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  • Essay / The Quran - 942

    There is no doubt whether religion is related to morality or not. Even organized religions have a set of guidelines to help their followers behave in a more godly manner. Christianity as well as Judaism have the Ten Commandments, given to Moses in order to bring order among his unruly people. Buddhism has the four noble truths as well as the eightfold path to guide its followers towards nirvana. However, even though these obligations have been entrusted to each religion and each religion recognizes the fact that these rules have been given by their deity, there are many different interpretations within each religion on exactly how important it is to follow these rules. . For example, some sects of Christianity believe that breaking one of the Ten Commandments is a certain path to hell and that since this person has violated the Lord's law, even Jesus cannot forgive you. And yet another sect within the same Protestant form of Christianity may believe that a person can break the Ten Commandments as often as they wish, provided they have truly accepted the forgiveness of Jesus Christ and his lord in his heart. Consider for a moment that this variation in interpretation occurs even when these rules are not correctly displayed. In this example, both of these sects of Christianity recognize that these Ten Commandments are the primary laws that God has handed down to them. However, even if they agree that they are holy, they cannot agree on their exact importance in achieving salvation. Now consider the Quran. To say that it is difficult to get more than two Muslim scholars to agree on the same set of laws contained in the Quran is an incredible understatement. Given the ambiguity that is often associated with the multiple pages of the Quran...... middle of paper ...... the wording of this verse provides further evidence to suggest that these rules are only guidelines . The verse clearly says that by following the rules of the Quran, a believer can find grace, and to find grace is simply to be gracious in the eyes of one's peers and to be well respected. In this sense, the verse suggests that these rules simply describe how Muslims should do their best to appear holy and pious to non-Muslims, thereby bringing respect and dignity to their faith. Additionally, the absence of the word salvation in the latter part of the verse also suggests that a believer cannot follow these rules of the Book while seeing his Lord. Indeed, the mention of evil suggests that you will meet Allah and He will judge you, but in the end, as long as you have full trust in Allah and the Prophet Muhammad, then you will have access to paradise..