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2018-07-17 16:47 időpontban Emoke Greschik ezt írta:
> CREATION OF MAN IN ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY
> 
>  Derya Little [1]
> 
> https://www.crisismagazine.com/2017/creation-man-islam-christianity
> [2]
> 
> IT HAS BEEN MUCH HARDER than I expected to explain to Westerners why
> Muslims, even the moderate ones, behave the way they do. How does one
> describe the trees to a kid who only ever saw the desert? Even though
> it is fading, CHRISTIANITY HAS BEEN in the very fabric of the West,
> MAKING ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT WESTERN CULTURE POSSIBLE, LIKE
> CRITICAL THINKING, RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SELFLESSNESS. NONE OF
> THESE ARE FUNDAMENTAL IN AN ISLAMIC CULTURE. A Muslim child grows up
> in a world where sin and salvation mean something completely
> different, a world where the concept of grace is hollow and confusing.
> If we do not understand the culture, all our dealings with Muslims,
> either during daily encounters or engaging in dialogue, will remain
> shallow and fruitless.
> 
> I believe the most crucial difference between Christianity and Islam
> is how each system views the human person.
> 
> MEMORIZING PRAYERS AND LEARNING TO RECITE THE QURAN WERE CRUCIAL PARTS
> OF MY SUMMERS AS A DUTIFUL LITTLE MUSLIM GIRL. From an early age, I
> WAS FILLED WITH FEAR AND AWE OF ALLAH, WHO DEMANDED ABSOLUTE
> SUBMISSION WITHOUT A SMIDGEN OF DOUBT OR DISRESPECT. However, in my
> child’s heart, occasionally I had the audacity to try to picture
> this supreme being. These irreverent falls of mine usually LASTED MERE
> SECONDS AS AN IMAGE OF A PURE BRIGHT BEING WITH RAINBOW EYES HOVERED
> IN MY MIND. THESE MOMENTS OF LIGHT-HEARTED IMAGINATION WERE FOLLOWED
> BY CRIPPLING FEAR. HOW DARE I TRY TO FIT THE ALL-KNOWING AND
> ALL-POWERFUL ALLAH INTO MY MEASLY HUMAN MIND? After that, for days, I
> would struggle with this fear, waiting to be struck down or to be
> turned into stone.
> 
> Given that TRYING TO PICTURE ALLAH IS FORBIDDEN, is it really hard to
> understand why INCARNATION is not a good place to start a conversation
> with a Muslim friend? THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF OF CHRISTIANITY IS
> THAT GOD HIMSELF BECAME MAN TO BRING US ETERNAL LIFE. But, THE MERE
> SUGGESTION OF GOD-MAN is ENOUGH FOR MANY MUSLIMS TO TEAR OFF THEIR
> CLOTHES AND CRY OUT BLASPHEMY. Why does the thought of Incarnation
> incite such strong emotions? There are many reasons for this outrage,
> but one needs to first understand how man was created in the beginning
> and where Allah stands concerning this imperfect creation of his.
> 
> IN GENESIS, SCRIPTURE TELLS US THAT GOD CREATED MAN AND WOMAN IN HIS
> OWN IMAGE. BEFORE SIN SEVERED THEIR CONNECTION, GOD AND MAN WERE IN
> PERFECT UNION, FOR MAN WAS A CREATION OF LOVE AS A RESULT OF TRIUNE
> PERFECTION:
> 
> The divine image is present in every man. It shines forth in the
> communion of persons, in the likeness of the unity of the divine
> persons among themselves. (CCC 1702)
> 
> This image alone paves the way to GOD LOWERING HIMSELF TO BECOME MAN
> IN ORDER TO BRING SALVATION. CREATION OF MAN IS FIRST AND FOREMOST AN
> ACT OF LOVE, A REFLECTION OF THE PERFECT DIVINE LOVE AMONG THE FATHER,
> THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. FROM THE BEGINNING, INCARNATION WAS
> GOD’S DESIGN.
> 
> THE STORY OF MAN’S CREATION AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALLAH AND
> MAN could not have been more different IN ISLAM. To begin with, WE
> CANNOT TALK ABOUT LOVE AS THE CAUSE OF MAN’S ORIGIN. Without the
> Trinity, there is nothing for Allah to express, for he does not know
> love, neither is he love. A CONSISTENT VIEW OF WHY THE MAN WAS CREATED
> IN THE FIRST PLACE IS LACKING IN ISLAMIC THINKING; however, these
> verses in the Quran reveal that IT WAS NOT AS A RESULT OF A
> RELATIONSHIP OR AN ACT OF LOVE ADAM AND EVE CAME TO BE:
> 
> VERILY WE CREATED MAN FROM A DROP OF MINGLED SPERM, IN ORDER TO TRY
> HIM. (76:2)
> 
> I DID NOT CREATE THE JINN [THE DEMONS] AND THE HUMANS EXCEPT TO
> WORSHIP ME. (51:56)
> 
> THE IDEA THAT ALLAH THE ALL-POWERFUL WOULD DESIRE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
> US IS LAUGHABLE WITHOUT THE EXISTENCE OF A PRIOR RELATIONSHIP AMONG
> THE THREE PERSONS OF THE TRINITY. THEREFORE, EVEN BEFORE ADAM WAS
> CREATED, HIS PLACE WAS SET. HE WOULD BE NOTHING BUT A SLAVE WHO FEARED
> HIS MASTER. HIS FATE WAS TO BE TRIED OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL HE
> PLEASED HIS MASTER WITH OBEDIENCE AND WORSHIP SO THAT THE GATES OF
> HEAVEN WILL ONE DAY BE OPENED BEFORE HIM.
> 
> THUS, THE FIRST MAN WAS FASHIONED FROM DIRT, AND THEN LIFE WAS
> BREATHED INTO HIM. THEN, HIS DESCENDANTS WERE CREATED THROUGH A
> SPERM-DROP (NUTFAH):
> 
> IT IS HE WHO HAS CREATED YOU FROM DUST THEN FROM A SPERM-DROP, THEN
> FROM A LEECH-LIKE CLOT; THEN DOES HE GET YOU OUT (INTO THE LIGHT) AS A
> CHILD: THEN LETS YOU (GROW AND) REACH YOUR AGE OF FULL STRENGTH; THEN
> LETS YOU BECOME OLD, —THOUGH OF YOU THERE ARE SOME WHO DIE BEFORE;
> —AND LETS YOU REACH A TERM APPOINTED; IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY LEARN
> WISDOM. (40:67)
> 
> THE NUTFAH, SEMEN, IS A DESPICABLE FLUID THAT IS PRODUCED BY SHAMEFUL
> PARTS OF MAN, ONLY TO BE WASHED OFF AND DISCARDED. IT IS INHERENTLY
> DIRTY AND SOMETHING TO BE HIDDEN, ASHAMED OF.
> 
> HAVE WE NOT CREATED YOU FROM A FLUID (HELD) DESPICABLE? (77:20)
> 
> Even though there are verses that proclaim everything Allah has
> created is good, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF VERSES THAT KEEP REMINDING MAN
> OF HIS BEGINNING, LEST HE FORGET HIS PLACE:
> 
> NOW LET MAN BUT THINK FROM WHAT HE IS CREATED. HE IS CREATED FROM A
> DROP EMITTED. PROCEEDING FROM BETWEEN THE BACKBONE AND THE RIBS.
> (86:5-7)
> 
> WHO MADE ALL THINGS GOOD WHICH GOD CREATED, AND HE BEGAN THE CREATION
> OF MAN FROM CLAY; AND MADE HIS PROGENY FROM A QUINTESSENCE OF THE
> NATURE OF A FLUID DESPISED. (32:7-8)
> 
> IN OTHER VERSES MAN’S ORIGINS ARE MENTIONED AS STICKY CLAY (37:11)
> OR BLACK MUD (15:28) TO EMPHASIZE HIS INFINITE LOWLINESS COMPARED TO
> ALLAH. THE QURAN ESTABLISHES AN UNCROSSABLE CHASM BETWEEN ALLAH AND
> MAN, a chasm, in fact, that cannot be compensated even by an
> omnipotent creator. Not because Allah is not able, but because it is
> unthinkable that the maker of the universe would lower himself to
> bestow his own image upon men, let alone become one of those utterly
> inferior creations. This is not to say that man is the least among
> others. Because ALLAH BREATHES LIFE INTO ADAM FROM HIS OWN SPIRIT, MAN
> IS ELEVATED ABOVE THE ANGELS, WHO WERE CREATED FROM LIGHT AS OPPOSED
> TO DIRT. HOWEVER, EVEN ALLAH’S OWN BREATH OF LIFE IS NOT SUFFICIENT
> TO BRIDGE THE ETERNAL GAP THAT REMAINS BETWEEN MASTER AND SLAVE.
> 
> Even from the creation of man, GNOSTIC ELEMENTS IN ISLAM ARE VISIBLE,
> and they get more pronounced in the daily life of a Muslim. For
> instance, ritual cleansing is a crucial aspect of religious life. One
> cannot enter the mosque if one has not been ritually cleansed
> beforehand. If any natural urges were satisfied, such as passing gas,
> the cleansing must be repeated. Following sexual intercourse, both man
> and woman need to be cleansed before praying, touching the Quran or
> entering a mosque. A woman on her period is banned from all religious
> activities. THIS IDEA THAT THINGS RELATED TO THE HUMAN BODY ARE
> UNCLEAN AND IN CONSTANT NEED OF RESTORATION START WITH THE CREATION OF
> MAN WHO CAME FROM DESPICABLE FLUID AND BLACK MUD. This infinite
> inferiority of man not only puts too much emphasis on man, but
> projects A DEITY WHO IS CAPRICIOUS, INCAPABLE OF LOVE AND IN CONSTANT
> NEED OF ADMIRATION AND WORSHIP.
> 
> WITHOUT LOVE BEING THE MOST ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS DIVINE EQUATION,
> THERE IS NO ROOM FOR INCARNATION. Without GOD’S LOVE FIRST EXPRESSED
> IN THE TRINITY, MAN cannot be CREATED OUT OF LOVE. THE INVULNERABLE
> BABY WHO NEEDS THE ATTENTION AND PROTECTION OF MARY AND JOSEPH IS
> UNIMAGINABLE TO A MUSLIM MIND, FOR CHRIST’S MIRACULOUS ENTRY TO OUR
> WORLD IS ONLY POSSIBLE WITH LOVE.
> 
>  Tagged as Allah [3], Incarnation [4], Islam [5], Koran [6]
> 
>  [7] [7] [7] [7] [7] [7]310 [7]
> 
> BY DERYA LITTLE [1]
> 
> Derya Little has a Ph.D. in politics from Durham University in
> England. Her articles on foreign affairs have appeared in academic
> journals and Catholic World Report. She is the author of _From Islam
> to Christ,_ published by Ignatius Press (2017).
> 
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1] https://www.crisismagazine.com/author/derya-little
> [2] https://www.crisismagazine.com/2017/creation-man-islam-christianity
> [3] https://www.crisismagazine.com/tags/allah
> [4] https://www.crisismagazine.com/tags/incarnation
> [5] https://www.crisismagazine.com/tags/islam
> [6] https://www.crisismagazine.com/tags/koran
> [7] 
> https://www.crisismagazine.com/2017/creation-man-islam-christianity#
> 
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