Sanskruti (Culture) or Deen (way of life)

Friday, October 6, 2006
Sanskruti (Culture) or Deen (way of life)

This post is in response to Post of the Day dated 06 Oct 2006 titled Hindu Sanskruti by Chan Chan

Just as Hinduism is a Dharma or a way of life, Islam is a DEEN or a way of life.Deen is a combination of MAZHAB(way)and NIZAM(system).
Islam has both componentsMAZHAB and NIZAM
MAZHAB or way is made of the following1) AQAAID or creed2) IBADAAD or worship3) MUASHARI RUSOOMAT social customs or traditions to be practiced during birth marriage and death.
NIZAM or system is made of the following1) SIYASI NIZAM political system2) MUASHI NIZAM economic system3) MASHARATI NIZAM social system

Now let me classify your questions into the categories that I have defined aboveQuestions 1 to 10 fall under MUASHARI RUSOOMAT social customs or traditions
Questions 11 to 22 fall under IBADAAD or worship
That leaves us with not much being said regarding AQAID core belief and NIZAM systems.
Islam has bridged that gulf by offering comprehensive logical and convincing answers to all the basic philosophical questions as well as solutions to all the problems of mankind.
No way but Islam!All are invited !
7:39:29 AM
Posted By Arshad Shaikh Comments (2) Lifestyle

Comments
Observer Friday, October 6, 2006 8:15:22 AM

Mr.Shaikh why do u hv to end your blog with "No way but Islam" ?Why are you so insecure ?Let there be more healthy discussions instead of creating animosity likes yours.

K. Venugopal Friday, October 6, 2006 10:17:06 AM

Dear Arshad Shaikh,Observer's comments are apt. The Muslim’s problem of integration is Islam's teaching that it is the only true religion. It is the awakening of human intelligence and the higher faculties that enable man to add to the corpus of his legacy of understanding, which awakening is not unique to any particular period of man’s existence but an unceasing flow from generation to generation. The whole of Quran and Gita were put in languages which already existed. That is to say, expressions of each generation’s awakening to the higher truths find a ready-made medium of expression in extant languages. Each generation’s expression adds to the vibrancy of language and man’s capacity for expression. Whether you ascribe this ever onward flow of man’s ingenuity to man’s inherent capacity or to an external God, it is certain that wisdom cannot end at any point in history so long as man survives. Thus, Muslims' claim that the Quran is the last word in human understanding is rather childish. The Hindus are a matured lot. They don’t put a full stop to human inheritance.