Two cultures: Islam and the West
MUHAMMAD has left a great spiritual legacy, which has overshadowed the world and give direction to world culture during the several centuries ago. He will continue to do so until God perfected the light to the world. Heritage that has given a major influence on the past, and will thus, even more so in the future, is because he has brought the true religion and culture laid the foundation only one who will ensure the happiness of this world. Religion and culture have brought Muhammad to mankind through divine revelation, it has been so cohesive that can no longer be separated.
If any Islamic culture is based on scientific methods and capability ratio, - and in this case the same as the grip of Western culture our own time, and if Islam was a religion of holding on to a subjective thought and the metaphysics of thought but the relationship between provisions of religion on the basis of the culture intimately. Because is because the metaphysical way of thinking and feeling are subjective on the one hand, with the rules of logic and science skills on the other by Muslims are united by one bond, which would not want it to look up to can be found, to then remain a person Islam with strong faith as well. From this aspect of Islamic culture quite different from Western culture that now rule the world, also in delineating the basic life and different foundations. The second difference is culture, between the one with the other very real principles, which to base causing it to one another both opposite each other.
Conflicts of church and state
The emergence of this conflict is due to historical reasons, as we have seen in the foreword and preface second printing of this book. Conflicts in the West between religion and power temporal1 power as a nation that embraces the Christian religion or the language is now between church and state causes the two will be separated, and the power of the state shall be enforced to not recognize the authority of the church. The existence of conflicts of power, there is also its influence in Western thought as a whole. The first result of the influence it is the stratification of human feeling to hear the human mind, between metaphysical thinking with the provisions of positive knowledge (knowledge of reality) that are based on a review materialisma. Victory materialisma mind this enormous influence on the birth of an economic system that has become the main foundation of Western culture.
Basic economic system of Western culture
As a result, in the West has also arise streams that would make everything on earth is subject to the life of the world economy. So also not a few people now want to put the history of mankind in terms of religion, art, f1lsafat, ways of thinking and knowledge - in all its highs and lows of the various nations - the size of the economy. The mind is not confined to history and writing, even some strands of Western philosophy has also made the patterns of conduct on the basis of expediency this material solely. It was such flows are already so high in his thinking with creative, very big, but developments in the West thought it had been restricting the limits of the material benefits that collectively created by the patterns of conduct as a whole. And in terms of scientific discussion that is already a very urgent necessity.
Instead of spiritual issues, spiritual issues, in the view of Western culture is simply a personal problem, people do not need to pay attention to it together. Therefore let these trust issues freely in the West is a very exalted thing, beyond freedom in the matter of ethics. It was so much a matter of freedom of conduct they glorify it for the economic freedom that has been totally bound by the law. This law will be carried out by soldiers or by country with all the strength that exists.
The story of Western culture look for the happiness of mankind
Culture is about to make life as an essentially economic, and patterns of conduct are based also on the economic life did not consider it important that the meaning of trust in public life, in exploring ways to achieve happiness of mankind as it citakannya ideally, in my opinion would not achieve the goal. Even the response to live this way it is fitting when will plunge humanity into the suffering severe as experienced in recent centuries. It should also, if all the minds in an attempt to prevent war and pursue world peace does not bring much meaning and the results are meager. During my relationship with you is essentially a piece of bread that I eat or you eat, we fight, compete and fight for it, each contention on the basis of animal power, it will always be waiting for each of us a good opportunity to acquire a piece of cunning bread is in the hands of his friend. Each of us from one another will always see that friend as an opponent, not as a brother. Basis of conduct that is hidden in us this will always be animal, even if still remains hidden until the time he will arise. The always will be a basic grip of conduct is the only advantage. While a high sense of humanity, the principles of praiseworthy morals, altruisma, love and brotherhood will fall slip, and almost-harnpir been unable to hold anymore.
What happens in the world today is the most tangible evidence of what I mentioned it. Competition and conflict is the first symptom of the economic system, and it was also the first symptom in Western culture, both in understanding the individualistic, as well as socialistic as it is. In individualisma understand, workers compete with workers, owners of capital by capital owners. Workers with the owners of capital are two competing opponents. The proponents of this understanding of competition and believes that this conflict will bring goodness and progress to mankind. According to them this is an incentive to work more diligently and stimulants for the division of labor, and would be a fair balance in sharing the wealth.
Conversely understand sosialisma who argue that class struggle must be quits with the power in the hands of the workers, is one of natural necessity. During the competition and the struggle of the property made it a staple of life, during the inter-class conflict is natural, then the inter-nation conflict is also reasonable, with the same purpose as the class struggle. From this conception of nationalism is, by itself, give a decisive influence on the economic system. If the struggle of nations for control of wealth is natural, if the occupation for the fair also, how can war be prevented and peace in the world can be guaranteed? At the end of the 20th century we have been able to witness - and still we can see - the existence of evidence, that peace on earth with the basic culture as such only in dreams alone can be exercised, only in the ideals that have a co-wife sweet , but in reality nothing more than a mirage that nonsense.
Basic Islamic culture
Islamic culture was born on the grounds that contrary to the basic Western culture. He was born on a spiritual basis to invite mankind to the very first to recognize its relationship with nature and its place in nature is the best way possible. If this realization is already up to the limits of faith, the faith it took her so that she remained continuously educate and train yourself, clean up his heart always, fills the heart and mind with the principles of a more noble - the principles of dignity, brotherhood, love love, kindness and devotion. On the basis of these principles should make human economic life. Gradual way so this is the basis of Islamic culture, such as the revelation which was revealed to Muhammad, the first spiritual culture, and spiritual system here is in the basic education system and the basic patterns of conduct (morals). And these ethical principles is the basis of its economic system. Certainly can not be justified in any way compromising the principles of conduct for the benefit of the economic system earlier.
The response of Islamic culture in my opinion so this is an appropriate response to human nature, which will ensure happiness for him. If this is embedded in our soul and life like in Western culture that there is also the course, shades of humanity that undoubtedly will change, these principles have been the grip of people will collapse, and instead will arise the principles of a more noble, who will be able to treat our current world crisis in accordance with the guidance that is more brilliant.
Now people in the West and East tried going to overcome this crisis, without them knowing it - and the Muslims who did not also realize - that Islam can guarantee the deal. People in the West today are looking for a new spiritual grip, which will be able menanting paganisma them from being plunged them, and because the emergence of their suffering, the disease that plunged them into the cauldron of war among them, is mammonisma - worship to the property. Western people looking for a new grip it in several courses in India and the Far East, although it will be able to get them not far from them, will they find that existing provisions in the Qu'ran, is portrayed with exquisite with the most exemplary either given by the Prophet to mankind during his lifetime.
I do not mean going to describe the culture of Islam with all its provisions it here. Painting thus requires an in-depth discussion, which will require a place for this book or even greater. However - after a spiritual foundation that became the foundation that I alluded to many times as needed - painting the culture here I want to conclude, if thus the teachings of Islam in its entirety can be described and the depiction of me, I will explore the way to a deeper discussion . And before moving in that direction would be a good idea also I give just a hint, that in fact in the history of Islam there was no contradiction between religious power (theokrasi) with temporal power, ie, between church and state. This can save Islam from the conflict that has left Western in thought and in the course of its history.
In Islam there is no contradiction with the state religion
Islam can be saved from the opposition and all the influence it, why is because Islam does not know what the name of the church or religious authority as known by the Christian religion. Yet there are people among Muslims - even though he is a caliphate - which would require something to those commands, the name of religion, and will accuse himself able to give forgiveness to anyone who violates the order. Also there is no among Muslims - even though he is a caliphate - which would require something to people other than those already determined by God in the Quran. Even all of Islam orarg equal before God. Which one is more noble than others, but depending on the takwanya - to the office. A ruler can not demand loyalty of a Muslim if he himself committed sin and violates God penntah. Or in the words of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq to the Muslims in his inaugural address as the Caliph "Obey me as long as I obey the (command) of Allah and His Messenger. But if I violate the (command) of Allah and the Messenger then gugurkanlah your loyalty to me."
Despite the government in Islam after that then held by a tyrannical king, in spite of ever arise among Muslim civil war, but the Muslims still hold on to great personal freedom, which is determined by religion, the freedom to put the reason as the benchmark in every respect , even used as a benchmark in the religion and faith though. This freedom they still hold even until the arrival time rulers were Muslims who accuse themselves as a substitute for God on this earth - no longer as a substitute for the Prophet. Yet all the problems Muslims have their power merely, as to the matters of life and death.
As evidence such as what happened at the time of Ma'mun, when people disagree about the Qur'an: being or not being - which was created or not created! A lot of people who oppose the opinion of the Caliph at that time, but they know from what they would receive if dare oppose it.
In any case akallah benchmark in Islam
In any case by the Islamic mind had been used as a benchmark. Also in terms of religion and faith he used as a benchmark. In the word of God:
"The parable of those who do not believe is like (shepherds) who chanted (flocks) are not heard in addition to voice calls and calls only. They are deaf, dumb and blind, because they do not use common mind." (Qur'an, 2: 171)
By Shaykh Muhammad Abduh interpreted, saying: "This verse clearly states, that imitation (take it for granted) without consideration of mind or a guide is built people will not believe. People can not believe that religion is not realized with minds, not knows his own until he can be sure. If people grew up with the ordinary takes for granted without realizing it with a sense of his mind, then in doing an act, although a good deed, without knowing it is true, he is not a believer. With faith is not meant to be humble-humble person ourselves to do good as a despicable animal, but that meant so that people can improve the intellect of his mind, to improve themselves with science, so that doing the good that he really knew, that kindness is indeed useful, acceptable to God. In leaving the crime was also true she understands the dangers and how far the crime would bring a result. "
This is what Shaykh Muhammad Abduh in interpreting this verse, which in the Quran, in addition to the verse also has many other verses that explicitly mentioned. Qur'an wants mankind to ponder the universe, in order to learn the news about it, later to muse so it will deliver to the awareness of the existence of God, the oneness, as in the word of God:
"Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth, in turn night and day, the ark that sailed the seas to bring what is useful for mankind, and what Allah has sent down from heaven in the form of water, then with water dihidupkanNya dry earth that is dead, then disebarkanNya in Earth is all kinds of animals, wind and cloud pengisaran driven from between heaven and earth - are the signs (to be unity and greatness of God) for those who use common mind. " (Qur'an, 2: 164) "
And as a sign for them, is the dead earth dry. We turn it on again and we remove from it the seed which in part can be eaten. There we held palm orchards and palm and grapes and there also we are sending out spring - so they can eat the fruit. All the effort was not their hands. Why are they not grateful. Glorified be He who created all the earth grown in pairs, and in themselves, and all that they know nothing. Also as a sign for them - is the night. We remove the day, so they are in darkness. The sun was circulated under the provisions that have been determined. That's the size of the Almighty and omniscient. Also the moon, already we specify their venues until he returned again as an old Virgin. The sun should not be chasing the moon and the night was not going to go before noon. Each running in its circulation. Also as a sign for them - is a derivative of those who We carried in a ship full of cargo. And for those We created too similar, they can ride. If We willed, We karamkan them. There is no helper for them again, they also can not be saved. Unless by mercy from Us and to give pleasure to live up to in time. "(Qur'an, 36: 33-44.)
Strength of faith
Recommendation to pay attention to nature, dig up all the rules and laws that exist in this world and make it as a guideline that will take us believe in the Creator, has hundreds of times mentioned in various Surah in the Qur'an. All intended to force the human mind, telling people to judge, considering it, so that his faith was based on a mind, and clear conviction. The Qur'an reminds him not simply accept what is on his ancestors, without notice, without further research and the personal conviction of the truth that can accomplish that.
Faith in God
Thus faith is what is recommended by Islam. And this is not a faith which is called "faith granny," but intellectual faith that has convincing, already contemplated again, then think carefully, after that, with musings and thoughts that he will come to the conviction of God Almighty . I think no one would have to contemplate the mind and the heart, which will not come to faith. Each he pondered deeper, think longer and try to master this time and space as well as unity contained in it, the never-ending, with members not limited universe, which is always spinning it - will be felt within him a bit about the members nature, which all goes according to the laws that have been determined and with a purpose known only to the creator. He also will feel confident of his weakness, would knowledge that has not been enough, if only she did not immediately assisted by an awareness of the physical universe, aided by a force beyond the capacity of sensory perception and the brain, which would connect it with the whole of nature, and that will make him realize his own place. And that power is faith.
So that faith is a spiritual feeling, which is felt by humans over her every communication he had with nature and wander into the skinfold-infinity of space and time. All creatures of this nature will incarnate in him. Then he saw it all go according to the law that has been determined, and saw also is worship God the Creator. There was He incarnated in nature, dealing with nature, or stand alone and apart, is still a speculative debate an empty course. It may work, may also be misguided, might be beneficial and may also be detrimental. Besides, this is not also add to our knowledge. How long have the writers and failasuf-failasuf that one another try to want to know the substance of this Creator, but business and their efforts were in vain. And some are admitted, that it is beyond perception. If it's a mind that is not able to achieve this understanding, the lack of ability is even more strengthen our faith. The feeling we are convinced of the existence of Being the Most High, the All-Knowing would be everything and that He is the Supreme Creator, Supreme Planner, everything will return to Him, then such a state would have to convince us, that we would not be able to reach his substance no matter how large our faith in Him it
Likewise, if until now we can not catch what electricity actually was even with our own eyes we see the scar, as well as the ether that we do not know even though it can be determined, that the waves that can inemindahkan sound and image, influence and mark it for us is enough to believe the existence of electricity and the ether. How proud we are, every day we witness the beauty and greatness that created God, if we still do not want to believe before we know the substance. God the Supreme Transcendent far beyond that they describe. The reality in life is that they are trying to describe the substance of God the Most Holy that is those with a perception already helpless to reach a higher level again in describing what is above human life. They want to measure the nature and the Creator of nature according to our measure of the relative and limited at all within the limits of our knowledge only a few. Conversely those who have really reached sciences, will be remembered by their word of God this:
"They ask thee concerning the spirit. Answer: The Spirit including the affairs of God. The knowledge given to you it's just very little." (Qur'an, 17: 85)
Basic faith of Islam
Their hearts are filled with faith in the Creator Spirit and Creator of the universe of this nature, it is not necessary after they plunged themselves into the debate an empty speculative, which would give the result, will not reach a conclusion.
Islam reached with the Islamic faith and without faith by the Qur'an differentiated: "The Arabs badwi said: 'We have faith." Say 'You're not believers, but let us say: we have Islam. " Faith had not yet entered into your hearts. " (Qur'an, 49: 14)
An example of this is that Islam is thus subject to call people because of their will or because of fear, because of admiration or because the cult outside the liver that would think and understand is really going to offer it up to the limits of faith.
That is yet to receive guidance from God to the faith that should be achieved, by way of contemplating nature and know the laws of nature, and that with reflection and knowledge that he will come to the Creator - to be Islamic but because of a desire or because his ancestors had been Islam . Therefore faith has not penetrated into his heart again, even if he was Muslim. Muslim men of this kind have anything to deceive God and deceive people of faith, but in fact they are cheating yourself by not they realize. In their hearts already have the disease. And by God plus their disease. They are religious people without faith, the Islamic only driven by a desire or fear, while his soul remains stunted, his faith remains weak and his heart was willing to surrender to the will of man, surrendered to his orders. In contrast to them, that his faith in God was with the priest who truly, delivered by a sense of mind and the heart of life, by way of contemplating nature, they are the believers. Those who will submit the matter only to God, they are the people who do not know other than surrender to God. With Islam, they did not give any service to the people.
"But in fact God is worthy to you, because you have dibimbingNya to the faith, if ye are truthful." (Qur'an, 49: 17)
So whoever gave himself obedient to God and in the meantime doing good deeds, they should not feel afraid, do not grieve. They are not afraid to face life or abject poverty, because by faith they have been very rich, very honored. That there is honor to God and the believers.
The soul is willing and comforted by his faith, he felt relieved when he tried always wanted to know the secrets and laws of nature, which means it will add to his relationship with God. And step towards this knowledge is to discuss and reflect on the way God created things that exist in this natural scientific manner as recommended by the Qur'an and practiced really well by the Muslims first, as a modern scientific way in the West today. It's just that purpose in Islam and in Western culture is different. In Islam the goal so that humans create God in this natural law into its legal and its own rules, while in the West goal is to seek material gains and what is in nature. In Islam once the first goal is to 'irfan - to know God well, more and more in' irfan or perception (recognition), we also increasingly in our faith in God. This goal is about to reach 'irfan that both in terms of the whole community, not just in terms of personal. The problem of spiritual integrity is not a purely private matter. There was no place for people confine themselves as a separate community. In fact he should be the basis of culture for the global human society - from end to end. Therefore, mankind should try to continue for the sake of integrity (perfection) that spiritual, which means bigger than his observations about the nature of the senses (sensibilia).
Persepsi2 about secret things and the laws of nature are going to achieve that integrity is greater than the perception as a means to achieve power over material objects.
By seeking God's help until the nature
To achieve this spiritual integrity is not enough that we rely only on our own logic, even with the logic that we have paved the way for our hearts and our minds to get to the highest level. This can happen only if people seek help from God, expose yourself to Him with heart and soul. Only we worship Him and only Him we turn for help, to achieve the secrets of nature and laws of this life. This is called relationship with God, grateful for the favors of your Lord, so that we increase the instructions will get what we have achieved, as in the word of God:
"And when My servants ask thee concerning Me, then (say) I'm close. I granted the request of people who beg - if she plead to me. So welcome my call and believe me, just in case they were guided to the straight path." (Qur'an 2: 186)
Prayer
"But seek God's help with the brave, and by running the prayer, and prayer was indeed hard, except for those of humble-to the Lord. The people who realize that they will meet with God and to Him they return." (Qur'an 2: 45-46)
Prayer is a form of communication with God in faith and ask Him for help. Thus what is meant by prayer is not just bowing and prostration alone, reciting verses from the Qu'ran or pronounce Takbir and ta'zim for the greatness of God without souls and hearts filled with faith, with holiness and majesty of God. But what is meant by prayer or worship is the meaning contained in the Takbir, in reading, in bowing, prostration and all the majesty, holiness and faith. So this worship to God is a sincere worship - for the sake of God Light of the heavens and the earth.
"Goodness is not since you expose the face to the east and west, but goodness it is people who already believe in Allah, the Hereafter, angels, the Book and the prophets and issued his beloved possessions to relatives, children -orphans, the poor and displaced people in transit, the people who ask, to let go of slavery, doing prayer and charity remove, then the people who like to fulfill the promise when the promise, the people who brave hearts in the face of suffering and difficulties and in time of war. They are the people who are right and they were the people who can maintain themselves. " (Qur'an, 2: 177)
Those believers who truly believe is that confronts all his heart to God when he was praying, witnessed by a sense of piety to Him, and seek God's help in fulfilling his obligations. He is looking for clues, asking for God taufik in understanding the secrets and laws of this nature.
Those believers who truly believe in Allah and worship center he'll feel it yourself, always will feel, he is a little something to deal with the greatness of Allah the Most Great. If we are in an aircraft above the altitude of a thousand or several thousand meters, we saw mountains, rivers and towns as small phenomena on the earth. We see it plastered on the front of our eyes like tergaris paths on a map and as a horizontal flat surface has no mountains or buildings higher, no canyons, wells or the river is lower, the colors-to-back, interrelated, mixed, the higher you fly the colors are more mixed. The whole earth is nothing more than a small planet. In nature there are thousands of the solar system and planets. All that is nothing more than a small number in the entire existence of this infinity. How small we are, what we are dealing with weak kcadaan Creator and Administrator of this form. Magnitude above the reach of our understanding!
In our confronts us with a whole heart full of sincerity to the greatness of God the Most Holy, we expect Him to help give us strength for this weakness, giving clues in the search for truth - it would be fair if we can see the equality of all human weaknesses, which in dealing with the Lord he can not strengthen ourselves with possessions and wealth, in addition to an unwavering faith and subject only to God, do good and take care of myself.
Equality before God
MUHAMMAD has left a great spiritual legacy, which has overshadowed the world and give direction to world culture during the several centuries ago. He will continue to do so until God perfected the light to the world. Heritage that has given a major influence on the past, and will thus, even more so in the future, is because he has brought the true religion and culture laid the foundation only one who will ensure the happiness of this world. Religion and culture have brought Muhammad to mankind through divine revelation, it has been so cohesive that can no longer be separated.
If any Islamic culture is based on scientific methods and capability ratio, - and in this case the same as the grip of Western culture our own time, and if Islam was a religion of holding on to a subjective thought and the metaphysics of thought but the relationship between provisions of religion on the basis of the culture intimately. Because is because the metaphysical way of thinking and feeling are subjective on the one hand, with the rules of logic and science skills on the other by Muslims are united by one bond, which would not want it to look up to can be found, to then remain a person Islam with strong faith as well. From this aspect of Islamic culture quite different from Western culture that now rule the world, also in delineating the basic life and different foundations. The second difference is culture, between the one with the other very real principles, which to base causing it to one another both opposite each other.
Conflicts of church and state
The emergence of this conflict is due to historical reasons, as we have seen in the foreword and preface second printing of this book. Conflicts in the West between religion and power temporal1 power as a nation that embraces the Christian religion or the language is now between church and state causes the two will be separated, and the power of the state shall be enforced to not recognize the authority of the church. The existence of conflicts of power, there is also its influence in Western thought as a whole. The first result of the influence it is the stratification of human feeling to hear the human mind, between metaphysical thinking with the provisions of positive knowledge (knowledge of reality) that are based on a review materialisma. Victory materialisma mind this enormous influence on the birth of an economic system that has become the main foundation of Western culture.
Basic economic system of Western culture
As a result, in the West has also arise streams that would make everything on earth is subject to the life of the world economy. So also not a few people now want to put the history of mankind in terms of religion, art, f1lsafat, ways of thinking and knowledge - in all its highs and lows of the various nations - the size of the economy. The mind is not confined to history and writing, even some strands of Western philosophy has also made the patterns of conduct on the basis of expediency this material solely. It was such flows are already so high in his thinking with creative, very big, but developments in the West thought it had been restricting the limits of the material benefits that collectively created by the patterns of conduct as a whole. And in terms of scientific discussion that is already a very urgent necessity.
Instead of spiritual issues, spiritual issues, in the view of Western culture is simply a personal problem, people do not need to pay attention to it together. Therefore let these trust issues freely in the West is a very exalted thing, beyond freedom in the matter of ethics. It was so much a matter of freedom of conduct they glorify it for the economic freedom that has been totally bound by the law. This law will be carried out by soldiers or by country with all the strength that exists.
The story of Western culture look for the happiness of mankind
Culture is about to make life as an essentially economic, and patterns of conduct are based also on the economic life did not consider it important that the meaning of trust in public life, in exploring ways to achieve happiness of mankind as it citakannya ideally, in my opinion would not achieve the goal. Even the response to live this way it is fitting when will plunge humanity into the suffering severe as experienced in recent centuries. It should also, if all the minds in an attempt to prevent war and pursue world peace does not bring much meaning and the results are meager. During my relationship with you is essentially a piece of bread that I eat or you eat, we fight, compete and fight for it, each contention on the basis of animal power, it will always be waiting for each of us a good opportunity to acquire a piece of cunning bread is in the hands of his friend. Each of us from one another will always see that friend as an opponent, not as a brother. Basis of conduct that is hidden in us this will always be animal, even if still remains hidden until the time he will arise. The always will be a basic grip of conduct is the only advantage. While a high sense of humanity, the principles of praiseworthy morals, altruisma, love and brotherhood will fall slip, and almost-harnpir been unable to hold anymore.
What happens in the world today is the most tangible evidence of what I mentioned it. Competition and conflict is the first symptom of the economic system, and it was also the first symptom in Western culture, both in understanding the individualistic, as well as socialistic as it is. In individualisma understand, workers compete with workers, owners of capital by capital owners. Workers with the owners of capital are two competing opponents. The proponents of this understanding of competition and believes that this conflict will bring goodness and progress to mankind. According to them this is an incentive to work more diligently and stimulants for the division of labor, and would be a fair balance in sharing the wealth.
Conversely understand sosialisma who argue that class struggle must be quits with the power in the hands of the workers, is one of natural necessity. During the competition and the struggle of the property made it a staple of life, during the inter-class conflict is natural, then the inter-nation conflict is also reasonable, with the same purpose as the class struggle. From this conception of nationalism is, by itself, give a decisive influence on the economic system. If the struggle of nations for control of wealth is natural, if the occupation for the fair also, how can war be prevented and peace in the world can be guaranteed? At the end of the 20th century we have been able to witness - and still we can see - the existence of evidence, that peace on earth with the basic culture as such only in dreams alone can be exercised, only in the ideals that have a co-wife sweet , but in reality nothing more than a mirage that nonsense.
Basic Islamic culture
Islamic culture was born on the grounds that contrary to the basic Western culture. He was born on a spiritual basis to invite mankind to the very first to recognize its relationship with nature and its place in nature is the best way possible. If this realization is already up to the limits of faith, the faith it took her so that she remained continuously educate and train yourself, clean up his heart always, fills the heart and mind with the principles of a more noble - the principles of dignity, brotherhood, love love, kindness and devotion. On the basis of these principles should make human economic life. Gradual way so this is the basis of Islamic culture, such as the revelation which was revealed to Muhammad, the first spiritual culture, and spiritual system here is in the basic education system and the basic patterns of conduct (morals). And these ethical principles is the basis of its economic system. Certainly can not be justified in any way compromising the principles of conduct for the benefit of the economic system earlier.
The response of Islamic culture in my opinion so this is an appropriate response to human nature, which will ensure happiness for him. If this is embedded in our soul and life like in Western culture that there is also the course, shades of humanity that undoubtedly will change, these principles have been the grip of people will collapse, and instead will arise the principles of a more noble, who will be able to treat our current world crisis in accordance with the guidance that is more brilliant.
Now people in the West and East tried going to overcome this crisis, without them knowing it - and the Muslims who did not also realize - that Islam can guarantee the deal. People in the West today are looking for a new spiritual grip, which will be able menanting paganisma them from being plunged them, and because the emergence of their suffering, the disease that plunged them into the cauldron of war among them, is mammonisma - worship to the property. Western people looking for a new grip it in several courses in India and the Far East, although it will be able to get them not far from them, will they find that existing provisions in the Qu'ran, is portrayed with exquisite with the most exemplary either given by the Prophet to mankind during his lifetime.
I do not mean going to describe the culture of Islam with all its provisions it here. Painting thus requires an in-depth discussion, which will require a place for this book or even greater. However - after a spiritual foundation that became the foundation that I alluded to many times as needed - painting the culture here I want to conclude, if thus the teachings of Islam in its entirety can be described and the depiction of me, I will explore the way to a deeper discussion . And before moving in that direction would be a good idea also I give just a hint, that in fact in the history of Islam there was no contradiction between religious power (theokrasi) with temporal power, ie, between church and state. This can save Islam from the conflict that has left Western in thought and in the course of its history.
In Islam there is no contradiction with the state religion
Islam can be saved from the opposition and all the influence it, why is because Islam does not know what the name of the church or religious authority as known by the Christian religion. Yet there are people among Muslims - even though he is a caliphate - which would require something to those commands, the name of religion, and will accuse himself able to give forgiveness to anyone who violates the order. Also there is no among Muslims - even though he is a caliphate - which would require something to people other than those already determined by God in the Quran. Even all of Islam orarg equal before God. Which one is more noble than others, but depending on the takwanya - to the office. A ruler can not demand loyalty of a Muslim if he himself committed sin and violates God penntah. Or in the words of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq to the Muslims in his inaugural address as the Caliph "Obey me as long as I obey the (command) of Allah and His Messenger. But if I violate the (command) of Allah and the Messenger then gugurkanlah your loyalty to me."
Despite the government in Islam after that then held by a tyrannical king, in spite of ever arise among Muslim civil war, but the Muslims still hold on to great personal freedom, which is determined by religion, the freedom to put the reason as the benchmark in every respect , even used as a benchmark in the religion and faith though. This freedom they still hold even until the arrival time rulers were Muslims who accuse themselves as a substitute for God on this earth - no longer as a substitute for the Prophet. Yet all the problems Muslims have their power merely, as to the matters of life and death.
As evidence such as what happened at the time of Ma'mun, when people disagree about the Qur'an: being or not being - which was created or not created! A lot of people who oppose the opinion of the Caliph at that time, but they know from what they would receive if dare oppose it.
In any case akallah benchmark in Islam
In any case by the Islamic mind had been used as a benchmark. Also in terms of religion and faith he used as a benchmark. In the word of God:
"The parable of those who do not believe is like (shepherds) who chanted (flocks) are not heard in addition to voice calls and calls only. They are deaf, dumb and blind, because they do not use common mind." (Qur'an, 2: 171)
By Shaykh Muhammad Abduh interpreted, saying: "This verse clearly states, that imitation (take it for granted) without consideration of mind or a guide is built people will not believe. People can not believe that religion is not realized with minds, not knows his own until he can be sure. If people grew up with the ordinary takes for granted without realizing it with a sense of his mind, then in doing an act, although a good deed, without knowing it is true, he is not a believer. With faith is not meant to be humble-humble person ourselves to do good as a despicable animal, but that meant so that people can improve the intellect of his mind, to improve themselves with science, so that doing the good that he really knew, that kindness is indeed useful, acceptable to God. In leaving the crime was also true she understands the dangers and how far the crime would bring a result. "
This is what Shaykh Muhammad Abduh in interpreting this verse, which in the Quran, in addition to the verse also has many other verses that explicitly mentioned. Qur'an wants mankind to ponder the universe, in order to learn the news about it, later to muse so it will deliver to the awareness of the existence of God, the oneness, as in the word of God:
"Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth, in turn night and day, the ark that sailed the seas to bring what is useful for mankind, and what Allah has sent down from heaven in the form of water, then with water dihidupkanNya dry earth that is dead, then disebarkanNya in Earth is all kinds of animals, wind and cloud pengisaran driven from between heaven and earth - are the signs (to be unity and greatness of God) for those who use common mind. " (Qur'an, 2: 164) "
And as a sign for them, is the dead earth dry. We turn it on again and we remove from it the seed which in part can be eaten. There we held palm orchards and palm and grapes and there also we are sending out spring - so they can eat the fruit. All the effort was not their hands. Why are they not grateful. Glorified be He who created all the earth grown in pairs, and in themselves, and all that they know nothing. Also as a sign for them - is the night. We remove the day, so they are in darkness. The sun was circulated under the provisions that have been determined. That's the size of the Almighty and omniscient. Also the moon, already we specify their venues until he returned again as an old Virgin. The sun should not be chasing the moon and the night was not going to go before noon. Each running in its circulation. Also as a sign for them - is a derivative of those who We carried in a ship full of cargo. And for those We created too similar, they can ride. If We willed, We karamkan them. There is no helper for them again, they also can not be saved. Unless by mercy from Us and to give pleasure to live up to in time. "(Qur'an, 36: 33-44.)
Strength of faith
Recommendation to pay attention to nature, dig up all the rules and laws that exist in this world and make it as a guideline that will take us believe in the Creator, has hundreds of times mentioned in various Surah in the Qur'an. All intended to force the human mind, telling people to judge, considering it, so that his faith was based on a mind, and clear conviction. The Qur'an reminds him not simply accept what is on his ancestors, without notice, without further research and the personal conviction of the truth that can accomplish that.
Faith in God
Thus faith is what is recommended by Islam. And this is not a faith which is called "faith granny," but intellectual faith that has convincing, already contemplated again, then think carefully, after that, with musings and thoughts that he will come to the conviction of God Almighty . I think no one would have to contemplate the mind and the heart, which will not come to faith. Each he pondered deeper, think longer and try to master this time and space as well as unity contained in it, the never-ending, with members not limited universe, which is always spinning it - will be felt within him a bit about the members nature, which all goes according to the laws that have been determined and with a purpose known only to the creator. He also will feel confident of his weakness, would knowledge that has not been enough, if only she did not immediately assisted by an awareness of the physical universe, aided by a force beyond the capacity of sensory perception and the brain, which would connect it with the whole of nature, and that will make him realize his own place. And that power is faith.
So that faith is a spiritual feeling, which is felt by humans over her every communication he had with nature and wander into the skinfold-infinity of space and time. All creatures of this nature will incarnate in him. Then he saw it all go according to the law that has been determined, and saw also is worship God the Creator. There was He incarnated in nature, dealing with nature, or stand alone and apart, is still a speculative debate an empty course. It may work, may also be misguided, might be beneficial and may also be detrimental. Besides, this is not also add to our knowledge. How long have the writers and failasuf-failasuf that one another try to want to know the substance of this Creator, but business and their efforts were in vain. And some are admitted, that it is beyond perception. If it's a mind that is not able to achieve this understanding, the lack of ability is even more strengthen our faith. The feeling we are convinced of the existence of Being the Most High, the All-Knowing would be everything and that He is the Supreme Creator, Supreme Planner, everything will return to Him, then such a state would have to convince us, that we would not be able to reach his substance no matter how large our faith in Him it
Likewise, if until now we can not catch what electricity actually was even with our own eyes we see the scar, as well as the ether that we do not know even though it can be determined, that the waves that can inemindahkan sound and image, influence and mark it for us is enough to believe the existence of electricity and the ether. How proud we are, every day we witness the beauty and greatness that created God, if we still do not want to believe before we know the substance. God the Supreme Transcendent far beyond that they describe. The reality in life is that they are trying to describe the substance of God the Most Holy that is those with a perception already helpless to reach a higher level again in describing what is above human life. They want to measure the nature and the Creator of nature according to our measure of the relative and limited at all within the limits of our knowledge only a few. Conversely those who have really reached sciences, will be remembered by their word of God this:
"They ask thee concerning the spirit. Answer: The Spirit including the affairs of God. The knowledge given to you it's just very little." (Qur'an, 17: 85)
Basic faith of Islam
Their hearts are filled with faith in the Creator Spirit and Creator of the universe of this nature, it is not necessary after they plunged themselves into the debate an empty speculative, which would give the result, will not reach a conclusion.
Islam reached with the Islamic faith and without faith by the Qur'an differentiated: "The Arabs badwi said: 'We have faith." Say 'You're not believers, but let us say: we have Islam. " Faith had not yet entered into your hearts. " (Qur'an, 49: 14)
An example of this is that Islam is thus subject to call people because of their will or because of fear, because of admiration or because the cult outside the liver that would think and understand is really going to offer it up to the limits of faith.
That is yet to receive guidance from God to the faith that should be achieved, by way of contemplating nature and know the laws of nature, and that with reflection and knowledge that he will come to the Creator - to be Islamic but because of a desire or because his ancestors had been Islam . Therefore faith has not penetrated into his heart again, even if he was Muslim. Muslim men of this kind have anything to deceive God and deceive people of faith, but in fact they are cheating yourself by not they realize. In their hearts already have the disease. And by God plus their disease. They are religious people without faith, the Islamic only driven by a desire or fear, while his soul remains stunted, his faith remains weak and his heart was willing to surrender to the will of man, surrendered to his orders. In contrast to them, that his faith in God was with the priest who truly, delivered by a sense of mind and the heart of life, by way of contemplating nature, they are the believers. Those who will submit the matter only to God, they are the people who do not know other than surrender to God. With Islam, they did not give any service to the people.
"But in fact God is worthy to you, because you have dibimbingNya to the faith, if ye are truthful." (Qur'an, 49: 17)
So whoever gave himself obedient to God and in the meantime doing good deeds, they should not feel afraid, do not grieve. They are not afraid to face life or abject poverty, because by faith they have been very rich, very honored. That there is honor to God and the believers.
The soul is willing and comforted by his faith, he felt relieved when he tried always wanted to know the secrets and laws of nature, which means it will add to his relationship with God. And step towards this knowledge is to discuss and reflect on the way God created things that exist in this natural scientific manner as recommended by the Qur'an and practiced really well by the Muslims first, as a modern scientific way in the West today. It's just that purpose in Islam and in Western culture is different. In Islam the goal so that humans create God in this natural law into its legal and its own rules, while in the West goal is to seek material gains and what is in nature. In Islam once the first goal is to 'irfan - to know God well, more and more in' irfan or perception (recognition), we also increasingly in our faith in God. This goal is about to reach 'irfan that both in terms of the whole community, not just in terms of personal. The problem of spiritual integrity is not a purely private matter. There was no place for people confine themselves as a separate community. In fact he should be the basis of culture for the global human society - from end to end. Therefore, mankind should try to continue for the sake of integrity (perfection) that spiritual, which means bigger than his observations about the nature of the senses (sensibilia).
Persepsi2 about secret things and the laws of nature are going to achieve that integrity is greater than the perception as a means to achieve power over material objects.
By seeking God's help until the nature
To achieve this spiritual integrity is not enough that we rely only on our own logic, even with the logic that we have paved the way for our hearts and our minds to get to the highest level. This can happen only if people seek help from God, expose yourself to Him with heart and soul. Only we worship Him and only Him we turn for help, to achieve the secrets of nature and laws of this life. This is called relationship with God, grateful for the favors of your Lord, so that we increase the instructions will get what we have achieved, as in the word of God:
"And when My servants ask thee concerning Me, then (say) I'm close. I granted the request of people who beg - if she plead to me. So welcome my call and believe me, just in case they were guided to the straight path." (Qur'an 2: 186)
Prayer
"But seek God's help with the brave, and by running the prayer, and prayer was indeed hard, except for those of humble-to the Lord. The people who realize that they will meet with God and to Him they return." (Qur'an 2: 45-46)
Prayer is a form of communication with God in faith and ask Him for help. Thus what is meant by prayer is not just bowing and prostration alone, reciting verses from the Qu'ran or pronounce Takbir and ta'zim for the greatness of God without souls and hearts filled with faith, with holiness and majesty of God. But what is meant by prayer or worship is the meaning contained in the Takbir, in reading, in bowing, prostration and all the majesty, holiness and faith. So this worship to God is a sincere worship - for the sake of God Light of the heavens and the earth.
"Goodness is not since you expose the face to the east and west, but goodness it is people who already believe in Allah, the Hereafter, angels, the Book and the prophets and issued his beloved possessions to relatives, children -orphans, the poor and displaced people in transit, the people who ask, to let go of slavery, doing prayer and charity remove, then the people who like to fulfill the promise when the promise, the people who brave hearts in the face of suffering and difficulties and in time of war. They are the people who are right and they were the people who can maintain themselves. " (Qur'an, 2: 177)
Those believers who truly believe is that confronts all his heart to God when he was praying, witnessed by a sense of piety to Him, and seek God's help in fulfilling his obligations. He is looking for clues, asking for God taufik in understanding the secrets and laws of this nature.
Those believers who truly believe in Allah and worship center he'll feel it yourself, always will feel, he is a little something to deal with the greatness of Allah the Most Great. If we are in an aircraft above the altitude of a thousand or several thousand meters, we saw mountains, rivers and towns as small phenomena on the earth. We see it plastered on the front of our eyes like tergaris paths on a map and as a horizontal flat surface has no mountains or buildings higher, no canyons, wells or the river is lower, the colors-to-back, interrelated, mixed, the higher you fly the colors are more mixed. The whole earth is nothing more than a small planet. In nature there are thousands of the solar system and planets. All that is nothing more than a small number in the entire existence of this infinity. How small we are, what we are dealing with weak kcadaan Creator and Administrator of this form. Magnitude above the reach of our understanding!
In our confronts us with a whole heart full of sincerity to the greatness of God the Most Holy, we expect Him to help give us strength for this weakness, giving clues in the search for truth - it would be fair if we can see the equality of all human weaknesses, which in dealing with the Lord he can not strengthen ourselves with possessions and wealth, in addition to an unwavering faith and subject only to God, do good and take care of myself.
Equality before God
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