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The loss of Mother
Teresa
During
the same week we have lost Princess Diana and Mother Teresa. Princess Diana
was lost to a tragic accident at the age of 36, while mother Teresa was lost
to a massive heart attack at age of 87. While both Mother Teresa and
Princess Diana got together on this earth, they may not have the same chance
in Heaven. Princess Diana is destined to Heaven as per the Quranic
teaching, since she died before the age of responsibility (40). Mother
Teresa will be questioned for every thing she did in her life. She had 47
years after reaching the age of 40 to discover that God is ONE God. No
one can deny all the humanitarian work done by Mother Teresa and no one can
deny her dedication to the poor and needy. All the good work she did
in her life can be wiped out if she died while committing idolatry. If she
died as a submitter to the ONE and ONLY God she would be destined to Heaven
and rewarded for all the good work she did. If she died while insisting that
Jesus is God or son of God then she committed the unforgivable sin of
idol-worship. God has been teaching us in the Quran that He gives the human
beings 40 years of age to makeup their minds about worshipping Him ALONE
or not. God also told us in the Quran that He would forgive all and any sin
BUT committing idol-worship. In the Quran in 39:65, God is very clear,
if you commit idol-worship, any good deed will be wiped out (nullified) by
this unforgivable sin. Heaven is not the place of rest for those who
commit idol-worship. Those who believe that Jesus is God or son of God have
committed such a gross offense that is not forgiven by God. Unless
they repent and ask for forgiveness and dedicate the rest of their life and
their worship absolutely to the ONE and ONLY God , they may not be permitted
into Heaven. Neither Jesus nor any of their good deeds will help them
in the Hereafter when they face the ONE and ONLY God. God, the absolute God.
The One who described Himself as "Never did He beget. Nor was He begotten.
None equals Him." Quran 112. Jesus himself called on the people
to worship the ONE and ONLY God, his Lord.
"you shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve." (Luke
4:8)
Jesus himself refused to be called son of God and rebuked the ones who called
him so: "And devils came out of many, crying out and saying, You are the
Son of God ! and he rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they
knew that he was the Christ." (Luke 4:41)
"Why do you call me good ? No one is good but one, that is God." (Mark 10:18)
"To you first, God having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to bless
you..." (The acts 3:26)
"Here is my servant whom I have chosen." (Mat 12:18)
Jesus' straightforward injunction to follow the commandments in general,
and the First Commandment in particular,are throughout the New Testament.
Significantly, he described the First Commandment as "The Great Commandment"
(Mark 12:29).
"I, the Lord, am your God Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that
place of slavery. You shall not have any other gods besides me. You shall
not carve idols for yourselves in the shape of anything in the sky above
or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth; you shall not bow
before them or worship them For I, the Lord, your God , am a jealous God.
(Deut. 5:6-9)
"I cannot do anything of myself, I judge as I hear, and my judgment is honest
because I am not seeking my own will but the will of HIM who sent me." (John
5:30)
"Jesus said: "My doctrine is not my own; it comes from HIM who sent me."(John
7:16)
"Men of Israel, listen to me! Jesus the Nazarean was a MAN whom God sent
to you with miracles, wonders, and signs as his credentials. These God worked
through him in your midst, as you well know." (Acts 2:22)
"Jesus proclaimed aloud: "Whoever puts faith in me believes not so much in
me as in HIM who sent me;.....For I have not spoken on my own; no, the father
who sent me has commanded me what to say and how to speak. Since I know that
this commandment means eternal life, whatever I say is spoken just as HE
instructed me."
Please check the book
about Jesus in our download station for more information.
The Crucial Age of 40
Appendix 32 of Quran Translation
By Dr. R. Khalifa
What is the age of responsibility? If a child dies at the age of 12, without
even hearing about God, does this child go to Heaven or Hell? What if the
child is 15 years old, or 21, or 25? At what age will the human being be
held responsible for his or her beliefs? This question has puzzled researchers
of all religions for a long time.
The Quran sets the age of responsibility at 40; anyone who dies before this
age goes to Heaven (46:15). If the person believed in God and benefitted
from belief by nourishing and developing the soul (see Appendix 15), he or
she goes to the High Heaven. Otherwise, the person goes to the Lower Heaven.
Your first reaction to this piece of information is objection: "What if the
person was really bad, evil, and an atheist, will he go to Heaven if he died
before the age of 40?" This is because you are mean, while God is the Most
Merciful. Our tendency is to "put them all in Hell."
People who objected strongly to this Divine mercy cannot come up with a cut-off
age of responsibility. They ask questions like, "What if the person was really
wicked?" The answer is, "Does God know that this person was wicked?" "Yes."
"Does God know that this person does not deserve to go to Heaven?" "Yes."
"Therefore, this person will not die before the age of 40." As simple as
that. God is the only one who terminates our lives on this earth. He knows
exactly who deserves to go Heaven and who deserves to go to Hell. Early in
1989 a man by the name of Theodore Robert Bundy was executed for killing
a number of women. The whole nation agreed that he was one of the most vicious
criminals in history. So much so that his execution was one of the rare occasions
where the opponents of capital punishment did not protest. On the contrary,
many people actually celebrated his execution. Numerous journalists, editorials,
and politicians lamented the fact that justice took eleven years to execute
Ted Bundy. They stated that Bundy should have been executed within a maximum
of six years after his conviction. According to the Quran, this would have
been the greatest favor anyone could have done to Bundy. He was 42 years
old when executed. Had he been executed five years earlier, at the age of
37, he would have gone straight to Heaven, and he did not deserve that.
As it turns out, Bundy was one of the signs God has given us to confirm that
anyone who dies before 40 goes to Heaven. Bundy's name, Theodore Robert Bundy,
consists of 19 letters, and he confessed to killing 19 women just one day
before his execution. There were many other signs from God.
Delivering this important piece of information is one of the responsibilities
given to me as God's Messenger of the Covenant. It is not my personal opinion.
It is noteworthy that both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were assassinated
just a couple of months before their 40th birthdays.
*** END ***
P.S. Eva Peron died at age of 33. She lived, worked and died for the poor
and needy.
Comments from our readers
sainul@wave.pe.titech.ac.jp
<<<<Your works in the
homepage(www.submission.org) are really
praiseworthy.However, I can not agree on your explanation about
Princess Diana. Thefact that she died before the age 40 can not ensure
heaven to her. If your assertion is right, all the young gangstars,
street-fighters are destined to go to the heaven? Is it so?
Hope you would kindly clarify this
matter.>>>>>
REPLY:
Salaam
Thank you for your mail …….
The age of 40 is not always understood or appreciated by the average
human being …… they will say like you said, that if that is so
then ..
<<<all the young gangstars, street-fighters are destined to go to
the
heaven? >>>>>
This is because we (human beings) are nowhere near as merciful as God
……. If we were the judges on Judgement Day we would NEVER send
such
people to heaven and we would want to see them suffer in hell !!!
First, and before I reply to your question , I assume you have good
knowledge of 46:15, which indicates that God set the age of 40 as the
age where the human reaches full mental maturity ….. if one dies
before
reaching full maturity he/she is not held accountable by God due to
God’s Mercy …….
It is not any different from the example of a teacher saying to his
students “By the end of the year I would have given you the complete
syllabus ….. so before you receive the complete syllabus you will not
be
tested”…. Thus the students will not be tested till the end of
the year
…. Also, all those who do not receive the complete syllabus will not
be
tested ….
It is not different either from our own civil laws which do not send
convicts below the age of 18 or 16 to jail , but they are send to
juvenile reform centres …. If we set the age at 16 , is it difficult
to
conceive of God’s immense Mercy in that He extends the age up to 40
?
The reply to your question lies in the following points :
1- The major purpose of our life and test on earth is to redeem ourselves
from our previous sin , and maintain our worship of God without
committing idol worship …… if we do that , God is able to forgive
ALL
our other sins …… even murder ….
4:48
“GOD does not forgive idolatry, but He forgives lesser offenses for
whomever He wills. Anyone who sets up idols beside GOD, has forged a
horrendous offense.”
In confirmation to that , we are told that Moses killed a man with his
own hands , but he was forgiven by God …. Moses is in heaven right now
…..
While as we judge people according to earthly criteria ….( did he kill
,
did he steal …… etc …. ) and if the person did not kill or
steal and was
very righteous , we would say he/she is a good person …. Even if they
are idol worshippers who say that Jesus is God in the flesh ….!
But is that how God evaluates us …. Not exactly …….
2- Certainly the righteousness of the believers will count and be of
importance in deciding their place in heaven (heaven is of varied
levels) …… yet the only factor that will decide whether anyone
is lucky
enough to escape hell and hopefully get to heaven is whether they have
committed idol worship or whether they have worshipped God alone ……
3- Those who die before 40, even if they commit many earthly sin , must
have something in their soul that God knows and which qualifies them to
get to heaven …… they deserve to get to heaven for reasons known
to God
and that we may not see ……… but must accept …. (if we
get rid of our
mean nature) ……
In any case , the example of Princess Diana does not apply to your
inquiry since she was not a murderer nor a sinful person, on the
contrary she will always be remembered for all the charity work she did
……
Only God knows if deep in her heart she recognised Him as the Only God
…… the fact that she died before 40 indicates that God knows that
she
deserves to get to heaven ….. we must accept that and believe it and
also stop moaning about His Infinite MERCY ……
Your brother in Islam
Muhammad
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