are inextricably
intermingled and are manifestly in conflict with the dictates of the
Quran. To say that the hadiths should not be taken as a basis for the
Islamic religion is to safeguard the Prophet against slanders, rather
than to behave disrespectfully toward him. While studying this
question, we suggest that you revise your opinions, taking into
consideration Verse 36 of Sura The Children of Israel and bear in mind
the statements of Verse 18 of Sura The Throngs in order to attain the
truth and re-examine your preconceived ideas and the traditional
practices you are indulging in as well as the heritage of your
forefathers within the framework of Verses 21, 22, 23, 24 of Sura
Vanity, so that you may found your religion not on traditions but on
clear evidences of the Quran, God’s will.
22 - The worst of creatures in the sight of God are the deaf and the dumb who understand not. 8 The Spoils of Water, 22
100 - And He casts uncleanness on those who will not understand. 10 Jonah, 100
The path to God is the path of intelligence and conscience. The
worst creature in God’s sight is he who is deaf to reality and
unwilling to use his intelligence. These people do not use their
brains, a gift of God granted to man in order to differentiate him from
other creatures, and are blind to His clear evidences. They have no
need for intelligence as they cling to their lords, their forefathers,
the established traditions and public opinion. Those who have failed to
get the message of the Quran have tried to manipulate it into a system
of intractable postulations mixed with dogmas and superstitions. This
has caused an infinite number of people to repudiate religion or to
turn them into atheists. Therefore, it is very important to
differentiate Islam decreed by the Quran from the traditionally
inherited religious practices rendered distressing and irrational. This
will relieve Islam from unnecessary burdens, interpolations and
omissions. The great masses who had turned a cold shoulder to the Quran
and Islam will thus be won back.
10 - We have sent down to you a book which has a reminder for you. Will you not then understand? 21 The Prophets, 10
This was the mentality that had delayed for 278 years the use of
the printing press invented in the 1450s and led the ulema (professors
of theology) to issue a decree for the decapitation of the Sultan’s
sons, a capital sin according to the Quran. This was the mentality
behind the practices of the primitive and savage Talibans in
Afghanistan and of the austere and unyielding Shiites in Iran, who
deemed unsatisfactory what the Quran announced. This mental outlook
ended by turning the imams, the mullahs and the sheikhs and their
spurious statements into the wellsprings of religion, inventing
grotesque hybrid systems superseding God’s Word. The pronouncements of
these people having been styled the authority, and declared apostate
the dissenters and excommunicated them (see Chapter 32).
The aim of this book is to assert
once and for all the fact that the Quran has the exclusivity of Islam,
and that, unless explicitly announced in it, no one, no sect, no sheikh
or authority is allowed to remove anything from it or to make any
additions to it. The purpose of religion is man. To mislead a man by
arousing antagonism between him and life, and generating discord
between him and his self is doomed to end in a disaster. Islam is, in
its essence, free from all contradictions, whereas the pseudo-religion
is a den of inconsistencies, illogicalities and sources of misery. It
is inconceivable that the religion that God has revealed to be in
perfect accord with human nature would include contradictions.
30 - Therefore, you shall devote yourselves to the religion
of strict monotheism; God’s handiwork according to the pattern on which
He created mankind. Such creation of God will never change. This is the
perfect religion, but most people do not know. 30 The Romans, 30
The only lawgiver is God as far as religion is concerned. God, as
the only authority, has addressed humanity through the Quran, an
explicit book free from all contradictions; a book that comprises all
His messages. To acknowledge the truth of these facts is tantamount to
recognizing Islam given in the Quran as the word of the Almighty, the
only Lawgiver. This acknowledgement entails the revocation of all
unsubstantiated powers of those styled ‘authorities’ and the
affirmation of the fact that God is the One and Only Authority and has
no equal. The Prophet, the messenger of God, has not declared any
source other than the Quran; nor has he dictated any doctrine in the
name of Islam. If a statement or commentary supposed to have been given
by the Prophet proves to clash with an announcement in the Quran, if
anything is added or omitted from the text of the Quran, this would
belie both Islam and the Prophet. In the coming chapters, we shall take
a closer look into the Arabian, Omayyad, and Abbasid traditions and
customs, into the contrived explanatory notes, interpolated
idiosyncratic remarks and the mentality that incorporated into Islam
many sham practices. We shall be warned against equating the so-called
established religion with the Quran and find out the reasons why the
points alleged or believed to be part of the religion are in fact
outside its scope and devoid of all validity. In brief, by heading for
the source, we shall be better acquainted with Islam, and, in a sense,
we shall restructure it.
We
shall be wary of propounding our personal viewpoint, as we shall
exclusively confine ourselves to the Quran. We are well aware that we
shall be faced with the expostulations of traditionalists. We shall be
accused of Zionism or be excommunicated as Freemasons, as has been the
case in the past. This is the usual self-deception method of the
traditionalist fundamentalists who justify their backwardness by laying
the blame on extraneous agents. We hereby declare that we are neither
Zionists nor Freemasons. We are mere researchers and advise you to read
the present book with a critical eye. The Quran is the Book of God, the
true and unique source of religion. Our own opinions should be
considered correct so long as they conform to the text of the Quran.
This study aims at breaking the shackles that traditions, plurality,
apism and superstitions have put on human intelligence.
We shall be gratified if this book would be a modest contribution to a better understanding of Islam according to the Quran.
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