Comments on: How Do We Get Closer to Allah?

By: Is the Path to God Filled with Hardships?

Is the Path to God Filled with Hardships? — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 03:55:06 +0000

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By: Kirana

Kirana — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 05:38:35 +0000

Thank you. That the word sacrifice is never mentioned, makes a lot more sense to me. Allah does not need, so why should He want/need His creation to sacrifice for Him (lose something He gave in the first place, for no reward)? Allah is generous and wealthy, so why would He require His slaves to give to Him instead?

However, we do have to have the kind of soul that will return to Him, for our own safety. Restraint and letting go is a kind of practice that He would want us to invest in for the Last Day, therefore this makes sense. It also makes sense to reward successful attempts (thus not a ‘sacrifice’), because then the psyche will remember it so, and it is then even more like a dry run for the Last Day. So, so hard, though.

By: AbdelRahman

AbdelRahman — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:56:31 +0000

Assalamu Alaykom wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh,

Sister Nadia,

Surah Kawsar ayah 2: “so pray to your Lord and ‘inhar'”
the term inhar in Arabic means: “slaughter”.

Jazakillah,

By: AbdelRahman

AbdelRahman — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:54:19 +0000

Assalamu Alaykom wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh,

Akhi Mirza,

BarakAllah feek for your comment. The word Nosok in that verse means the acts of worship that Allah (swt) wants of us to get closer to Him.

النُّسْكُ – نُسْكُ :
النُّسْكُ : كلّ حقٍّ لله تعالى .
و النُّسْكُ الذَّبيحةُ يُتَقَرَّب بها إِلى الله .

In terms of the fiqhi vocab, it usually means ritual, in many cases the animal that is slaughtered for Allah (swt).

In the English translation it is translated as ‘sacrifice’ but that is a very loose translation.

jazakAllah

By: Do We Grow Closer to God through Pain?

Do We Grow Closer to God through Pain? — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 13:01:14 +0000

By: O H

O H — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 01:45:50 +0000

Jazak Allaahu Khair for the depth provided in this matter. By the way the author has clearly stated the usage of sacrifice and Dhabh used in Qur’an

By: nadia

nadia — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:02:24 +0000

What about surah kawser ayah 2, what is the translation for that? Jzk

By: Mirza

Mirza — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:00:29 +0000

The author says, The term ‘sacrifice’ is not even stated once in the Qur’an…..however there is a verse in qur’an where it says, to say verily my prayer my sacrifice, my life and my death are for rabbil aalameen.
we get the authors point (to invest instead of to sacrifice nevertheless.) jazakAllahu khayr.