i disagree with a
non-muslim friend.
In fact most of the religions say that
if you don't obey god
you will go to hell hinduism says that
christianity says that and most of the
religions but i do agree with you
that islam is more strong
allah than the quran is very firm and he
says
that if you do not obey the commandments
if you
associate partners with anyone else
besides him
it is shirk it is the biggest sin you
will go to hellfire islam is more firm
is more staunch i do agree with you let
me give you
an example and ask your question so that
you understand better
if there is a family who's staying in a
tall building
on the 20th floor and if their family
has a son who is about five years old
six years old
he wants to jump from the balcony of the
20th floor where he's staying
and he tells his father i want to be
superman
and he wants to jump there's one father
who says
and tries to explain to us unlogically
you will not be able to fly you are not
a superman
please don't jump the second father
is that same example another father
whose son says he wants to jump from the
20th floor
he says don't jump from the 20th floor
other punish you i will not allow you to
go down to play
you have a third type of a father same
situation
son wants to jump from the 20th floor
wants to fly like a superman
but this father he is more firm he says
you dare even think of jumping i will
slap you
i will tie you and close you in a room
if you think of even jumping and if you
try jumping also
i will lock you up in a room i am asking
the question
a normal child of the age of five and
six
who will listen to more the chances of
him listening to the first father is
more
or chances muslims the second father is
more or chances muslims the third father
but natural the answer is that listening
to the third father
the chances that the son will not jump
from the 20th floor
is in the case of the third father
because the third father
is cruel to be kind he's very firm
i will tie you up i will slap you i will
lock you in the room
the child will get scared you cannot say
no i'll try to explain to him logically
no he may not understand
the second father says okay i will not
allow you to go down to play
so what as long as i fly like a superman
who wants to play
but i will lock you in a room i will
slap you i will tie you up
it will scare the child now
the third father loves this child more
he is willing to go to any extreme
proceed that he doesn't
jump and kill himself similarly
allah almighty god in islam
he is very clear-cut and sure
that if the person does shirk if he
associates partners
with almighty god it is the biggest sin
he will go to hell fire
so he's telling do not have alcohol do
not have pork
do not gamble do not do adultery all
this is beneficial
if you do you will go to hell so in
islam
allah uses three types of strategies
in convincing the human beings number
one is with reason and logic
if you read the quran there are many
verses saying that
will you not then understand this book
is for people of understanding
that means talking to them logically
some people will agree logically
some most of the quran allah says if you
do this i will reward you
i will give you jannah in which rivers
will flow beneath your feet
in which you'll have a lot of fruits to
eat you will have the best of life
giving you rewards sometimes the third
strategy allah uses
if you don't obey me i'll put you in
hell fire
i will punish you so there are three
types of strategies used by allah
almighty god
in quran and in islam to convince the
followers
to follow the straight path whether a
human being follows the straight path or
not it makes no difference for allah it
will not make him greater he is already
the greatest
but if you follow the commandment it
will benefit the human being
if he doesn't have alcohol he'll have
good health if he doesn't gamble
it will save him a lot of trouble you
don't do adultery
it will prevent them from several
diseases
it will let them lead a good happy
family life so all these things what
allah commands in the quran
and in islam what a beloved prophet says
in the sharia
it is benefiting the human being not
almighty god
but almighty god loves this creature
allah in islam is the most loving most
kind
most merciful therefore he wants
his creation the human means to follow
him
that's the reason allah is very firm
also
trying to give you a warning that don't
do all these wrong things
otherwise it will be lost for you and he
even tells them that you get punishment
so this is for the benefit of the human
beings
that's the reason today in the world the
religion that is followed most is
islam in numbers and senses you may have
more number of claiming that christians
may be close to 2.7 billion or a little
bit more
muslims are more than 2 billion in the
world more than 26
but the percentage the number of
human beings following a religion number
one is islam most of the christians
don't follow the religion
the only name say christians so amongst
the human beings
the people that follow maximum the
religion
are the muslims it is the islamic
religion why
because the way allah uses the strategy
of reason and logic
islam is the most logical religion give
the strategy of giving reward
the reward that is mentioned in the
quran about jannah the description of
jannah
is the best as compared to any other
scripture at the same time warning them
you will get punishment you will get
help fire the description of hellfire in
the quran
is the worst as compared to all the
scriptures so the strategy used by allah
is the most logical most rewarding most
punishing
that's the reason the people that follow
the maximum and religion is islam
and according to a survey which was done
in germany just about one year back
the people that are the most satisfied
and the most happy
are the muslims because of this strategy
hope
this answer will convince your friend
and i pray to allah
that may he give hidayah to your friend
and may accept islam
