RLG204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hira, Fatalism, Moral Support
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Hostile image of islam shown in the media and society. Dealing with everyday temptations power, money, sexual, etc. Ability to find hypocrisy, violence and poverty: each of these, you must fight against. Achieve hope and patience believe in the higher power and what it can do. Achieve kindness and compassion for others = main issue in social order, can"t say you do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)are. When you say allahu akbar it means that you know your knowledge and power is limited: you find out your power is very limited, power and interest is limited, knowledge is limited. Caused him to understand suffering suffering of widows and orphans was a big problem in that society which he understood. Honesty is important because hypocrisy was a huge problem of that society. Helped him connect to people around him did(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake hi(cid:373)self superior to others around him. Spread the message of islam for which he needed and made that connection with people in his society.
